Ms. Lauryn Hill

After a break in music due to motherhood and imprisonment, former Fugees songstress Lauryn Hill is back on the scene proving that she still has that thing. Ms. Hill's return to the stage has been like a box of chocolates -you never know what you're going to get- but one thing you're always guaranteed is that beautiful, rasping growl that made her the Soul Queen of the 90's.
Ms. Hill has an effortless way of sending you on the most intense roller coaster of emotions. She takes command of the stage and knows exactly which buttons to press to send the crowd's hearts into their throats. We begin our ride with the agonising beauty of "Killing Me Softly," we ascend into the unknown with a cover of The Doors' "Light My Fire," and then we're hurtled into space with Miseducation's "I Used To Love Him" and taken through a loop of Reggae righteousness with "Please Don't Rock My Boat."
Hill finishes the set off with Fugees favourites "Fu-Gee-La," the ultimate crowd-pleaser "Ready or Not" and brings us back to the start with another rendition of "Killing Me Softly." Ms. Hill's live show is one helluva ride that you can't (and don't want to) get off of.
Seeing Ms.Hill live at the Indig02 is like a spicy and complex chicken soup for the soul. She definitely still has that thing on stage and while there's no doubt as to how she earned her place in history, there is doubt as to whether she will be sending us on roller coasters in the future. The only way to listen to Hill is live, no show is ever the same and when she's stripped down to the bare minimum with just a guitar - well, you best hold onto your socks.

Really disappointing concert.

Our ticket said the concert would start at 20h00. Ms Lauryn Hill was on the stage at 22h30.
The warm up acts included two different bands, two stand up comedians and a DJ. The sound cut out for the DJ at one point.
Those standing had their arms up in a cross to protest the lengthy warm up... It was tooooo much. We just wanted to hear Lauryn Hill.

When she finally came on most of the audience booed. People were leaving before the end of her set- no doubt having a long commute home.

During her last song the house lights went up. Then the microphones were cut. She was left talking until her mic was also cut. She hadn't had enough time to finish her set.

Totally bizarre and disappointing. The tickets were expensive - and we got half of a Lauryn Hill concert.

At one point she was talking about "authenticity and respect". Again the audience booed.

I think she is an amazingly talented artist who is unfortunately out of touch with the fact that her fans lead normal lives; including commutes on public transport, babysitting costs, and work the next day. Boring "authentic" facts about everyday life that Ms Lauryn Hill seems to have forgotten.
Her first song had the lyrics "You might have won some but you just lost one..."
I think she might have lost more than one.

Happy childhood memories listening to her work but I would hesitate about going to see her at anything other than a music festival - unless I had no work the next day!!

Lauryn Hill's show (her show only) was fantastic, musically and sound wise it was 9.5 out of 10. The reason why it's not a 10 is because all of the songs were remixed and I would have loved to listen to at least one of the classic versions from beginning till end, not just the chorus.

HOWEVER, I must complain about how long we had to wait to see her perform. 4 hours. 4 FREAKING HOURS. REALLY? when I bought the tickets, I didn't expect to see a festival of 4 different opening acts for 4 hours. It was nowhere in the description, and except for Chakra Kahn, the genre of music of the other bands was completely different. I understand maybe the roots of RnB and Hip Hop could have come all the way from African beats, and I have nothing against African music, but I was not expecting it, and I thought it was really unrelated and out of place. I really didn't like the fact they kept teasing the audience by saying Lauryn was coming out after their song, this happened repeatedly. People were pissed! some were booing, girls were taking their heels off from standing for so long. And it was a Thursday, so some people had to work the next day. The concert ended at 1:30am!

I don't think I'll attend another of her concerts again as much as a fan of The Fugees and Lauryn Hill that I am...I mean I really liked her show separate from all of the factors working against her, I love her music and what she does, but I can only tolerate so much.

“Before I work with Lauryn Hill again, you will have a better chance of seeing Osama Bin Laden and Bush in Starbucks having a latte, discussing foreign policy.” Granted, Pras Michel said that before Bin Laden died, but you get his point; only the most committed optimist would have any real expectation of the Fugees working together again. Instead, fans would be better advised to turn their attentions to Hill’s solo career, under the new moniker of ‘Ms.’ Lauryn Hill (allegedly, her insistence on being addressed as such was one of the contributing factors to the group’s demise.) Whether or not we’ll ever get a proper follow-up to the genre-defining 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' remains up in the air; for now, file it alongside D’Angelo’s 'James River' as an R&B record that might never see the light of day. Instead, Hill is focusing on touring, having ironed out some of the difficulties that marred her initial return to the stage in 2007. She’s no longer rushing through her sets at breakneck pace, but continues to reconfigure the classics; check out a haunting new arrangement of ‘Ex-Factor’ on YouTube for proof. With a recent jail term for tax evasion out of the way, she’s lined up her first UK tour in a long, long time for September; recent evidence suggests she’s somewhere close to top form.

On Christmas morning when Lauryn Hill was announced to perform on New Years day I was thrilled. I called all of my friends and we secured VIP table seats and planned an amazing evening.

Our evening was great, but the warning signs about Ms. Hill were there. 1. The negative reviews she's received. 2. The fact that the concert time was pushed back an hour days before she was to perform.

Well, I should have listened to the signs. She was still late! It was almost 11 pm by time she took the stage and when she finally did she didn't great the audience, no Happy New Year, sorry I'm late- nothing! Instead she was directing the band the entire night and came off as completely unprofessional. I felt like we were at a sound check rather than a concert. I was really disappointed.

Of course, she opened with some new songs that no one has heard of, but when she finally performed her classics, she hyped everyone up only to let the mood right back down by performing these buzz kill songs, one was in French, but we couldn't understand what she was saying anyways.

In summary, I won't see her again. She still has all the talent in the world, but her lack of professionalism really killed it for me.

Dallas Show: Was supposed to start at 6:30PM. Opening act started a 7:00, not sure who he was but it was truly boring. DJ can on for about 20 minutes and then a African Band. They sounded pretty good, just was familiar with their music and that was not who came to see. So from ~8:15 we waited and waited and waited while the DJ played music until 10:05PM before Lauren Hill came on..... man this concert was a dud. She only stayed on stage one hour, she ended at 11:05. During they show she is constantly giving instructions to the sound man to make adjustments. Her voice has changed. Her tone is different and didn't hear the vibrato that made her voice especially unique. I would not recommend this concert if you don't already have tickets. I am hearing that this has been the pattern at many stops. Terrible to make us wait for such a short show, many complaints leaving the venue.

An epic night full of good music, good fun & an excellent no nonsense crowd!
The female DJ was phenomenal and she rocked us all, start to finish. It was one big party.
The openers were amazing in their on right and good to hear NY in the house.
Ms Lauryn Hill was strong, powerful & on point all night and took control! She looked simply beautiful! The songs choices and words she had for us all were perfect!
The band and background singers kept it real! Never missing a beat!
Shout out to her guitarist & horn player..both Berklee alumni! We see u!
The visuals & stories projected were soul stirring behind Ms Hill! Thank you!
Thank you for the entire experience!
A night to be remembered forever!
Red Rocks in Colorado is a one of a kind venue.
Every part of the show was sign languaged, which was amazing to watch and so thoughtful!
Best show of my year!

I saw Ms. Lauryn Hill in the Forum koncert hall in Copenhagen, Denmark on her 20-year celebration of her solo album. The sound at the concert were awful, but apart from that, I was happy to hear that she still has a wonderful voice and a unique feel for music and rhythm. Her voice was a little darker than on the album, but still quite amazing; And she compensated by including three amazing support singers.

She lacked a bit of energy on the stage, but still managed to connect with the audience.

One thing I really did not appreciate was how late she showed up and that her second warm up act, DJ Reborn, played party music, that didn't match the atmosphere of Ms. Lauryn Hills music and did so with lacking DJ'ing skills (questionable track transitions etc.). In contrast, the first warm up act, IAMDBB, was great! Great singer and a real charmer!

An upbeat funk band and an on-point nostalgia-inspired Brooklyn DJ were ideal supports before the much-anticipated Lauryn Hill. Upon arrival she created a brilliant atmosphere in The o2 Arena and engaged a sell out crowd with a performance celebrating one of the best albums of all time. Despite changing melodies for several key songs too early in their start, she still retained the powerful messages famously portrayed. Differences to the album were expected from an artist who has essentially played one album for her 20 year solo career, but they never improved on the original recorded songs. She engaged the crowd well with thankful words and her emotion was felt. Spoiler! A beautiful Fugees rendition welcomingly closed a set full of soul, hip hop, positive messages, warmth and nostalgia.

The show started almost 3 hours later than expected and Ms. Lauryn Hill was not in her best shape in the first part of the show. The first tracks she played from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill were disconstructed and her and the band seemed a bit uncomfortable with the versions of the tracks they were delivering. Ms. Lauryn Hill seemed to be stucked in her head and found difficult to connect with the audience which started to leave the venue right after the first break. However, after Doo woop and her, apparently, deserved break, she returned more inspired and connecting with the audience who returned the energy singing together Zion and some Fugges’ tracks. I will clap forever for her version of “Ready or Not”.