The Score (album)
The Score se dezyèm albòm  R&B/hip-hop pa The Fugees, pibliye pou tou lemonn entye sou 13 fevriye 1996, albòm vini aprè premye albòm ki sòti an 1994 ak ki rele Blunted on Reality.  

Albòm nan te dispoze anpil aspè de hip hop altènatif on fòm mizik ki vini pou li domine sèn nan ane 1990 yo. Pami chanson ki nan albòm nan se ragga avèk soul enflyanse pa voka fanm na ki rele Lauryn Hill ak pawòl "consien" ki pale de pwoblèm sosyal nou wè chak nan Etazini ke te fè de "mizik gangsta" ki te gwo nan tan sa. Pwodiksyon te kontole an sitou pa memb Fugees yo avèk Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis, ak tradisyonal prodicktsyon de Salaam Remi, John Forté, Shawn King, é Diamond D. Anpi te genyen rapè yo envite pou fè kèk trak nan albòm nan, yo se Outsidaz' kèk manm nan Rah Digga, Young Zee avèk Pacewon ansi tou Omega, John Forté, ak Diamond D. Nan 2001, yo re lage albòm ankò yo re-rele li  The Complete Score, on Kolèksyon de orijinal albòm nan ansanm avèk Version Bootleg la, yon konpilasyon ki sèvi a de bò bò-B ak kèk chanson yo pa te mete deyò deja.

Prezantasyon 

Kritik albòm The Score la aplodi pou li. Yon kritik ki rele Steve Huey ki travay pou Allmusic di, "li balanse entèlijans é aksèsibilite avèk asirans fasil, e li nan yon klas pami albòm hip-hop sa yo plis rekonèt nan epok sa." Kritik sa avèk kèk lòt yo, kritike li de jan yo elektrifye albòm, de jan yo rape ansanm ak bon kimi e Konsyans sosyal, ke tout moun nan tout ka asosye avèk li. 

Nan pami chante yo ki standout nan albòm The Score se Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song" ak Bob Marley's No Woman, No Cry. Chanson sa yo te pefòme ak updated liriks pa Wyclef Jean kom omaj pou Haiti'l lan zansêt nou yo, é lòt chante se prèke on solo pèfòmans pa Lauryn Hill. Lòt "hit singles" se "Ready Or Not" ak "Fu-Gee-La".

Nan lane 1998, yo nonmen albòm nan youn nan 100 plis milye albòm rap yo The Source. Nan 2003, yo palnifye albòm lan, nan nimewo 477 nan Rolling Stone lis magazin la the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Albòm te setifye 6X Platinum sou 3 oktòb 1997.

Albòm nan genyen twa bonis trak ajoute sou li: de rimix de "Fu-Gee-La" ak "Mista Mista", Wyclef Jean fè on ti trak solo la dan li.

Pwodiksyon 
The Score te pwodui pa anpil prodiktè e de chak manm ki na gwoup Fugees lanDiamond D, Salaam Remi ak Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis. Paske tout trak yo base an sampled melodi, enstrimentasyon Live avèk DJ enkòpore yo an pakèt trak. Wyclef Jean jwe gita a nan "Family Business," an menm tou DJ Scribble scratches on "Manifest/Outro," e chanson an"Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie Remix)" li entyèmen enstrimental. Tou jou, chantyon plis domina ak pwodiksyon nan albòm. "Fu-Gee-La" gen yon chantyon de pa Teena Marie"Ooh La La La,". "Ready or Not" egalman kontene yon chantyon --"Ready or Not (Here I Come)" pa The Delfonics. Nan albòm genyen vokal sa a plis nan albòm lan ke lòt. "Manifest/Outro" contains a sample from "Rock Dis Funky Joint" by Poor Righteous Teachers, while the title track contains vocal samples from every track on the entire album. The wide array of samples and instrumentation on the Fugees' second album attributes to a diverse set of music.

Track listing

Samples 
The following lists songs and sounds sampled on The Score.

" How Many Mics"
"Twilight Time" by The Moody Blues; written by Ray Thomas

"Ready or Not"
"Boadicea" by Enya; written by Enya and Roma Ryan
"Django" by Modern Jazz Quartet; written by John Lewis
"Ready or Not, Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)" by The Delfonics; written by Thom Bell and William Hart
"God Made Me Funky" by The Headhunters; written by Mike Clark, Paul Jackson, Bennie Maupin, Blackbyrd McKnight and Bill Summers

"Zealots"
"I Only Have Eyes for You" by The Flamingos; written by Warren Dubin

"Fu-Gee-La" 
"Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie; written by Allen McGrier and Teena Marie
"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" by Ramsey Lewis; written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson

"Family Business"
"Je Vais T'Aimer" by Michel Sardou; written by Michel Sardou, Jacques Revaux and Gilles Thibaut

"Killing Me Softly With His Song"
"Fool Yourself" by Little Feat; written by Fred Tackett
"Memory Band" by Rotary Connection; written by Robert Rudolph and Charles Stephney
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack; written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
"The Day Begins" by The Moody Blues; written by Peter Knight

"The Score"
"Dove" by Cymande; written by Cymande
"My Melody" by Eric B. & Rakim; written by Eric B. & Rakim
"Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa; written by R. Allen, Arthur Baker, J. Miller, John Robie, and Alonzo Williams
Multiple songs on The Score such as "No Woman, No Cry" and "Ready or Not"

"The Mask"
"Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues; written by Justin Hayward

"Cowboys"
"Something 'Bout Love" by The Main Ingredient; written by Stevie Wonder

"No Woman, No Cry"
"No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley & The Wailers; written by Vincent Ford and Bob Marley

"Manifest/Outro"
"Rock Dis Funky Joint" by Poor Righteous Teachers

Singles

Chart positions

Album

Singles

Sètifikasyon

Referans

Lyen deyò 
 The Score sou Acclaimed Music
 Album Review sou BBC Music