Osiris - The mixed reviews are probably due to the fact that there is a lot of talking (like 8 tracks of her just speaking her mind,) as well a poor editing job to the album as a whole. However, it's a different side of her that The Miseducation doesn't really display all that well. The reason why I started listening to her in the first place is because of the video below of her performing "I've Got to Find Peace of Mind," actually.
And this next video is my favorite Lauryn song ever. I have nearly 100 plays of it on my old last.fm account, and I still haven't become tired of it.
I love when she says "fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need, and I've just retired from the fantasy part"
haha last summer I developed a crush with this woman that I'm just rediscovering now, by the way.