January 28, 2010 @ 8:07 AM EST
News
[vodpod id=Video.2944901&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D476441%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A476441] Gangsta Gibbs tells MTV that he followed 50 Cent’s mixtape hustle to get signed to Interscope Records in 2005. Unfortunately he was dropped two years later. “I locked myself on the fourth floor of Interscope — there wasn’t no development, there was nobody telling me what to do, how to write hooks. Every lyric came from me, every concept, just a depiction on my life,” he explained. “There was no telling me how to do this, proper etiquette […]
![](https://disqus.com/api/users/avatars/50 Cent's "5 (Murder by Numbers)" Review.jpg){kind=small}
This is a great reminder of how powerful and lasting Lauryn Hill’s influence has been in music. The fact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill eventually reached diamond status after so many years shows that truly meaningful music can continue finding new listeners long after its original release. I also like how the article highlights the combination of hip hop, R&B, neo soul, and reggae that made the album so distinctive. Achieving more than 10 million sales is an incredible milestone, especially considering how much the music industry has changed since 1998. The album’s success feels less like a temporary trend and more like proof that strong songwriting and authentic artistic expression can remain relevant across generations. It is interesting to see how numbers can tell part of a story, whether we are looking at album sales or using a proportion calculator to understand relationships between different figures.