Lauryn Hill: Theatre at Madison Square Garden, NY
Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, May 1999
DID SOMEONE say breakout hit? Anyone who doubts the massive crossover impact of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill need only cast an eye across the audience gathered for Hills big homecoming show - a crowd teeming with white suburban kids in Nautica sweatshirts, shrieking as Puff Daddy wades to his seat through a sea of outstretched palms.
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