The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” tops Apple Music's list of the 100 best albums

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Prince, Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, The Beatles, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Amy Winehouse, Stevie Wonder, and Nirvana all made the top 10.

Once every few years, a publication or some other entity must come out with a list of the greatest albums ever recorded. A few things are certain: It will invariably contain at least one album by The Beatles, it will have some very controversial choices, and Janet Jackson fans will be upset.

Apple Music's attempt is no different. Still, today, the streaming giant unveiled the top 10 in its list of the 100 best albums, crowning Lauryn Hill's landmark 1998 album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, No. 1.

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'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'

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“This is my award, but it’s a rich, deep narrative, and involves so many people, and so much sacrifice, and so much time, and so much collective love," Hill said of the honor.

Billed as "a modern 21st-century ranking of the greatest records ever made," the list was curated by Apple Music’s team of experts alongside "a select group" of artists, songwriters, producers, and industry professionals.

To celebrate the top 10, legendary record producer and discosmith Nile Rodgersand beloved singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers sat down with Apple Music's Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden to chat the best of the best.

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'Purple Rain'

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"Lauryn brought everybody with her on this record," Rogers said of the No.1 pick. "She brought her community. She brought her friends and her family. You’re in the kitchen; you’re in the living room with her. You hear people; you hear the voices talking… It’s so open and so expansive and so direct… To have an artist like Lauryn Hill be the number one, that means a lot."

Rodgers simply added, "She’s amazing. This record is amazing."

Though Hill tops the list with her first and to-date only solo album, there are a handful of artists who have two entries on the 100 list, including The Beatles (Abbey Road at No. 3, Revolver at No. 21), Prince(Purple Rain at No. 4, Sign O' the Times at No. 51), Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life at No. 6, Innervisions at No. 44), and Beyoncé (Lemonade at No. 10, Beyoncé at No. 36).
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'Lemonade'

The top 10 in Apple Music's list of the 100 best albums:

1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
2. Thriller - Michael Jackson
3. Abbey Road - The Beatles
4. Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution
5. Blonde - Frank Ocean
6. Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
7. good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
8. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
9. Nevermind - NIrvana
10. Lemonade - Beyoncé

All in all, not a terribly surprising list, perhaps with a few questionable placings here and there. After a while, these lists tend to look alike, anyway, but if they're good for anything, it's getting people to talk about music.
And as for Janet: No. 42 with Control. Not bad. Not great. But that's what you get when you qualify art.
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Was watching cnn when they talked about this questionable number 1 pick I’ve never heard of this nigger faggot and question how this is better than MJ or the Beatles.

 

[Otterly]

Best album of all time?
Difficult.

Any top 10 album of all time that doesn't include Dire Straits is wrong

For sure. I’d put So, Graceland, and Rumours in there as well. Very hard to choose though, I’d want some Ry Cooder, cash, elvis Costello… ok now my list is too long.
I wouldn’t pick Lauryn hill tbh, but she has an OK voice.

 

[indigoisviolet]

We need to coin a Dad Rock equivalent for the musical tastes of single Millennial women working in PR, and if it could emphasize the suspicion that they haven't listened to most of the music they claim to like, that would be ideal.

 

[Pee Cola]

Of the African-American artists on this alleged Top 10 albums of all time, 3 of them (including #1) basically diversity hires. Prince, MJ, Stevie Wonder and Frank Ocean deserve to be there on their own merits.

 

[The Hardest R]

We need to coin a Dad Rock equivalent for the musical tastes of single Millennial women working in PR, and if it could emphasize the suspicion that they haven't listened to most of the music they claim to like, that would be ideal.

Pumpkin Spice Pop

 

[whogoesthere]

We need to coin a Dad Rock equivalent for the musical tastes of single Millennial women working in PR, and if it could emphasize the suspicion that they haven't listened to most of the music they claim to like, that would be ideal.

"Please don't beat/rape/murder me on the subway, I voted for your kind!" Pop.

 

[NewnameRealEmail]

i hate nigger music. i hate nigger music. I HATE NIGGER MUSIC.

 

[Absolutego]

Any top 10 album of all time that doesn't include Dire Straits is wrong

Dire Straits is country muzak played at 1.25x

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

I only know of like, one or two songs of her.

 

[CapricornusRex]

I would put Wish You Were Here in the top 10. One of those albums where I'll let it play again because I want more of it.

 

[TV's Adam West]

I would put Wish You Were Here in the top 10. One of those albums where I'll let it play again because I want more of it.

>Have a cigar
>Shine on you crazy diamond
>Welcome to the machine
>Wish you were here

Those are some of the best things humanity has ever created and I will die before I say otherwise. I may prefer animals, but wish you were here is objectively better.

 

[CapricornusRex]

>Have a cigar
>Shine on you crazy diamond
>Welcome to the machine
>Wish you were here

Those are some of the best things humanity has ever created and I will die before I say otherwise. I may prefer animals, but wish you were here is objectively better.

The worst song on the album (Have a cigar) was the lead single, and it's a banger. It's 5 GREAT songs. How many bands can say that shit? It's the ONLY album I have never skipped a song on. No filler, no mediocrity, and unfortunately the last truly great Pink Floyd album.

 

[The Token Ethnic]

I remember that there was a rumor going around of her saying that she'd rather have her kids starve than have a white person listen to her music. Reminds me of the alleged Tommy Hilfiger rumor back in the 90s.

 

[Bland Crumbs]

Good for her. I do not care.

 

[William Murderface]

No GnR Appetite For Destruction? No Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street? No Beach Boys Pet Sounds?

 

[Francis York Morgan]

No GnR Appetite For Destruction? No Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street? No Beach Boys Pet Sounds?

As repeatedly pointed out by now, the women in their 30s and 40s who put this together have never listened to those. Plus, those albums get in the way of the corporate nigger worship they take part in.

For what it's worth, I would throw In the Court of the Crimson King out for consideration.

 

[NewnameRealEmail]

For what it's worth, I would throw In the Court of the Crimson King out for consideration.

I like Red better personally but ItCotCK is great. I wouldn’t even disagree, just down to personal taste.

 

[Flamin Park]

The end of silence deserves a spot in that list. Incredible album, incredible intensity and energy and even the weaker tracks would shine. Pretty unique sound aswell

Lauryn Hill has been coasting off that record for decades and being an utter lolcow and complete twat who can't be arsed to turn up for her gigs half the time. It's annoying when rockstars with actual decades of big albums do it, it's a fucking piss take when she does and then bitches about "why should I have to turn up on time"

 

[queue-anon]

If they're going to pander this hard, the least they could do is put an Outkast album in the top 10.

 

[Francis York Morgan]

If they're going to pander this hard, the least they could do is put an Outkast album in the top 10.

Outkast deserves to be considered on a best album ever list and not as a form of tokenism.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Where's Scream Bloody Gore by Death, Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath, Powerslave by Iron Maiden, Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden, Stained Class by Judas Priest, Painkiller by Judas Priest, Dirt by Alice in Chains, Reign in Blood by Slayer, and De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem?

You can tell that this list was made by the most lily white of white girl hipsters.

That's the answer. List was made by people who think listening to rap is akin to march with BLM.