Post by dawyked on Dec 22, 2005 22:14:37 GMT 1
I found this one today:
Lauryn Hill might have learned her lesson since the shocking shambles that was her solo show at the Coliseum in July. Or maybe being back in the fold of her band the Fugees is forcing her to keep her diva impulses in check at last.
Either way, she and her co-stars arrived more or less on time and did not leave the stage for two hours last night, in a hit-packed set that pleased the crowd more than themselves.
No one seems quite sure why the Fugees have chosen this time to reform. Hill's romance with fellow member Wyclef Jean ended bitterly and the New Jersey trio have pursued solo careers with sporadic energy since 1997.
Third man Pras Michel pointed out recently that they could have made a lot more money if they had reunited when the memory of 1996's five million-selling album The Score was still relatively fresh.
Now they are all but forgotten, the Black Eyed Peas and Kanye West having taken their place straddling the worlds of hip hop and pop. And with barely any new material to show for their renewed partnership, the current tour has more in common with Take That's forthcoming love-in than any of rap's current stars.
In the intervening years, Wyclef has not forgotten how to work a crowd. He climbed a speaker stack, set off a klaxon and roamed the crowd on a roadie's shoulders, ending up on the balcony.
He was left to do all the talking, thankfully preventing Hill from reading any of her poetry. His rapping in English, French, Spanish, Japanese and Arabic was a neat trick, and he only really faltered by choosing the dirge-like 911 for his solo spot.
Hill's solo material was better, particularly break-up ballad Ex-Factor, a surprising choice given that Wyclef is thought to be the subject matter. Pras livened up for his own Ghetto Supastar but otherwise he was the ghost at the party, hovering at the back apparently feeling that three's a crowd.
The Fugees' hits came solidly, and new track Take It Easy was funky and decent enough. But they will need more than a few lively performances to make up for all those lost years.
At this point they remain outsiders when they could have been superstars(
).
www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/articles/21208913?source=Evening
Reviewed by David Smyth, Evening Standard (15 December 2005)
Lauryn Hill might have learned her lesson since the shocking shambles that was her solo show at the Coliseum in July. Or maybe being back in the fold of her band the Fugees is forcing her to keep her diva impulses in check at last.
Either way, she and her co-stars arrived more or less on time and did not leave the stage for two hours last night, in a hit-packed set that pleased the crowd more than themselves.
No one seems quite sure why the Fugees have chosen this time to reform. Hill's romance with fellow member Wyclef Jean ended bitterly and the New Jersey trio have pursued solo careers with sporadic energy since 1997.
Third man Pras Michel pointed out recently that they could have made a lot more money if they had reunited when the memory of 1996's five million-selling album The Score was still relatively fresh.
Now they are all but forgotten, the Black Eyed Peas and Kanye West having taken their place straddling the worlds of hip hop and pop. And with barely any new material to show for their renewed partnership, the current tour has more in common with Take That's forthcoming love-in than any of rap's current stars.
In the intervening years, Wyclef has not forgotten how to work a crowd. He climbed a speaker stack, set off a klaxon and roamed the crowd on a roadie's shoulders, ending up on the balcony.
He was left to do all the talking, thankfully preventing Hill from reading any of her poetry. His rapping in English, French, Spanish, Japanese and Arabic was a neat trick, and he only really faltered by choosing the dirge-like 911 for his solo spot.
Hill's solo material was better, particularly break-up ballad Ex-Factor, a surprising choice given that Wyclef is thought to be the subject matter. Pras livened up for his own Ghetto Supastar but otherwise he was the ghost at the party, hovering at the back apparently feeling that three's a crowd.
The Fugees' hits came solidly, and new track Take It Easy was funky and decent enough. But they will need more than a few lively performances to make up for all those lost years.
At this point they remain outsiders when they could have been superstars(
). www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/articles/21208913?source=Evening
Reviewed by David Smyth, Evening Standard (15 December 2005)
what do u mean with ILL? 