There could be no doubt who was wearing the pants in the Fugees all along once the newly emancipated Lauryn Hill dropped her first -- and only -- solo album, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, in the summer of 1998.

Probably the most acclaimed and most successful record by a female hip-hop artist of all time (although it's not strictly a hip-hop album, dabbling as it does in soul and reggae along the way), Miseducation and its singles "Doo Wop (That Thing)," "Ex-Factor" and "Everything Is Everything" dominated the radio and video airwaves for months and turned Hill into a household name pretty much around the globe. It sold 10 million copies in the U.S. alone and 20 million worldwide, turning Hill into a superstar but also triggering a troubled relationship with fame that would lead to erratic performances and frequent retreats from the public eye down the road. Indeed, Hill has never managed to record a studio follow-up. But maybe she simply doesn't want to tarnish The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill's legacy after getting it absolutely perfect the first time out.