It was clear from day one that Hill was special, and Some Seek Stardom remains among the finest moments of her career. Watch the video for Tranzlator Crew: Nappy Heads 2 Some Seek Stardom Over a pugilistic backing track built from Albert King and Earth, Wind and Fire samples, each rapper gives a bravura performance, Clef bouncing through a Louis Armstrong impression during an opening verse that rains syllables on the naysayers, while Hill’s first appearance – four lines inserted in the middle of a longer verse from an animatedly belligerent Pras – hints at the greatness to come. The record sold poorly but plenty on it is excellent: in particular, the second single, Nappy Heads, is a treat. The debut laid out the Fugees’ singular stall, several tracks tackling the racism Pras Michél and Wyclef Jean experienced in New York, with Brooklyn-born Lauryn Hill talking about how her American friends were prejudiced against her Haitian-refugee bandmates. It was solid and occasionally spectacular music, yet possessed as much globe-conquering star quality as that of their similarly politically outspoken labelmates, the Goats. When the Blunted on Reality album arrived in 1994 the initial impression it gave was of a group following the emerging traditions of post-golden-age “true-school” rap.
It took the erstwhile Tranzlator Crew two years to get their first album released.
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