WYCLEF JEAN - WYCLEF JEAN BLAMES HILL FOR FUGEES REUNION DIFFICULTIES

WYCLEF JEAN BLAMES HILL FOR FUGEES REUNION DIFFICULTIES

WYCLEF JEAN has blasted former bandmate LAURYN HILL for ruining any chance of a FUGEES reunion by demanding too much. The three-piece - comprising Jean, Hill and Pras Michel - reunited briefly in 2004 and 2005 with a European tour and rumours of a new album in the works. However, Jean insists a future collaboration is out of the question unless Hill changes her attitude and accepts her original role in the hip-hop group. He says, "Lauryn is straight up the problem, bro. She wants to be a producer. Don't come telling us how to chop up beats so you can get credit for it. "If the Fugees wanna come back, and Lauryn wanna come back… you can't break the format. Don't come back and be like, 'I wanna produce a beat.' That's like me saying I wanna sing an R+B vocal. "When we was working on the album, I was like, (to Lauryn), 'You need to do this like this.' (And) she says, 'How do you know what's relevant? I haven't heard anything from you in the past like three, four years?' The minute she said that I was like, 'I gotta go back to working.'" Michel has voiced the same concerns in the past, telling SOHH.com a Fugees reunion is "straight dead". He too blamed Hill and "some issues she needs to deal with". The Fugees unofficially split in 1997 to pursue solo careers.