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Buddy_Gilapagos
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"Who is Paid & Live and how did he get a Lauryn Hill feature?"


  

          

I've legit been wondering this for 20 years and have never gotten to the bottom of it.

Somewhere in the early days of napster/audiogalaxy I, like many others, came across this track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa3_ikQhU_o

And it goes. Dope track. Dope Lauryn Hill verse. Dope use of that Kool & the Gang track.

So why wasn't it released? Right issues?

But more importantly, how did this rapper, who no one has ever heard of, get a song with Lauryn presumably when she was at the height of her powers*?

I thought maybe it's a homemade remix but Lauryn Hill says his name and they rap back and forth. This is definitely a collaboration.

It's also crazy their is nothing on the neet that I have found about Paid & Live. No other songs. No real name anywhere. Just this super dope track.

Anyone knows the story here?

I think close to launching a hip-hop mysteries podcast investigation unless there is an easy answer to this story.






*discog puts the making of this song as 1997 which is Post the Score but pre-Miseducation.


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I thought this was through DJ Skribble,
Jan 31st 2023
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If I had to guess, the connection is through the track's producers
Jan 31st 2023
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This is the best lead I've gotten in 20 years. Thank you!
Feb 01st 2023
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RE: Who is Paid & Live and how did he get a Lauryn Hill feature?
Feb 06th 2023
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Was it actually released?
Feb 07th 2023
5

spitfire
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1. "I thought this was through DJ Skribble,"
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but that was this track from the same year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD94z-nqSgo

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mrhood75
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Tue Jan-31-23 05:45 PM

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2. "If I had to guess, the connection is through the track's producers"
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Who were Hakim and Muhammed Bell, sons of Robert Kool Bell aka Kool of Kool and the Gang (hence the Kool and the Gang sample).

The Bell family and Lauryn share a New Jersey connection. I'd also heard **years** ago that the Robert Bell was one of the people that "discovered" her.

So, I would imagine that Paid and Live was the Bell kids' artist, they recorded a jam, and they called in a favor from Lauryn during a time when she was mega hot. It's as good of an explanation that I can think of.

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Buddy_Gilapagos
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3. "This is the best lead I've gotten in 20 years. Thank you!"
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"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

  

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JtothaI
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4. "RE: Who is Paid & Live and how did he get a Lauryn Hill feature?"
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I'm pretty sure I have the CD single of this laying around somewhere. Maybe I can dig it up and find some clues on the labels?

  

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Buddy_Gilapagos
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5. "Was it actually released?"
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I always thought it was bootlegged or leaked.


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