USA Today Music — Released on Aug. 25, 1998, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' is Hill's first and only solo studio album, and transformed the singer into a generation-defining artist.             more info

Time — Twenty years after her debut solo album is released, her radicalism reverberates more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Tune-Yards/U.S. Girls, Julien Baker/Phoebe Bridgers/Lucy Dacus, Death From Above, Lucinda Williams, Amine/Buddy, G Herbo, Antarctigo Vespucci, and more NYC-area shows on sale today. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Within one week earlier this year, two absolutely massive artists released singles that were both built around a sample of the same song. That song, Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor," turns 20 tomorrow, as does The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, the album from... more info

New York Post — When “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” came out 20 years ago on Aug. 25, 1998, it ushered in a new school of thought in hip-hop. With a rich musicality and lyrics that were both confessional and conscious, Hill’s opus went on to become the firs... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Guided by Voices, J. Mascis, Tune-Yards/U.S. Girls, Lauryn Hill, Doug Loves Movies, Joe Pera, and more tickets on sale. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: John Medeski's Mad Skillet, Pale Waves/Miya Folick, Travis Scott, Lauryn Hill, The Apartments, Monty Python's Eric Idle, and more tour news. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lauryn Hill recently had to cancel and/or postpone some dates on her Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20th anniversary tour due to "unforeseen production issues," including the NJ native's show in her birth state... Continue reading… more info

Guardian Music — From her gospel roots, Aretha Franklin created the sound of the resistance, when it was most needed. Author Daphne A Brooks celebrates a spiritual and creative geniusThe Queen of Soul: a life in picturesThe woman with the most million-selling singles... more info

Consequence of Sound — "You haven’t done enough to be the way you are. You just have not. The one thing you did that was great, you didn’t do." more info