Amazing news Lauryn Hill fans!
The singer-songwriter has unveiled her first new solo song in half a decade.
While Hill has been performing the song live for several years now, the song, titled “Guarding the Gates,” is finally featured on an album — the soundtrack for Queen & Slim out November 15. “Guarding the Gates” follows Hill’s 2014’s “Black Rage.”
Her first and only solo album remains 1998’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Just last year the artist had to deal with accusations that she had deprived musicians of songwriting credits.
“[Musicians] may be able to make suggestions, but you can’t write FOR me,” she continued. “I am the architect of my creative expression. No decisions are made without me. I hire master builders and masterful artisans and technicians who play beautifully, lend their technical expertise, and who translate the language that I provide into beautifully realized music.”
