Which 1998 album became Lauryn Hill’s first solo studio album after her work with the Fugees?

“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” became Lauryn Hill’s first solo studio album after her work with the Fugees.

Released in 1998, the album blended hip hop, soul, R&B, reggae, and acoustic songwriting. Hill wrote and produced much of the project, while its songs explored love, independence, motherhood, spirituality, and the pressures of fame. “Doo Wop (That Thing)” became a major single and demonstrated how the album moved comfortably between sung melodies and rap verses.

The record followed the Fugees’ commercially successful “The Score,” but it was not a Fugees album. “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It is often described as a landmark of the late 1990s because it connected lyrical rap with live instrumentation and emotionally direct songwriting.