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Title: Lauryn Hill simply wins by default
Review: The current status of Hip-Hop--like the current status of Heavy-weight boxing--is rife with cats and chicks taking dives and pulling punches for instant fame, their names in neon and the Big Payoff. As a result, there are no real contenders willing to challenge other artists and listeners. While Hill's album has bright moments, the music is dull and repetitive, her vocal range is limited, and she tends to oversimplify situations. When you put this album within the context of current music, it is being lauded because there is no one out there giving Lauryn a challenge for the lyrical title. And the public, gorged to death on Puffy and those pimping our nostalgia, hungers for a real pugilist.
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