Alla vigilia della sua scarcerazione, la cantante Lauryn Hill decide di pubblicare il suo nuovo brano Consumerism, parte 1 della raccolta Letters From Exile.
La traccia è stata registrata poco prima che la ex Fugees venisse arrestata per evasione fiscale lo scorso Luglio.

"Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven't been able to watch the news too much recently, so I'm not hip on everything going on. But inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn't imagine it not being relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it's level." - Ms. Lauryn Hill

#UPDATE: dalle 4 di questa mattina Lauryn Hill è finalmente libera dopo 3 mesi in un istituto correttivo per evasione fiscale.