28 years ago today, Lauryn Hill released ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.’ A pregnancy with her partner Rohan Marley's child, combined with her recent departure from the Fugees, pushed Lauryn Hill toward crafting her debut solo album, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,' released through Ruffhouse and Columbia Records. Recording stretched from September 1997 through June 1998 across studios in New York, Miami, London, and Kingston, Jamaica, with Hill herself producing alongside Che Pope and Vada Nobles. She deliberately favored live instrumentation over slick, overproduced arrangements, drawing the album's title from Carter G. Woodson's 'The Mis-Education of the Negro' and the film 'The Education of Sonny Carson.' Blending neo soul and R&B across 77 minutes, the record explored themes of love, faith, and self-discovery through Hill's dual gift for singing and rapping, arriving just weeks after lead single "Doo Wop (That Thing)" had already shot to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. ...