There is the twenty-three-year-old Hill, whose rhythms, lyrics, and voice have been sampled nearly two hundred times. In the two decades since its release, however, Hill has become a volatile symbol. Through something like serendipity, the two singles both feature samples from Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor,” a track from her début solo album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” A work of love, God, and maternal ego, the album is a modern masterpiece of Christian poetics that has prompted worship as a thesis on hip-hop and soul. ![]() Listening to Drake’s empowerment anthem “ Nice for What,” which was released last Friday, and Cardi B’s “Be Careful,” which came out in late March, I have been taken back to 1998.
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