_:b399218265 "melancholic" . _:b400327373 "discosoul" . _:b404812577 "0"^^ . . _:b404812576 "0"^^ . _:b404812579 "0"^^ . _:b404812578 "0"^^ . _:b400327326 "hello modern rnb" . _:b400327356 "electro jazz" . _:b404812581 "0"^^ . _:b404812580 "0"^^ . "Lauryn Hill" . "english" . _:b404812583 "0"^^ . _:b400327377 "gilles peterson" . . _:b404812582 "0"^^ . _:b400327390 "love" . _:b404812585 "0"^^ . _:b404812584 "0"^^ . _:b400327396 "3"^^ . _:b404812587 "0"^^ . _:b404812586 "0"^^ . _:b400327394 "3"^^ . _:b404812589 "0"^^ . _:b400327381 "melancholic" . _:b400327395 "3"^^ . _:b404812588 "0"^^ . _:b400327384 "rhythm and blues" . _:b400327392 "3"^^ . _:b404812591 "0"^^ . _:b400327393 "7"^^ . _:b404812571 . _:b404812590 "0"^^ . _:b400327360 "rnb" . _:b404812572 . _:b400327364 "female vocalists" . _:b404812574 . "1998 songs" . _:b404812573 . _:b400327394 "scary cause its so synthetic" . _:b400327353 "best songs of the 90s" . "1998 singles" . "Arista Records singles" . _:b400327385 "lanchonete" . _:b400327352 "funk" . "true"^^ . "true"^^ . _:b400327333 "rose" . _:b400327374 "3"^^ . "Gold" . _:b400327357 "pop" . _:b400327375 "3"^^ . _:b400327336 "inspiring" . _:b400327342 "divas" . _:b400327372 "0"^^ . _:b400327388 "melancholy" . _:b400327373 "3"^^ . _:b400327366 "written by lauryn hill" . _:b400327369 "10"^^ . _:b400327371 "3"^^ . _:b400327370 "10"^^ . _:b400327368 "3"^^ . . _:b400327360 "39"^^ . _:b400327378 "tune" . "Arista Records" . _:b400327327 "this is uncool" . _:b400327366 "3"^^ . _:b400327340 "favorite artists" . _:b400327367 "3"^^ . _:b400327365 "7"^^ . "%22A Rose Is Still a Rose%22 is a 1998 single written and produced by Lauryn Hill and recorded and released by singer Aretha Franklin off the album of the same name. Written by Hill for Franklin, the song is feminist-based, focused on a motherly figure giving advice to a younger woman who keeps getting into bad relationships. Throughout the song, Franklin advises that in spite of everything and despite the woman's %22scorned roses and thorn crowns%22 that the woman is %22still a rose%22. Elements of the song %22What I Am%22 by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians were sung throughout the song by Hill herself. The video features Franklin, Hill and other female R&B singers such as Faith Evans, Changing Faces, and Amel Larrieux and featured Elise Neal in the video as the protagonist. Released in 1998, the song became a surprise hit for Franklin, 40-plus years into her career, reaching number twenty-six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number-five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart while also reaching the UK top forty. The song helped its parent album reach gold status and remains one of Franklin's most played songs from her later years." . _:b400327330 "black music" . _:b400327362 "3"^^ . _:b399218264 "smooth" . _:b400327364 "25"^^ . _:b400327363 "3"^^ . . _:b400327361 "3"^^ . _:b400327369 "female vocalist" . _:b400327390 "0"^^ . _:b400327332 "gold" . _:b400327391 "3"^^ . _:b400327328 "smooth" . _:b400327350 "soul" . _:b400327388 "3"^^ . _:b400327365 "aretha franklin" . _:b400327389 "3"^^ . _:b400327386 "3"^^ . _:b400327387 "0"^^ . _:b400327384 "7"^^ . _:b400327385 "3"^^ . _:b400327338 "jazzy smooth soul" . _:b400327382 "3"^^ . _:b400327383 "3"^^ . _:b400327380 "3"^^ . _:b400327383 "affirmation" . _:b400327381 "0"^^ . _:b400327378 "3"^^ . _:b400327379 "3"^^ . _:b400327331 "arr en bee" . _:b400327376 "3"^^ . "0"^^ . _:b400327377 "3"^^ . "false"^^ . _:b400327344 "hip-hop" . "2059" . "USAR19800301" . _:b400327391 "love songs" . "Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles" . "5714dec525ac0d8aee39da0c" . "1998-02-10"^^ . _:b400327370 "90s" . _:b400327368 "the singles" . _:b400327343 "jazz" . . "Lauryn Hill" . . _:b400327329 "classic soul" . _:b400327371 "spoken breakdown" . _:b400327374 "cool down" . . _:b400327382 "new soul - hiphop - rap" . _:b404812598 "0.0105863875"^^ . _:b404812574 . _:b400327343 "3"^^ . _:b404812575 . _:b400327350 "100"^^ . _:b404812572 . _:b400327359 "originals" . _:b404812573 . _:b404812570 . _:b404812571 . _:b400327340 "0"^^ . _:b400327362 "icons" . _:b400327342 "14"^^ . _:b400327341 "3"^^ . _:b400327336 "10"^^ . _:b400327338 "3"^^ . _:b400327387 "beatles" . _:b400327339 "3"^^ . _:b400327349 "attitude" . _:b400327337 "7"^^ . "TRGLPNC128F9307761" . _:b404812598 . _:b400327341 "lauryn hill" . _:b404812596 . _:b404812597 . _:b404812594 . _:b404812595 . _:b404812592 . "1997" . _:b404812593 . "Songs written by Lauryn Hill" . _:b400327335 "3"^^ . _:b400327379 "optimistic" . _:b400327334 "7"^^ . _:b400327329 "25"^^ . _:b400327332 "3"^^ . _:b404812582 . _:b404812583 . _:b400327333 "3"^^ . _:b404812580 . _:b404812581 . _:b404812578 . _:b400327328 "10"^^ . _:b404812579 . _:b404812576 . _:b400327330 "0"^^ . _:b404812577 . _:b404812590 . _:b404812591 . _:b400327331 "3"^^ . _:b404812588 . _:b400327396 . _:b404812589 . _:b404812586 . _:b404812587 . _:b404812584 . _:b400327392 . _:b404812585 . _:b400327393 . "0.324724"^^ . _:b400327394 . _:b400327395 . _:b400327386 "amy and others" . _:b400327395 "girls music" . _:b400327358 "3"^^ . "175.9"^^ . . _:b400327359 "3"^^ . _:b400327363 "female beats" . _:b400327352 "28"^^ . _:b400327347 "american" . _:b400327356 "3"^^ . _:b400327357 "3"^^ . . _:b400327345 "inspirational" . _:b400327372 "female" . _:b400327380 "aretha" . _:b399218264 "10"^^ . _:b400327355 "3"^^ . _:b400327364 . _:b400327365 . _:b400327366 . _:b400327367 . _:b404812580 . _:b400327360 . _:b400327361 . _:b400327367 "grafitowy aksamit" . _:b400327354 "14"^^ . _:b400327362 . _:b400327363 . _:b400327353 "3"^^ . _:b400327393 "soulful" . _:b400327372 . _:b400327373 . _:b400327374 . _:b400327375 . _:b399218265 "0"^^ . _:b400327368 . _:b404812583 . _:b400327369 . _:b400327351 "funk n hop" . _:b400327370 . _:b400327371 . _:b400327351 "3"^^ . _:b400327380 . _:b404812585 . _:b400327381 . _:b400327382 . _:b399218263 "3"^^ . _:b400327348 "3"^^ . _:b400327383 . _:b404812571 "0"^^ . _:b400327376 . _:b400327377 . _:b400327378 . _:b404812570 "0"^^ . _:b400327349 "3"^^ . _:b400327379 . _:b400327388 . _:b400327389 . _:b400327390 . _:b404812573 "0"^^ . _:b400327347 "7"^^ . _:b400327346 "3"^^ . _:b400327391 . _:b400327384 . _:b400327385 . _:b399218263 . _:b400327386 . _:b404812572 "0"^^ . _:b400327387 . _:b399218264 . _:b404812582 . _:b399218265 . _:b400327332 . _:b400327333 . _:b400327334 . _:b404812575 "0"^^ . _:b400327344 "3"^^ . _:b400327335 . _:b400327328 . _:b400327335 "a rose is still a rose" . _:b400327329 . _:b404812588 . _:b400327330 . _:b404812574 "0"^^ . _:b400327331 . _:b400327361 "all the best" . _:b400327345 "0"^^ . _:b400327340 . _:b400327341 . _:b400327342 . _:b404812598 . "-12.5"^^ . _:b400327343 . _:b404812587 . _:b400327346 "esteem" . _:b400327336 . _:b404812589 . _:b400327337 . _:b400327338 . _:b400327339 . _:b400327348 . _:b400327349 . _:b400327350 . _:b400327351 . _:b400327344 . _:b400327345 . _:b400327346 . "0.00359517"^^ . _:b400327347 . _:b400327356 . _:b400327357 . _:b404812586 . _:b400327358 . _:b404812590 . _:b400327359 . _:b400327389 "modern rnb" . _:b404812595 . _:b400327352 . . _:b400327353 . _:b400327354 . _:b404812592 . _:b400327355 . _:b400327337 "old school soul" . _:b404812584 . _:b404812591 . _:b404812596 . _:b404812594 . "541907" . _:b400327392 "inspiration" . "236000.0"^^ . "308670"^^ . _:b404812597 . _:b400327358 "sweet" . _:b404812593 . _:b400327326 . _:b400327327 . "A Rose Is Still A Rose" . "Aretha Franklin songs" . _:b399218263 "melancholy" . _:b400327354 "smooth jazz" . _:b400327334 "affirming" . _:b400327348 "featuring" . _:b404812577 . _:b400327375 "reggae" . _:b404812593 "0"^^ . _:b400327327 "7"^^ . _:b400327326 "3"^^ . "A Rose Is Still A Rose" . _:b404812578 . _:b404812592 "0"^^ . "Hip hop soul songs" . _:b404812595 "0"^^ . _:b404812579 . _:b404812594 "0"^^ . _:b404812581 . _:b404812597 "0"^^ . . _:b404812596 "0"^^ . . _:b400327396 "90s rnb" . _:b404812576 . _:b400327339 "amazing voice" . "0"^^ . _:b400327376 "breakup songs" . "551dc39b-de91-454a-9929-619c9f27692c" . _:b404812575 . . _:b400327355 "new soul - hip hop - rap" . _:b404812570 . "2008-02-25"^^ .