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LAURYN HILL: Do The "White" Thing
By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices
I just love me some Lauryn Hill.
I have fond memories of hanging out with her and Wyclef and Praz a decade ago.
That was before their gargantuan sophomore album 'The Score' was released -- and before Miss Hill exploded, figuratively, with her solo debut 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.'
But don't be startled by that title. It's meant to be very tongue-in-cheek.
I just got wind that Miss Hill will be collaborating with Joss Stone -- the bleached blonde blue eyed soul singer who's become a media darling since her music washed up on our shores a few years back.
While I do like Stone, she is NOBODY's next Aretha Franklin (as some mainstream media have proclaimed).
The idea of her and the multiple award winning hip-hop wunderkind seems like a genius one.
According to MTV, the British R&B songstress pursued the opportunity to work with the "Ex-Factor" diva persistently. "Rather than stalk [her] management or record-label heads, she decided to call Hill’s mom every day for over a month."
And it apparently worked.
A track titled "Music" --described as Stone's "love letter to song"-- will feature Hill.
Rootsy rapper Common and neo-soul music maestro Raphael Saadiq will also reportedly appear on the new album, titled 'Introducing Joss Stone,' due out this spring.
Stone, who is (or was) a spokesperson for GAP clothing, recently made her feature film debut in the fantasy flick 'Eragon.'
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any project or person who has Lauryn reppin' truly is a success. i dont go crazy over flowerchild, neo-soul or whatever tag is placed on music but i know good music and talent when i hear it. who cares if it comes from black white or japtalian (plug to u aunt net). only people hatin are those who cant appreciate or recognize soulful harmony :p jamielwill!!
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Everybody's a bore these days, so what's the difference?
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AT 43 I WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS WITH THE HILLS UNPLUGGED IF PLACED IN A ROOM WITH ANY SINGER/SONG WRITER FROM MY GODLY SPIRIT TO YOURS SING&WRITE FROM YOUR HEART DAMN THOSE REAL HATERS OF LOVE, JOY PEACE. SING LITTLE SPARROWS ABOUT WHAT U SEE, FEEL & LIVE. MY HEART BREAKS WHEN I TURN ON THE RADIO SEX,VOILENCE,ANGER,DISRESPECT
,BULLSHIT,DOGSHIT,COWSHIT,JUST SHIT!!!!!. OLD SCHOOL GOT ALL OF U YOUNG ARTIST HERE RITE HERE. NO SONGS ABOUT THAT FIGHT. WITH WHAT THE SONGS ARE ABOUT I SEE WHY THE WORD( NIGGA). MS. HILL DO YOU I THINK YOU MS.SCOTT MUSQUE, COMMON,MS.BADU ETC,ARE THE SPARROWS THAT GOD HAS OUT THERE FOR THINKERS LOVERS OF LIFE FELLERS OF SPIRIT. WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT THE CREATOR HAS PLACED ON YOUR HEART, IN YOUR MIND, THROUGH YOUR SOUL SING SPARROWS SING. AN I DON'T KNOW MS.STONES MUSIC BUT IF HER LYRICS ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE THINGS THAT I HAVE SPOKE ON SHE COULD B A (GREEN)HAIRED (YELLOW) EYED (RED) FACED ALIEN HOW CARES LOOK DEEPER MUCH MUCH DEEPER. -
i'm 1/2 balck and 1/2 indian so i'm a light brown or red or whatever you wanna call it and i'm only 15 years old. one day me and mom was called a nigger by a white lady don't you know that hurt me to my heart. i really don't understand racist people i mean like the differences between a white person and a black person is the color of the skin, the texture of the hair, somtimes the colors of the eyes, and mostly the way that both whites and blacks talk. BUT SO WHAT THEY ARE BOTH STLL HUMAN BEINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!! the world wouldn't be the same if everyone was white or if everyone was black SO GET OVER IT dang and for the people who don't know the differnce between NIGGA and NEGRO nigga means a idiotic person so you can be white or black but a negro means a black person sadly=( also cracka is a white person sadly=( and cracker means the whip the mater used to whip slaves back in the days=( well hats it yours truly tiffany/TOPMODEL
2/16/07 6:03 AM