Fugees: The Score
Open share drawer Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the 1996 album from the hip-hop trio, a socially conscious blockbuster grounded by the realities of the immigrant experience. In the summer of 1994, the Fugees were in danger of getting dropped. The New Jersey hip-hop trioâs debut LP Blunted on Reality, produced by Kool and the Gangâs Khalis Bayyan, was a misguided effort to conform to the aggressive street sounds that, while popular at the time, failed to capture the...