The Fugees are reportedly engaged on their first album since 1996 following information of a reunion tour.
The trio of Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel and Lauryn Hill are supposedly within the studio cooking up their first venture since their seven instances platinum smashThe Rating, in keeping with a narrative from The New York Put up that ran on Friday (June 28).
The information was shared with the newspaper by an nameless inside supply.
The Put up additionally talked about that Wyclef teased a possible new album again in November, noting that, as he put it in an previous track: “Something can occur.”
It was earlier this week that Lauryn Hill introduced she could be bringing her son YG Marley alongside for her tour with The Fugees.
The New Jersey legend introduced the ‘The Celebration Continues Tour’ in an Instagram submit, which is able to lengthen final yr’s 25-year anniversary celebration of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
Set to kick off on August 9 in Tampa, Florida, the 22-date trek will make its manner by means of the US earlier than heading to Europe in October, the place it’ll conclude in Amsterdam.
Attendees at this yr’s Coachella pageant acquired a pattern of what Hill’s forthcoming tour will really feel like, as she stunned the gang on the first weekend when she popped into YG Marley’s set and introduced Wyclef Jean out as nicely.
Roughly quarter-hour into the Marley inheritor’s set, his mom joined in and ran by means of various her solo hits earlier than performing some Fugees hits with Clef.
“Ex-Issue,” “Misplaced Ones,” “Killing Me Softly,” “Prepared or Not” and “Fu-Gee-La” all made it to the setlist, with YG filling in for Pras‘ elements on “Prepared or Not.” Later within the set, in addition they introduced out Busta Rhymes and Spliff Star.
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Final month, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was inducted into the 2024 Grammy Corridor Of Fame alongside De La Soul‘s 3 Toes Excessive and Rising and extra.
“We’re proud to unveil the various mixture of recordings getting into the Grammy Corridor Of Fame in its fiftieth yr,” Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. shared. “The music showcased right here has performed a pivotal position in shaping our cultural panorama, and it’s a real honor to acknowledge these albums and recordings, together with the profound affect every has had on music and past.”
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 upon its launch and went on to win its creator 5 Grammy Awards: Greatest New Artist, Greatest R&B Music, Greatest Feminine R&B Vocal Efficiency and Greatest R&B Album.
