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Jean cites producer Salaam Remi as one of his greatest influences during the recording of The Score. Remi worked with the Fugees when he produced the remix of their single "Nappy Heads" from 'Blunted on Reality and also on "Fu-Gee-La". He advised the group to lower their voices when rapping, as they were prone to shouting.

"How Many Mics" was intended to be released on a mixtape, but its reception meant it was released on The Score.

"Ready or Not" was primarily created on an Akai MPC console, which Jean used to interpolate the chorus of The Delfonics' "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)", as well as an un Hill cried when singing the bridge of "Ready or Not", with Pras remembering "she started crying, like, really crying, but she kept on singing. And, yo, man it just hit me in the heart hard... it was like she was this angel in a cage and somebody, Christ or God, just came and freed her". At the end of recording, Duplessis noted it was typical to rerecord vocals for some songs, but after a session at a Sony recording studio, he realized that any subsequent take of "Ready or Not" would be inferior to Hill's original raw, emotional take.

"Zealots" uses a sample of "I Only Have Eyes for You", on Hill's suggestion.

Wyclef commented that "The Beast" discusses police problems in the neighbourhood around him, and discrimination he would receive because he was black. At the end of the track, Pras' friend Talent plays a Chinese takeaway owner in a segment intended to be humorous.

"Fu-Gee-La" was the first song produced for The Score by Salaam Remi. Remi intended the song for Fat Joe who disliked it and he subsequently played it for the Fugees. Although Hill initially took a dislike to it, Remi recalls Jean jumping up one day shouting the song's first line, "We used to be number ten/ Now we're permanent number one", with the group eventually coming round to like it.

Hill's friend John Forte helped create a dark atmosphere on "Family Business".

The cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song" came from Pras' belief their was too much rapping on the record, although those present at recording sessions were disparaging about recording a "soft" song. Finding a way to make it "hardcore", the group and Duplessis played the beat against a sample of A Tribe Called Quest's "Bonita Applebum". Duplessis notes Hill's lead and background vocals as "sexy".