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Remember just a few years ago when Ms. Lauryn Hill was an enigma? Now she’s everywhere, rocking out Coachella, doing a full U.S. tour, and dropping in on Jimmy Fallon to perform a revved up version of her classic, “Doo Wop (That Thing).”
Fallon has really been kicking late-night ass on the music guests. I guess having ?uestlove in your corner has a serious advantage. Too bad The Roots didn’t actually join Ms. Hill for this jam. Coulda used some tuba.
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Rock The Bells this year has announced that they will be will be kicking off in Los Angeles, CA (August 20, 2011); making it’s way to San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY and wrapping up in Boston, MA. I’m personally super excited because Lauryn Hill will be performing- in its entirety, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. Other headliners include Nas, Erykah Badu and Cypress Hill. According to the press release: “Full album sets can also be expected from: Cypress Hill performing their 1993 multi-platinum album Black Sunday, featuring modern rock radio mainstay “Insane In The Membrane”; Mos Def &Talib Kweli Are Black Star performing their 1998 self-titled debut album; Raekwon & Ghostface teaming up for critically acclaimed, platinum selling Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and more.” Sooo, exciting? Umm, yes — very much so. Check out full lineup after the jump… …MORE
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Simply put, everybody loves a sample sale; it’s like buying new at vintage prices, though, actually, the prices on vintage have really gotten out of hand over the last decade. Suffice to say, if you’re in L.A. WESC’s sample sale starts today…PLUS: an amazing bit of music from a vintage Soul Train episode, as well as a LAURYN HILL / RON ISLEY duet!!!
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Before our conversation, I listened to the new album, watched the video for DoomTree’s “Drumsticks” a million times. I’ll have to wait a month or two till he comes to play West Hollywood to shout it at him at a show. At at 28, he’s already logged a considerable amount of time in the studio, and four hundred plus some odd tracks which is definitely a professional average. Spin has even called him a child prodigy, various mainstream media corporate outlets bowed at his feet as well in previous write-ups. He was down for the exchange, and I was unbelievably ill. It was decided via text message would be mutually beneficial way to proceed.
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