[cheers and applause] - with her record-breaking fifth grammy win, lauryn hill echoed what many might've's in! he's in. - he's not trying to be black. he's not pretending he has these great, urban stories. he's telling his story, portraying lower-middle-class white life, which hip-hop had not done before. and i think that's why he was so appealing to so many people. - with kids in america that always had a sufficient amount of money and a different pair of clothes to wear to school each day of the week-- those type of kids, they admire poor people that have nothing to lose. ♪ slim shady ♪ - eminem is sort of the logical conclusion of 20-odd years of hip-hip-- and white kids listening to hip-hop, but now deciding, "we need to create our own thing." - ♪ my name is ♪ [imitates record scratch] ♪ slim shady ♪ ♪ ♪ [stirring instrumental music] - it's hot news for electronica, the multifaceted techno-dance genre touted by many tastemakers as the next big musical thing. prodigy's new album, "the fat of the land," enters the billboard pop chart at number one. - ♪ breathe the pressure ♪ ♪ come pla

i had like ceelo green and lauryn hill and de la soul all performing.e on the album, that album. and she was at the show and she was like, "okay. the people actually like this dude." [ light laughter ] but my godmother, who was there, god bless her soul, she was like, "this is too noisy for me. it's too loud." [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: she said, "no, it's too much." >> she was like, "nah, i'm good." >> jimmy: but your mom kind of -- you put your mom on the cover of your album. >> yeah, well that's when she really started being like, "oh, you're doing it now." like, because, i put her on the album cover. and her friends -- >> jimmy: and the name of this album, by the way, is called "one day it'll all make sense." >> "one day it'll all make sense." [ laughter ] i needed that to happen at some point. one day it'll all make sense. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yeah, and now it's making sense. >> now it's making sense. but when she saw her -- when her friends saw her face on the park benches and buildings, you know, like the snipes and the advertiseme