Lauryn Hill’s first show since she was released from prison took place November 27, 2013 at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC.
Excellent review over at Consequence of Sound.
Sound is funky on this cell phone video, but you get a sense of the scene.
“Consumerism”:
“Lost One”:
Here’s a short clip in which Hill’s son raps:
— A Days of the Crazy-Wild blog post —
Lauryn Hill writes on Tumblr
“Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven’t been able to watch the news too much recently, so I’m not hip on everything going on. But inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn’t imagine it not being relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it’s level.
– Ms. Lauryn Hill”