Recording sessions for the album took place from late 1997 to June 1998 mainly at Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, as Hill collaborated with a group of musicians known as New Ark in writing and producing the songs. This pregnancy, as well as other circumstances in her life, inspired Hill to make a solo album. Woodson's The Mis-Education of the Negro.Īfter touring with the Fugees, Hill became involved in a romantic relationship with Jamaican entrepreneur Rohan Marley, and shortly after, became pregnant with their child.
The album's title was inspired by the film and autobiographical novel The Education of Sonny Carson, and Carter G. Its lyrics touch upon Hill's pregnancy and the turmoil within her former group the Fugees, along with themes of love and God. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is a neo soul and R&B album with some songs based in hip hop soul and reggae.
It was released on August 25, 1998, by Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album by American singer and rapper Lauryn Hill.
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