Post by sabela on May 5, 2012 12:05:29 GMT 1
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John Forte recently spoke about the possibility of a Fugees reunion and although he couldn’t confirm whether or not something would happen, he did explain that it might not be as important as the group’s original work. Talk of the group getting back together has been circulating since Fugees producer Jerry Wonda speculated about the possibility of a reunion.
According to Forte, a Fugees reunion wouldn’t have the same impact as the group’s original efforts, although he did add that something could happen and explained that he it really wasn’t up to him. “I’m going to make an analogy, and I don’t know if most listeners are in tune with it, but last night, I was listening to Bob Dylan and I listened to one of his older songs from that era and I was listening to one of his new albums. There are certain periods – like you said, lightning in a bottle – where we hear Sam Cooke singing, ‘A Change is Gonna Come,’ when it comes out during the time that it was needed to come out. You can get the best R&B artist or vocalist today to cover that song, and while it might be a great cover, it might not have the same poignancy and relevance to whatever the current paradigm is. Who knows? I’m not saying that a reunion will or will not happen. That’s probably above my pay grade. But what happened
during that time was supposed to happen for that time,” John Forte told Sway Calloway on Shade 45.
Pras Michael recently indicated in an interview with the NY Post that any bad blood between him and Wyclef Jean has been set aside, and hinted at the possibility of a reunion. The two had a brief falling out following Wyclef’s bid for political office in Haiti several years ago.
Jerry Wonda first started talk about a reunion in April of 2011 when he suggested that getting the group back together was inevitable, although it would require all of the members to get onboard with the idea. “I believe there will be a day when the Fugees get together, but everyone in the group’s gotta be ready. The Fugees are definitely going to get back together. The time will come. You’ve gotta wait, man,” Wonda told RapUp in an interview
John Forte recently spoke about the possibility of a Fugees reunion and although he couldn’t confirm whether or not something would happen, he did explain that it might not be as important as the group’s original work. Talk of the group getting back together has been circulating since Fugees producer Jerry Wonda speculated about the possibility of a reunion.
According to Forte, a Fugees reunion wouldn’t have the same impact as the group’s original efforts, although he did add that something could happen and explained that he it really wasn’t up to him. “I’m going to make an analogy, and I don’t know if most listeners are in tune with it, but last night, I was listening to Bob Dylan and I listened to one of his older songs from that era and I was listening to one of his new albums. There are certain periods – like you said, lightning in a bottle – where we hear Sam Cooke singing, ‘A Change is Gonna Come,’ when it comes out during the time that it was needed to come out. You can get the best R&B artist or vocalist today to cover that song, and while it might be a great cover, it might not have the same poignancy and relevance to whatever the current paradigm is. Who knows? I’m not saying that a reunion will or will not happen. That’s probably above my pay grade. But what happened
during that time was supposed to happen for that time,” John Forte told Sway Calloway on Shade 45.
Pras Michael recently indicated in an interview with the NY Post that any bad blood between him and Wyclef Jean has been set aside, and hinted at the possibility of a reunion. The two had a brief falling out following Wyclef’s bid for political office in Haiti several years ago.
Jerry Wonda first started talk about a reunion in April of 2011 when he suggested that getting the group back together was inevitable, although it would require all of the members to get onboard with the idea. “I believe there will be a day when the Fugees get together, but everyone in the group’s gotta be ready. The Fugees are definitely going to get back together. The time will come. You’ve gotta wait, man,” Wonda told RapUp in an interview