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Home • 2015 Essence Festival

LISTEN: Lauryn Hill's Cover of Nina Simone's 'Feeling Good' is Flawless

Listen to Lauryn Hill cover Simone's classic.
LISTEN: Lauryn Hill's Cover of Nina Simone's 'Feeling Good' is Flawless
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By Candice N. Jones · Updated October 27, 2020
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It’s not often we get to hear new material from Ms. Lauryn Hill, so imagine how excited we were to hear her covering a Nina Simone classic! Hill covers Feeling Good for a tribute album to Nina Simone titled, Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone meant to accompany the release of the upcoming biopic about Simone’s life (aptly titled What Happened, Miss Simone? ) which will premiere on Netflix June 26th.

The tribute album (due July 10th) will feature 6 covers from Ms. Hill herself including covers from #EssenceFest performers, Usher, Mary J. Blige, Common, Lalah Hathaway, Jazmine Sullivan and #EssenceFest alum, Alice Smith.

Check out Lauryn’s cover of Feeling Good below:

Did Lauryn do Nina’s song justice? Let us know on Twitter.

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