Lauryn Hill

Aaliyah- and Sade-Inspired Jessie Ware Brings Her "British Electronic Soul Music" To Town

Jessie Ware, 28, is British soul's new leading lady. Her penchant for smooth, '90s r&b has played a major part in shaping her elegant sound, while a strong appreciation for British bass music has enabled her to put a different spin on things. Ware's debut LP, Devotion, entered the UK album chart at ... More >>

Live: Nicki Minaj Takes Off From Summer Jam, Nas And Lauryn Hill Climb Aboard

Hot 97 Summer Jam: Nicki Minaj, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, J. Cole, Wale, Meek Mill, DJ Khaled, Waka Flocka, Trey Songz, Maino, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Mavado, Tyga, Slaughterhouse (and Nas and Lauryn Hill) MetLife Stadium Sunday, June 3 Better than: Seeing a Nicki Minaj concert. In an er ... More >>

Live: Salaam Remi Immortalizes Amy Winehouse With Lioness: Hidden Treasures

by Kathy Iandoli ​Amy Winehouse (Lioness: Hidden Treasures listening session) Quad Recording Studios Wednesday, November 16 Better than: Thinking Back to Black was Amy's final opus. Amy Winehouse's career was punctuated with demons that detracted from her music, while simultaneously contri ... 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 >>

'93 TIL INFINITY

Back to (old) school

Rock The Bells NYC Lineup Updated; Erykah Badu To Perform Baduizm

Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. for the New York City stop of the Rock The Bells Festival, which will take place on September 3 at Governors Island. The lineup for the all-star hip-hop concert, during which a slew of heavyweights (Nas, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Raekwon & Ghostface) will revisit album ... More >>

Ms. Lauryn Hill And Nas To Headline Rock The Bells Festival, Which Hits NYC In September

​The Rock The Bells festival returns to the New York area with a Sept. 2 date at Governor's Island. This year's installment is headed up by a slew of full-album sets that includes run-throughs of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Illmatic (which Nas will perform with AZ, Pete Rock and DJ Premie ... More >>

Week in Review: Where For Art Thou, Masta Killa?

Ariel Pink says hi. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.​In the week we found out exactly how many professional music critics can actually name all nine members of the Wu-Tang Clan (the results may surprise and depress you!), we also found ourselves accusing Kanye West of maybe ripping off a Dr. Dog video ... 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 >>

HELLO, MS. HILL

Gearing up for a New York–centric comeback

Lauryn Hill Added Another Local Date, At The Wellmont Theatre

​The Lauryn Hill comeback is in furious motion, folks -- make that four local-ish venues she'll be playing in the next couple months. Along with her sold-out Bowery Balloom and Music Hall of Williamsburg shows (and her trio of dates at the Blue Note in early January), she's tacked on an additi ... More >>

Lauryn Hill Is Playing The Blue Note January 3-5, Tickets On Sale Today

​Here comes Lauryn Hill again, everyone -- after gracing us with her presence at August's Rock the Bells retro hip-hop spectacular at Governors Island (which was either a total disaster or a fount of "majestic retro-future space-metal," depending on your inclinations), she's suddenly playing a ... More >>

Week In Review: "You Died! Luckily This Is Just A Video Game."

​In a week wherein we bid adieu to both Fat Beats and Paste magazine, we needed something to fill the void, be that the Das Racist video game or, far less pleasantly, a glowering, shirtless Rick Ross. Good thing this one's over with.

Lauryn Hill, Whose Set At Rock The Bells Was Probably Better Than You Think, Attempts To Explain Herself On Fuse Tonight

The woman of the hour, polarizing the Governors Island masses last Saturday. Pic by Rebecca Smeyne.​So despite months of confusion and trepidation, Lauryn Hill really did play a full set at Governors Island Saturday as part of the Rock the Bells festival's vintage hip-hop blowout -- and our o ... More >>

MS. HILL RETURNS

Or, at least, we hope so

Download Holly Miranda's Set Sunday Night At In Vino

​We are not immediately predisposed to the Vino in Vino concert series -- which "matches artists with winemakers for a night of music and vino" -- but we are fortunately extremely predisposed to sharp-edged dream-pop belter Holly Miranda, whose show at Bowery Ballroom a few months back was one ... More >>

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 >>

Oof: Turns Out Lauryn Hill Is Not Headlining Rock The Bells This Summer

So Urb caused a sizable kerfuffle yesterday afternoon by breaking the news that the stupendously volatile Lauryn Hill would headline the annual hip-hop nostalgia tour Rock the Bells by performing 1998's classic The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in its entirety, triggering equal amounts joy and fear. ... More >>

METHOD TO THE MADNESS

Star-studded electronica makes a comeback

Another Free iTunes Single of the Week: Jazmine Sullivan's "Need U Bad"

Estelle's Shine

Another sing-rapping Brit to fall in love with

The Disorientation of Lauryn Hill

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

Still Tryin'

Macy Gray soldiers on where her formerly mighty neo-soul cohorts fear to tread

Tical 2006: The Falling-Off

Wu royalty gets a bit too defensive with self-prophetic comeback/never-left campaign

Status Ain't Hood Interviews Method Man

Live: The Roots Forget to Call Jay-Z

Sisters (Kinda Sorta) Do It for Themselves

Backroom boys versus marquee girls in a never ending battle for generic R&B perfection

Kanye Protégé Belies Name, Keeps Swagger Humble Enough to Convince

Pro-Life Hip-Hop

Western positivists bring tablets down from the mountain

Where's Waldo?

Looking for Uncle Jazz at the 2002 JVC Something-or-Other Festival

Reality Soundbites  

Jazz

Two Soul Singers

Higher Ground

Thirdhand News

Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise

Learning the Tricks of the Trade

Prophecy Fulfilled

You Go, Grrrl!

Cum on Feel the Webnoize

The Music Industry Turns to the Tech World for a Boost

Mos Testifies, Monch Eats

More Than One Way to Rawk a Funky Joint

Letters

Over that Hill

Beach Blanket Surgery

Summertime Blues

Livin’ for the City

Chick Dance

The Gods' Desire

Cole Comfort

Consumer Guide

Educating Lauryn