The Score is the second studio album by the American hip hop group Fugees, released on February 13, 1996, through Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records. The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 (holding the top spot for four weeks) and was certified six-times platinum by the RIAA. It was included in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album features a wide range of samples and instruments, incorporating many aspects of the alternative hip hop that came to dominate the hip hop music scene in the mid- to late 1990s. The album was produced largely by the Fugees themselves. Upon its release, the album received widespread acclaim, with many music critics and publications praising it as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.
Tracklist:
- A1 Red Intro
- A2 How Many Mics
- A3 Ready Or Not
- A4 Zealots
- A5 The Beast
- B1 Fu-Gee-La
- B2 Family Business
- B3 Killing Me Softly With His Song
- C1 The Score
- C2 The Mask
- C3 Cowboys
- D1 No Woman, No Cry
- D2 Manifest / Outro
