Editing Lauryn Hill (section)

===1997–1999: ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill''===
Hill recorded her solo record ''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]'' from late 1997 through June 1998 at [[Bob Marley Museum|Tuff Gong Studios]] in [[Jamaica]].<ref name="nickson">{{cite book |last=Nickson |first=Chris |title=Lauryn Hill: She's Got That Thing |publisher=[[St Martin's Press]] |year=1999 |pages=13, 148 |isbn=0-312-97210-5}}</ref><ref name=heartofsoul>{{cite book |last1=Furman |first1=Leah |last2=Furman |first2=Elina |title=Heart of Soul: The Lauryn Hill Story |publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] |year=1999 |isbn=0-345-43588-5}}</ref> The title was inspired by the book ''[[The Mis-Education of the Negro]]'' (1933) by [[Carter G. Woodson]] and ''[[The Education of Sonny Carson]]'', a film and autobiographical novel.<ref name="inside">{{cite news |last=Checkoway |first=Laura |title=Inside 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-20080826?print=true |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 26, 2008 |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202130858/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-20080826?print=true |archive-date=February 2, 2013}}</ref> The album featured contributions from [[D'Angelo]], [[Carlos Santana]], [[Mary J. Blige]] and the then-unknown [[John Legend]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Credits)|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-mw0000034642/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=September 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911224946/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-mw0000034642/credits|url-status=live}}</ref> Wyclef Jean initially did not support Hill recording a solo album, but eventually offered his production help; Hill turned him down.<ref name="rollingstone" />

Several songs on the album concerned her frustration with the Fugees; "I Used to Love Him" dealt with the breakdown of the relationship between Hill and Wyclef Jean.<ref name="inside" /> Other songs such as "To Zion" spoke about her decision to have her first baby (Zion David Marley, the first of five she was to have with [[Rohan Marley]]), even though some at the time encouraged her to have an abortion so to not interfere with her blossoming career.<ref name="teen"/><ref name="inside"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Jessica |date=September 29, 2021 |title=Lauryn Hill's Kids: Meet Her 6 Children From Oldest To Youngest |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/lauryn-hill-kids-4526054/ |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=Hollywood Life |language=en-US |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120164616/https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/lauryn-hill-kids-4526054/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Indeed, Hill's pregnancy revived her from a period of [[writer's block]].<ref name="heartofsoul" />

In terms of production, Hill collaborated with a group of musicians known as New Ark, consisting of [[Vada Nobles]], Rasheem Pugh, Tejumold Newton, and Johari Newton.<ref name="inside"/> Hill later said that she wanted to "write songs that lyrically move me and have the integrity of [[reggae]] and the knock of hip-hop and the instrumentation of classic soul" and that the production on the album was intended to make the music sound raw and not computer-aided.<ref name="inside"/> Hill spoke of pressure from her label to emulate [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], wherein all tracks would be credited as written and produced by the artist with little outside help.<ref name="inside"/> She also wanted to be appreciated as an auteur as much as Jean had within the Fugees.<ref name="rollingstone" /> She also saw a feminist cause: "But step out and try and control things and there are doubts. This is a very sexist industry. They'll never throw the 'genius' title to a sister."<ref name="prog"/> While recording the album, when Hill was asked about providing contracts or documentation to the musicians, she replied, "We all love each other. This ain't about documents. This is blessed."<ref name="rollingstone" />

Released on August 25, 1998, the album received rave reviews from contemporary music critics,<ref>{{cite news |last=Strauss|first=Neil|author-link=Neil Strauss|date=February 25, 1999|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/25/us/5-grammys-to-lauryn-hill-3-to-madonna.html|title=5 Grammys to Lauryn Hill; 3 to Madonna|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 31, 2013|archive-date=June 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615230921/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/25/us/5-grammys-to-lauryn-hill-3-to-madonna.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was the most acclaimed album of 1998.<ref name="Boucher">{{cite news|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|date=December 19, 1998 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-19-ca-55439-story.html|title=The Legal Tangle of 'Miseducation' |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 31, 2013|archive-date=February 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208195352/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/19/entertainment/ca-55439|url-status=live}}</ref> Critics lauded the album's blending of the R&B, doo-wop, pop, hip-hop, and reggae genres and its honest representation of a woman's life and relationships.<ref name="teen"/><ref name="Boucher" /> [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]], writing in ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', called it "an album of often-astonishing power, strength, and feeling", and praised Hill for "easily flowing from singing to rapping, evoking the past while forging a future of her own".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Browne|first=David|title=Music Review: 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,284625,00.html|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=September 4, 1988|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=May 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523180908/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,284625,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Robert Christgau]] quipped, "[[wikt:politically correct|PC]] record of the year—songs soft, singing ordinary, rapping skilled, rhymes up and down, skits [[wikt:de trop|de trop]], production subtle and terrific".<ref>{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau |title=Consumer Guide|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1098-98.php |url-status=live |publisher=robertchristgau.com|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141040/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1098-98.php}}</ref> In 2017, [[NPR]] rated the album as the second-best album of all time created by a woman.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538307314/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women-page-15|website=NPR|date=July 24, 2017|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502093342/https://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538307314/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women-page-15|url-status=live}}</ref>

It sold nearly 423,000 copies in its first week (boosted by advance radio play of two non-label-sanctioned singles, "[[Lost Ones (Lauryn Hill song)|Lost Ones]]" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You")<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Samuels |first=Anita |title=Lauryn Hill to Do That Live 'Thing' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=April 10, 1999 |page=8}}</ref> and topped the ''Billboard'' 200 for four weeks and the ''Billboard'' R&B Albums chart for six weeks. It went on to sell about 10 million copies in the United States,<ref name="riaa-db" /><ref>{{cite news|date=June 29, 2018|title=20 Years Since Lauryn Hill's Debut, How Much Has Changed?|url=https://www.papermag.com/lauryn-hill-20-years-2579839113.html|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=PAPER|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110001830/https://www.papermag.com/lauryn-hill-20-years-2579839113.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and 20 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=CERTIFIED CLASSICS IN COLLABORATION WITH SPOTIFY CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF THE ICONIC THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL ALBUM WITH DEAR MS. HILL & DISSECT MINI SERIES – Sony Music Canada|url=https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/certified-classics-in-collaboration-with-spotify-celebrates-20-years-of-the-iconic-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-album-with-dear-ms-hill-dissect-mini-series|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=sonymusic.ca|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119145158/https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/certified-classics-in-collaboration-with-spotify-celebrates-20-years-of-the-iconic-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-album-with-dear-ms-hill-dissect-mini-series|url-status=live}}</ref> During 1998 and 1999, Hill earned $25 million from record sales and touring.<ref name="rollingstone" /> Hill, along with Blige, [[Missy Elliott]], [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], [[Erykah Badu]], and others, found a voice with the [[neo soul]] genre.<ref name="chang">{{cite book |last=Chang |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Chang (journalist) |title=[[Can't Stop Won't Stop (book)|Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation]] |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |location=New York |year=2005 |pages=445–446 |isbn=0-312-30143-X}}</ref>

The first single released from the album was "[[Doo Wop (That Thing)]]", which debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.<ref name="hot100">{{cite magazine|title=Lauryn Hill - Chart History (Hot 100)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauryn-hill/chart-history/|access-date=June 8, 2013|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121090924/https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauryn-hill/chart-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> It exemplified Hill's appeal, combining feelings of self-empowerment with self-defense.<ref name="chang"/> Other charted singles from the album were "[[Ex-Factor]]", which has been sampled by [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[Cardi B]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/25/why-did-lauryn-hill-disappear|title=It could all be so simple … why did Lauryn Hill disappear?|last=Cashmore|first=Pete|date=May 25, 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=May 6, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506194520/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/25/why-did-lauryn-hill-disappear|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Everything Is Everything (Lauryn Hill song)|Everything Is Everything]]" and "To Zion".<ref name="hot100" /> In the 1998 [[Pazz & Jop|Pazz & Jop Critics Poll]], ''Miseducation'' came second in the list of best albums and "Doo Wop (That Thing)" second in best singles.<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|title=Pazz & Jop 1998 Critics Poll|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres98.php|work=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228150802/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres98.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 1998, Marley and Hill's second child, [[Selah Marley|Selah Louise]], was born.<ref name="people-mostbeaut"/> Of being a young mother of two, Hill said, "It's not an easy situation at all. You have to really pray and be honest with yourself."<ref name="teen"/>

In the run-up to the [[41st Annual Grammy Awards|1999 Grammy Awards]], Hill became the first woman to be nominated in ten categories in a single year. In addition to ''Miseducation'' works, the nominations included her rendition of "[[Can't Take My Eyes Off You]]" for the 1997 film ''[[Conspiracy Theory (film)|Conspiracy Theory]]'', which had appeared on ''Billboard'' charts,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lauryn Hill: Awards |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lauryn-hill-mn0000113753/awards |url-status=live |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804170644/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lauryn-hill-mn0000113753/awards |archive-date=August 4, 2013}}</ref> and Hill's writing and producing of "[[A Rose Is Still a Rose (song)|A Rose Is Still a Rose]]", which became a late-in-career hit for [[Aretha Franklin]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Britton |first=Wesley |title=Music Review: Aretha Franklin – Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980–1998 |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Aretha-Franklin-Knew-You-Were-2835462.php |url-status=live |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=January 30, 2012 |access-date=July 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185927/http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Aretha-Franklin-Knew-You-Were-2835462.php |archive-date=February 1, 2014}}</ref> She appeared on several magazine covers, including ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[People (magazine)|Teen People]]'', and ''[[T: The New York Times Style Magazine|The New York Times Fashion Magazine]]''.<ref name="prog">{{cite news | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Missed+Message+of+Lauryn+Hill.-a054246116 | title=The Missed Message of Lauryn Hill | first=Andrea | last=Lewis | magazine=[[The Progressive]] | date=April 1999 | access-date=July 6, 2013 | archive-date=February 1, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201194940/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Missed+Message+of+Lauryn+Hill.-a054246116 | url-status=live }}</ref> During the ceremony, Hill broke another record by becoming the first woman to win five times in one night,<ref name="prog" /> taking home the awards for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Album|Best R&B Album]], [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Song|Best R&B Song]], [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]], and [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].<ref name="Grammys">{{cite web | url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=%22lauryn+hill%22&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All | title=Past Winners Search: 'Lauryn Hill' | publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] | access-date=August 11, 2013 | archive-date=February 3, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203063947/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=%22lauryn+hill%22&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All | url-status=live }}</ref> During an acceptance speech, she said, "This is crazy. This is hip-hop!"<ref name="prog"/> Hill had brought forth a new, mainstream acceptance of the genre.<ref name="nyt-so"/><ref name="prog"/>

In February 1999, Hill received four awards at the 30th Annual [[NAACP Image Award]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill Wins Four NAACP Awards|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/512202/lauryn-hill-wins-four-naacp-awards.jhtml|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=June 8, 2013|date=February 17, 1999|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202220716/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/512202/lauryn-hill-wins-four-naacp-awards.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 1999, she became the youngest woman ever named to [[Ebony (magazine)|''Ebony'' magazine]]'s 100+ Most Influential Black Americans list;<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54527667.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025519/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54527667.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 11, 2014 | title=100+ Most Influential Black Americans | magazine=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]] | date=May 1999 | access-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref> in November of that year, the same publication named her as one of "10 For Tomorrow" in the "Ebony 2000: Special Millennium Issue".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-57800072.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025521/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-57800072.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 11, 2014 | title=Jesse Jackson Jr., Lauryn Hill, Serena, Puff Daddy Are Among The Super Leaders Of The Future | magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] | date=November 15, 1999 | access-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref> In May 1999, she made [[People (magazine)|''People'' magazine]]'s [[50 Most Beautiful People]] list.<ref name="people-mostbeaut">{{cite news | url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128144,00.html | title=Most Beautiful: Lauryn Hill: Musician | magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] | date=May 10, 1999 | access-date=June 30, 2013 | archive-date=February 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202162932/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128144,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The publication, which has called her "model-gorgeous",<ref name="people"/> praised the {{convert|5|ft|4|in|m|adj=on}} Hill for her idiosyncratic sense of personal style.<ref name="people-mostbeaut"/> In June 1999, she received an [[Essence Award]], but her acceptance speech, where she said there was no contradiction in religious love and servitude and "[being] who you are, as fly and as hot and as whatever",<ref>{{cite news |title=Lauryn Hill Gets Emotional At "Essence" Awards |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429191/lauryn-hill-gets-emotional-at-essence-awards.jhtml |url-status=dead |publisher=[[MTV News]] |date=March 27, 1999 |access-date=June 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202220729/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429191/lauryn-hill-gets-emotional-at-essence-awards.jhtml |archive-date=February 2, 2014}}</ref> drew reaction from those in the public who thought she was not a good role model as a young, unwed mother of two.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dickerson |first=Debra |author-link=Debra Dickerson |title=Lauryn Hill: Hoochie or hero? |url=http://www.salon.com/1999/06/22/hill/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Salon (magazine)|Salon]] |date=June 22, 1999 |access-date=July 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115131136/http://www.salon.com/1999/06/22/hill/ |archive-date=November 15, 2013}}</ref> This was a repetition of criticism she had received after the birth of her first child, and she had said that she and Marley would soon be married.<ref name="teen"/> In early 2000, Hill was one of the producers to share the Grammy Award for Album of the Year awarded for [[Santana (band)|Santana]]'s 1999 multi-million-selling ''[[Supernatural (Santana album)|Supernatural]]'', whereon she had written, produced, and rapped on the track "Do You Like the Way" (a rumination on the direction the world was headed, it also featured the singing of [[CeeLo Green]] and the signature guitar runs of [[Carlos Santana]]). She was also nominated for Best R&B Song for "[[All That I Can Say]]", which she had written and produced for [[Mary J. Blige]]. Also, her concocted duet with Bob Marley on "[[Turn Your Lights Down Low]]" for the 1999 remix tribute album ''[[Chant Down Babylon]]'' additionally appeared in the 1999 film ''[[The Best Man (1999 film)|The Best Man]]'' and later received a Grammy nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]].

In November 1998, New Ark filed a fifty-page lawsuit against Hill, her management, and record label, claiming that Hill "used their songs and production skills, but failed to properly credit them for the work" on ''Miseducation''.<ref name="salon-newark">{{cite news |last=McLeod |first=Rod |title=The reeducation of Lauryn Hill |url=http://www.salon.com/2000/05/10/pop_song/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Salon (magazine)|Salon]] |date=May 10, 2000 |access-date=August 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111185719/http://www.salon.com/2000/05/10/pop_song/ |archive-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref> The musicians claimed to be the primary songwriters on two tracks, and major contributors on several others, though Gordon Williams, a prominent recorder, engineer, and mixer on ''Miseducation'', described the album as a "powerfully personal effort by Hill" and said, "It was definitely her vision."<ref name="Boucher"/> Hill responded that New Ark had been appropriately credited and now were seeking to take advantage of her success.<ref name="salon-newark"/> New Ark requested partial writing credits on most of the tracks on the album as well as monetary reimbursement.<ref name="rs-saga">{{cite news |last=Perry |first=Claudia |title=Lauryn Hill's Courtroom Saga Continues |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hills-courtroom-saga-continues-20001031 |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 31, 2000 |access-date=June 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407203259/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hills-courtroom-saga-continues-20001031 |archive-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref> After many delays, depositions took place during the latter part of 2000.<ref name="salon-newark"/><ref name="rs-saga"/> In part, the case illustrated the difficult boundaries between songwriting and all other aspects that went into contemporary arranging, sampling, and recording.<ref name="salon-newark"/> The suit was eventually settled out of court in February 2001, with Hill paying New Ark a reported $5&nbsp;million.<ref name="inside"/> A friend of Hill's later said of the suit, "That was the beginning of a chain effect that would turn everything a little crazy."<ref name="rollingstone" />