After their massive success with The Score album in 1996 and a subsequent run of
hit singles like Fu-Gee-La, Killing Me Softly and Ready Or Not, the three Fugees
drifted apart. While Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel both enjoyed solo successes and
became involved in various other projects, Lauryn Hill eclipsed them all with
her 1998 album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, which broke the record for first
week sales by a female artist. Largely written by Hill while pregnant, its
enlightening mix of hip hop, reggae, soul and pop was inspired by two books The
Education Of Sonny Carson and...