Brand new, still sealed.

Their remake of Killing Me Softly was the hit, but thats only the beginning of the story. A hip-hop trio whose talents reach out into the world of the pop song (Wyclef Jean is a fine guitar player, and Lauryn Hills a heck of a singer), the Fugees are also all distinctive, inventive rappersyou find yourself waiting for each of them to take the next verse in turn. The beats are the familiar crossed-armed boom-bip, but the groups understated grooves and subtle effects lie low in the mix. Aside from two kicky covers of classics (the other is Marleys No Woman, No Cry), The Scores focus is on the stars rhyming with the free-form grace of performance poets and showing that theyve thought deeply about the issues they raise.