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HILL STUNS + DAZZLES NEW YORK FANS AT FREE CONCERT
Former FUGEES star LAURYN HILL thrilled fans in Brooklyn, New York on Monday night (06Aug07) when she performed a free concert in Crown Heights.
Wearing heavy make-up, the Ready Or Not singer took the stage at a packed Wingate Field with an 11-piece band in front of a crowd of thousands.
She ran through her solo hits, giving many of them a reggae and ska twist, rapping more than singing.
Hill kept the reggae feel going with a rendition of Lost Ones, which ran into a version of Bob Marley's Natty Dread. Later in her set she also sampled reggae great Peter Tosh's Downpressor Man and Marley's Iron, Lion, Zion.
But fans and critics alike were left more than a little bemused when Hill babbled, "I just took your word for it, baby, I just took your word for it" over and over again after introducing Ex-Factor.
Rolling Stone magazine reports, "Sometimes it sounded beautiful, sometimes it sounded like babble. Each song - upbeat, percussive bass lines beneath Hill's rough, repetitive chanting was at least 10 minutes long. The crowd sat in a collective stare, not quite sure what to make of it."
The free concert came after Hill was harshly criticised for poor performances and late arrivals at a handful of European shows.
She eventually won the crowd over with a beautiful rendition of Roberta Flack's The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, before launching into a medley of ska versions of Fugees hits like How Many Mics and Fu-Gee-La.
The extraordinary Hill then ended the show with '90s superhit Killing Me Softly, a version of the Shirelle's Will You Love Me Tomorrow and she left the stage after performing solo hit Doo Wop (That Thing).
07 August 2007 22:17
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posted on 23/03/2009 02:01
Sister Lauryn
I discovered you when you ran the Fugees to victory
Who is this Queen, who is telling my life’s true story?
I was 10 years old, but too old living in a child’s body
Saw too much death in my hood, dead corpses rotting
But Sister Lauryn saved my mentality implanting seeds
Watering with her sweet voice, fertilizing all my needs
Ready or Not, life came too fast and nearly toppled me
I prayed to God to save me from my family and community
Then the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill held me captive
To have a beautiful voice like yours, anything I’d give
All my hurt and pain diminished when I listened to you
I found a way out of mental slavery, you unstuck my glue
Now they talk about you and dog you out like the pound
Never realizing all the Greatness and God in you I found
Your Unplugged album was Allah (swt) speaking through
Your lyrics come from the Higher Source never Voodoo
Out of this captivity I long to be set free in this lifetime
Away from all the sterotypes from all the evil crime
All of the systems designed to treat us like animals
Labeling us and treating positive folks like criminals
See I understand you Sister Lauryn like I know myself
A reflection of you, I am, I accept the hand God’s dealt
We may not seem normal and they might call us insane
But all along they are the ones insane in the membrane
Never understanding that our true purpose is not vanity
Never understanding that love and unity is the only key
Never understanding that the system is designed for us to fail
Never understanding that we are conditioned to go to jail
Sister Lauryn, I commend you for standing your ground
You are the diamond in the ruff that my soul has found
Because of your music my life changed from inside out
You showed me what my true purpose in life is all about
You are a beautiful mother to all of your 5 little precious souls
They depend on you to be strong, your love won’t grow old
Allah (swt) needs you to keep up the fight for all of humanity
Cheers to you Lauryn Girl for exposing the truth about this insanity
3/22/2009 9:02:05 PM
