The video was inspired by Jimmy Cliff's movie The Harder They Come and was also shot in Jamaica. Samples of Teena Marie's "Ooo La La La" and Ramsey Lewis's "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right)" and the Poor Righteous Teachers' "Shakiyla (JRH)" was recycled into the profile of their seminal breakthrough song. Producer Salaam Remi cleverly blended their reverence for reggae and the influence of their home base in New Jersey to craft the sound. The Fugees were in their moment when a song written for Spike Lee's Clockers was transformed into "Fu-Gee-La." The lead single from their sophomore album The Score was the first sign that things had changed for them because Blunted On Reality didn't show attract the same notice.
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