Lauryn Hill has explained why she hasn’t made an album in 30 years

The ex on social media Fugees Lauryn Hill sent a message to fans explaining why he never released another album after his success with his 1998 debut album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” (read the review here), which remains his only solo album to this day.

These are the reasons given by the 50-year-old American musician as to why she hasn’t released another album for almost thirty years now. “When you are inspired and want to be consistent with your principles, what is not talked about enough is the wear and tear… the difficulty of finding a safe environment that allows you to create with integrity. Many see opportunities only in terms of money and often exclude the “meaning”. Neither “The Score” nor “Miseducation” were born because we were “allowed” to represent what we did, we fought for every single inch. A success excessive can generate a greed that begins to debase art in the name of money.”

Lauryn Hill
she then continued her message by comparing herself to the activist for African American rights who lived until the early twentieth century
Harriet Tubman
. “In some ways, I was like Harriet Tubman, running to speak uncomfortable truths to power before certain forces tried to close those doors. If it had been so easy to do, where has that expression gone on the world stage today? Systems fear what they can’t control. Creativity is most powerful when it’s free. If nothing else, I’ve introduced standards and possibilities to a generation that didn’t previously know they could operate at that level. I often do things outside the system before people even realize what I have done. Another artist who appreciates inspiration recognizes its value and presents it to an audience ready to receive it.”

NME magazine underlines how these positions have remained unchanged compared to what was declared in 2021 during an interview granted to Rolling Stone magazine when she stated, among other things, that her record label had never urged her to make another album. “The crazy thing is, no one from my label ever called me to ask how they could help me make another album, EVER… EVER. Did I say never? Never! … With ‘Miseducation’ there was no precedent. For the most part, I was free to explore, experiment and express myself.”

The difficulties, she explained, came after making the album when there appeared “dozens of sprawling obstructionists, politics, repressive programs, unrealistic expectations and saboteurs EVERYWHERE. People had included me in the narratives of THEIR successes in relation to my album, and if it contradicted my experience, I was considered an enemy. I think my intention was simply to create something that would let my predecessors and foremothers in music and social and political struggle know that someone had received what they sacrificed for, and to let my peers know that we could walk in that truth, with pride and confidence.”