Lauryn Hill LATE AGAIN!! Lets be honest....as a SOLO act Lauryn Hill is essentially a ONE ALBUM WONDER.

[geechiedan]

Lauryn Hill defended by festival organizers after performing at 2am to nearly-empty stadium​

The organizers of Essence Festival have defended Lauryn Hill after her headline show was so delayed she ended up performing to a near-empty stadium.

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, 50, was the headline act for the festival’s opening night on Friday, July 4. She was originally scheduled to take the stage at 12:35 a.m.

However, the former Fugees member did not begin performing at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans until 2:30 a.m., by which time only a few hundred dedicated fans were still left inside the 83,000-capacity stadium.

While some on social media initially blamed Hill for arriving late, Essence Festival organizers have now taken full responsibility for the delay.

In a statement posted to the festival’s official Instagram account they wrote: “Family is family and around here we protect our own no matter what the PEOPLE have to say.

“Let’s be very clear— WE don’t play about Ms. Lauryn Hill. Not for clicks. Not for headlines. She arrived on schedule, stepped on that stage, and delivered the kind of performance only a legend can.

“The delay? Not hers. We will take that. The moment? One for the books. The legacy? Still unmatched. Put some respect on her name. Keep the takes, but keep her out of them. All love and deep profound admiration for Ms. Lauryn Hill.”

The statement was applauded by several other artists, with Erykah Badu posting several clapping hands emojis and Jill Scott writing: “Very good.”

Hill, whose sole studio album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was released in 1998, developed a reputation for arriving late to her own concerts.



@playahaitian whats up with ya girl homie???

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[Mask]

shit it wasn’t just her, how you get home after 3am on Saturday

And if you would’ve stay For the whole Sunday show, 5am is when you arrived at your crib


And you live like a hour away

 

[PsiBorg]

 

[Database Error]

After winter must come spring

 

[A to Dah K]

 

[geechiedan]

you say the dog ate your homework a number of times...then one day the dog actually does eat your homework...guess what..at that point it doesnt fuckin matter...youre already considered unreliable. so it doesnt matter if Essence takes the blame (which they didnt explain) for THIS one....the end result is still the same.

 

[playahaitian]

you say the dog ate your homework a number of times...then one day the dog actually does eat your homework...guess what..at that point it doesnt fuckin matter...youre already considered unreliable. so it doesnt matter if Essence takes the blame (which they didnt explain) for THIS one....the end result is still the same.

 

[geechiedan]

dont tell me youre defending her??

 

[geechiedan]

Lets be honest....as a SOLO act Lauryn Hill is essentially a ONE ALBUM WONDER​

Her solo joint won umpteen Grammys and major critical acclaim and she took all the credit for it in an effort to say SEE! IT WASNT ALL WYCLEF!!! then it blew up in her face with all the lawsuits that essentially undermined her claim.

But instead of going back to the drawing board and back to basics and rebuild thru her MC status....she flaked. And just produced more non-rap works that just showed that rap/hip-hop wasn't a priority to her at all and if anything in retrospect a claim could be made that she just USED rap/hip-hop as a stepping stone to do what she REALLY wanted to in the first place....be a top singer.

If that's the real case then her MC bona fides should be looked into...

But even as singer ONE great album isn't enough for her name to be placed in the Pantheon of great R&B/Soul singers like Aretha, Patti, Gladys, Chaka and a number of Black female singers who have the discography and concert experience to be called One Of The Greats. She hasn't produced a big enough sample size to get that privilege.

And people should stop blowing her up as if thats the case. So what she has unreleased music..times an tastes have changed. Its a new generation and her music is very likely dated and irrelevant at this point.

Prince has HUNDREDS of fully produced unreleased songs from the 80s, 90s and on...he's been gone for a decade now...see anyone clamoring to put out those old prince songs???

Same for Michael Jackson...hell they did release a MJ song that timbaland produced and remastered with justin timberlake I think...That song itself was produced in the Off The Wall era and didn't make the cut and it sounded like it even with Timbaland putting his touch on it.

So if Lauryn has a bunch of songs she hasn't released...what the hell is she waiting for because the more time goes by the more those songs become passé, the more it works against her legacy.

 

[55th View]

That response by the organizers essentially says "She's a star, so deal with it". With that kind of backing...she'll do it again.

 

[Dr. Truth]

Lets be honest....as a SOLO act Lauryn Hill is essentially a ONE ALBUM WONDER​

Her solo joint won umpteen Grammys and major critical acclaim and she took all the credit for it in an effort to say SEE! IT WASNT ALL WYCLEF!!! then it blew up in her face with all the lawsuits that essentially undermined her claim.

But instead of going back to the drawing board and back to basics and rebuild thru her MC status....she flaked. And just produced more non-rap works that just showed that rap/hip-hop wasn't a priority to her at all and if anything in retrospect a claim could be made that she just USED rap/hip-hop as a stepping stone to do what she REALLY wanted to in the first place....be a top singer.

If that's the real case then her MC bona fides should be looked into...

But even as singer ONE great album isn't enough for her name to be placed in the Pantheon of great R&B/Soul singers like Aretha, Patti, Gladys, Chaka and a number of Black female singers who have the discography and concert experience to be called One Of The Greats. She hasn't produced a big enough sample size to get that privilege.

And people should stop blowing her up as if thats the case. So what she has unreleased music..times an tastes have changed. Its a new generation and her music is very likely dated and irrelevant at this point.

Prince has HUNDREDS of fully produced unreleased songs from the 80s, 90s and on...he's been gone for a decade now...see anyone clamoring to put out those old prince songs???

Same for Michael Jackson...hell they did release a MJ song that timbaland produced and remastered with justin timberlake I think...That song itself was produced in the Off The Wall era and didn't make the cut and it sounded like it even with Timbaland putting his touch on it.

So if Lauryn has a bunch of songs she hasn't released...what the hell is she waiting for because the more time goes by the more those songs become passé, the more it works against her legacy.

 

[ansatsusha_gouki]

It wasn't her fault this time...SHOCKING....The organizers scheduled everything too late from what I read.

With that said,she has been living off that one album for almost thirty years. Ain't nothing wrong with that but you can't say she's the best female emcee's either. I understand,the quality versus quantity argument but having more than one album got a count for something.

 

[geechiedan]

truth is truth

 

[Allister]

Robert Glasper spoke about the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and his contributions.

 

[A to Dah K]

Lets be honest....as a SOLO act Lauryn Hill is essentially a ONE ALBUM WONDER​

Her solo joint won umpteen Grammys and major critical acclaim and she took all the credit for it in an effort to say SEE! IT WASNT ALL WYCLEF!!! then it blew up in her face with all the lawsuits that essentially undermined her claim.

But instead of going back to the drawing board and back to basics and rebuild thru her MC status....she flaked. And just produced more non-rap works that just showed that rap/hip-hop wasn't a priority to her at all and if anything in retrospect a claim could be made that she just USED rap/hip-hop as a stepping stone to do what she REALLY wanted to in the first place....be a top singer.

If that's the real case then her MC bona fides should be looked into...

But even as singer ONE great album isn't enough for her name to be placed in the Pantheon of great R&B/Soul singers like Aretha, Patti, Gladys, Chaka and a number of Black female singers who have the discography and concert experience to be called One Of The Greats. She hasn't produced a big enough sample size to get that privilege.

And people should stop blowing her up as if thats the case. So what she has unreleased music..times an tastes have changed. Its a new generation and her music is very likely dated and irrelevant at this point.

Prince has HUNDREDS of fully produced unreleased songs from the 80s, 90s and on...he's been gone for a decade now...see anyone clamoring to put out those old prince songs???

Same for Michael Jackson...hell they did release a MJ song that timbaland produced and remastered with justin timberlake I think...That song itself was produced in the Off The Wall era and didn't make the cut and it sounded like it even with Timbaland putting his touch on it.

So if Lauryn has a bunch of songs she hasn't released...what the hell is she waiting for because the more time goes by the more those songs become passé, the more it works against her legacy.

Baffles me every time shes mentioned in female hip hop discussions, or the miseducation is labled as one of hip hops top albums.

Even on the score her biggest contribution is singing killing me softly

 

[geechiedan]

Baffles me every time shes mentioned in female hip hop discussions, or the miseducation is labled as one of hip hops top albums.

Even on the score her biggest contribution is singing killing me softly

"I heard some emcees wanna bring it, but a female is one of their strongest men, when I step to you don't seek refuge, make it happen, fuck the rappin'".

Jeru the Damaja - punchline on the fugees

 

[Coldchi]

she's always late

 

[34real]

I read about it but it wasn't Lauryn's fault this time and the whole show was off and nothing was set in stone which is behind the scenes shit.

LH came on at 2am so she could get paid so did everyone else including Babyface,Glorilla,The Isleys and whoever else and that didn't start til 11.

Whoever wrote it,used LH to draw people into reading about what happened but the whole show was a bust and it had nothing to do with LH.

 

[TittyMaster404]

Saturday's show was long as fuck. I left before Jill finished her set.

 

[Duece]

BGOL is late as fuck

 

[Politic Negro]

 

[geechiedan]

why is she constantly in polka dots?? who told her polka dots was a good look??

 

[Politic Negro]

why is she constantly in polka dots?? who told her polka dots was a good look??

 

[christop]

Even her pregnancies last 12 months.

 

[Strait_Laced]

lauryn does have a reputation...that said, miseducation was a monster album which was perfect for it's time

 

[BronxBomber]

Love when she makes music, zero chance I pay to hope to see her.

 

[godofwine]

Lets be honest....as a SOLO act Lauryn Hill is essentially a ONE ALBUM WONDER​

Her solo joint won umpteen Grammys and major critical acclaim and she took all the credit for it in an effort to say SEE! IT WASNT ALL WYCLEF!!! then it blew up in her face with all the lawsuits that essentially undermined her claim.

But instead of going back to the drawing board and back to basics and rebuild thru her MC status....she flaked. And just produced more non-rap works that just showed that rap/hip-hop wasn't a priority to her at all and if anything in retrospect a claim could be made that she just USED rap/hip-hop as a stepping stone to do what she REALLY wanted to in the first place....be a top singer.

If that's the real case then her MC bona fides should be looked into...

But even as singer ONE great album isn't enough for her name to be placed in the Pantheon of great R&B/Soul singers like Aretha, Patti, Gladys, Chaka and a number of Black female singers who have the discography and concert experience to be called One Of The Greats. She hasn't produced a big enough sample size to get that privilege.

And people should stop blowing her up as if thats the case. So what she has unreleased music..times an tastes have changed. Its a new generation and her music is very likely dated and irrelevant at this point.

Prince has HUNDREDS of fully produced unreleased songs from the 80s, 90s and on...he's been gone for a decade now...see anyone clamoring to put out those old prince songs???

Same for Michael Jackson...hell they did release a MJ song that timbaland produced and remastered with justin timberlake I think...That song itself was produced in the Off The Wall era and didn't make the cut and it sounded like it even with Timbaland putting his touch on it.

So if Lauryn has a bunch of songs she hasn't released...what the hell is she waiting for because the more time goes by the more those songs become passé, the more it works against her legacy.

This is unreleased Lauryn Hill. She should release them shits. I don't fully understand why artists do this, because Prince has THOUSANDS of unreleased songs

 

[playahaitian]

dont tell me youre defending her??

Nothing to defend.

 

[Z MONSTER]

Wasn't Wyclef abusing her during the Fugees and her solo album? I heard he was smashing the hell out of her and controlling her.