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The accompanying music video for "Killing Me Softly", directed by Aswad Ayinde [70] and based on Lauryn Hill's ideas, won an MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video. [71] The video depicts the trio watching a movie in a cinema. It also features a cameo of Roberta Flack. [59] [72]
The second single, "Killing Me Softly", with lead vocals by Lauryn Hill, was released on May 31, 1996. "Killing Me Softly" proved to be the most successful single from the album. The song went No. 1 in 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, where it peaked atop the UK Singles Chart, and became one of the region's best-selling singles ever.
The song first leaked under the title "Lauryn Hill", [3] due to the line "Drugs killing me softly, Lauryn Hill". [4] The track starts off with a guitar intro, [5] and consists of a Robotech sample. [1]
Grammy award-winning singer Roberta Flack, who crooned hits like “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” which was covered by The Fugees with Lauryn HIll, has died. She was 88. People 4 days ago
Lauryn Overhultz. February 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM. ... Roberta Flack was known for songs such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
The song samples vocals from American singer and rapper Lauryn Hill on the song "Killing Me Softly" (1996) by the Fugees, therefore Hill is credited as a featured artist. [9] [10] In 2020, The Guardian ranked the song as the 30th greatest Mariah Carey single, [11] and Billboard ranked it as the 60th greatest song of her career, that same year. [12]
Related: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill tops Apple Music's list of the 100 best albums "Every week I would text [her manager] and she would go, 'She wants to do it, and we are in Brazil.
The Fugees (/ ˈ f uː dʒ iː z /) were an American hip hop group formed in South Orange, New Jersey in 1990.The trio of Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel, and Lauryn Hill was known for their fusion of hip hop, reggae, R&B, and funk, their socially conscious lyrics, and use of live instrumentation during their performances.