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The song was released as a digital download, and was said to be a cut from her yet to be released upcoming second studio album. [2] It is Hill's first single to be released since 2007's " Lose Myself " and is the first of Hill's singles to chart on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart since her collaborative single " Turn Your Lights Down Low ...
"Doo Wop (That Thing)" is a song by American rapper and singer Lauryn Hill from her debut solo studio album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998). It was written and produced by Hill. The song was released to radio as her solo debut and lead single from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill on August 10, 1998, by Ruffhouse Records and Columbia ...
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.
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The song contains R&B, 1960s soul, and hip hop influences. It marked the first commercial appearance of singer and pianist John Legend, who was 19 years old when he played the piano on the song. The song was released as the third and final single from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill on May 3, 1999, by Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records.
Lauryn Noelle Hill was born on May 26, 1975, in East Orange, New Jersey. [7] [8] Her mother, Valerie Hill, was an English teacher and her father, Mal Hill, a computer and management consultant.
"Lost Ones" was written and recorded at Chung King Studios in New York City, and completed in June 1998 at Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, the song makes mention of this with the lyrics "I was hopeless, now I’m on Hope Road," and Hill figuratively and literally was: Tuff Gong's address is 56 Hope Road. [7]
MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 is a live album by American singer Lauryn Hill. The performance comes from her 2002 MTV Unplugged special recorded on July 21, 2001, at MTV Studios in Times Square, New York City. Hill abandoned the hip hop sounds of her debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) in favor of folk and soul songs.