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Lauryn Hill aint crazy OR on crack


August 02, 2007 | Tags: lauryn hill, crazy, insane

Although she seems to have lost her damn mind with rumored diva-like antics and an odd fashion-style switch up...i still love me some L-Boogie...If you can get past her appearance, shes still lyrically droppin knowledge both on and off wax.  People are always so quick to label people as "insane" or "crazy" because they step away from the norm...people labeled Andre insane when he added the 3000 and started rockin wigs and space suits....but he's still one of the illest to ever hold a mic... even aside from hiphop...people labeled Dave Chapelle as crazy when he walked away from 50Mil cuz he'd rather keep his dignity...

anyway...

this interview was pretty boring to tell you the truth. Its worth listening to in full still..but if your short on time (or easily distracted) fast forward to about -4:35 when lauryn speaks about the current state of hiphop etc
"the reason why hiphop had such a strong voice was because it was a defiant message for awhile...it was basically the voice of the voiceless...but once you become the voice of the corporate, you become a different creature"



Amen to all that....

so ofcourse, id LOVE if Lauryn ws still lookin like:


instead of...



but oh well....she's still my girl...



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