They use the popular childhood chant “Ready or not, here i come. I get mad frustrated when I rhyme, thinking of all the kids who try to do this for all the wrong reasons… it was you who was irregular, sold your soul for some secular.Īgain, they continue with their brutal assault on this new age of Hip-Hop with this track. Around this time a formula was beginning to develop as the genre began to become more popular. Battling is a common practice among Hip-Hoppers and they’ve shown a nice display of word play with this track. DJ Red Alerts intro is comparing new Hip-Hop artists to the likes of the police. Here is where they make it known that The Score is about the state of Hip-Hop and the Fugees status in the genre. The second track is the key to understanding the album title and the intro. Police sirens and gun shots are heard in the background with DJ Red Alert speaking over them about day to day struggles. The Score album opens up with an intro featuring DJ Red Alert. Not safe for their careers or for their physical being. They changed the face of Hip-Hop in 1996, daring to go against the norm and challenging the entire Hip-Hop community in a time where it wasn’t considered safe to do so. With a new crop of Hip-Hoppers coming in to power and new sounds for the genre coming into popularity, I wonder how this piece of work will stand compared to the likes of what the culture has become today. The album has since been overlooked often by many. It’s been over 15 years since the Fugees released their sophomore effort The Score.
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