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J.D. Considine from The Baltimore Sun felt that Lauryn Hill's rendition of "Killing Me Softly" "is so convincing, you'd think it was a sample." [58] Celebrating the album's 20th anniversary in February 2016, Kenneth Partridge from Billboard said, "It's a lovely cover that maintains the spirit of the original while taking the material in new ...
The concert featured Hill's nearly a cappella rendition of "Killing Me Softly". The event was recorded by director Michel Gondry and was released on March 3, 2006, to universal acclaim. [ 86 ] The Fugees also appeared at BET Awards 2005 during June 2005, where they opened the show with a 12-minute set.
The song first leaked under the title "Lauryn Hill", [3] due to the line "Drugs killing me softly, Lauryn Hill". [4] The track starts off with a guitar intro, [5] and consists of a Robotech sample. [1]
Meanwhile the set was due to include songs from The Fugees’ hit 1996 album The Score, and Hill’s Grammy-winning solo debut, 1998’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
The second single, "Killing Me Softly", with lead vocals by Lauryn Hill, was released on May 31, 1996. "Killing Me Softly" proved to be the most successful single from the album. The song went No. 1 in 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, where it peaked atop the UK Singles Chart, and became one of the region's best-selling singles ever.
Lauryn Hill performs onstage during day 1 of the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ on June 30, 2023, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)
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Their performance received several positive reviews, many of which praised Hill's near a cappella rendition of "Killing Me Softly". [32] The Fugees made their first televised appearance in almost ten years at BET's 2005 Music Awards on June 28, opening the show with a twelve-minute set. [33]