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"Killing Me Softly With His Song," as sung by Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack, & Lori Lieberman

Strong Songs

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Introduction

Breakbeat is a type of groove that uses samples taken from classic funk recordings, loops them, and reuses them as grooves for all new tunes. On this episode, we are tracking a single song through the decades as it undergoes two huge transformations going from an under-appreciated gem to a beloved classic. Warren Hill's rendition of Killing Me Softly with his song was one of the defining songs of my high school years.

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