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Lauryn Hill explains why she never released a sophomore album after ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’:
“When you're inspired and desire to be principled, what doesn't get talked about enough is the drain... nor the challenge to find safety so that you can create with integrity. Most see opportunity as dollars only and often exclude the 'sense. The Score nor the Miseducation were made because we were 'allowed' to represent what we did, we fought for every inch. Wild success can cause greed that begins to denegrate the art for the money. We're people living through all this. These conversations should allow for more nuance. Artists go through phases, creativity requires expression, exploration and experimentation. There were people who hated the Unplugged album and yet some today swear by its significance. I was like a Harriet Tubman figure in some respects running to speak difficult truths to power before certain forces tried to close those doors. If it was so easy to do, where is that expression now on the world stage? Systems fear what they can't control. Creativity is most potent when it's free. If I did nothing else, I introduced standards and possibilities to a generation that didn't know they could operate on that level before then. I am often doing things outside the support of the system before people can even realize what I've done. Another artist who values inspiration then recognizes IT'S value and re-presents it to an audience then ready to receive it.”
I TOLD YOU ALL THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
The second ESPN got Inside the NBA, I said it. They were going to mess this show up. Not improve it. Not evolve it. Slowly destroy it.
And now Charles Barkley is saying it out loud.
“We’ve only been on ESPN, I think, four times in three months.”
FOUR TIMES.
This used to be a WEEKLY SHOW for 35 years.
Now listen to this part: “We did the first two weeks. We were off all of December until Christmas, and we’re off all of January until the 24th. I don’t like that at all.”
So let me get this straight. October, a couple shows. November, one show. December, ONE DAY. Christmas. January, nothing until the end of the month. Five shows in three months. Five. And this is the greatest studio show in sports history.
ESPN turned it into a seasonal decoration. And people wonder why fans are mad.
Barkley even said he is not trying to be on every ESPN channel: “I’m not going to be on ESPN One, Two, Three, Deportes, Nacho, Echo… But I wish we had been on more.”
That is the problem right there. ESPN does not know how to handle rhythm. They do not understand chemistry. They do not understand what made this show special. They think everything has to be an event.
Inside the NBA was special BECAUSE IT WAS NORMAL.
Because it was there every week. Now it shows up when ESPN feels like it.
This is how great shows die. Not with cancellation. With scheduling. I warned you. They are dismantling this show in real time. And Barkley sees it too.