tea

ready or not

fugees

READY OR NOT
The Fugees were a critically-acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group that rose to fame in the mid-1990s, whose repertoire included elements of soul and Caribbean music, particularly reggae. The   more...members of the group are rapper/singer/producer Wyclef Jean, rapper/singer Lauryn Hill, and rapper Pras Michel. Deriving their name from the term "refugee", Jean and Michel are Haitian Americans, while Hill is African American. The group recorded two albums one of which, The Score (1996), was a multi-platinum and Grammy-winning success before disbanding in 1997. Hill and Jean each went on to successful solo recording careers; Michel focused on soundtrack recordings and acting, though he found commercial success with his song "Ghetto Supastar".
The trio released their first LP, Blunted on Reality, in 1994. The album spawned two underground hits, "Nappy Heads (Mona Lisa)" and "Vocab", but failed to live up to the reputation of the group's live shows and gained little mainstream attention.
The Score became one of the biggest hits of 1996 and one of the best-selling hip hop albums of all time. The Fugees gained attention for their cover versions of old favorites, with the group's reinterpretations of "No Woman No Cry" by Bob Marley & the Wailers and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack, the latter being their biggest pop hit. The album also included a re-interpretation of The Delfonics' "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)" in their hit single, "Ready or Not", which featured a prominent sample of Enya's Boadicea without the singer's permission. This prompted a lawsuit resulting in a settlement where Enya was given credit and royalties for her sample. The Fugees have continuously thanked and praised Enya for her deep understanding of the situation, for example in the liner notes for The Score. The Fugees won two 1997 Grammy Awards with The Score (Best Rap Album) and "Killing Me Softly" (Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group).
The Fugees on the cover of Rolling Stone.In 1997, the Fugees all began solo projects: Hill started work on her critically acclaimed The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill; Jean began producing for a number of artists (including Canibus, Destiny's Child and Carlos Santana) and recorded his debut album The Carnival; Michel, with Mya and Ol' Dirty Bastard, recorded the single "Ghetto Supastar" for the soundtrack to the Warren Beatty/Halle Berry film Bulworth.
Refugee Camp, while a name sometimes credited to the trio, also refers to a number of artists affiliated with them, and particularly Jean. John Forté was an early member, rapping and drum programming on two of The Score's tracks, and is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence for cocaine trafficking.
The three Fugees reunited and performed on September 18, 2004 at the concert in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn featured in the film Dave Chappelle's Block Party, headlining a star-studded bill that included Kanye West, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Common, Big Daddy Kane, Dead Prez, Cody ChestnuTT and John Legend. Their performance received mostly positive reviews, many of which praised Hill's near a cappella rendition of "Killing Me Softly with His Song".
The Fugees would make their first televised appearance in almost ten years at BET's 2005 Music Awards on 28 June, opening the show with a twelve minute set. With a new album announce to be in the works, one track, "Take It Easy", was leaked online and eventually released as an Internet single on September 27, 2005. It peaked at #40 on the Billboard R&B Chart and was met with poor reviews, noting its radical departure from the Fugees' sound.
In 2005, the Fugees embarked on a European tour – their first together since 1997 from November 30 to December 20, playing in Finland, Austria, Norway, Germany, Italy, France, England, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Slovakia. The tour received mixed reviews. On February 6, 2006  less

Hot New Video

i'm coming over to live video from Youtube with this Amv which premiered there

Everyone wants me to sing this song, so here it is. :)

Bob Marley Duet with Lauryn Hill

fugees zudantys svelniai

Fugees Feat. Lauryn Hill - Killing Me Softly

Check out the internet only video for Wyclef’s new single off his upcoming album Carnival II, in stores this Fall. Official version of the video is coming soon.

Aphrodite vs Fugees - Ready or Not (Jungle Remix)

Mixed by Aphrodite

Brought to you by fatalconnectionX/t3hn00bl3ss

My new kitten Oscar makes his LiveVideo debut. Hopefully I'll get some better footage of him, but I at least wanted to show you guys how cute he is. =)

Love, Krista

( visit http://www.12freemusic.com for more... )
Please comment on my videos.

Killing Me Softly with His Song played on chromatic harmonica.

"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a 1971 song composed   more...by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, which has become a pop standard. The song was inspired by a poem by Lori Lieberman, "Killing Me Softly with His Blues", which she wrote after seeing a then-unknown Don McLean perform the song Empty Chairs live.

Song and cover versions

Lieberman was the first to record Fox and Gimbel's song, in 1971, but it became a bigger hit when covered by Roberta Flack in 1973, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. It was replaced by "Love Train" by the The O'Jays. "Killing Me Softly" returned to the top of the U.S. charts replacing "Love Train".

R&B artist Al B. Sure was the next to cover the song in 1988 on his debut album In Effect Mode... and experienced some success with it. He was voted the top new Male R&B solo artist in 1989. Hip-hop group The Fugees covered the song in 1996, with Lauryn Hill singing the lead vocals. Their version reached number two on the U.S. airplay chart, and had similar success in the U.K., reaching number one and selling over a million copies. Propelled by the success of the Fugees track, the version by Flack was remixed in 1996 and topped the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Other major artists to cover the song include Engelbert Humperdinck, Frank Sinatra, Tori Amos, Eva Cassidy, Perry Como, Aretha Franklin, Anne Murray, Luther Vandross, Toni Braxton, Alicia Keys, Jaco Pastorius The Youngblood Brass Band and Shirley Bassey.

The song was prominently featured in the 2002 film About a Boy in which the boy of the title, Marcus, is ridiculed by classmates for singing the song, a favourite of his mother's, at his school talent show because of its feminine associations and romantic, emotional lyrics.  less

Dj Lar-B - Greatest Oldies Megamix [70's, 80's, 90's] Arbi Production 2007 Video In Order : Fugees - Ready Or Not Ginuwine - When Doves Cry Jimmy Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now The Weather Girls - Its   more...Raining Man Wyclef Jean - Guantanamera Mammas and the Papas - California Dreamin Fluxland - Fluxland Rednex - The Spirit Of The Hawk Sonique - It Feel So Good Milk Incorporated - La Vache 666 - Alarma The Roots - The Seeds Ine Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotsteper Inner Circle - Sweet ( Ala La La La Long) Ricky Martin - Un Dos Tres (Maria) Surprise - Love Is The Answear Sasha - I Feel Lonely The Cranberries - Od To My Family Tony Braxton - Umbreak My Heart Papa Bear - Cherich Berlin - Take My Breath Away Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing Tina Turner - Golden Eye Wyclef Jean Feat Ziggy Marley - No Woman No Cry (Remix) The Verve - Bitter Sweet Synphony Warren G Feat. The Rapsody - Prince Igor Shaggy - Bombastic Snap - Rythm Is A Dancer Puff Daddy Feat. Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You Madonna - Secret Reel 2 Real  less