Just hours before her release from prison, Lauryn Hill releases a powerful track titled “Consumerism.”
The mother of six has spent the past three months of her life in prison for tax evasion, and on the eve of her release, Ms. Lauryn Hill decided to release a “letter from exile,” writing:
“‘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
“Consumerism” is off Lauryn’s forthcoming project, Letters From Exile, which will be released soon. Take a listen to Ms. Lauryn down below.
