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"Lost Ones" is a diss song by American rapper and singer-songwriter Lauryn Hill. It was released on August 25, 1998, through Ruffhouse and Columbia Records. The song was written by Hill and produced by Hill, alongside Vada Nobles and Che Pope. It features an interpolation of "Bam Bam" by Sister Nancy. [1]
Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, ... Miranda also referenced the track "Lost Ones" during the song "We Know", [297] ...
Released on August 25, 1998, Hill's debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill sold over 423,000 copies in its first week (boosted by advance radio play of two non-label-sanctioned singles, "Lost Ones" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You") [1] and topped the US Billboard 200 for four weeks and the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for six weeks.
In recognition of the 25th anniversary of Lauryn Hill’s solo debut, ... “Lost Ones,” the scathing album opener, is a lyrical takedown of her former Fugees bandmate and one-time lover, Wyclef ...
Hill also performed “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” and “Lost Ones’ from her chart-topping solo album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” Marley joined his mother on stage at the BET ...
Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley welcomed their son YG Marley in 2001. ... his mom treated fans to her solo songs "Ex Factor" and "Lost Ones" and later sang "Killing Me Softly with His Song” with Jean.
The hip hop and R&B song is a warning from Lauryn Hill to African-American men and women caught in "the struggle". Both the women who "[try to] be a hard rock when they really are a gem", and the men who are "more concerned with his rims, and his Timbs, than his women", are admonished by Hill, who warns them not to allow "that thing" to ruin their lives.
While "Lost Ones" discusses the dissolution of Hill's business relationship with Jean, "Ex-Factor" addresses the end of their personal one. [48] A 1960s-influenced soul track received comparisons to Minnie Riperton and Aretha Franklin. It replays elements of Wu-Tang Clan's "Can It Be All So Simple", and ends with a guitar solo by Johari Newton ...