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Before Lauryn Hill captivated the world with The Miseducation , before Wyclef Jean became a global pop polymath, and before Pras Michel was a Grammy-winning fixture in hip-hop—there was Newark, New Jersey. There was a basement studio, a controversial producer, and a raw, unpolished, almost entirely overlooked album.

The result was a schizophrenic masterpiece. Blunted on Reality feels like two different albums fighting each other: one side is a generic early-90s rap album (think “Nappy Heads”), while the other side hints at the genre-defying brilliance that would explode on The Score (think “Vocab” and “Refugees on the Mic”). The Fugees Blunted On Reality Zip

The rest of the album includes forgettable interludes, a dull remix of “Nappy Heads,” and a few filler cuts. At 17 tracks, the album is bloated. But the highs are astonishingly high. Before Lauryn Hill captivated the world with The

Label: Ruffhouse / Columbia

The album is noted for its raw, "boombap" production, which differs significantly from the more polished, soulful reggae-rap sound the group achieved on The Score . Blunted on Reality feels like two different albums