Lauryn Hill

A pop princess, unspoiled A pop princess, unspoiled
Alicia Keys beats the odds, avoiding a Lauryn Hill flameout (or a Britney travesty) with the simple and joyous retro-soul of her new album.
Letters to the editor
Where have all the sexy movies gone? Plus: Songwriters should share credit; is "three strikes" on its way out?
The reeducation of Lauryn Hill
The hip-hop songstress says she wrote and produced her multiplatinum album. A lawsuit contends that's not the whole truth. Behind the case is a bigger question: What is a pop song, anyway?
Real Life Rock Top 10
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Dec. 17-19, 1999
Letters to the Editor
Are American voters ignorant -- or just apathetic? Plus: Shuttling blame for declining sex drive; polluting Bob Marley's legacy
Sharps & Flats
Lauryn Hill and Bob Marley, together at last. But what's Aerosmith doing on this shameless collection of posthumous duets?
Real Life Rock Top 10
Teddy Morgan and the Pistolas top the author and critic's biweekly accounting of pop and its discontents.
Blood on the dance floor?
Michael Jackson IS Poe; MTV rocks vote, kids vote rock; and artist Mark Kostabi mortified over -- oops! -- premature communication. Plus: This is Newt on a budget.
Getting smart, the stupid Web way
AltaVista's new marketing campaign says smart is the new sexy. So why is the search engine coming off so dumb?
The 1999 MTV Video Music Awards
What, you expected obscenities, naked butts and rock 'n' roll attitude? You should have been in the press tent.
Sharps & flats
Quite contrary: Mary J. Blige transforms herself into the first diva with both feet on the ground.
Letters to the Editor
Lauryn Hill is no hoochie; is Ramsey Clark a Serb apologist or the voice of truth?
Lauryn Hill: Hoochie or hero?
The black community debates the singer's icon status in light of her unwed motherhood.
Sharps & flats
Surrounded by multi-platinum young artists, Carlos Santana still sounds like a noodly old hippie.
Hail, Sony!
Hail, Sony! All the top sellers won Grammies again!
Critical Mass
Twenty Salon critics pick the year's best albums.
Sharps & Flats
Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
Sharps and Flats: wyclef jean
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