DE AFARĂ: Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill este albumul de debut solo al lui Lauryn Hill și a fost lansat în data de 25 august 1998, prin Ruffhouse Records & Columbia Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"		Lauryn Hill	0:47
2.	"Lost Ones"	Hill	Hill, Che Guevara, Vada Nobles	5:33
3.	"Ex-Factor"	Hill	Hill	5:26
4.	"To Zion" (featuring Carlos Santana)	Hill	Hill, Guevara	6:08
5.	"Doo Wop (That Thing)"	Hill	Hill	5:19
6.	"Superstar"	Hill, Johari Newton, James Poyser	Hill	4:56
7.	"Final Hour"	Hill	Hill	4:15
8.	"When It Hurts So Bad"	Hill	Hill	5:42
9.	"I Used to Love Him" (featuring Mary J. Blige)	Hill	Hill	5:39
10.	"Forgive Them Father"	Hill	Hill	5:15
11.	"Every Ghetto, Every City"	Hill	Hill	5:14
12.	"Nothing Even Matters" (featuring D'Angelo)	Hill	Hill	5:49
13.	"Everything Is Everything"	Hill, J. Newton	Hill	4:58
14.	"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"	Hill, Tejumold Newton	Hill	4:17
Total length:				69:20

Hidden tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"	Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio	Hill	3:41
16.	"Tell Him"	Hill	Hill	4:38

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Instrumentalists

Al Anderson – guitar (track: 12) Tom Barney – bass (tracks: 11 – 13) Bud Beadle – alto/tenor saxophone / flute (track: 7) Robert Browne – guitar (track: 2) Rudy Byrd – percussion (tracks: 3, 6, 8) Che Guevara – drum programming (tracks: 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13) Che Pope – drum programming (track: 8) Jared Crawford – live drums (track: 4) D'Angelo – rhodes (track: 12) DJ Supreme – DJ (track: 5) Francis Dunnery – guitar (tracks: 11, 12) Paul Fakhourie – bass (track: 3) Dean Frasier – saxophone (tracks: 5, 10) Loris Holland – keys (tracks: 12, 14) / clavinet (track: 11) Indigo Quartet – strings (tracks: 5, 13, 14) Julian Marley – guitar (track: 10) Chris Meredith – bass (tracks: 8, 10, 12) Johari Newton – guitar (tracks: 2, 3, 8)

Tejumold Newton – piano (track: 3) Vada Nobles – drum programming (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13) Arun Pandian;- guitar (track 16 - Tell Him) Grace Paradise – harp (tracks: 4, 6, 8) James Poyser – bass (tracks: 2, 4, 9) / keys (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 12) Everol Ray – trumpet (tracks: 5,10) Kevin Robinson – trumpet / Flugelhorn (track: 7) Ronald "Nambo" Robinson – trombone (tracks: 5, 10) Matthew Rubano – bass (tracks: 9, 13) Carlos Santana – guitar (track: 4) Earl Chinna Smith – guitar (tracks: 2,10) Andrew Smith – guitar (track: 7) Squiddly Ranks – live drums (track: 8) John R. Stephens – piano (track: 13) Elizabeth Valletti – harp (track: 7) Fayyaz Virti – trombone (track: 7) Joe Wilson – piano (track: 14) Stuart Zender – bass (track: 7)

Production

Errol Brown – assistant recording engineer (tracks: 2, 10) Che Guevara – co-producer (tracks: 2, 4) Lauryn Hill – producer / executive producer (tracks: 1-16) Matt Howe – recorder (track: 7) Storm Jefferson – recorder (tracks: 8, 9, 11, 12) / mix engineer (track: 8) / assistant mix engineer (tracks: 2, 9) Ken Johnson – recorder (track: 9) / assistant recording engineer (track: 4) Vada Nobles – co-producer (track: 2) Tony Prendatt – recorder (tracks: 6, 7, 9, 12 – 14) / engineer (track: 14)

Warren Riker – recorder (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 12) / mix engineer (tracks: 2, 9) Jamie Seigel – assistant mix engineer (track: 4) Greg Thompson – assistant mix engineer (track: 3) Neil Tucker – assistant recording engineer (track: 7) Chip Verspyck – assistant recording engineer (tracks: 3, 7) Brian Vibberts – assistant engineer (tracks: 6, 10, 12) Gordon "Commissioner" Williams – recorder (tracks: 2 – 6, 8 -12) / engineer (tracks: 9, 14) / mixer (tracks: 2, 4 – 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14) Johny Wyndrx – recorder (track: 4)

Vocalists

Lauryn Hill – vocals (tracks: 2-16) Mary J. Blige – vocals (track: 9) D'Angelo – vocals (track: 12) Shelley Thunder – vocals (track: 10) Kenny Bobien – backing vocals (track: 4) Chinah – backing vocals (track: 9) Jenni Fujita – backing vocals (track: 5) Fundisha Johnson – backing vocals (track: 5) Sabrina Johnston – backing vocals (track: 4) Jenifer McNeil – backing vocals (track: 9)

Rasheem Pugh – backing vocals (track: 5) Lenesha Randolph – backing vocals (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 13) Ramon Rivera – backing vocals (track: 9) Earl Robinson – backing vocals (track: 4) Andrea Simmons – backing vocals (tracks: 4,9) Eddie Stockley – backing vocals (track: 4) Ahmed Wallace – backing vocals (tracks: 9,13) Tara Watkins – backing vocals (track: 9) Rachel Wilson – backing vocals (track: 9) Chuck Young – backing vocals (track: 3)