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The accompanying music video for "Killing Me Softly", directed by Aswad Ayinde [68] and based on Lauryn Hill's ideas, won an MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video. [69] The video depicts the trio watching a movie in a cinema. It also features a cameo of Roberta Flack. [57] [70]
The Fugees first gained attention for its cover versions of old favorites, with the group's reinterpretations of "No Woman No Cry" by Bob Marley & the Wailers and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (first recorded by Lori Lieberman in 1971, remade by Roberta Flack in 1973), the latter being their biggest hit. [25]
The accompanying music video was directed by film director Marcus Nispel, and was reported to have cost approximately 1.3 million dollars at the time, making it one of the most expensive music videos ever. [25] In a later interview, Fugees member Pras described the recording of "Ready or Not", stating, "The three of us was each going through ...
[6] [8] [15] The other three singles – "Killing Me Softly", "Ready or Not" and "No Woman, No Cry" – did not appear on the Billboard Hot 100 as they were not released for commercial sale, making them ineligible to appear on the chart, [16] although they all received sufficient airplay to appear on the Hot 100 Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop ...
Killing Me Softly with His Song", a 1971 song performed most notably by Roberta Flack in 1973, and subsequently covered by several other performers; Killing Me Softly with Her Song, a 1973 album by Johnny Mathis "Killing Me Softly with His Height", an episode of Hannah Montana; Killing 'em Softly, a 1982 Canadian film
This article originally appeared in the January 1999 issue of SPIN. In light of the Fugees reuniting, we're republishing it here. A baby-on-board Lauryn Hill is feeling "fat and bothered," hanging ...
The post Killing You Softly: Our 1996 Fugees Feature appeared first on SPIN. In hip-hop's cosmology, "hardcore" rap means a cantankerous MC kicking rhymes like bodies over harsh, skeletal beats.
The accompanying music video was directed by film director Marcus Nispel. Several music journalists have cited it as the first rap music video with a seven-figure budget; [6] [7] with the video's production being reported to have cost approximately 1.3 million dollars at the time of its release, making it one of the most expensive music videos ...