Lauryn Hill Covers Nina Simone’s "Feeling Good"

Photo by Will Deitz

On July 10, RCA will release a Nina Simone tribute album called Nina Revisited: A Tribute To Nina Simone. It’s being released in conjunction with the forthcoming documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?, which is coming to Netflix on June 26. The album includes six contributions from Ms. Lauryn Hill. Listen to her cover of “Feeling Good” above via Rolling Stone.

The tribute album will also feature Mary J. Blige, Common, Usher, Gregory Porter, Jazmine Sullivan, and Lisa Simone (Nina Simone’s daughter).

According to Rolling Stone, Hill was originally only slated to record two songs. “Because I fed on this music, both hers and lovers like her, like my basic food, I believed I always had a right to have a voice,” Hill said of Simone in a statement. “Her example is clearly a form of sustenance to a generation needing to find theirs. What a gift.”

Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone:

01 Lisa Simone: Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Intro)
02 Ms. Lauryn Hill: Feeling Good
03 Ms. Lauryn Hill: I’ve Got Life 
04 Ms. Lauryn Hill: Ne Me Quitte Pas
05 Jazmine Sullivan: Baltimore
06 Grace: Love Me or Leave Me
07 Usher: My Baby Just Cares For Me
08 Mary J. Blige: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
09 Gregory Porter: Sinnerman
10 Common & Lalah Hathaway: YG&B
11 Alice Smith: I Put a Spell On You
12 Lisa Simone: I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
13 Ms. Lauryn Hill: Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
14 Ms. Lauryn Hill: Wild Is the Wind
15 Ms. Lauryn Hill: African Mailman
16 Nina Simone: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

Read our review of What Happened, Miss Simone?, which premiered this year at Sundance Film Festival. Here’s the trailer:

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