Throwback Mondays: Lauren Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)
Let’s close our eyes and imagine a world before Lauren Hill lost her damn mind behind somebody else’s twig and berries. A world where Lauren Hill was the answer AND the question that left no doubts. In a perfect world, Lauren would be queen and Tupac Shakur would be king. Now open your eyes…
I never knew twigs and berries could be that addictive.
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I never knew twigs and berries could be that addictive
Thats because u never had any… Its an addictive drug!! I got an overdose this weekend LOL!!! Oh and sandra is LAURYN and I miss her music
LOl @ Mochamommy.
I sure do miss L Boogie for real. I was listening to this the other day … There is certainly a void when it comes to female EMCEE’s whose music touch and inspire.
Damn them were the good ole days Lauryn….
that thing…that thing…that thing ing ing ing I loved that song
Twigs and berries are a mofo
I miss Lauryn too, this was my jam back in the day..still listen to this Cd every now and then
Oh Mochamommy, let her know…….
Twigs and berries are extrmely addictive….. Stiil on my high from this weekend.
Lauryn, needs to know we miss her music….it was so real….someone needs to shake her a litte and bring her back to reality….because she has, and still has something that his real talent…..
lauryn was the bomb before she went crazy. she was the only artist that i agreed deserved 5 grammys in one night . man sandra is gonna make me dust off the lauryn cd and jam .
That CD is in my car right now. It is actually my second copy because I played the first one so much it scratched. This was when artist understood how to make a video.
@ Shunda, no this is when an artist had real talent, beauty and sans a huge forehead. Does anybody remember her in Sister Act 2? I still get chills when I hear her sing “Eye is on the Sparrow”
(screaming, with snot runnin) WHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYY LAURYN!!!! COME BACK TO ME!!!!!!
Awwwww Twigs and berries … I’d prefer a nice study stick and some nicely sized plums …. the memories … I’m celibate right now … going on day 196 (7 months)… anywhoooo
it’s not the twiggs and berries that are addictive .. it’s the Farmer who tends to them .. how he swings the sickle to deliver it JUST right that can have a sistah at her desk daydreamin lawd … lawd … lawd
Did she not spit some SH!T in “the 2nd verse is dedicated to the men” – LOL
And forget ALL OF YOU MUTHAFUKKA’s who have gained “bragging” rights to your weekend festivities!
DAMN YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ Mochamommy .. her and Toyna Blount TORE UP that song … girl .. girl …
Kymystry, thats what put ur ass on punishment before!! LMFAO!!! But Lawd, if that aint da truth!! (how are u holdin up with that celibacy thing?)
Ohhh .. I almost forgot … Hi cutienjersey (waving) since we talking about One of Jersey’s Best Performer’s Laryn Hill …
Girlsss u know u betta watch out …. that thingggg that thinggg .. that thinng iiinnn innnnggg
@ Mocha … it’s not easy … but I just ain’t met the right one YET … many offers … but none are “sponge worthy” … (a ole seinfield episode) … lol
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remember her in Sister Act 2? I still get chills when I hear her sing “Eye is on the Sparrow”
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Did her and Tanya Blount not murder (in a good way) that song with that chu’uch organ!
Oh and that “Joyful, Joyful” rendendition:
“fill us with the light, ooohhhhh fill us with the liigghhht (in my best Monica run – lol) of dayyyyyyyyyy”
Damn Kym I guess I need to type faster. LOL Didn’t see your post. LOL
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it’s not easy
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Yes it is……I did it for 3 years. No problem. That was b/c I was under the impression that a 6 footer had a standard firehose, it turned out to be a nail clipper. I was scarred and scared for the next 3 years of my life. LOL – REAL TALK
@mocha
Yes when there was singing and not pre-recorded junk. Hey Kym.. I went a year. I definetly know what you are dealing with.
I’ve gone 3 yrs before … so this should be a piece of cake … ATL will MAKE a sistah celibate … real talk .. some of these knucklehead here ain’t worth the seeds u spit outta a watermelon …
damn it i’m just so dang hurt about lauren hill’s musical demise to this day! i talk about how much i miss her and her incredible presense in the industry at least once a month. there has never been a better more versatile and beautiful almost genious female artist since her and i don’t think there ever will be. man her lyrics, her style, her voice, her flow. DAMNNNNNN! she graced us with her art for that short while and then left her mark. she’s such an aquarius! it’s that damned man she hooked up with. UGH!
If this aint da truth!!! It applies to music right now and it was recorded almost 10 years ago!!
“SuperStar” by Lauryn Hill
Come on baby, light my fire
Everything you drop is so tired
Music is supposed to inspire
How come we ain’t getting no higher?
Now tell me your philosophy
On exactly what an artist should be
Should they be someone with prosperity
And no concept of reality?
Now, who you know without any flaws
That lives above the spiritual laws
And does anything they feel just because
There’s always someone there who’ll applaud
Come on baby, light my fire
Everything you drop is so tired
Music is supposed to inspire
How come we ain’t getting no higher?
I know you think that you’ve got it all
And by making other people feel small
Makes you think you’re unable to fall
And when you do, who you gonna call?
See, what you give is just what you get
I know it hasn’t hit you yet
Now I don’t mean to get you upset
But every cause has an effect
Come on baby, light my fire
Everything you drop is so tired
Music is supposed to inspire
So, how come we’re not getting no higher?
I cross sands in distant lands, made plans with the sheiks
Why you beef with freaks as my album sales peak?
All I wanted was to sell like 500
And be a ghetto superstar since my first album, Blunted
I used to work at Foot Locker, they fired me and fronted
Or I quitted, now I spit it – however do you want it?
Now you get it!
Writing rhymes my range with the frames slightly tinted
Then send it to your block and have my full name cemented
And if your rhymes sound like mine, I’m taking a percentage
Unprecedented and still respected when it vintage
I’m serious, I’m taking over areas in Aquarius
Running red lights with my 10,000 chariots
Just as Christ was a superstar, you stupid star
They’ll hail you then they’ll nail you, no matter who you are
They’ll make you now then take you down
And make you face it, if you slit the bag open
and put your pinky in it, then taste it
Come on baby, light my fire
Everything you drop is so tired
Music is supposed to inspire
So, how come we ain’t getting no higher
but it’s kinda what makes her an icon or a legend. it’s that mystery, that mistique. that that, “that thing, that thing, that thiiiiiiiiing!” LOL!
she was The TRUTH!
I never thought of it, but a poster in a thread on some blog stated they thought Lauryn was in the throws of postpartum depression and hasn’t stopped having babies long enough to get through it. It makes sense and gives me hope that one day, after she is done having kids, she will get better. I pray that is the case and that she will stop soon so we can get somemore music.
And speaking of careers destroyed by mental illness, shout out to my girl Lisa Nicole Carson. God bless them both.
I was just singing this over the weekend.
Between this fabled world and avidity industry, it’ll never be possible to have such great music as it once was but unfortunately, we still have very few who stands at the best but is scattered because of what it is or simply a dose of those “twigs and berries”..
Lauryn is definitely the ish! Who remembers the concert at the Fox in like ’98? I was only about 16, but it was the bomb my best friend and I still talk about that today.
I miss lauryn but she would have no place in today’s music..too much talent..however jamine Sullivan is a good surrogate for me right now
I absolutely love Lauryn Hill…I still like watching Sister Act 2, and I feel like the nun who is eavesdropping and gets goose bumps watching them sing “His Eyes Are on the Sparrow”…
Mocha (#21) I love that song as well, but I thought Lauryn Hill was sued because she did not give credit to those who wrote music on her 1st album, and they settled out of court…
These were the days, I was clubbin’ back then and met my soon to be ex husband! LOL!