Rap-Up.com || Lauryn Hill Boogies Down in Brooklyn

“Sorry if you had to wait a few minutes or a few hours,” the radiant, yet defensive Lauryn Hill said on Tuesday night (Dec. 28) as she approached the intimate masses during a tour stop at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg, “but I personally think I’m worth it.”

And she was. Regardless of the fact that she substantially backed up her reputation of showing up at her standing-room only concerts whenever she damn well feels like it (12 a.m., when the tickets said 8 p.m.), L. Boogie gave her die-hards a quality performance. Dressed in what could be described as a designer moo-moo, her onyx eyes glistened as she started off with an esoteric Bob Marley tune; the tone for the night was grown, reflective, and evolved.

She performed some of her classics (such as “Ex-Factor” and “Lost Ones”) and switched up the beat to create a brand new experience. The audience was thrown and the crowd participation level was low until the latter portion of the show, although she was showered with praise all night from adoring fans, who yelled, “I love you, Lauryn” and “You’re the best.”

Ms. Hill’s versatility, raw vocals, and energy was what kept fans hugging the stage for two hours sans bathroom breaks. She caught the holy hip-hop ghost a few times, dancing vivaciously through bass-heavy Fugees throwbacks like “Fu-Gee-La” and “Ready or Not.” Despite her reputed Kanye-sized ego, she seemed reverent to her audience, serenading them with an “I found you, Brooklyn, and you found me too” during a poignant breakdown on “To Zion.” She closed out with the universally accessible “Doo Wop (That Thing),” which appropriately summed up the evening. Rumors, Marley seeds, punctuality issues, and all—she’s still got it.

–Rajul Punjabi

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30 Comments

YEAH
December 29th, 2010 at 10:55 am
nut jk :)

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YEAH
December 29th, 2010 at 10:57 am
damn, I’ll come back later to finish watching the rest

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YEAH
December 29th, 2010 at 11:03 am
so far the first video is amazing
Lauryn where u been? lol

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kiki
December 29th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Looks live.

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YEAH
December 29th, 2010 at 11:08 am
she sounds like she’s struggling in the second video, but the crowd is into it :)

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YEAH
December 29th, 2010 at 11:14 am
she killing it in the 3rd video LOVE IT

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YEAH
December 29th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Why am I they only one commenting? smh
AMAZING Show Lauryn killed it.
The crowd is/was very hyped.
LOVED IT!!

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Vix
December 29th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Ohhhhh I missed this. I have to catch her on tour. i still rock The Score like it came out yesterday.

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Killing Me Loudly: Ms. Lauryn Hill – Music Hall of Williamsburg – December 29, 2010 « Playtonic Dialogues
December 29th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
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World Spinner
December 29th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
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A R
December 29th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
No wonder our country sucks… because we continue to feed egos like this… I left early… I am not a fan of her changing the songs that much… if you’re going to change them that much, write a new album. Arrogant…. I’d rather go see a no name band who appreciates/respects my time and money

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KNUCK
December 29th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
she wrong for that tardiness and cockiness tho. her fans should be treated with respect. I do respect her as one of the greatest to ever do it, but with only one album under her belt she could be a little more humble..

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Jarvis
December 29th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Ms Hill money is starting to run dry..now she doing all these “un-heard of” tours…smh

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Really?
December 29th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
She’s still got it? Her voice sounds like crap. The arrangements were awful. And let’s not even start in on her attitude. Miss Thing thinks it’s still 1998. Half the venue had left by the time she came on. She’s a joke at this point. Pity.

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jeffphoto2623
December 29th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
I agree with Really?.
She was being rightly boo-ed during her arrival and the first three songs. The only reason you couldn’t tell was because the engineer was doing such a lousy job and turned up the volume to drown out the boo-ing. The band sounded awful.
She was thoroughly disrespectful arriving at midnight for an eight o’clock show.
Look closely. The crowd was tired and filing out.
She may be a genious, but her performance and her antics were amateurish.

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jeffphoto2623
December 29th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
I agree with Really?.
She was being rightly boo-ed during her arrival and the first three songs. The only reason you couldn’t tell was because the engineer was doing such a lousy job and turned up the volume to drown out the boo-ing. The band sounded awful.
She was thoroughly disrespectful arriving at midnight for an eight o’clock show.
Look closely. The crowd was tired and filing out.
She may be a genius, but her performance and her antics were amateurish.

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John
December 29th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
oh shit, she is back

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STLOPINION
December 30th, 2010 at 1:35 am
OMG STFU PPL DAMN!If you were so much of a die hard fan then her arrival would not have bothered you her even having a concert wouldve been enough for you! Her lateness is bad but if you came to REALLY see her perform then that wouldnt have been a problem! Me on the other hand am SUPER excited for her to perform in STL on the 16th! and she’s right if you wanna boo so what hand for the exit if you dont like it no one is gonna make you stay YOU paid YOUR money and can get YOUR money back so whats making you stay but YOU wanting to see her #lowkey

AND @knuck cmon son you said “with one album under her belt” wtf that 1 album is killing every album that came before and after it mariah carey have bout 10 (estimate) does that mean its ok for her to show up late before she has that many albums cmon now u dont even make sense!

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C'mon!
December 30th, 2010 at 8:33 am
L-Booger is more like it!

@stl … grow a set and expect a little more from your idols. and, no, even though lauryn (over the) hill says you can get your money back, good luck trying to do that. i tried, and neither ticketmaster nor the promoter (bowery presents) is willing to do so. yeah, she’s all big on that mic but got nothing to back it up… not anymore, at least. good luck at your show. and good luck keeping her on that pedestal.

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DrM
December 30th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
SHE’S A LEGEND. If you weren’t down, you shouldn’t have come. This is Brooklyn, we go hard for the crazies that are worth it.

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STLOPINION
December 30th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
@c’mon

WHATEVER! we all know lauryn isnt in the right place now we ALL know that if you looked back at her past concert history and why the fugees didnt get back together you would know that lauryn isnt the same!and if you cant get your money back stfu and enjoy the damn show cause from the videos she rocked it!

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KNUCK
December 31st, 2010 at 7:40 am
some of you are ignorant.

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Really?
December 31st, 2010 at 8:32 am
Give me a f-ing break . . A “legend”? C’mon, people. Enough of the blind worship bullsh-t. She had a few hits with the Fugees and ONE (and, yes, it was incredible) album. In the past 10 years all she’s done is alienate her fans with her ridiculous attitude and amateurish performances. You wanna talk “legends”? How about Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner. They are LEGENDS! Not this arrogant, seriously misguided and pathetic excuse for an “artist”.

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lost one
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:50 am
Garbage,she’s not worth the wait or the money…studio magic is all i can say cuz she sounds like garbage live….Miss Queenie needs to practice a lil bit .

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lost one
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:52 am
also after seeing this trainwreck of a show I know why the Fugee’s wont play again…

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LitQit
February 22nd, 2011 at 7:40 pm
I love how she did her classics in an innovative way.

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x-fan
March 17th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
She thinks she’s Diana Ross!

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x-fan
March 17th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Let’s be clear. You are not worth it!

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