Message Music

While, this isn't Hip Hop, Lauryn Hill makes some amazing message music. This seemed an appropriate track and video to begin posting commentary on corporate media's relationship to music.
Remember when Lauryn Hill dropped off the public face of the planet? For many years she was gone, not presenting music in public, waiting for her contract to run out. In the appearance for this show she talks about why that happened.
To paraphrase, she said that she felt owned, to the point where every decision in her life was based on how it would be viewed by a public and by her record label. This was my favorite track from that show. (and a good testing video to practice uploading)
Here goes...
I just added another feature. Click the post title "Message Music" for an audio download, Lauryn Hill talking about her message music and the inspiration to rhyme she found in early hip hop.