Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Analysis and Reflection by Owen Maier
- Intro
- Lauryn not there at school
- Lost Ones
- Very personal
- Talking directly to someone else
- Jamaican influence
- Some religious references
- Ex-Factor
- Love song discussed in skit of previous song
- Darker love
- Painful
- Pleading
- To Zion
- Letter to someone
- Zion is her son
- Religious
- Mary’s angel
- Unsurety at first
- Now believes
- Doo Wop
- Talking to another girl in first verse
- Not falling into men
- Becoming right
- Second verse talks bad about men
- Their wrong values
- Overall a very feminist song
- Superstar
- Intro highlights problems of hip-hop now
- Used to be not about money
- Now is all about the charts
- Entire song about the hard work in music not paying off
This album covers many topics, from love, to religion, to the problems of hip-hop now, to male-domination, and to boasting. It covers this very well, but she ties it all together very well. I think she includes all these topics so that one can relate well to many of them. My favorite song was “Superstar” because Hill described where hip-hop has gone in a smart way that I totally agree with.
My favorite song on the album was also "Superstar" because like you are talking about she talks about where hip hop has gone. She talks about musicians not being inspiring, and just making music to make money, not to send a message.
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