"Everything is going to be alright..." Lauryn Hill and the Fugees may have won five Grammys for hip-hop, but they'd never deliberately set out to create a crossover appeal. But in a hip-hop nation overpopulated with studio gangstas and hedonists, the Fugees boldly grasped the mantle of reggae legend Bob Marley to promote a life-affirming vision that never skimped on militancy but emphasized unity and positivity

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