Love: It Ain't Working

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03/09/22 • 26 min

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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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Theme music by Julius Tunstall.

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March 9, 2022

Love: It Ain't Working

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.

Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: @theflickerspod

Website: flickerspodcast.com

Subscribe: https://www.flickerspodcast.com/listen

Rate & Review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, and Goodpods.

Follow our Harklist for Season 2 highlights: https://harkaudio.com/lauryn-hill-season-highlights-77939

Join the conversation about Lauryn over at our Goodpods group.

Logo design by @papercutprayers

Theme music by Julius Tunstall.

Additional music from Yons and Nabil Sioty.

Episode Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/ksBpK1G2NqE

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Zion: The Joy of My World

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March 2, 2022

Zion: The Joy of My World

Summary: Zion. The name of Lauryn Hill's son. The representation of God's holiness on earth. For Lauryn, Zion is both things, a holy place and the holiness she found in giving birth to her son. We explore "To Zion" and the choice she made to continue on with her pregnancy, despite pressure from friends, family, and record executives to end her pregnancy. In addition, Raven Jones Stanbrough will walk us through Lauryn's religious history via "Everything is Everything."

Timestamps:

Lauryn Hill describes the ways she loves and experiences love. - 00:00
Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Julius Tunstall and Raven Jones Stranbrough examine the Lauryn's choice to keep Zion in light of love through the song "To Zion." - 4:53
Personal impact of "To Zion" on women, who like Lauryn, similarly found themselves pregnant at an unexpected time. - 10:57
Alex Nava explains the dual meaning of Zion. - 18:59
A brief exploration of Lauryn's religious history. - 21:34
Cona Marshall explores Lauryn's religious history through "Everything is Everything." - 24:49
Femi Olutade breaks down the history of Abba Moses. - 33:30
Cona walks through the Gospel music connection in "Everything is Everything." - 36:19
Julius Tunstall on the expanding of Lauryn's Religious Understanding - 37:57

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

Contributors: Raven Jones Stanbrough, Cona Marshall, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Alex Nava, Julius Tunstall, and Femi Olutade.

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Theme music by Julius Tunstall.

Additional music from beatsbyhype, fndguitar, Nabil Sioty, and Ashuka Made-It.

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Additional Resources:

Dissect Season 5 blog posts on Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.”
"God, the Black Man and the Five Percenters" - Christopher Johnson
Whitney Houston and Lauryn Hill's church, New Hope Baptist Church
Zion Marley and Selah Marley Instagram Pages
Essence article on Assata Shakur.

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The Spirit of Freedom

March 16, 2022

The Spirit of Freedom

Summary: A mixtape of Lauryn Hill songs that speak of freedom. From her personal emancipation to her freedom as black woman in the United States to the freedom she wants all of humanity to have. Krystal and Matt breakdown "I Get Out." And then we hear from Cona Marshall, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Eric House, Alex Nava, and OT The Goldn Child as they cover "Lost Ones," "Final Hour," "I Used to Love Him," "Oh Jerusalem," and "Freedom Time."

Timestamps:

Cona Marshall speaks about Lauryn Hill as the preacher. - 00:00
Krystal Roberts and Matt Linder discuss "I Get Out" from the "Unplugged" album. - 2:28
Cheryl Kirk-Duggan on "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" - 10:25
Eric House on "Lost Ones" - 14:28
Alex Nava on "Final Hour" - 22:17
Alex Nava on "I Used to Love Him" - 28:55
Otis Lambert on "Oh Jerusalem" - 33:12
Cheryl Kirk-Duggan on "Freedom Time" - 35:17

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

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

Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: @theflickerspod

Website: flickerspodcast.com

Subscribe: https://www.flickerspodcast.com/listen

Rate & Review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, and Goodpods.

Follow our Harklist for Season 2 highlights: https://harkaudio.com/lauryn-hill-season-highlights-77939

Join the conversation about Lauryn over at our Goodpods group.

Logo design by @papercutprayers

Theme music by Julius Tunstall.

Additional music from fndguitar, Nabil Sioty, Venus Beatz, Beats by Hype, and brokebwoy.

Episode Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/YI9ug6qtjOZ