Fugees

The Score (RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA, 1996)

This multi-platinum-selling record reinvigorated a genre in the midst of an identity crisis between “traditional” East coast and “gangsta” West coast rap. Off the strength of Roberta Flack cover “Killing Me Softly” and Lauryn Hill’s incredible singing and rapping, The Score built a permanent bridge between rap and pop realms.