num_pages: 176
description: An NPR 2018 Great ReadCelebrate the twentieth anniversary of the acclaimed and influential debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with this eye-opening and moving exploration of Lauryn Hill and her remarkable artistic legacy.Released in 1998 Lauryn Hills first solo album is often cited by music critics as one of the most important recordings in modern history. Artists from Beyonc to Nicki Minaj to Janelle Mone have claimed it as an inspiration and it was recently included in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as well as named the second greatest album by a woman in history by NPR (right behind Joni Mitchells Blue ).Award-winning feminist author and journalist Joan Morgan delivers an expansive in-depth and heartfelt analysis of the album and its enduring place in pop culture. She Begat This is both an indelible portrait of a magical moment when a young fierce and determined singer-rapper-songwriter made music history and a crucial work of scholarship perfect for longtime hip-hop fans and a new generation of fans just discovering this album.
language: English
title: She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
publisher: Atria Books