Lauryn Hill Discussion

[Jazzy]

She looks good.

[damita34]

gonna see her on Tuesday here in Israel

[JenkseyArt]

Lauryn Hill Celebrates Her 40th



On May 26th My Mother and Brother hosted a beautiful birthday party for me in grand style. With the help of my daughter Selah, uncle Michael Hill, cousin Hakim Abdus-Sabur, friends Miriam Farrakhan and AJ Calloway, they were able to contact and invite many of my childhood friends and relatives, some of whom, I hadn’t seen for years. Since I’m usually the one throwing the party or hosting the event, I can’t begin to tell you what a joy it was to pile into this space ‘all old-school-like’ surrounded by family and friends both past and present. In some of these photos (probably most) I’m a hot and sweaty, sentimental mess, but elated! I was reminded of how rich and diverse the community of my youth was and continues to be. A special thank you to my Mother and Brother for putting this wonderful event together and all those who helped and of course, attended. Love you!!!

❤,
MLH

[Deleted]

Even after all she's been through, she is still so gorgeous to me.

[Caviar]

She has six songs (and served as executive producer) on the upcoming Nina Simon biopic premiering on Netflix June 26th. "Feeling Good" has leaked.


Rolling Stone

Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone Track List:

1. Lisa Simone - "Nobody's Fault but Mine (Intro)"
2. Ms. Lauryn Hill - "Feeling Good"
3. Ms. Lauryn Hill - "I've Got Life" - Ms. Lauryn Hill
4. Ms. Lauryn Hill - "Ne Me Quitte Pas" - Ms. Lauryn Hill
5. Jazmine Sullivan "Baltimore"
6. Grace - "Love Me or Leave Me"
7. Usher - "My Baby Just Cares For Me"
8. Mary J. Blige - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
9. Gregory Porter - "Sinnerman"
10. Common & Lalah Hathaway - "YG&B"
11. Alice Smith - "I Put A Spell On You"
12. Lisa Simone - "I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl"
13. Ms. Lauryn Hill - "Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair"
14. Ms. Lauryn Hill - "Wild Is The Wind"
15. Ms. Lauryn Hill - "African Mailman"
16. Nina Simone - "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free"

[tamed09]

She sounds so good and crisp...God she seems even motivated enough to not rush through every song and make it upbeat. I hope.......I just hope is what I'll say can't even finish it with Lauryn sometimes

[tamed09]

Hmmmm one of her producers is spilling tea and seems very serious about her next album dropping out of nowhere

[bunifah]

As long as it is not like her recent songs where she sounds like just throwing random words together that ends with 'tion' like 'entonation, conotation, combination, migration, captivation', I'll give it a check

[Jazzy]

She sounded good singing the verse, but then it went off the rails with the chorus and The Weeknd joining back in.

[Ling-Ling]

LMAO. She showed her ass in Pittsburgh once again. Damn near four hours late to the stage. Why anyone would pay money to see this woman, I have no idea.

[wavey.]

Ooo and I was going to get tickets. She got me f**ked up.

[Ling-Ling]

Feb 1, 2017 9:35:10 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Ooo and I was going to get tickets. She got me f**ked up.

She was LATE AS HELL last time she was here. My friend begged me to go and I was like NOPE. I'm sorry ma'am, you are not keeping me out past 1:00 in the morning on a Tuesday. The rest of us can't show up four hours late to work.

[wavey.]

Feb 1, 2017 9:52:40 GMT -5 Ling-Ling said:

Feb 1, 2017 9:35:10 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Ooo and I was going to get tickets. She got me f**ked up.

She was LATE AS HELL last time she was here. My friend begged me to go and I was like NOPE. I'm sorry ma'am, you are not keep me out past 1:00 in the morning on a Tuesday. The rest of us can't show up four hours late to work.

Yes. The Library/Hall place is near my place, and I was gonna do that show too. This late s**t isn't cool

[think pink.]

I'm reading that she didn't show up at all?

[Ling-Ling]

Feb 1, 2017 10:54:31 GMT -5 think pink. said:

I'm reading that she didn't show up at all?

She did. According to my friends that were there, a ton of people left and got refunds because there was a rumor she wasn't showing. And there was no communication to the audience about where she was. She was supposed to go on at 8, walked out on stage at 11:20 apparently.

[So Pure]

I don't understand when her bread & butter is touring at this point why she'd allow herself to get such a bad reputation as a live performer. Those residual checks from Miseducation must be keeping her afloat.

[The Northern Star⭐]

I'm at the show in Columbus, hope she's here. Lol.

[bigb0882]

I want to know how she is so late. A little late is one thing but hours late? You have to be doing it on purpose at this point. Does she just decide she doesn't want to go on at 8 and just sits around until
She is ready? Decides she'd rather go have dinner first? It's total disregard for the people giving you a paycheck. I would never go to her concerts. I was listening to Miseducation today and still love it as much as the day it came out but this is a shame.

[Heart Shaped Box]

She's in huge debt. She tours cause she needs the money. I don't think she's in it for her "art" anymore.

[The Northern Star⭐]

She was incredible. She wasn't late and she put on a great show. She can still sing her face off. I need a new album like now.

[SHOOTER]

How many of these shows are being booked by independent promoters cuz a janky promoter will ruin a show every time.

[★Disco★]

Feb 7, 2017 22:47:03 GMT -5 bigb0882 said:

I want to know how she is so late. A little late is one thing but hours late?

I know right? I have the same question to ask Madonna because she was going on 2 to 4 hours late during her last few tours. She did have a DJ go on for a couple of hours as an "opening act" but that's ridiculous. And this was for nearly every single date of the tour. She told Ellen on her show that they had a lot of stuff to double check and run through to get it "just right" for the audience. But you can start 2 to 3 hours earlier so then you're actually ready when the show is really supposed to start.

With Lauryn, that's just totally unacceptable because her show isn't as difficult to set up since it's just her, her backing vocalists, her musicians, and a very simple stage. Even if one is doing it just for the paycheck (although, nearly all performers are doing it for that reason because it's such a massive undertaking to conceive a show like that and do it and be on the road for so long), she still has to take it seriously because if she doesn't, the fans won't.

[Jazzy]

Feb 7, 2017 23:19:23 GMT -5 Heart Shaped Box said:

She's in huge debt. She tours cause she needs the money. I don't think she's in it for her "art" anymore.

Her habits are so well-known at this point (she's been doing this for over a decade now) that I don't feel bad for anyone buying her tickets and waiting 4 hours for her to perform a shortened set list.

[Jazzy]

Lauryn Hill confronts claims of 'stealing' music and mistreating musicians

medium.com/@ms.LaurynHill/addressingrobertgalsper-f08c20e02ffe

Lauryn Hill has responded to recent allegations by the jazz pianist and producer Robert Glasper that she “stole music” for her classic 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. In a recent radio interview, Glasper – who says he performed with Hill once in 2008 – reportedly suggested that Hill treated her musicians poorly, instructing them not to make eye contact and threatening to halve their pay because she was unhappy with how they were “learning the music”.

Hill responded in on the self-publishing platform Medium. “I’m confused as to why such a principled musician, who thought I ‘stole’ from his friends, would show up to work for me,” she wrote, referring to Glasper.

The bullet-pointed piece is Hill’s first lengthy public statement in some time; she rarely gives interviews. “You may be able to make suggestions, but you can’t write FOR me. I am the architect of my creative expression,” she wrote, adding: “These are my songs, musicians are brought in because of the masterful way that they play their instruments.”

She said she had no “details or recollection” of cutting pay, acknowledged her selectiveness in picking musicians to play with her, and discussed the difficulties of asserting herself as a solo artist after her previous group the Fugees disbanded in 1997.

She also commented on disparities between male and female artists in terms of creative control. “Men often can say ‘I want it done like this’ and not be challenged. The same rules don’t always apply for women, who may be met with resistance.” She conceded to Glasper on one point: “Yes, ‘Ms Hill’ was absolutely a requirement. I was young, black and female. Not everyone can work for and give the appropriate respect to a person in that package and in charge. It was important, especially then, for that to be revealed early.”

She connected interpretations of her seriousness as “meanness” with the wider black struggle. “I wouldn’t be the first black person accused of this. I don’t think of ’s skills as those of a hostess, but rather her relentless dedication to helping people who wanted out of an oppressive paradigm.” Hill also denounced the “old urban legend” that she “[hates] white people”, clarifying that she “[despises] a system of entitlement and oppression set up to exploit people who are different”.

Hill addressed “the lengthy history of unfairness and brutality towards people of colour”, and said that her 2002 MTV Unplugged performance conveyed how unsafe she felt during this period in her career. The live album, MTV Unplugged No 2.0, was poorly received at the time: Hill performed no material from Miseducation, instead debuting new, acoustic, politicised material, and talking at length about her personal struggles.

Hill is in the middle of the 20th anniversary tour for Miseducation. “The Miseducation was my only solo album, but it certainly wasn’t the only good thing I did,” she added, highlighting her work with the Fugees, advocacy for mothers and black women in hip-hop. She concluded: “The album inspired many people, from all walks of life, because of its radical (intense) will to live and to express love. I appreciate everyone who was a part of it, in any and every capacity.”

www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/28/lauryn-hill-confronts-claims-of-stealing-music-and-mistreating-musicians

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Ok, but it’s been widely documented since 1998 that you were fraudulent with your credits, Ms. Hill.

[T.B.F.]

Her response was interesting, to say the least. She is a very intelligent (and shrewd) woman.

[stunnedout]

Wyclef been spilled her tea.

[Jazzy]

She has 8 months to rest her voice and practice being on time to this show.

[#LisaRinna]

Lock her up for fraud.

[wavey.]

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