#1996 The Score

#1996 The Score

From Hip-Hop Now Podcast by Vegasworldinc

February 13, 2026 · 1h 8m

About this episode

The episode celebrates the 30th anniversary of classic albums from 1996, focusing on the Fugees and their impact on hip-hop.

It's a limited episode series celebrating the year 1996! It's the 30th anniversary of many classic albums from that year and we chose twelve to "re-review!" Fugees was a group that didn't benefit from a stellar debut like Columbia Records labelmate Nas. They could of easily faded away like other artist from the early 90s whose sound seemed stuck in a fun but brief era of East Coast hip-hop. Lucky for them, producer Salaam Remi's remix of the record "Vocab" was the sound/vibe that would clear the path for their incredible follow-up album, The Score . The competiton was thick in 1996 but the Fugees had a secret weapon. Lauryn Hill's fierce mic skills combined with her powerful and melodic voice gave the group an edge that would catapult them to success beyond the parameters of dope beats and bars. Let's talk about it! S/O to the guest for this episode: Angélika Check out more from Angélika here: https://angelikabeener.com/ Support and become a HHNP Member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm0tLSTDRtc_U_EM0Tx5EkA/join Support on CashApp: $Vegasworldinc77 Theme music is produced by McLovin Beatz (@mclovin-beatz) BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram/Tik Tok/Threads/Spill…

People in this episode

Host: Vegasworldinc

Guest: Angélika

Topics covered

  • 1996 music
  • Fugees
  • album review
  • hip-hop history
  • Lauryn Hill
  • classic albums

Keywords

  • 1996
  • Fugees
  • The Score
  • Lauryn Hill
  • hip-hop
  • album review
  • Salaam Remi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia Records, Fugees, HHNP

Books & works: The Score

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