Lauryn Hill Drops Societal Knowledge On New "Consumerism" Track, Gets Out Of Jail TODAY

Lauryn Hill is celebrating her release from jail with a brand new track about the perils of our society, as well as in this industry.  Check out L. Boogie dropping fast paced knowledge about systematic narcissism, capitalism, commercialism, consumerism and more….

From the first line, we were feelin’ Ms. Hill

Consumerism running through em like a tumor in em, agism, sexism, racism, chauvinism

Capitalism runnin’ through em like the rumor business, separatism, skepticism, mobbism, aestheticism….

She calls out the effects of egotism, television, satanism and more as she points out the fetishes and causes of bad decisions of society.  And she puts it how only Lauryn can.  Dee track, and we love every bit of it.  The reason for the release was stated on her Tumblr page:

Consumerism is a track coming out on the eve of Ms. Hill’s release. She wanted to get this music out while she was incarcerated, as it is a product of the space she was in while she was going through some of the challenges she has been faced with recently.

 

And Lauryn also posted her own description of what the song means to her.  The track is from a collection of tracks she’s putting out called Letters From Exile.

"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 its level."

Listen below and share your thoughts in the comments:

The track is now on iTunes. Lauryn will be free today after serving three months in federal prison for tax evasion.

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