Digging the Digital Crates: Drake and Lauryn Hill

Today we're digging into Drake's sample of Lauryn Hill's "Ex-Factor" in "Nice for What."

The sample is from Hill's "Ex-Factor"

Which is also sampled in:

1) Rapsody's "My Song" (2013) 

2) Teyana Taylor's "Her Room (Marvin's Room Remix)" (2011) [@4:16]

Which interpolates/remixes Drake's "Marvin's Room" (2011) 

3) Kehlani's "Til the Morning" (2014) [@ 2:44]

4) Cardi B's "Be Careful" (2018) [sample and interpolation? @2:12]

And Lauryn Hill remixed Drake's sample live and has been performing it on her most recent tour: 

Why is Lauryn Hill so significant, especially for female artists? Check out this recent NYT piece on a new book by hip-hop journalist Joan Morgan reflecting on the 20 year anniversary of the release of Hill's only full length release, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998). 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/books/review-she-begat-this-lauryn-hill-joan-morgan.html