New Essence magazine (cover + short info)

[fugees-online]

The reason Lauryn Hill had to step away from the spotlight, she told Essence magazine for its new issue, was that it was a "very toxic situation" for her, because she wasn't able to be herself. "I discovered people could only acknowledge red and blue and I was somewhere between. I was purple," she told the magazine. "And when I can't be whole, I have a problem. I was like, 'I've got to get out of here.' " So she spent two or three years "away from all social interaction," with no music and no television. "It was a very introspective and complicated time because I had to really confront my fears," she said. During her downtime, Hill also wrote a lot — music as well as screenplays — and even dabbled in fashion design, endeavors that helped her become "older, wiser, and clearer." Still, she vetoed plans to do a clothing line, because it bothered her to see her look "exploited, appropriated, copied and reproduced" by others. "Fashion is something I breathe," Hill said. "I wasn't really trying to share my style, I was just trying to be me and exist." Now that's she back with the Fugees, Hill says her hope is that other artists don't get "trapped in images that don't really reflect who they are." ...

www.mtv.com/news/articles/1518615/20051220/50_cent.jhtml?headlines=true



I believe the issue covering a story about the Fugees/Lauryn Hill will be out in January OR February 2006!

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[dawyked]

thank u for the info admon. hey ese chika es en verdad especial no? ;D

[sybille]

dawyked said:

thank u for the info admon. hey ese chika es en verdad especial no? ;D

Oh ke si, muchissimo !!! ;D

[dawyked]

, oye sybille, diskulpa acerca de lo la traduccion de Douce de Clef, pues tenia la idea ekivoka de ke eras de Haiti, es ke aki hay lagunos miembros Haitianos y pues la lirica esta en Kreyol, gracias de todos modos y si aun kieres la rola solo dime, ok? paz. ;D

[sybille]

Estoy de haiti pero estudio en la republica dominicana pr eso hablo creole, frances, ingles y espanol. Puedes enviarme la cancion cuando tengas tiempo. Podre traducirla para ti.
No hay problema.

[dawyked]

sybille said:

Estoy de haiti pero estudio en la republica dominicana pr eso hablo creole, frances, ingles y espanol. Puedes enviarme la cancion cuando tengas tiempo. Podre traducirla para ti.
No hay problema.

oye ke bien, eso no lo tenia claro, pues muchas gracias y versa ke la subo hoy mismo a la red, gracias de verdad. ;D

[Amilcar]

When will this hit news stands?

[fugees-online]

It is the FEBRUARY ISSUE so I guess somewhen around the middle/end of january...

I just came across the COVER! Check the thread above!

www.essence.com/

[fugees-online]

The Bold And The Beautiful

Lauryn Hill is talking again. And the multiple Grammy award winning wunderkind has gone to ‘Essence’ magazine to tell her story.

“I felt uncomfortable about having to smile in someone’s face when I really didn’t like them or even know them well enough to like them,” the 30-year old unwed mother of four revealed during an interview with best-selling author Joan Morgan. The somewhat reclusive Fugees front-woman appears on the Feb. cover of ‘Essence’ which arrives on newsstands at the top of the New Year.

In the candid cover story, titled ‘They Call Me Ms. Hill,’ the West Orange, NJ native talks at length about misconceptions of her self-imposed exile, the reunion of the best-selling band, black woman and beauty.

“I thought it was okay for me to write a song about something complicated. But I discovered people could only acknowledge red and blue and I was somewhere between. I was purple.”

Regarding the on again, off again reunion with founding Fugees members Wylcef Jean and Praz Michel, Hill shared: “I’m a lot older, wiser and clearer. I’m more knowledgeable about people. At the same time, there has been an enormous amount of negative energy blocking me and trying to prevent my independent endeavors. So it kind of forced my hand to come back and resolve things. And I’m speaking nicely and politely about that.”

And there is a reason why the 7-time Grammy Award winner who became a multimedia darling on the heels of her groundbreaking solo debut, 1998’s ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,’ hasn’t talked to the press in years. For two or three years I was away from all social interaction. It was a very introspective time because I had to confront my fears and master every demonic thought about inferiority, about insecurity or the fear of being black, young and gifted in this western culture. It took a considerable amount of courage, faith and risk to gain the confidence to be myself.”

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