Joan Morgan Talks Hip-Hop Feminism & The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill

[@drok90057]

So Informative and So Beautiful. God Bless Lauryn Hill....If she never puts out another album again...we are Blessed with the one album that changed the Culture.

[@cheriselundy415]

A very real statement

[@KitoKamiliMusic]

Ashe

[@tlig]

She will never put out another album.

[@crestvy3208]

Lord Roka i love what you just said

[@quintonprice8579]

The fact that we're still having these types of conversations about it 20 years later proves the album is as great if not greater than we thought it was.

[@anthonyd18]

Give Lauryn the credit that she deserves and stop hatin!!. 20 years ago she put out a message that is just as relevant today as it was when she put it out. The culture put Ms Hill on a pedestal because the content was Real and very Raw. I still LOVE this album and will play it in a heartbeat. Much love and many blessings to Ms Hill, her family and her legacy

[@DashaeImani]

Angela Yee never ask any questions she makes statements then stares at the guest till they respond Iike what sis 😂

[@drok90057]

Never Realized that😂

[@nativetongue379]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@proppanuts]

She is so annoying, I wish she stayed in Africa

[@tkc5898]

Dashae Imani lol i’m just noticing that & you are so right!

[@rell7953]

Facts

[@Breezeme105]

Lauryn Hill was a teacher to the 90s

[@lordjohnson48]

Lauryn hill is far from a feminist.

[@bowling4clarity817]

Joan Morgan has always been about that Black Girl Magic concept even before it was a hashtag on social media . in the late 90s I remember reading her stuff. and seeing her stand up FOR Hip Hop against outsiders of the culture, but also stand TO hip hop for its normalized misogyny . As a true Hip Hop head and man, I salute this sista .

[@fip1944]

I love Lauryn Hill, my favorite singer/rapper of all times, there has never been anyone better than her and that album, I can listen to that album today and is still feels the same as it did when it came out , it's a timeless album. Love her, she doesn't need another album you can never get tired of listening to her.

[@Lord2wiceAsReal]

Lauryn Hill is one of the true Queens of rap in my opinion

[@kang6914]

Lauryn overrated asf

[@LA-ue2ph]

she's like the only female rapper ever not to mention her pussy in every song lmao

[@gabrielbrewster107]

@Amina lauryn hill is the first female rapper to become a SUPERSTAR without using sex or sexuality as a promotional tool. as a matter of fact she is the first female rap superstar all together. Left Eye was apart of a group and never stood out as an individual. Lil kim, Foxy Brown, Eve etc were stars but not superstars. Missy Elliot was the second female rap superstar. The another female rap superstar didn't come around till Nicki Minaj.

[@YesImJoeKing]

Hoping everyone who sees this has a good day. Today is my birthday! Libra gang stand up!

[@ah.7298]

happy birthday

[@ess.1020]

Happy birthday🎂 libra gang 10/20

[@GoSuMonSteR]

Astrology is meaningless and doesn't predict personality traits, nor anything else.

[@maxineb6553]

Happy Birthday!! 😊🎁🍾 My birthday today too......9/27 💃🏾🌻🎉

[@ChichiMarie]

Joe King happy birthday!!! #LibraGang I’m 10/17

[@shrewdshrew35]

When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost and No Disrespect by Sista Soulja were my two coming of age books as a young black single woman back in the day!

[@atate23]

The Coldest Winter Ever too you should read that if you haven't. Written by Sista Soulja

[@rhapsodicchimera9768]

As a milinneal I never thought Miseducation was preachy and still listen to it today. Who are these millennials?

[@leahrhodes6422]

Lauryn's 20th anniversary concert in the Mountain View was epic and an amazing experience :) It totally topped her performance the year prior in Berkeley. However, they were both great performances. Love her!

[@Bumblebee-jl3ur]

I'm a millennial. I fuc*ing lovvvvvvvve Lauryn Hill and the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill album. ExFactor is one of my favorite songs.

[@NickGtr4gx]

Did anyone else not realize Dj Envy wasn’t there until after the video ended 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@donitadesse4285]

LOL bruh I'm 6 minutes in and just noticed cause of your comment 😂😂😂

[@michaelmurray7821]

Whenever CthaGod does the intro, that means Envy isn't there. But when Yee isn't there, I don't find out until the end or when they pan the camera and I see her chair empty lol.

[@donitadesse4285]

i know when Yee isn't there cause the interview gets really dry and not engaging lol i think she is the only one that actually preps and reads/looks at the persons work beforehand

[@michaelmurray7821]

Doni Tadesse Yee does her research when it comes to gossip or scandal. But when its political, its CThaGod and Yee is quiet. Envy just throws out sentences to let people know he's there unless it deals with making a profit or money related.

[@cass781]

Wow! I too was pregnant with my first child when the miseducation album was out. Remember being 8 months pregnant at the Wang center seeing Lauryn Hill's concert, Outkast opened for her. So great!

[@bathshebaf.bryant-tarpeh52]

I am annoyed that some Millennials think that her album was too "preachy." I was 12 years old when this album came out and as a Millennial with feminist and Womanist sensibilities I found this album so liberating and empowering for woman and young girls.

[@ociphress]

Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is an epic album and is forever a classic. Lauryn's vocal tonality, her cadence and swag will forever be forever. There is nothing wrong with having a preachy album...Marvin Gaye had a preach record, Curtis Mayfield, TLC, Bill Withers, Dixie Chicks,...I mean I am sure if I sit here and think long enough a lot of artist have produced "preachy" (which is not the best term to use) records. James Brown, Sam Cooke, Madonna, ....I mean really....The correct term is she produced a rich philosophical album. She is an artist.

[@likewhatIsee]

I waited in line at the record store for midnight for this album. They held an entire store event!

[@GlitteratiRecords]

it'd be nice to actually hear from Lauryn herself

[@ericwilliams3268]

The industry is what happened to her. She got a song singing bout it live

[@chryssieepooo88]

I listen to her album on a regular. Start to finish.

[@Obdurately_Tee]

I've always loved and will continue to love Ms. L. Hill's music. Especially Doo wop and I listened to her growing up and born #1992

[@benhartwig9582]

Now this is an interview I can get behind. Glad to see her on here!

[@KitoKamiliMusic]

You & me, both! So cool to see & hear beautiful, empathetic, educated humans speak so passionately about subjects I'm also passionate about

[@stephaniesurratt1473]

How do you not like Zion??? I get chills when she sings "My Joy"

[@thr3385]

Let's be honest if Cardi B worked in an office she would of been fired. Cardi B is nice but she is a character

[@xxbabygurl79xx]

A rap actor🎭🎤

[@ussuperprints1821]

Cardi b is a piece of shit

[@tkc5898]

Thr 33 *caricature Theres a difference between the word you typed sir. 🤦🏽‍♂️ #educationisthekey

[@carl3063]

Thr 33 Cardi B a straight up clown. Once this bullshit feminist wave ends and we get past the fascination with black people she need to be doneskies. She a white people’s dream. Black, dumb, and silly

[@PeaceBeStill-]

@@carl3063 exactly. Similar to Tiffany Haddish.

[@ramontehunter9042]

The album is a classic 🔥🔥🔥

[@Yodi.]

Didn’t know who she was, but she got a new fan today lowkey 😂😂😂

[@c.alexander7775]

This conversation sounds like Lauryn is dead .... nope I don’t like it

[@Yodi.]

C. Alexander Then don’t watch it.

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

She could still act

[@Keenonf]

They kind of reference that though. Shes not Lauryn, she's Ms. Hill now.

[@Genie2386]

Exactly! I just wish she would do an interview and answer all these questions.

[@yudahel8521]

Right they got me fucked up. Don't know why but I feel offended

[@siddamone]

I luv when u have smart ppl on da show... U Block out 4 a Minute an b positive

[@MissMikey239]

Lauryn Hill is the queen of rap!

[@sabriariley7854]

That album was therapeutic for me then,still rock it

[@coveringthecarolinas]

Black first. Women second. However this black women is pretty!!

[@paranoidreggie53]

pretty ugly c'mon son be real

[@nestafan2127]

Sistarah We have no choice really.

[@acegrooms5135]

Black first, Men second I feel this!.

[@coveringthecarolinas]

@jpkp012345 thanx for over standing!! 😉

[@coveringthecarolinas]

@@nestafan2127 we don't, but alot of us take it to gender 1st before they/we recognize race.

[@ikester546]

Every ghetto every city and suburban place I’ve been

[@bzbaz9687]

Her shape up fire

[@ladonna1313]

That interview was so magnificent!!! Out of all the beautiful things that was stated I just wish that Lauren hill will recognize her legacy and do better towards her supporters and people that love her and her music!

[@Jinx-ig1fz]

Classic Album. You cannot hate on Lauryn Hill.

[@TylarT]

Not a feminist, Black first. But it seems everything is someone else's fault with Black men. The reason they are violent, "single household", Black Women' fault. The reason they aren't in their children's lives, "she don't want me there", Black Women's fault. The reason they don't use condoms and have multiple children, "gotta keep your legs closed" Black women' fault. The reason they don't marry, "Marriage is a scam, or I'll never get married, or Don't want to be tied down to gold digger/thot/miss independent", Black Women's fault. The reason they are so broken, "Mom raised me, she failed, dad just wasn't there", Black Women's fault. How long do Black men plan on placing blame for their actions on Black Women ALONE? Where is the self reflection? As a COMMUNITY, we need to work together. Liberalism and feminism isn't the problem, it's the broken black community. Black Men need to take responsibility for their actions and Black women need to recognize feminism isn't the answer to the issue.

[@etf42]

the level of responsibility should be equal to the level of authority

[@a.d.w8385]

@@lloydinfamous5032 Hes right and so are you.

[@justacook89]

Bruh...shut up. This is such a generalization that it can't be taken seriuos.

[@TylarT]

@@justacook89 If generalizing is recognizing a problem that the black community has then so be it. No one ever expects idiots to take anything seriously so take your own advice.

[@bluebirdredrobin6827]

It’s a lot easier to blame black women and gay black people than white men and women because then they’d ACTUALLY have to get up off their ass and do something

[@adriversity260]

I just want to say she speaks for herself on Doo Wop I’m 25 years old and love that song. I love the jewels and wisdom and def don’t feel like it’s preachy. Wisdom doesn’t come with age and if you a real one it resonates 👑💜💪🏽

[@TheBlocker73]

She's beautiful and the miseducation is one of my favorite albums period .

[@cocoloso030]

Another great interview

[@kingfog9756]

Da Rap Game GETTING ALL Mayo’d up

[@yudahel8521]

King Fog On god, I hate that shit. Everytime I look up there's a white rapper. I'm like wtf

[@CaapriceTube1]

I was 9 when the album came out so I’m a TRUE millennial, and I didn’t find it preachy at all that was just her style. Now that I’m 29 I can relate to everything she was rapping/singing about.

[@mrjwesiv7517]

Miss education was the best CD ever

[@mikee3261]

Wesley Nealon what about tear the club up thugs by 3-6 Mafia ? Lol

[@argue.with.yourself]

I completely agree about the labels put on Lauryn!! They should have let her grow into it...the pressure was real for a 23 year old

[@joannewright6899]

Great interview. I love Joan Morgan earrings. Where can I find them?

[@simonsez1787]

Shouts to Angela, I knew there was nothing to worry about there.. Salute to CTG for recognizing the importance of feminism in hip hop, not shying from that, and speaking openly on the error of our hip hop generations’ pasts. Kinda glad Envy wasn’t present. I think he would have derailed this with “Now for those that don’t know...” questions and counterpoints. Everyone listened here.

[@sharronking]

Good bye... people can shove it! Miseducation of Lauryn Hill has a special place in my heart....it got me through a lot of rough times.#Godsent

[@laurenenglish4147]

Her MTV Unplugged Album literally explains why she leaves the Industry (and "the material world" as she says) The Miseducation is a wicked album, but I still do not understand why MTV Unplugged is never spoken about. They are both political artworks, but MTV Unplugged is hard hitting and especially political

[@brittneywade1863]

Lauren Hill was given a gift from the Most High. She gave us a body of work that will be held like the Mona Lisa picture. ❤️

[@edeck889]

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is an all time classic album and the music business is such in disarray today in 2018 that we will never get another album like that as well as other album classics again unless this society is willing to deal with truth and nothing but the truth

[@bigelowkaryn]

As a millennial, I LOVE Lauryn Hill. There is no disconnect for me. Although, I am not crazy enough to buy concert tickets.

[@chibaby0306]

i would def love to see a movie about lauryn's life, she is such a QUEEN!!!!

[@fip1944]

I love the Zion song, this song I dedicated to my Beautiful son

[@TamelessKinks]

I Love Joan!! Get both books! 🤗🥰

[@myasfirejourney2045]

One of my fav albums....period!

[@Miss5882]

G.O.A.T ...from teens to now...The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill still rocks!!

[@jessicapope6570]

I love the miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the best album ever for sorry I revisit every break up lol

[@Loiichi]

“How many mics do you rip on the daily??” 💚💚 The best interviews are the ones withOut Envy.

[@kimberlybecoatstudio7020]

My favorite song of the album is Lost One - she bodied that cut!

[@TribeCalledNoel]

im glad he mentioned Think, Rapsody etc ..

[@marshacreary2442]

Great interview!

[@windowstv4807]

Real recognize real peace to Charla and Joan Morgan

[@Misswhome2010]

Clicked as soon as I saw"Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"♥️

[@KitoKamiliMusic]

Zion is one of my all times favs

[@sabriariley7854]

I hate that there trying to water down and dissect a great classic album,smh,every song on there was a classic, my daughter is 22 and rock that album today,and she was 2 when it came out.Thats the vibe she was feeling at the time, plus she was just telling her story on that album,just let it remain great

[@chewaleerumistjohnson1972]

Zion is an absolutely fantastic song on a marvelous album..

[@joi12345678]

7:00 These Hairdressers still don’t know how to do natural hair. If you have natural hair your shit outta luck. Last time I went to a hair dresser I definitely had to talk her through not perming my hair and she still sneak permed my edges 🙄 lol

[@PeaceBeStill-]

What?? She relaxed your hair anyway??

[@joi12345678]

Kéle H. YES! She permed my edges and didn’t even tell me. I had to look and ask her “Are you perming my hair?” I was so mad but it was already too late.smh

[@PeaceBeStill-]

@@joi12345678 SMH! I would've been hot! 😡

[@KINGDOMDAUGHTER]

Joi, I concur. I too recalled going to a black salon and the nerve of the hairdresser/stylist suggesting I perm it. I had to walked her how to wash, three times and not be once. What bothers me even more, she kept talking on her phone and around the salon, doesn't folks know not to be talking over someone's hair while handling such. I had to tell her although my hair is natural and a little nappy, it can be roller set, she had the nerve to want to blow dry my wet hair. So I left without paying. So I found myself a Latino hair salon, Dominican, and for the past 13 yrs, I go get my hair wash and deep conditioner and roller set with no problems and no worries of sort, and my stylist/shampoo lady, Ms Lizbeth, never kept talking over my hair nor be on the phone chit chatting. The client is priority and not every client goes to a salon wants to partake in the bangerang of unprofessionalism

[@prodfresh]

watched the entire video. Still don't get where the negative comments (and dislikes) are coming from.

[@m.davinci9285]

In 1998 I was only listening to MA$E,L.O.X,JAYZ,DMX,BIGPUN,NAS,CANIBUS...& Jayz hard knock life vol 2 was the best album that year from top to bottom!

[@mrjwesiv7517]

I'm going to keep it real this one i don't care for next

[@youngnb3933]

Wesley Nealon ....then why are you here...? 🤔

[@mikecolin3983]

L Boogie the MC was cold blooded man. I remember when the album was coming out I was hyping it up to everyone. I swore this was going to be ground-breaking for female rappers. Than the album drops and she singing all up and down the album. It was bitter sweet to me.

[@GGCanLove409]

I loved that album and still listen to it. I came into my adulthood with that album. I was not a Kim or Foxy fan by any means. Lost Ones is my favorite and Zion was my least favorite then but when I listen to it now I tear up.

[@ompiba]

Joan Morgan is a legndary hip hop journalist and L boogie is my fav artist so I bought the book right after it was released...very good. Too bad Lauryn wasn't interviewed in it...

[@draenation265]

Am I the only one who reached the end of the interview then realized they talkin about the wrong shit? Uhh Yee? You gone have to come up off them Lauryn Hill rhymes you been holding hostage. Passing notes in class with easily the best female lyricist i ever heard and this the first im hearing of it.

[@mynamehere7087]

TMOLH forever drops on my Deserted Island (i.e., if I only had X amount of music when standed on...) Mix

[@pulsedr1p818]

Just like SZA, some people get it really right the first time. Timeless.

[@nikeshamorrow9444]

Chally Boy , SZA is nothing like Lauren Hill

[@rustynail1071]

When i was a lil kid..i didn't even know the names of the two guys in the fugees..i just cared and wanted to hear her only

[@shawnydaze280]

Women in hip hop calls themselves the same words that men calls them. How can women ask for respect but they're out there doing a "I as m a SLUT" walk with amber rose? How can you command respect when women like nikki minaj is out there out of control. How can you desire respect when you're acting like animals on reality shows. Women need to fix themselves first before asking men to respect them in hip hop.

[@karllagerfeld3137]

Yes Charlemagne! I hate “Thanks For My Child” by Cheryl Pepsi Riley. My mother played that song ALL NIGHT LONG.

[@tunechii1107]

Love you Joan!

[@LenaBOOMBeana]

When Chickenheads come home to roast is such a treasure 😍😍❤️❤️

[@robinlue2008]

I'd like to give a big shout out to the dislike ratio lol

[@AtypicalPaul]

I wondered where Lauren Hill went. Shes a great artist

[@t.c.5456]

Lol....Lauryn is officially the only musical unicorn left. D’Angelo is no longer a unicorn.

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

Lauryn Hill is fantastic...she wouldn't embarrass you in public

[@ashleysemper5808]

Listen...I don't know whaaaat millenials ya'll are talking to!!! This album is a classic....PERIOD...we are all naturalistas because of Lauryn Hill...not because of Lil Kim (I love kim though) but I'm just saying.

[@BeeAreEyeTeTe]

"How you gone win when you ain't right within!"

[@conniechoward]

And you've advocated for that culture SIR CTG

[@DeepBreath.1.2.1.2]

Beautiful interview... I feel Maturity and Awareness is required to understand how extremely powerful Lauren’s album was/is and how it impacted us.. if you can’t tap into the energy .. well Sad for you..

[@Bray_Jay]

@11:17-11:30 That is because women require different needs versus a man. Plus childbirth can halt and put a damper on certain contractual obligations (i.e., concerts, albums, shows, features). So a woman carrying a child during a music career is a potential liability for businesses, granted it is not planned, at the right time. @11:44 Ummmm...because, you have a human in your stomach (unless you decide not to keep). Serena did it. Janet Jackson did it. Several women did it, to protect and make sure their offspring was brought to the world as safe as possible. @11:53 There is a time and place for everything. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. @11:55 And that is your responsibility as well. @12:23-12:30 There you have it. It is about long-term thinking folks. Like I said, there is a time and place for everything. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. @12:33-12:40 There you have it, Yet again. Like I said, Plus childbirth can halt and put a damper on certain contractual obligations (i.e., concerts, albums, shows, features). So a woman carrying a child during a music career is a potential liability for businesses, granted it is not planned, at the right time. @12:50 No they don't. The two that participated in the act, of procreation, create that scheduled. @24:16 Certain types of preaching is needed. If anything the album was doing what parents do their children, granted peer pressure doesn't over influence the child. @24:35 I say, "Go listen to something else". @26:07 She definitely not any of that. She is the total opposite of that. @28:50 This is why contracts are important. Because a person will (try to) take credit for your work. In the words of Che Vicious, "...There was label pressure to do the Prince thing - written and produced by..." @30:37 Yes but, the (shadow) figure heads are pushing the likes of Cardi B, Tiffany Haddish to the forefront. Not people who have lyrical content and/or social commentary

[@taylorweeks4883]

I was 9 when this album came out. I've appreciated it since before I could truly understand it. As I got older I understood it more and more. Not preachy at all. Relatable. Real! Who are these millennials?

[@brotheradrian6087]

She can't be Nina Simone. Nina simone didnt rap. Lauren is in a class by her self. Singing and rapping on a conscious/spiritual level.

[@P121-27]

Lauryn Hill Warrants every bit of the love and the placement in Hip Hop we gave her. She speaks for our generation. This generation doesnt want to be spoken to. They want to be lulled to sleep. (Not all, but many) It's not about how many albums. Its about how big an impact that one album can make. There are a lot of artist with 3 or 4 shitty albums, saying absolutely nothing. Lauryn made you, think and check yourself, it was relatable. Ill take that over Lean and pills any day. Maybe, the industry was not somewhere she could grow. She did her work and ✌she is out.

[@raoulfr]

Doo-wop is a classic, great song and message! Sad to hear women are describing it as “too preachy”.

[@JasthePhilo]

Some weirdos in the comments lol

[@kimberlybrock783]

For real it's funny and sad

[@youngnb3933]

Right? Like baby...if it isn’t you’re cup of tea then click off. People weird as hell.

[@alistmaker]

But y can’t Lauren come out with a new album?

[@Moricci7]

Hey y'all!!!! 😊😊😊

[@djnes2k7]

The only problem I have with this interview, is it completely dismisses queen Latifah queen/respect movement. On top of that queen Latifah was a much better lyricist

[@jsleath88]

Yee does a good job of acting like she really cares, while only acknowledging the bad!

[@Blazenetwork1990]

I never knew lauryn wrote for Wyclef learn something new everyday

[@gabrielbrewster107]

Lauryn Hill does not write 'for' wyclef. they collaborated on his first solo album.