{"id":604,"date":"2017-04-25T12:38:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T19:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.authorityhop.com\/home\/?p=604"},"modified":"2019-04-01T05:28:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T12:28:15","slug":"15-years-since-lost-left-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authorityhop.com\/home\/15-years-since-lost-left-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Years Since We Lost Left Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today lots of articles are being written, to memorialize Lisa Left Eye Lopes, who died 15 years ago today. She was driving in Honduras when apparently, she lost control of her vehicle.\u00a0\u00a0 Her contributions to Hip Hop were nothing short of major, in a short span of time. She was the L in TLC, an r&b group that was heavily incorporating hip hop into their music, like a lot of groups were doing then. Michael Bivens spoke about that in an interview about New Edition on the Breakfast Club<\/a>, and he was right. Groups like New Edition paved the way for TLC. So much of their style (mixing songs with MC’s spittin a verse) was almost directly influenced by that era.<\/p>\n

However, Lisa Left Eye Lopes stood out from all her peers. Left Eye was Before her time.<\/h2>\n

\"Lisa<\/p>\n

She was the MC of the group, but unlike a Bell Biv DeVoe, or other r&b acts with a rapper, she seemed to take the craft more serious. She had lyrics! (Probably deserves an honorable mention in our Best Female MC’s of all Time<\/a> conversation)<\/p>\n

Left Eye was actually talking about something in her music. It wasn’t just for entertainment, although it was always entertaining!<\/h3>\n

Beyond what she did on wax, she was outspoken on several issues. More importantly, she was a great example for other young black women. Sure, there were the reports of her setting her NFL Husband’s home on fire. But you won’t see Andre Risen say a bad word about her because he probably knows he was in the wrong first. Ultimately that was never really any of our business, but many outlets are reliving that moment today as well.\u00a0 Left Eye was so much more than that though.\u00a0 Several years later, we continue to honor her contributions. Some might argue she was one of the first popular<\/em> artists to be truly, conscious<\/a>. Most artists who were conscious in 1991 weren’t getting radio play!<\/p>\n

Check out this documentary, The Last Days of Left Eye in Honduras (including when Left Eye introduced us to Dr. Sebi)<\/h3>\n