Lauryn Hill was Released from prison Today, Sept. 4, 2013.
The Same day Lauryn released her new single Consumerism from her upcoming Album Letters From Exile. On her Tumblr, Lauryn writes about her new song and how she feels as if her song will still be relevant even though she was behind the bars and could not really pay attention to the news.
"Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven’t been able to watch the news too much recently, so I’m not hip on everything going on. But inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn’t imagine it not being relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it’s level."
- Ms. Lauryn Hill
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