Fleetwood-Matt
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11/25 Lauryn Hill and Fugees at the Wells Fargo Center
I’ve heard so many negative things about seeing her live; from her late arrivals to her weird renditions of her songs; but both Miseducation and the score are two of my all time favorite albums and the tickets were super cheap so I decided to bite the bullet. Things weren’t looking good when the original date for this show was postponed, when she told another date that they were lucky she showed up, and when she canceled the rest of her 2023 shows besides this one. So I got to the stadium and prepared to be disappointed.
The opener was a Dj whose name I forget. She was fine, played a lot of throwback rap and R&B and some new rap. She played a lot of Philly artist like Jill Scott and Meek and every time she did gave them a shout out like “give it up for Meek!!!” So when she ended her set by saying “Give it up for Questlove” I thought nothing of it until he WALKED ONTO THE STAGE!
Obviously I lost my goddamn mind! He ended up doing a DJ set for over an hour. The novelty definitely wore off by the 40 minute mark but I’m still happy I got to see him. The vibe did feel like he had to just fill time but their is way worst ways to fill time.
Lauryn came out first for her solo set, with a huge live band backing her. The band sounded great all night and added a lot to the show. She did pretty much everything off Miseducation minus two songs. The arrangements were different from the ones I’m familiar with which worked for some songs like “Final Hour” and “Everything is Everything” (which she opened with), and didn’t work as well for others like “Lost One”. During her set she brought out philly rapper Freeway who im not familiar with but I enjoyed his 2 songs. She also brought out one of her sons so he could perform for a bit. I was less into this and would rather had one of the Miseducation songs we didn’t get but it seemed important to her so I won’t complain
She then went off for a few minutes before coming back on with Wyclef and Pras. This is we’re the show went from good to all time great! The live band elevated these songs and all three of them sounded incredible! Right from the start with “How Many Mics” it was non stop fire! And the surprises did not stop! First they brought out Outsidaz for Cowboys which sounded alittle chaotic but a blast! Then they brought out Philly R&B legends the Delfonics for some of their own songs and to join them on “Ready or Not”, and the final surprise of the night was Black Thought coming out to perform some of his music! Every surprise tied back to Philly and all night Lauryn, Wyclef and Pras were talking about how important this city was to them and their careers and you really felt that love! The set list also included a solo Pras song and a solo Wyclef song which was nice addition. They ended the night with like a 10 minute jam to “Fu Gee La” which is my favorite song by them but by this point it was almost 1am so we had to leave during it lol. Overall it was a 10/10 show! Best songs for me were “The Score” which sounded revolutionary with the live band and “Killing Me Softly” which legitimately made me tear up she sounded so beautiful
I’ve heard so many negative things about seeing her live; from her late arrivals to her weird renditions of her songs; but both Miseducation and the score are two of my all time favorite albums and the tickets were super cheap so I decided to bite the bullet. Things weren’t looking good when the original date for this show was postponed, when she told another date that they were lucky she showed up, and when she canceled the rest of her 2023 shows besides this one. So I got to the stadium and prepared to be disappointed.
The opener was a Dj whose name I forget. She was fine, played a lot of throwback rap and R&B and some new rap. She played a lot of Philly artist like Jill Scott and Meek and every time she did gave them a shout out like “give it up for Meek!!!” So when she ended her set by saying “Give it up for Questlove” I thought nothing of it until he WALKED ONTO THE STAGE!
Obviously I lost my goddamn mind! He ended up doing a DJ set for over an hour. The novelty definitely wore off by the 40 minute mark but I’m still happy I got to see him. The vibe did feel like he had to just fill time but their is way worst ways to fill time.
Lauryn came out first for her solo set, with a huge live band backing her. The band sounded great all night and added a lot to the show. She did pretty much everything off Miseducation minus two songs. The arrangements were different from the ones I’m familiar with which worked for some songs like “Final Hour” and “Everything is Everything” (which she opened with), and didn’t work as well for others like “Lost One”. During her set she brought out philly rapper Freeway who im not familiar with but I enjoyed his 2 songs. She also brought out one of her sons so he could perform for a bit. I was less into this and would rather had one of the Miseducation songs we didn’t get but it seemed important to her so I won’t complain
She then went off for a few minutes before coming back on with Wyclef and Pras. This is we’re the show went from good to all time great! The live band elevated these songs and all three of them sounded incredible! Right from the start with “How Many Mics” it was non stop fire! And the surprises did not stop! First they brought out Outsidaz for Cowboys which sounded alittle chaotic but a blast! Then they brought out Philly R&B legends the Delfonics for some of their own songs and to join them on “Ready or Not”, and the final surprise of the night was Black Thought coming out to perform some of his music! Every surprise tied back to Philly and all night Lauryn, Wyclef and Pras were talking about how important this city was to them and their careers and you really felt that love! The set list also included a solo Pras song and a solo Wyclef song which was nice addition. They ended the night with like a 10 minute jam to “Fu Gee La” which is my favorite song by them but by this point it was almost 1am so we had to leave during it lol. Overall it was a 10/10 show! Best songs for me were “The Score” which sounded revolutionary with the live band and “Killing Me Softly” which legitimately made me tear up she sounded so beautiful
