We were able to catch Lauryn Hill’s surprise showing today at the Great American Music Hall in SF. She was debuting some of her new material, seeing which moved the crowd, etc. She played funk, reggae, and hip hop with her 11 piece band and one back up singer. The band basically watched lauryn’s every move waiting for instructions.

Fortunately, we were able to catch the 2nd showing. Lemme tell you, at first the band played over her vocals but then a lil after half of the show, the sound engineer found the mic knob and and it was absolutely stunning. She funked, reggae’d and basically brought the house down til the very end. After her set, she basically played for a packed house, about 4 of her hits from the past. Everyone at the Hall was standing and as it passed 215 after her 4th song, the management thanked lauryn but the crowd wanted more. Her mics were turned off so you know what she did? She shhhhh’d the crowd and acapella’d one last song. The crowd screamed. It was wild.
The earlier show I heard was a lil ill. Lauryn didnt play til about 10:30 when the show was suppose to start at around 8pm. (2nd showing was suppose to start at 1130, i believe but started around 1am.) During the first show, they were basically tuning the equipment and the acoustics weren’t to par was what we heard from the people leaving. I also don’t think she encore’d the crowd. Too bad for the early goers.. You should know you’re suppose to watch the 2nd showing.
http://www.fatlace.com/PotreroHill/


Here's a nice review from the second show in San Francisco. And for all of you people who browse these forums and post Lauryn info on your sites, and somewhow FORGET to post the positive stuff, I emphasided them for you just to make sure you don't miss out on anything. <_<
Thanks.

WAY TO GO SYBILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MADD PROPS TO YOU FOR THAT POSITIVE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YO....i hope i encounter one of these shows......i want to hear new music too.....i wonder if anyone recorded any of this show.........

sounds like it was awesome!!

http://static.flickr.com/66/178176480_04a861a3d3.jpg?v=0


found this just now while searching for random info.....
dont remember how to post a picture on here..i know..im lame for that...but heres the url:
My Webpagehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/49472281@N00/178176480/

she was late again 2,5 hours
:crying: :crying: :crying: OM MY GOD
I won survive
SHE MUST MAKE EXCUSES
SHE MUST APOLOGIZE
AHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :crying:
POOR FANS :crying: :crying:
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It's a nice review, but i wish it said more about the new material instead of moaning about her beeing late, Im so sick of hearing she was late etc.. i kno she brings it on hersellf but get over it id kill 2 go 2 these shows.

found this (with media/videos): http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_articl...42faa08864db873

I'm Over Lauryn Hill -- Fugees Front Woman Has 'Lost One' Fan

YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Review//, Words/Video: Tasin Sabir// Photos: JR Valrey, Jul 12, 2006


Editor's Note: The Hip Hop loving world has been eagerly anticipating the return of Lauryn Hill to the music scene. Her fans may be disappointed in what she has become since climbing her way to the top of the music world with the Fugees and as a solo artist after her ground breaking, multi-platinum, grammy winning solo debut -- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Sabir is an editor at YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia.

Lauryn Hill performed Friday night, June 30 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Billed as an "Open Rehersal", Hill created such a frenzy that a second show was added. Everybody has been waiting for this brown skinned wonder to return from musical exhile.

She hasn't put out a studio album since the classic "Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" took over the world at the turn of the millenium.



Standing in line for the late show I overheard some girls leaving the early show talking about how the rehersal went. One girl described it as a waste of time -- everything was just too loud and it was impossible to hear Hill. Another young woman added that it hadn’t been worth her time. Undaunted I went in hoping they were wrong.

When the concert/rehearsal began twelve people came onto the stage. It was Lauryn Hill so of course she had to have a super-sized jazz/funk band.

She had a sax player, a trombone, a trumpet, like a million guitarists, two drummers, a keyboard player, a back-up singer, a bass player and probably some instruments I’m not remembering. I think it was overkill but they sounded amazing.

Hill came on shortly after the band played a few songs wearing a wig from the Erykah Badu collection, one big-ass afro wig. She was also wearing corduroy bell bottoms, a man’s dress shirt, a black leather jacket, and a homeless-man's scarf. She looked like she was auditioning for the Jackson Five movie.

Still, I held my breath, leaned over the balcony and waited for that signature sound. She started singing and...she didn’t sound horrible, but she sounded nothing like the Lauryn I loved to listen to. If it wasn’t Lauryn on stage, I would’ve left the concert early.

The girls in line were right. Whoever did the sound should've been fired because Hill’s voice was muffled behind all of those instruments blaring. But when I did isolate a single note I was not impressed. Sounding shaky and strained, she left the high notes up in the sky and didn’t even try to touch them.

Hill preformed some new material and put a fresh spin on some old hits of her's from "Miseducation" like Lost Ones and Zion. Towards the end of the concert she sang How Many Mics which I would not have recognized if the beat wasn’t familiar -- she energetically mangled the Fugees classic.

Lauryn performing "How Many Mics" @ the Great American Music Hall


This is a streaming MP4 video - you'll need Quicktime 6 or later to view it.

She sang as if she had a message that was dying to be let out or perhaps she was racing against the clock because the concert began at 1:15 and by 2:00 the crowd didn’t want to see her go and Hill wasn’t going to leave until she was good and ready.

2:05 approached and her band kept playing and she kept on singing. The main lights were shut on, but that didn’t work. Then the all the lights were shut off, but that didn’t work either. Until finally the sound was cut and it was just one voice and 600 or so fans eagerly waiting for more. Hill delivered. She came to the edge of the stage and silenced the crowd with an a cappella version of I Find it Hard to Say.

Lauryn Hill the rapping, reggae-singing goddess is now a funk, jazz-singing, rapping, so-so blues artist and you can hear every ounce of pain in her voice.

Her screams and shrills are her new instruments. She does whatever she feels and defines the notion of putting emotion into a song, but is it too much emotion? Much like her performance on the awful MTV Unplugged CD/DVD released in 2002, Lauryn started crying at one point.

If 'Unplugged' was a preview of what Hill has now become then why tease us with the dream of the Fugees reuniting? I believe a lot of fans won' t be into the funk style that she has now adapted. Not the little girls like me who fell in love with her as the hardest Fugee or the emancipated, in control, 'Miseducation' version of Lauryn.

The young women that love her so much, enough to pay $40.00 to see a 'rehersal', might be confused and perhaps disappointed if Lauryn Hill comes all the way back into the modern music world with this act.

Lauryn working it out with her band @ the show.


This is a streaming MP4 video - you'll need Quicktime 6 or later to view it.

It was really difficult, almost painful, watching Lauryn perform. Now she reads as an emotionally shook woman using songs as her therapy in an almost too personal way to share with an audience.

My first real assignment as a photojournalist was to cover the Lauryn Hill concert at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, 1999. I remember hearing her voice and thinking it was perfection. That raspy bold sound carried in a way I’d never heard before.

I remember rewinding that one scene in Sister Act 2 where she’s singing at the piano and that skinny nun is secretly listening behind the door. I remember playing Strumming My Pain over and over again trying to match at least one of those impossible notes and I remember actually liking her voice.

But unfortunately I am not a fan anymore.

What happened to the girl with braids from Sister Act 2? Or the woman with dread locks telling girls to 'Watch Out?'

"What happened to Lauryn Hill?" was what I thought the entire concert and it honestly made me sad for her. Sad to the point where I clapped and I cheered after songs to motivate this poor lady with the frail voice who used to be so great.

This review makes me really sad! :crying:

PEACE
the invisible man :ph43r:

:o Did anyone click the link mitchrich posted (thanks btw) - there's two videos - one is 'How Many Mics' and the other is the end of 'Water' with her big funky band.

I thought both of the videos were pretty good - :bounce: i'd be surprised if they were the only ones the reporter recorded, i can't find an e-mail address to e-mail him/her and ask if there's more.

When i first read that i pictured her being all hunched over and old like - but she doesn't look 'frail' in the videos.

I stopped reading the review at this point ^

Let me see the videos...

LOL. :lol:

That was a stupid review btw. <_<
The person is complaining about the fact that L's changing her musical style. WTF, I thought we all were supposed to change and evolve. <_<

Well, maybe she's not for little girls anymore. :rolleyes: Little girls can always go listen to Rihanna.

Have you guys watched the videos yet?

Nope, I don't have quicktime. :crying:

Youtube someone ? :bigkiss: :P :crush:

yeah,or Britney :ph43r:

Is there anyone else thats tired of all these stupid cruel reviews?
I mean really, do these people not have anything else to do except dis Ms. Hill?

Most of these reviews are comming from people that havent even kept up with Lauryn and her work. They dont know about anything that she has done these past years, which is a lot i might add ( there are new songs, shes toured, etc.). If you are a real fan, and are connected with Lauryn, then you would'nt badger her like that. You're entitled to feel the way you want, but get informed first, understand whats going on with a person, and a persons career, and state of mind before you decide to deem them as lost or however they dicribed her....and by the way....sympathy applauses arent need....be real...if you listened to her Unplugged album..she tells the audience to OBJECT if you need to...

anyways.....
lol....can somebody please youtube or find another way to upload those videos? I cant seem to view them.......

Good Nite.
:wacko:

damn i can't download the videos - only watch
dunno what's goin' on with her voice tho
don't know what's goin' on with her
her voice wasn't clear at all tho it was stylish :wacko:
wtf!!! :censored:

what ? :wacko:
I don't understand, not clear , stylish ? LOL. :wacko:
Explain yourself. :P

So.....is anyone able to upload these videos on youtube? or some other way...i want to watch tooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well i feel her style but her voice is in a terrible condition now
damn :(