Playlist: The Very Best of the Fugees

~ Release by Fugees (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Vocab (Refugees hip hop remix)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1997 to present)
recording of:
Vocab
writer:
Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
4:00
2Fu‐Gee‐La
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1994 to present)
recording of:
Fu-Gee-La
composer:
Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor), Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees) and Salaam Remi
34:04
3Boof Baf
assistant engineer:
Alvin Lewis (US recording engineer)
engineer:
Paul Higgins (engineer) and Ron London
producer:
Khalis Bayyan, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Prakazrel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
assistant mixer:
Ron London
mixer:
Kendal Stubbs
additional vocals:
Mad Spider
arranger:
Khalis Bayyan, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Prakazrel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
recorded at and mixed at:
House of Music in West Orange, New Jersey, United States
recording of:
Boof Baf
writer:
Khalis Bayyan, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Prakazrel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
35:09
4Ready or Not
recording engineer:
Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Warren Riker
engineer:
Warren Riker
co-producer:
Jerry Duplessis and Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
producer:
Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
mixer:
Bassy Bob Brockmann (engineer, producer, remixer)
lead vocals:
Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
performer:
Fugees
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1996 to present, in 1996)
recorded at and mixed at:
Booga Basement Studio in Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States
samples:
Boadicea by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter), Django by The Modern Jazz Quartet, God Make Me Funky by The Headhunters (US jazz‐funk fusion band) and Ready or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Love) by The Delfonics
music videos:
Ready or Not by The Fugees
recording of:
Ready or Not
writer:
Thom Bell (keyboards, songwriter, producer), William Hart (of The Delfonics), Ms. Lauryn Hill, N. Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and S. Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd, International Music Network, Nickel Shoe Co Inc., Observe Creation Music, Sony ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Tete San-Ko Publishing, Warner Chappell Music Publishing (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corporation (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
Boadicea
is based on:
Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
4.33:46
5Don’t Cry Dry Your Eyes
4:04
6Nappy Heads (remix)
assistant engineer:
Alvin Lewis (US recording engineer), FatKevneck P and Jim Viviano
engineer:
Eddison Electrik and Gary Noble
remixer:
Salaam Remi
recorded at and mixed at:
House of Music in West Orange, New Jersey, United States and Soundworks (New York) in New York, New York, United States
remix of:
Nappy Heads by Fugees (Tranzlator Crew)
recording of:
Nappy Heads
writer:
Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
5:22
7The Score
recording engineer and mixer:
Diamond D (US hip-hop producer and MC), Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Warren Riker
engineer:
Warren Riker
co-producer:
Jerry Duplessis, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Prakazrel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
producer:
Diamond D (US hip-hop producer and MC)
guest performer:
Diamond D (US hip-hop producer and MC)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1996 to present)
recording of:
The Score
composer:
Diamond D (US hip-hop producer and MC), Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
publisher:
Interior Music Corp., Obverse Creation Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Tete San Ko Publishing, Inc.
4:07
8Refugees on the Mic (remix)
recording of:
Refugees on the Mic
writer:
Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Prakazrel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
4:38
9Some Seek Stardom
assistant engineer:
Alvin Lewis (US recording engineer)
engineer:
Paul Higgins (engineer) and Ron London
producer:
Rashad Muhammad (HAZE, US Producer/Songwriter Rashad Muhammad) and Stephen Walker
assistant mixer:
Warren Riker
mixer:
Rashad Muhammad (HAZE, US Producer/Songwriter Rashad Muhammad) and Kendal Stubbs
bass guitar:
Rashad Muhammad (HAZE, US Producer/Songwriter Rashad Muhammad)
guitar:
Larry Stokes
arranger:
Rashad Muhammad (HAZE, US Producer/Songwriter Rashad Muhammad) and Stephen Walker
recorded at and mixed at:
House of Music in West Orange, New Jersey, United States
samples:
Bridge Over Troubled Water (live, 1971‐03‐05: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA) by Aretha Franklin
recording of:
Some Seek Stardom
writer:
Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Prakazrel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
3:42
10How Many Mics
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1996 to present)
recording of:
How Many Mics
composer:
Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
4:13
11Killing Me Softly With His Song
recording engineer and mixer:
Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Warren Riker
engineer:
Warren Riker
co-producer:
Jerry Duplessis and Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
producer:
Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Ms. Lauryn Hill
lead vocals:
Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
performer:
Fugees
vocals arranger:
Ms. Lauryn Hill
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1996 to present, in 1996) and Columbia Records (EMI‐owned 1931–1990, worldwide except US, CA, MX, ES, & JP; largely defunct since Jan 1973) (in 1996)
recorded at and mixed at:
Booga Basement Studio in Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States
samples:
Bonita Applebum by A Tribe Called Quest, Fool Yourself by Little Feat, Killing Me Softly With His Song by Roberta Flack (singer and pianist), Memory Band by Rotary Connection and The Day Begins (1972 stereo mix) by The Moody Blues with the London Festival Orchestra (“house orchestra” of Decca Records, associated since 1980 with conductor Ross Pople) conducted by Peter Knight (British arranger, conductor and composer)
a cappella versions:
Killing Me Softly (L∆VINCi Remix) by L∆VINCi (LAVINCi) feat. Fugees & Kay Flock (Kevin Perez)
part of:
Flak: Best Cover Songs of the 90's, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 136) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 359)
cover recording of:
Killing Me Softly With His Song
lyricist:
Norman Gimbel
composer:
Charles Fox (film/TV composer, also Latin pianist)
publisher:
Platz Music Publishng, Rodali Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Fox-Gimbel Productions Inc. (in 1972)
4.154:50
12Wanna Be
4:02
13No Woman, No Cry
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1996)
cover recording of:
No Woman, No Cry
lyricist and composer:
Vincent Ford
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Bob Marley Music Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Global Musikverlag (Global Musik GmbH & Co. KG), PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Blue Mountain Music (in 1974), Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited (in 1974), Odnil Music Ltd. (in 1974) and Global (publisher) (in 1976)
4:18

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