It is not often that you encounter music that you know will change the world, but when I first heard “Fu-Gee-La” by the Fugees-sitting in my bedroom at an English boarding school, a 16-year-old listening to late-night radio-I knew what was coming. It’s the natural law that the refugees bring.” It’s the way that we rock when we’re doing our thing. Today, we’re exploring the impact of The Fugees’ The Score. The 1996 Rap Yearbook, a recurring series from The Ringer, will explore the landmark releases and moments from a quarter-century ago that redefined how we think of the genre. No year in hip-hop history sticks out quite like 1996: It marked the height of the East Coast–West Coast feud, the debut of several artists who would rule the next few decades, and the last moment before battle lines between “mainstream” and “underground” were fully drawn.
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