The Fugees were amazing, but Lauryn Hill's solo album was transcendent. Anything off The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is out of this world: Doo-Wop (That Thing); Everything Is Everything; Can't Take My Eyes Off of You. Love your reaction, my friend ☮❤❤
Yeah, I like Roberta Flack's version better, probably because I've heard it so many times over the years -- it's familiar, and this one is different than what I'm accustomed to hearing. But Lauryn Hill's voice is beautiful, I have to admit.
Ok Kabir now that you heard this brilliant cover, you need to hear the original from the 70s by Roberta Flack. You talk about buttery and soulful vocals and one of the iconic masterpieces of all time. Do it man, you will melt.
She's mimicking how Roberta Flack sang this song. In 1973, just as folk and soul were becoming more romantic and intimate, released “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” Inspired by singer Lori Lieberman's original a year earlier, Ms. Flack's recording for Atlantic Records went to No. 1 for five weeks on Billboard's pop chart
Lauryn Hill was a gem! Beautiful lady with a beautiful voice. My favoWyclef Jean was a member of the Fugees as well. Their song Doo Wop (That Thing) is a song to listen too. It was a fun song with a catchy hook. I loved the Fugees and Lauryn stopped making music too soon in my opinion.
The original recording was by Lori Lieberman in 1972 with the lyrics developed from notes she made on a napkin after a performance of "Empty Chairs" by Don McLean in 1971 at The Troubadour. Roberta Flack recorded her version in 1973 after hearing Lieberman's on a flight from Los Angeles to New York City. Then, in 1996, The Fugees offered their version to a brand new audience and gave it new life, I love all three. 💖
I remembered back in the days when this rendition came out, it was on repeat, actually rewind the cassette tape over and over. Or just buy the single song in a single song cassette, just turn to the other side of the cassette when the song ended😆
Fun fact Lauren Hill was in Sister Act 2 Kabir watch that movie if you haven't she's very young singing and absolutely. Listen to Roberta Flack the song was originally hers, I think. FANTASTIC
It was actually written for Laurie Silberman, who came up with the concept after hearing McLean in concert, by Charles Gimbel and Norman Fox, genius songwriters. Roberta definitely took it the next level no doubt. One of my favorite songs ever.
I used to sing Roberta Flack's original of this to open on karaoke night...I wish my voice was still as good...this is such a cool cover and roberta flack added to the background too...she's so cool.
Great remake! Her voice is amazing! And of course they updated it....Do still love the OG! Give that one a listen The video really distracts from the words She was in Sister Act 2
I SOOOO LOVE THIS SONG!! Lauryn Hill' is the queen!! no doubts about it!! I knew you would appreciate it Kabir It's a remake but done so damn well!! another reaction loved! please react to another one of her songs Doo-Wop!! It's a masterpiece!!
I don’t know if you heard of the movie Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg. Lauren Hill is in that movie singing as well when she was a bit younger. She then went on to have a very big solo career and then dropped out of show biz and had I think for kids by one of Bob Marley sons.
Lauryn hill is amazing !! Legends. She not only sings but she is really a hip hop artist as well. Her solo album one so many Grammys including album of the year which was the first for a hip hop artist.
I loved this song 🎶! And I remember when it came out I was sixteen years old and going through some crazy shit in my life & me my at the time friends would jam to this & Machinehead by Bush!!😍
I can't hear this song without thinking of the movie About A Boy, although that movie predates this version of this song. The boy sang this song in a talent show at school to make his mom happy. It was humiliating for him.
I love love this song!!! This song and album came out my sophomore year of college! Lots of great memories! I have seen Lauren Hill perform live on Oakland once. In college I worked in a urban/hip hop clothing store in college and one of the clothing lines we briefly sold was called Refugee Camp. It was a clothing line by the Fugees. It' was military inspired with a lot of tan khaki and olive green colors and camp hats and boonie hats and camo.
I’ve got a story. When I was in high school, mid 90s, my friend’s friend wrote a horror screenplay back in the late 80s and he let me read it. There was a scene in the script were the main character was working in the garage and started humming a song to himself and it was Killing Me Softly. I was soooo weirded out because the Fugees song was all over the radio at the time so it made sense to have such a popular song show up, BUT this script was written in 1989, long before the song ever came out. I came to find out that The Fugees was a COVER and the Roberta Flack version was already a well known hit lol. So it wasn’t some spooky anachronism at all. It still freaked me out, though lol
I have to put in my vote for now that you've done this listen to the original by Roberta flack from back in the seventies it is amazing although I like the fugees version I did but Roberta flack wrote that song about an actual human being who made her feel just that way when she sat in an audience and listened to him saying that man's name was Don McLean and he wrote American pie.
Roberta Flack didn't write the song, she was not the one who visited Don McLean's concert, she just heard the the original version of the song by Lori Lieberman and she did a cover.
member year in 90's this played also loved the song Tennessee moved me tears. heard somewhere maybe it was Lauren she was pregnant and stupid record executives trying push her to abort filthy money grubbers.
This version is iconic but it is a remake of the original version performed by Roberta Flack in the 70's. Lauryn Hill has an amazing voice, though. There's just so much great music from the 90's.
"Fugees" is shortened from the word "Refugees". Two of the members are Haitian and have talked about people in Haiti being refugees and trying to survive. When they started the group, they were trying to survive in the industry and thought of the word as a name.
@@SE-gs6gd Yes, that is what I said. Lori Lieberman did the original. Many artists have covered her original version, for example Fugees, Perry Como, Roberta Flack.
The Fugees were amazing, but Lauryn Hill's solo album was transcendent. Anything off The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is out of this world: Doo-Wop (That Thing); Everything Is Everything; Can't Take My Eyes Off of You. Love your reaction, my friend ☮❤❤
Totally agree. One of the best albums ever.
Hey. The original was recorded in the 70s by Roberta Flack. Loved it then and I love this almost as much. TFS
This one is a great cover too just like u said
Definitely one of the best covers ever. Loved the original, an iconic classic but Lauryn Hill did it up right 💯💯💯
Yeah, I like Roberta Flack's version better, probably because I've heard it so many times over the years -- it's familiar, and this one is different than what I'm accustomed to hearing. But Lauryn Hill's voice is beautiful, I have to admit.
Wasn’t there an awards show where Roberta and the Fugees performed this together? I vaguely remember Lauren wearing a metal hoop as a belt.
@@moriahwhite1188 yeah
The Score is hands down one of the best hip hop albums of all time
I was just about to say that! I can listen to it the all way through without skipping.
Sounds like i need to check it out
Ok Kabir now that you heard this brilliant cover, you need to hear the original from the 70s by Roberta Flack. You talk about buttery and soulful vocals and one of the iconic masterpieces of all time. Do it man, you will melt.
Life in the 90’s was excellent from a music perspective!
"Ex-Factor" by Lauryn Hill is hands down amazing!
She's mimicking how Roberta Flack sang this song. In 1973, just as folk and soul were becoming more romantic and intimate, released “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” Inspired by singer Lori Lieberman's original a year earlier, Ms. Flack's recording for Atlantic Records went to No. 1 for five weeks on Billboard's pop chart
It is good to know that there are in fact people who know that Lori Lieberman did the original version.
Lauryn Hill was a gem! Beautiful lady with a beautiful voice. My favoWyclef Jean was a member of the Fugees as well. Their song Doo Wop (That Thing) is a song to listen too. It was a fun song with a catchy hook. I loved the Fugees and Lauryn stopped making music too soon in my opinion.
The original recording was by Lori Lieberman in 1972 with the lyrics developed from notes she made on a napkin after a performance of "Empty Chairs" by Don McLean in 1971 at The Troubadour. Roberta Flack recorded her version in 1973 after hearing Lieberman's on a flight from Los Angeles to New York City. Then, in 1996, The Fugees offered their version to a brand new audience and gave it new life, I love all three. 💖
Good to know that there are people who know who did the original. Sad that there aren't more people who know Lori's excellent original.
Old school. I was in my late 20's when this came out. I am 50 now
'90s hip hop really was the Golden Era. You should check out digable planets and definitely more the fugees they were a rare gem.
I remembered back in the days when this rendition came out, it was on repeat, actually rewind the cassette tape over and over. Or just buy the single song in a single song cassette, just turn to the other side of the cassette when the song ended😆
If you like Lauren Hill watch the Movie Sister Act 2. Her voice makes that a great watch
Lauryn Hill such a talent. I love this song....
One of my favorite groups and the video based off of one my favorite movies Cooley High
Lauryn Hill is in the "Sister Act 2" movie :)
Such a masterpiece!!!
Fun fact Lauren Hill was in
Sister Act 2 Kabir watch that movie if you haven't she's very young singing and absolutely. Listen to Roberta Flack the song was originally hers, I think. FANTASTIC
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I loved the original, The Fugees packed it with some flavor. Sing it, Kabir!
Kabir you should do a comparison between the Fugees version and Roberta Flack's original. A bit of trivia, Ms. Flack wrote the song about Don McLean.
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It was actually written for Laurie Silberman, who came up with the concept after hearing McLean in concert, by Charles Gimbel and Norman Fox, genius songwriters. Roberta definitely took it the next level no doubt. One of my favorite songs ever.
Sorry Roberta's version kicks ass but it's a cover
I used to sing Roberta Flack's original of this to open on karaoke night...I wish my voice was still as good...this is such a cool cover and roberta flack added to the background too...she's so cool.
Roberta's "original" is a cover too.
A jam from my childhood and still on my playlist
ICONIC song, Kabir! I actually admit that I like Laryn’s version better. ❤️
Great remake! Her voice is amazing! And of course they updated it....Do still love the OG! Give that one a listen
The video really distracts from the words
She was in Sister Act 2
I SOOOO LOVE THIS SONG!! Lauryn Hill' is the queen!! no doubts about it!! I knew you would appreciate it Kabir It's a remake but done so damn well!! another reaction loved! please react to another one of her songs Doo-Wop!! It's a masterpiece!!
Thanks Ellie :)
Wyclef Jean - The Sweetest Girl 🔥🔥
I don’t know if you heard of the movie Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg. Lauren Hill is in that movie singing as well when she was a bit younger. She then went on to have a very big solo career and then dropped out of show biz and had I think for kids by one of Bob Marley sons.
This is actually a cover the original singer was Roberta Flack, and it was released in 1973. But The Fugees killed it with this cover.
Roberta is not the original singer. Lori Lieberman 1972.
The original was made in the 1970s by Roberta Flack. This is one of the exceptionally rare times that the remake transcends the original.
Roberta's was a cover as well.
I really like this cover. The original is excellent. I believe it was Roberta Flack.
No, it wasn't.
Lauryn hill is amazing !! Legends. She not only sings but she is really a hip hop artist as well. Her solo album one so many Grammys including album of the year which was the first for a hip hop artist.
I did a quick search and it doesn't appear you've discovered a Mongolian Rock band called, The Hu. The song "yuve yuve Yu" is the really catchy one. 👍
I remember this song vividly as one of my childhood songs that my parents would play sometimes.
I see you're listening to my playlist
This album was in my old 3 CD changer for high school make out sessions. Along with Portishead and Temple of the dog. LOL
Please listen to more of Lauryn Hill 🙏
More on the way :)
I loved this song 🎶! And I remember when it came out I was sixteen years old and going through some crazy shit in my life & me my at the time friends would jam to this & Machinehead by Bush!!😍
Thanks Kabir, Fugees were amazing with Killing Me Softly With Song. I really like their mixed with its.
I met WyClef in Florida. He was a whole vibe. A good dude.
She has such a beautiful voice
Nice walk down memory lane for me :) You’ll enjoy their song That Thing as well.
It was the 90s. LOL. This is Old School now.
You should react to "Ready or Not" by The Fugees.
I can't hear this song without thinking of the movie About A Boy, although that movie predates this version of this song. The boy sang this song in a talent show at school to make his mom happy. It was humiliating for him.
I love love this song!!! This song and album came out my sophomore year of college! Lots of great memories! I have seen Lauren Hill perform live on Oakland once. In college I worked in a urban/hip hop clothing store in college and one of the clothing lines we briefly sold was called Refugee Camp. It was a clothing line by the Fugees. It' was military inspired with a lot of tan khaki and olive green colors and camp hats and boonie hats and camo.
I’ve got a story. When I was in high school, mid 90s, my friend’s friend wrote a horror screenplay back in the late 80s and he let me read it. There was a scene in the script were the main character was working in the garage and started humming a song to himself and it was Killing Me Softly. I was soooo weirded out because the Fugees song was all over the radio at the time so it made sense to have such a popular song show up, BUT this script was written in 1989, long before the song ever came out. I came to find out that The Fugees was a COVER and the Roberta Flack version was already a well known hit lol. So it wasn’t some spooky anachronism at all. It still freaked me out, though lol
I did not like this song when it first came out (I had issues, lol), but absolutely love it now. Her voice is just beautiful.
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I have to put in my vote for now that you've done this listen to the original by Roberta flack from back in the seventies it is amazing although I like the fugees version I did but Roberta flack wrote that song about an actual human being who made her feel just that way when she sat in an audience and listened to him saying that man's name was Don McLean and he wrote American pie.
Roberta Flack didn't write the song, she was not the one who visited Don McLean's concert, she just heard the the original version of the song by Lori Lieberman and she did a cover.
Great song this is just one of the ones they played to death when it came out
member year in 90's this played also loved the song Tennessee moved me tears. heard somewhere maybe it was Lauren she was pregnant and stupid record executives trying push her to abort filthy money grubbers.
She was in the movie sister act 2
Would you ever consider doing movie reactions? If so you should react the sister act movies! Lauryn Hill was in one of them when she was young!
I'll probably start movie reactions in the next week or two. I'll put sister act on the list!
@@kabirconsiders awesome! 👌🏾
This version is iconic but it is a remake of the original version performed by Roberta Flack in the 70's. Lauryn Hill has an amazing voice, though. There's just so much great music from the 90's.
Roberta's version is a cover too.
1996 in fact
The Fugees aka The Refugees
1996
It is from the 90’s it’s the Fugees
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Roberta Flack owns this song, What's a Fugee anyway..?
"Fugees" is shortened from the word "Refugees".
Two of the members are Haitian and have talked about people in Haiti being refugees and trying to survive. When they started the group, they were trying to survive in the industry and thought of the word as a name.
The original was performed by my cousin, Roberta Flack! 💯
No way!
@@kabirconsiders yup, my 3rd cousin....her and my grandmother were 1st cousins! ......great review
The original is by Lori Lieberman.
@@Marco-ns7ih true....your part of the 2% that know that fact. I remember i didnt believe it when told
Does she play in sister act 2🤔
now you should hit up the original by Roberta Flack
"Original"? Roberta Flack's version isn't the original.
Lauren had a hard life. She dropped off of the scene for a long time, shortly after this. She has been back working on projects more recently.
Lauren hill >
No this ain't the original version needing to the original
Kabir??!?!?! No Fugees????? This is actually a cover of Roberta Flack original
Lori Lieberman original, not Roberta.
@@Marco-ns7ih it's a cover
@@SE-gs6gd Yes, that is what I said. Lori Lieberman did the original. Many artists have covered her original version, for example Fugees, Perry Como, Roberta Flack.
@@Marco-ns7ih just don't see the point of this comment other than to argue with someone. Ummmm....weird
@@SE-gs6gd So Roberta Flack's version from 1973 is the original and Lori Lieberman's version from 1972 is a cover, ummmm....weird.
Now go back and watch the original or listen to the original track that is a remake
This is Roberta Flacks song !!! Not fugees
This is Lori Lieberman's song; she sang the original, not Roberta.
Sorry best rendition is by Roberta Flack .
I love the Fugees version much better than Roberta Flack!