Stefan Schumacher, who happens to be a fan of Lauryn Hill, recently wrote about his frustrations in a blog and titled it It’s Finally Time To Stop Caring About Lauryn Hill. In it he goes in depth about some of her erratic behavior, tardiness (sometimes she is hours late), her paranoia and religious fixations. It’s a pretty good read and one person’s opinion. (Click the title to read the article)
“It occurred to me that, as great as Miseducation and The Fugees’ The Score are, they’re part of a distant past. Lauryn Hill was a great artist. She’s not anymore and it’s time we stop holding her in that regard, waiting for her to pay off on a promise that’s long since expired.”
If you’ve been to a Lauryn Hill concert lately, you may feel the same way as Mr. Schumacher, however, not all of her fans do. Rapper Talib Kweli says that “Lauryn Hill doesn’t owe us anything.”
“When you pay for a Lauryn Hill concert you are not paying for her to do what you want, you are paying for her to do what she wants. She is not an iPod nor is she a trained monkey. She doesn’t have to do her hits and she doesn’t have to do the songs the way you want to hear them. She doesn’t owe you that. The world does not revolve around you, and you ain’t gotta like it. Get over yourself. If you have a negative experience at her concert, go home, put on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and the next time she does come through your town, don’t go to her concert. Problem solved. Just because you had a negative experience at a Lauryn Hill show doesn’t mean her contribution to the world is invalid or deserves to be disrespected.”
