The children and grandchildren of immigrants who had arrived to this country instantly became double-minorities.
Twenty-five years later, as fans cautiously get hyped about a confirmed Fugees reunion tour, it remains the best selling album by a rap group in the U.S.īeyond what The Score represents to hip-hop fans - especially the generation that came to love it as one of many in a year of amazing hip-hop albums - The Fugees’ career-saving second release was a cultural moment for Haitians across the world, but more specifically Haitian-Americans. Powered by the project’s first single, “Fu-gee-la,” which arrived officially a little over a month before the album’s February 1996 release, The Score was both critically acclaimed and a record-breaking commercial hit, becoming the best-selling rap album ever at the time of its release. The release of The Fugees’ sophomore album, The Score, is an indelible moment in hip-hop. Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images The Fugees’ The Score was a cultural moment for Haitians across the world, but more specifically Haitian-Americans, normalizing and legitimizing all they had to contribute as part of hip-hop and pop culture at large.
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