The Score
by Fugees
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The Score is ranked as the best album by Fugees.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 01/05/2026 00:45 | subnam | 163 | 43/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 17:01 |  Milhaud | 1,715 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 23:26 | araidernomore | 414 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 08:50 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 04:53 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
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Were they have cut out much of the talking, and a couple of tracks; (5 & 7, for example) this would have been one sensational album. Even the covers are good; their versions of Ready or Not- reminding me of the inimitable original, & Roberta Flack's "Killing me Softly" - are as good. Their cover of Marley's classic is less impressive.
doombringer 02/12/2025 11:16 | #307563
''I used to work at B*****King ...a king taking orders'' - (äine from ''The Mask'')
One of the best debuts in music history , the cover-version are even better than the Originals.
(Killing me softly.... + No woman, no cry) . Essential !
Album Rating: 79.08
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Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Score
13.02.1996
1.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Red Intro (n/a) 70 (n/a)
2.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - How Many Mics 72
3.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Ready Or Not 87
4.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Zealots 74
5.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Beast 74
6.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Fu-Gee-La 78
7.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Family Business 77
8.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Killing Me Softly 95
9.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Score 76
10.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Mask 79
11.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Cowboys 76
12.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - No Woman, No Cry 80
13.Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Manifest/Outro 81
Ranked in order:
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Killing Me Softly 95
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Ready Or Not 87
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Manifest/Outro 81
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - No Woman, No Cry 80
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Mask 79
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Fu-Gee-La 78
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Family Business 77
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Score 76
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Cowboys 76
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - The Beast 74
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Zealots 74
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - How Many Mics 72
* Fugees (TS - US - Feb 96) - Red Intro (n/a) 70 (n/a)
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Track Listings
1 Red Intro
2 How Many Mics
3 Ready or Not
4 Zealots - Fugees / The Flamingos
5 The Beast
6 Fu-Gee-La
7 Family Business - Fugees feat. John Forté and Omega
8 Killing Me Softly With His Song
9 The Score - Fugees feat. Diamond D
10 The Mask
11 Cowboys - Fugees feat. Outsidaz
12 No Woman, No Cry
13 Manifest/Outro
14 Fu-Gee-La - Fugees feat. John Forté
15 Fu-Gee-La
16 Mista Mista
17 Fu-Gee-La - Fugees feat. John Forté
ForegroundNoise 03/15/2024 14:19 | #302509
No idea why this is regarded as worse than Miseducation. Genuinely think this might be the best mainstream hip hop record of the 90s...
Lauryn basically carries this album for me, some beats are great, but it's very hits heavy and a lot of it aged not very gracefully.
Jboy56 03/14/2022 13:30 | #282818
One of the better hip hop albums with enough pop sensibility to make it a crossover, IMHO
I'm so glad this album blew up commercially! It's the perfect hip hop, R&B, pop fusion album with some incredible verses from Miss Lauryn Hill. Wyclef hold his own as well. Manifest and Killing Me Softly are the highlights.
planetneutral 11/23/2020 01:37 | #261256
Some great sounds, but it's uneven and kind of all over the place.
Graeme2 11/15/2020 01:03 | #260835
Wish I'd gotten this at the time as I was a fan of all the singles. It's of its time but doesn't sound overly dated to me. Solid hip hop that's commercial but not sell out in any way and definitely still hard enough. The two blokes do their thing all nice and fine with charisma but Hill's voice is incredible, whether that be signing or rapping. Remember the DJ Zinc remix of ready or not?
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