'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' is the debut solo album by American singer and rapper Lauryn Hill. It was released on August 25, 1998Columbia Records
We fuel up the Time Machine for a trip to 1998 this time, year of the massive-selling The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill album. Fatboy Slim made his breakthrough. Neutral Milk Hotel made an indie-rock masterpiece, and the Twin Cities band Semisonic made "Closing Time" popular. Also in Minnesota, former wrestler Jesse Ventura won the gubernatorial race. It's all 1998, our year on this episode of Time Machine Tuesday.
Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson applauds Governor-elect Jesse Ventura after the outgoing governor and Ventura met at the State Capitol in St. Paul Wedesday, Nov. 4, 1998, one day after Reform Party candidate Ventura defeated Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Hubert Humphrey III to win the governorship of Minnesota. Carlson did not seek another term. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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'You've Come a Long Way, Baby' is the second studio album by Fatboy Slim, a project of English electronic music producer Norman Cook. It was first released on October 19, 1998, in the United Kingdom and a day later in the United States.
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'In the Aeroplane Over the Sea' is the second and final studio album by Neutral Milk Hotel, released Feb. 10, 1998.
