Love: It Ain't Working

March 9, 2022

Love: It Ain't Working

Summary: Lauryn Hill experienced good love growing up in a loving, caring, and supportive family. But once she went out into the world and started to interact with others, she began to realize that not everyone experienced that sort of grounding familial love. She discovered that the love she was experiencing outside of her family came with baggage and was often broken. And yet, that type of broken and messy love taught her lessons about what love she deserves and what love truly is. It is through the anger of "Lost Ones" and heartbreak of "Ex-Factor, " the opening tracks from "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," that we as listeners begin to understand her conception of love. A love that Eric House uncovers through a musical and lyrical analysis of both songs.

Timestamps:

• Lauryn Hill and Cheryl Kirk-Duggan on the Difficulty of Love. - 00:00
• Eric House and Otis Lambert on Miseducation of Lauryn Hill album interludes. - 2:04
• Eric House breaks down "Lost Ones" and "Ex-Factor" and details the surprising ways the songs express what Lauryn learned about love. - 3:10
• Krystal Roberts and Matt Linder's reaction to Eric House's analysis of "Ex-Factor." - 15:57
• Lauryn Hill speaking on the baggage we bring to our love. - 24:33

Hosts: Lauryn Hill researcher, Krystal Roberts, and Hip Hop scholar, Matt Linder.

Contributors: Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Otis Lambert aka OT The GoldN' Child, and Eric House.

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