The best of Lauryn Hill

Teaming up with Lauryn Hill to make possibly one of the hottest mixes of the year, J. Period is undoubtedly flexing a large amount of muscle power with “The Best Of Lauryn Hill: Fire & Water”. Packed into two cds, this mix covers Lauryn’s illoustrious career, starting with her beginnings with Pras Michel & Wyclef Jean as The Fugees, and traveling on through her successful run as a soloist. You’ll dance and sing along to such hits as Wyclef’s Guantanamera which featured Lauryn, ‘Fugee-La”, “Doo-Wop (That Thing)”, and so many more. Normally, it would have been hard to create a “Best Of” cd of Lauryn Hill, simply because much of her catalog is considered hits. There weren’t very many songs of Lauryn that people didn’t like, and I’m sure that with any attempt, fans would feel like songs were being left out. J. Period works hard at trying to feature her absolute best, throwing in such songs as “Ex-Factor”(the original version plus a Live UK remixed version), “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”, “The Sweetest Thing”, and “Turn Your Lights Down Low”, a song of Bob Marley’s which Lauryn originally revamped for Marley’s tribute album “A Chant Down Babylon”. The mix also includes selct tracks from her double cd, the live-recorded “MTV Unplugged 2.0”

Even with this mix, and there being two cds, I can think of songs that probably should have been here, beginning with “Final Hour”. A classic tune from “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”, fans easlily related with Hill as she spit her always-substantive and elevating lyrics over a simple, yet riveting beat. Also missing were “I Used To Love Him”, “When It Hurts So Bad” with Mary J. Blige, and “Every Ghetto, Every City”. I would have liked to hear the original version of Kanye West’s hit “All Falls Down”, which featured vocals from Lauryn Hill before it was re-recorded with Syleena Johnson.

Nevertheless, J-Period still did a fantastic job with covering Lauryn Hill’s lengthy career. I doubt anyone else could have done it. A lot is to be said for Lauryn Hill as well. With two cds, together containing a total of eighty songs, there’s still so many more hits in her catalog. Even with that being the case, I’m sure the best is really yet to come!

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Tracklist:

J. Period - The Best Of Lauryn Hill Volume 1 (Fire)



01 Welcome: The Passion
02 The Reintroduction F. Rohan Marley
03 Lost Ones (J.Period Soundclash Remix)
04 Lost Ones (J.Period Definition Remix)
05 Vocab Interlude
06 Nas On Lauryn Hill
07 If I Ruled The World
08 If I Ruled The World (J.Period Lost Tapes Remix)
09 Keep It Tight F. Dj Skribble
10 On Poetry (Interlude)
11 Family Business
12 Year Of The Dragon F. Wyclef
13 The Score
14 Meeting The Fugees Interlude
15 Nappy Heads (Remix)
16 Flex Freestyle (J.Period Remix)
17 Black Thought Interlude
18 Doo Wop (J.Period Atliens Remix)
19 Doo Wop (J.Period Books Remix)
20 Sweetest Thing (Mahogany Remix)
21 Mahogany F. John Forte (J.Period Remix)
22 Ready For The Show
23 Ready Or Not F. Biggie (J.Period Exclusive Remix)
24 Message Music (Interlude)
25 Recognition F. Wyclef (Panther)
26 Rumble In The Jungle F. Q-Tip & John Forte (Remix Produced By J.Period)
27 Refugees In Sweden Interlude (Live Exclusive)
28 Zealots
29 ‘96 Uk Freestyle (Unreleased)
30 How Many Mics
31 How Many Mics (J.Period Truth Remix)
32 Buju Banton Interlude
33 Killing A Soundboy F. Buju Banton + Steele (World Premiere! Remix Prod. By J.Period)
34 Strictly Roots Interlude (Live Exclusive)
35 Watch Out For Babylon Freestyle (J.Period Jamrock Remix)
36 You Have To Respect Jersey (J.Period Exclusive)
37 Allies (F. Wise Intelligent)
38 Cowboys F. Fugees, Outsidaz & Rah Digga
39 Bam Bam Interlude (Prod. By J.Period)
40 Fu Gee La (Sly & Robbie Remix)
41 Ex-Factor (Simple Breakdown) (J.Period Headache Remix)
42 Simple Breakdown (J.Period Respiration Remix)
43 Change Comes Eventually Interlude
44 Everything Is Everything
45 Bonus: Soon As I Get Home (Live In Sweden)

J. Period - The Best Of Lauryn Hill Volume 2 (Water)



01 Light My Fire / Jose Feliciano Intro
02 Superstar
03 Guantanamera
04 Fu Gee La (Refugees Remix)
05 Fu Gee La (Global Remix) (Unreleased)
06 Fu Gee La (J.Period Story To Tell Remix)
07 All My Time F. Paid & Live (Unreleased)
08 What About My Honey Mary? (Interlude)
09 Be With You (Remix) F. Mary J. Blige
10 All So Simple (Interlude)
11 Ex Factor
12 Manifest (Live In Uk - Unreleased)
13 The Sweetest Thing (Original)
14 Ziggy Marley Interlude
15 Turn Your Lights Down Low (Remix) F. Bob Marley
16 Cedella Marley Interlude
17 War (Live In Tokyo - Unreleased)
18 No More Trouble (Live In Tokyo - Unreleased)
19 Rehearsal (Backstage Exclusive)
20 Zion
21 On Having Children (Interlude)
22 Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
23 Bonita Applebum Interlude
24 Killing Me Softly
25 Killing Me Softly F. Mos Def (J.Period Remix)
26 Mos Def Interlude
27 Like Water F. Common & Black Thought (World Premiere! Remix Prod. By J.Period)
28 Musical Influences (Interlude)
29 I Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer
30 Nothing Even Matters (F. D’angelo)
31 Tell Him (Live)
32 Mr. Intentional (Live)
33 Message To The Critics
34 Sam Cooke Tribute
35 A Change Is Gonna Come (Unreleased)
36 Message To The Fans / Chris Rock Outtro
37 Redemption Song F. Ziggy Marley (Live In Jamaica)
38 On Gratitude (Interlude)
39 Reprise: The Passion (Outtro)

I've got the mixtape... and it's great I just love it. make sure that you'll get a copy

The mixtape's HEAVY! make sure u get hold of it! :thumbsup:

he louise great to see you here!!

Hehe, great to be here! Remember I'm member NO. 3!!!!

LOL I do remember that really well Louise... I also remember that I am member nr.15 :crying:

someone can tell me if in Europe I can find it?because here in Italy I've never seen it!!and this seems great,I absolutely want it!!

You can't find it in stores. You have to buy it here: J.Period Store - Click on "Check Out Now"... I think you need a Visa card or something like that, do you have that?

no I don't have it!!!!oh..I'm not a luky girl...

i actually have the Kanye West song with LAuryn Hill...

What Kanye song? Some unrealeased track or something?

Do you mean the original All Falls Down? I've got that as well, on his album College Adjustment

Where can I cop this from?
I tried downloadin it.. but didnt find it no where.
I dont mind payin for it though.. itz L BOOGIE!!!!!!!

You can buy it here: http://www.cartserver.com/sc/cart.cgi You should probably wait a bit tho, cause there's gonna be another version of the same mixtape with the new Fugees tune "Take It Easy" on it - Read about it in the "New Fugees track" thread.

The link didnt work brethren.. any site that I can download it from for the mean time?

Oops, sorry - Try this link then: http://www.jperiod.com I don't think you can download it anywhere.

Thankz for the response,
My bredrin sending it to me via MSN..

But imma cop it aswell.

I was wondering... have any of you ordered this mixtape? if so, how long did it take for you to receive it? In the site it said from 1 to 2 weeks...

I ordered the first mixtape.. the one without the new Fugees track... and it didn't take that long.. I guess around 1 week.

yeah mine took about a week or so to come...

Can anyone send me some songs from the mixtape ? :(
I asked my cousin to order it 4 me,and she refused ! :angry:

does any1 no how I (who lives in NZ) may be able to get a hold of this mixtape??? :lol:

i saw them selling it in Virgin megastore here in London a couple of days ago, so it might be becoming a bit more mainstream...if not just go to j.period's website, u can order it from there.

I brought mine in HMV in brighton and I also saw it in crawly. It really is a gr8 album and i recomend it 2 ne 1 who likes hip hop.

i bought the J Period mixtape like a few months ago wen he first advertised, and i loveeeee it, at first i was like.. well lemme see.. then i got hooked jus like i did with all her other music. I love Lauryn!!

*VALERIE

MY MYSPACE PAGE!!

I am going CRAZY!! I ordered the mistape two freakin' weeks ago and haven't gotten anything yet!!! Does anyone know how long it takes to recive the limited edition version? If anything happened to the cd in the post office i will go MAD!!

Mine took a long time too, I would wait another week and then I would email them..did you get a confirmation email?

I did recive a confirmation e-mail, but that was two weeks ago. I really want that tape, and having to wait is not helping. I am a very impaciate person.

Can somebody tell me how much it cost to send it over to europe?
And there were no problems with the creditcard?

PEACE

the invisible man :ph43r:

Guest if you dont mind me asking do you live in the U.S.?

I had no problems (And I live in Denmark). It costs the same no matter where in the world you live - I think it's like 5$!

Thx Stine! ;)

I'll order my copy immediately! :bounce:

PEACE

the invisible man :ph43r:

i got it delivered to the UK but i don't remember exactly how much it cost, it really wasn't expensive tho

I live in the states in Arizona which is the opposite corner NY.

well i live in massachusetts which is much closer to NY then Arizona and it took two weeks

I live in Denmark, which is like faaar away from the US and I got it within a week! I guess I was lucky!