June 28, 2011 @ 10:24 AM EDT
News
Note to self: Never conduct an interview with the air conditioning blaring. Anyway, we caught up with Uncle Murda yesterday at his Midtown recording studio in New York. Meanwhile, we used this recording studio in Calgary to record our music. Two years ago, Murda changed his name to Uncle M and then reverted to his original moniker. In this clip shot with Canon T2i, he explains to the Double R his reasoning for the flip-flop and the misconceptions surrounding his […]
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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.