Classy Clapback Queen: Lauryn Hill's Savage Lines From 'The Score'

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In 1996, Fugees dropped their classic album The Score and in one big swoop Wyclef Jean, Pras, and Lauryn Hill created a unique sound celebrated by millions. Rap verses never sounded so good over elements of soul, reggae and off-the-wall samples.

While all three rhymers had bars to drag any nearby doubter, it was Ms. Lauryn Hill who seemed to be coming for blood.

She was the type of rapper who’d flame you and you wouldn’t even know it until hours later.

I mean, who really knew what “defecating” meant before Lauryn’s verse on “Ready or Not.”

On today’s 22nd anniversary of The Scores, swipe through to peep Ms. Hill’s most lethal bars, and make sure you revisit the influential album that made her a star!

“Bless you if you represent the Fu, but I hex you, with some witches brew if you’re doo-doo.”

“Voodoo; I can do what you do. Easy. Believe me, frontin’ n*ggas give me hebejebes.”

“So while you’re imitating Al Capone, I’ll be Nina Simone, and defecating on your microphone.”

“Ready or Not”

“My rhymes make incisions in your anatomy, and I back this with Deuteronomy or Leviticus, God made this word, you can’t get with this, sweet like licorice, dangerous like syphilis.”

“How Many Mics”

“Yea behold as my odes manifold on your rhymes. Two MCs can’t occupy the same space at the same time. It’s against the laws of physics.”

“Zealots”

“And even after all my logic and my theory, I add a motherf*cker so you ignorant n*ggas hear me.”

“Zealots”

“So frequently your nerve endings belong to me. Wrongfully you put me down not receiving the full capacity of my smoke. Wack n*ggas choke from the fumes that I emote.”

“Or emit sh*t.”

“The Score”

“Ha ha ha ha, you shouldn’t diss refugees and…”

“Ha ha ha ha, your whole sound set’s booty and…”

“Ha ha ha ha, you have to respect Jersey, cause I’m super fly when I’m super high on the Fu-Gee-Laaa.”

“Fu-Gee-La”