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Wyclef Jean (2002)

Interview by Gavin Martin, Rock's Backpages audio, August 2002

From the Fugees to Tom Jones, Haiti's very own Wyclef Jean talks hip hop, crack vs. music, martial arts and Cab Calloway

File format: mp3 File size: 26.4mb Interview length: 28' 50" Sound quality: ****

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The Fugees: Emigration Terrorists

Profile and Interview by Angus Batey, New Musical Express, 19 February 1994

Fact: like it or lump it in with the nastier things in life, hip-hop is still growing like the tumour from hell. Fittingly, as the ...

Transglobal Underground, Fugees, Honky: The Zap, Brighton

Live Review by David Bennun, Melody Maker, 24 September 1994

THE GEE SPOT ...

Fugees: The Score (Ruff House, 7tks/78mins)

Review by Simon Price, Melody Maker, 2 March 1996

THE SPECIALIST rap press is giving mad love to Fugees at the moment. ...

Fugees: Subterania, London

Live Review by Neil Kulkarni, Melody Maker, 9 March 1996

BLUNTED BY SUCCESS ...

With Help From Roberta Flack, The Fugees Are Redefining Rap

Interview by Amy Linden, The New York Times, 26 May 1996

IT'S SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE the start of the recent Fugees show here at the Irvine Auditorium on the University of Pennsylvania campus, and the rap ...

The Fugees: Forum, Kentish Town, London

Live Review by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 22 June 1996

THE 'GEE-FUNK ERA ...

Fugees: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles

Live Review by Cliff Jones, MOJO, October 1996

COOL ALWAYS HAS CONTEXT. Tonight that context is the growing awareness that hip hop and black American music in general have embraced a new set ...

The Fugees: Fugee Life

Interview by Cliff Jones, The Face, October 1996

The success of 'Killing Me Softly' this summer has turned them into MTV darlings and global stars. Yet lead singer Lauryn Hill still believes she ...

The Fugees: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 21 October 1996

Incredibly hiphop: If the Fugees were any bigger, they'd explode. Caroline Sullivan finds out why ...

Ready Or What?: The Fugees: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 2 November 1996

THREE NUMBERS. Over some 40 minutes prior to the encore, that's all they manage to play. Three numbers in full. And two of them are ...

The Fugees: Runaway Success

Report and Interview by Sonia Poulton, Muzik, January 1997

From healthy US hip hop act to global superstars in under twelve months, you could say 1996 has been a remarkable year for the FUGEES. ...

Fugees: Wembley Arena, London

Live Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 8 May 1997

Street-smart and user-friendly ...

Lauryn Hill: Black Magic Woman

Report and Interview by Michael A. Gonzales, The Source, September 1998

LAURYN MAY BE BEAUTIFUL. LAURYN MAY BE BRILLIANT. BUT WE LOVE HER. ...

Hip Hop Don't Stop

Overview by David Bennun, Hot Air, 1999

A LITTLE over two minutes into The Fugees' 1996 hit 'Ready Or Not', the voice of Lauryn Hill is thrown into relief by a brief ...

Miss Education: Lauryn Hill

Interview by Simon Witter, The Times, 19 June 1999

With five Grammies on her mantelpiece, two children and a charity to her name, singer Lauryn Hill has achieved an awful lot at the tender ...

The Fugees: 'Killing Me Softly'

Retrospective by Johnny Black, Blender, May 2003

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