Fugees

The Making of Mykki Blanco

Michael Quattlebaum Jr. takes rap beyond pronouns

Props to Hip-Hop's iLLspokinn on NYC's Fastest-Growing Rap Tribute

Friday night, the Props to Hip-Hop classic rap tribute showcase plays its biggest show yet at B.B. King. For the past two years, TruStatement Entertainment's Props to Hip-Hop concert series has created an audience for a live hip-hop homage. With a full band playing the beats and some of the city' ... More >>

Top 10 Concert Films to See Before You Die

By Daniel Kohn For music fans, there's nothing better than seeing your favorite band or checking out an up-and-coming act in person. While the records serve as a tangible finished product that fans can jam on until eternity, the live show experience explains more about a band than their recorded wo ... More >>

Wyclef Jean

Little White Lies

Hip-Hop's Top Ten Aretha Franklin Samples

​Rap royalty loves the Queen of Soul. Or, at least, some very prestigious hip-hop types have found the intimate grooves of Aretha Franklin's discography to be fine and fertile fodder for their sampling kicks. So with Franklin preparing to warble her way through a couple of back-to-back shows a ... More >>

Q&A: Philip Glass On The Economics of Art And Music

Every day this month, in conjunction with our Feb. 1 cover story "Philip Glass, An East Village Voice," Sound of the City will post excepts of interviews with Glass and his collaborators, as well as reviews of several concerts celebrating his 75th birthday. In this segment of our interview, we disc ... More >>

Q&A: Das Racist's Dapwell On Tibetan Independence And Playing Carnegie Hall

Every day this month, Sound of the City has been publishing pieces about Philip Glass turning 75 years old, in conjunction with the Voice's cover story on the composer. Naturally, of course, this has led to an interview with Dapwell (Ashok Kondabolu) of Das Racist, who's performing Monday night at t ... More >>

Q&A: Philip Glass On Friendship, The Film Biz And Collaborating With Woody Allen And Martin Scorsese

Every day this month, in conjunction with our Feb. 1 cover story "Philip Glass, An East Village Voice," Sound of the City will post excepts of interviews with Glass and his collaborators, as well as reviews of several concerts celebrating his 75th birthday. Earlier this week, we published our inter ... More >>

Q&A: Philip Glass On Black Music And African-American History

Every day this month, in conjunction with our Feb. 1 cover story "Philip Glass, An East Village Voice," Sound of the City will post excepts of interviews with Glass and his collaborators, as well as reviews of several concerts celebrating his 75th birthday. Today we're publishing the portion of our ... More >>

Live: Lauryn Hill Gives Her Debut A Makeover At Rock The Bells

Rock The Bells: Ms. Lauryn Hill Governors Island Saturday, September 3 Better than: Lauryn Hill's performance at Rock the Bells last year. Creating a classic album is a double-edged sword. Fans expect its songs to be performed the same way in perpetuity, regardles ... More >>

The Six Most Decisive Wins In Pazz and Jop History

Not quite​Having spent the last two weeks poring through Pazz & Jop 2010, I've learned everything from the two albums most statistically similar to a bootleg compilation of early Bob Seger (those would be Flockaveli and Ke$ha's Animal/Cannibal combo) to the number of writers who ended their co ... More >>

Live: Lauryn Hill, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close At The Blue Note

Still capable of defecating on your microphone, surprisingly. Pics by Santiago Felipe, more below.​Lauryn Hill The Blue Note Monday, January 3 Better Than: You had any right to expect The bad news always comes first with Lauryn Hill. And so. Initial advertised start time: 8 p.m. Revised star ... More >>

Pras Michel v. Vito Lopez: Brooklyn's Latest Democratic Throwdown

​Now even rap stars are giving Brooklyn Democratic Party leader Vito Lopez trouble. Yesterday, Pras Michel -- late of the Grammy-winning Fugees and whose 1998 "Ghetto Supastar (That's What You Are)" was a hit on the movie "Bulworth" with Warren Beatty -- endorsed a challenger to one of Lopez's ... More >>

Saying Goodbye to Wyclef Jean's Bid for the Haitian Presidency With A Self-Aggrandizing Song Called "Prison for the CEP" and a Ritz Crackers Commercial

​Thankfully, Wyclef Jean's run for the Haitian presidency is now finished. According to everyone but Wyclef Jean, anyway. The former Fugee remains unbowed--or, if you prefer, still entirely delusional--and on Wednesday, he posted to Twitter a song he described as "contesting the CEP, in Creole ... More >>

Wyclef Jean's Bid for Haiti's Presidency: Gone 'Til Forever

​Via BNO News, it's apparently being reported by Reuters that Wyclef Jean's chances of being the next president of Haiti don't look likely, as his name is reportedly not on the list of approved candidates. His chances and crediblity as a candidate can best be summed up in one paragraph of the ... More >>

Week in Review: This Means Something

Hey, Marty. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.​In the week a former member of the Fugees declared his intention to run an entire country, despite his gross lack of qualifications for said job, we started a campaign against him. Sorry 'Clef, but this is ridiculous.

Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Premier, And, Yes, Lauryn Hill Added To Rock The Bells Lineup

​Well, this has been somewhat of a confusing rollout. The news: Snoop (doing Doggystyle in its entirety), Tribe (doing Midnight Marauders), and DJ Premier (doing a Gang Starr tribute that'll probably be the highlight of the whole thing) have been added to the bill (already loaded with Wu Tang, ... More >>

Thursday Night Out: Stopping By Von's FAM Party And The Multi-Floor Madness At Santos' Party House

The pleasantly not-snooty scene at Von. Pic by Puja. ​With so many weekend options, it's easy to overlook the fact that some of the city's most beloved DJs play for free on weeknights, in situations offering an intimate vibe and cheaper drinks (sometimes with no cover!) at places that ordinari ... More >>

Aswad Ayinde, Fugees' Video Director, Charged With Impregnating Daughters

From the 1996 video, 'Killing Me Softly'​Award-winning music video director Aswad Ayinde was charged last week with repeatedly raping and impregnating his daughters in an effort to create a pure bloodline. Ayinde, 51, won an MTV Music Video Award back in the day for his genius direction of T ... More >>

Your Big, Honking Guide to Haiti Benefits and Valiantly Intentioned Fundraising Efforts, Non-Wyclef Musical Edition

If this doesn't say it all, don't know what does Wyclef's Yele charity has recently drawn a firestorm of criticism, but he's not the only musical figure trying to mobilize folks and funds on behalf of Haiti. There's also an impressive number of benefit concerts and music events happening in the cit ... More >>

The Post-Pardon Elation of John Forté

George W. Bush's strangest (and most welcome) beneficiary revels in various types of freedom

SXSW Tip Sheet 2009

For fans of the Beatles, Willie Nelson, non-cloying indie pop, and presidential pardons

The Disorientation of Lauryn Hill

Wherein a volatile r&b superstar wrestles a hostile crowd to the ground

DMX Has a Greatest-Hits Album

The Field: Techno Perfectly Timed

The Unlikely Evolution of the Black Eyed Peas

An Act of Momentary Utopia

Things I Learned Watching Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Chappelle's Show

Comedian's Bed-Stuy bash serves up local flavor and a homestyle, utopian vibe

Return of the Ruckus

Still unhinged after more than an ol' dirty dozen years, the Wu-Tang Clan stage a Shaolin family reunion

The Fugees: Reunited and Not Very Good

AmsterJam gets AmsterSlammed? AmsterDAMN!

Where's the Beef?

The author might have forgotten why she's a vegetarian—but don't ask her to quit now

Love and Haiti

Wyclef Jean sends a swirling Creole valentine and relief to his homeland

Music

Class of ’33

Ecleftic Ladyland

Criminal Lovers

NY Mirror

Cum on Feel the Webnoize

The Music Industry Turns to the Tech World for a Boost

It takes two

It Takes Two

Chirpy Cheap Cheese

Beyond Normal

Exploring New Mother Tounges

Revenge of the Mad Rappers

When hip hoppers use violence to silence their critics

The Hill Is Alive

F(reakiness) M

Educating Lauryn

Queen of Pop