Top Albums/CDs - Volume 64, No. 18, December 16, 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996 . Retrieved March 11, 2021. albums that paved the way for alternative as we know it". Alternative Press Magazine. February 11, 2022 . Retrieved February 14, 2022.

D1 Produced for R.C.E. co-produced for R.C.E., recorded and mixed for R.C.E. at the Booga Basement Studio, NJ, engineered for R.C.E. Drum Programming for R.C.E. Bob Marley Music Ltd./PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP). Coker, Cheo Hodari (March 31, 1996). "Lots of non-hip-hop fans groove to their complex beat, but they'll tell you their roots are firmly in the 'hood". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 27, 2021. Reasons Lil Uzi Vert Could be Headed for Album of the Year Grammy Nomination". Billboard. March 23, 2020 . Retrieved February 24, 2021. On The Score the Fugees stay true to themselves and deliver one of the most groundbreaking & influential Hip Hop albums of the nineties in the process. no woman, no cry | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com . Retrieved June 2, 2022.a b Hinds, Selwyn Seyfu (March 1996). "The Fugees: The Score". Spin. Vol.11, no.12. New York. p.113 . Retrieved March 1, 2015. B2 Produced for R.C.E. co-produced for R.C.E., recorded and mixed for R.C.E. at the Booga Basement Studio, NJ, engineered for R.C.E. Guest appearance by Forte & Omega for R.C.E. Sony/ATV Tunes LLC/Tete San Ko Publishing/Obverse Creation Music (ASCAP) a b Powers, Ann (March 21, 1996). " The Score". Rolling Stone. New York . Retrieved September 21, 2009. The Score was birthed at those early sessions with Remi. Not long after the “Nappy Heads” remix dropped, he played a beat originally made for—and snubbed by—Fat Joe, flipping a Ramsey Lewis sample into a boom-bap film score that inspired Wyclef to spontaneously shout his prophetic opening bar: “We used to be number 10/Now we permanent at one.” It was Lauryn that brought the “La,” riffing on hooks until she landed on Teena Marie’s 1988 hit, christening the ineffable “Fu-Gee-La.” The song would serve as the spiritual center of the new record, and their new sound. Haiti’s refugee crisis, fueled by political unrest and state violence, hit its peak in the early ’90s with the coup d’etat that deposed the democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Haitian-Americans, already callously branded by the CDC in 1982 as one of four groups determined to be "risk factors" for HIV infection (the others being “homosexuals, heroin addicts, and hemophiliacs”), were being repatriated en masse as they fled the violence by boat, and those that made it ashore were detained indefinitely. Many Haitian-Americans understandably kept their ethnicity secret, allowing people to mistake them for Jamaicans or immigrants of other Caribbean nations.

Irish Voice article at archive.org". February 18, 1997. Archived from the original on April 7, 2005 . Retrieved March 26, 2007. However, in a mixed review, Rolling Stone writer Ann Powers commented, "The Fugees' roots in reggae gives them a solid base in song and a basic philosophy that's richer than the money-or-nothing ethic that dulls much of rap these days. Without being sanctimonious, The Score paints the ghetto as a mythical landscape, one that can inspire pride as well as sorrow. Like Wu-Tang Clan, the Fugees view the world as their movie, complete with stunts and special effects." [35] Jon Pareles of The New York Times found the group's "vision of ghetto life" both eccentric and realistic, although he felt "Killing Me Softly" sounds "out of place amid the hard-nosed surrealism". [39] Awards [ edit ] Year The Fugees Cancel Reunion Tour Citing Pandemic Conditions". The Hollywood Reporter. January 21, 2022 . Retrieved April 16, 2022.Christgau, Robert (April 9, 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York . Retrieved January 4, 2012. Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 1996 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. B1 produced for Dashiki Productions, Inc. Recorded and mixed at The Crib in NYC. Contains a replayed sample from "Ooh La La La" (McGrier/Marie), McNella Music/Midnight Magnet Music. Used by permission. Upon its release, The Score was a commercial success, peaking atop the U.S. Billboard 200. It also topped the Top R&B/Hip-hop Albums chart for eight weeks, becoming the longest running number one for a hip hop group, [3] and topped the 1996 year-end chart. The singles " Killing Me Softly", " Fu-Gee-La", and " Ready or Not" also achieved notable chart success, leading the album to become the third best selling album of 1996 in the United States, [4] and helping the group achieve worldwide recognition. a b Coker, Cheo Hodari (February 24, 1996). "Versatile Fugees Wrap Up Some Classics". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 21, 2009.