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And go back and find footage of her in her prime, and you'll see the same thing. Todd (VO): If you catch her on a good night, she kills. You'll probably get nothing, but maybe you'll hit the jackpot. Lauryn Hill might deign to perform for them that night. I get why people still pay money for the off-chance that Ms. Todd (VO): And then it clicked for me, I get it. Recent clip of Lauryn Hill performing 'Ready or Not' at Austin City Limits Todd: And then out of curiosity, I looked up some performances to see how they were and, uh. She's been showing up late to concerts for 15 years now. Todd (VO): This is like the billionth time she's done this.

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Lauryn: Y'all always free to go back and ask for a refund.

no one was dumb enough in this day and age to buy Lauryn Hill tickets.Д¬lip of Lauryn addressing the audience during one erratic show Todd (VO): And for me, this was really shocking and dismaying to hear 'cause I really thought that. Loni Love: She only performed a half-hour set because she showed up two hours late. Todd: So, a couple of months ago, Lauryn Hill outraged a whole lot of fans by failing to appear at a scheduled performance. Trainwreckords intro, followed by album cover forВ MTV Unplugged 2.0 Todd: Ready or not, this is Trainwreckords. Todd (VO): Lauryn Hill, unplugged, uncut and unprepared to be performing that particular night. Todd: Yeah, this is gonna be a rough one. Lauryn: I don't know, you know, what the press is saying because I don't really listen to the press too much but I noted, you know.the view is, I'm like emotionally unstable, which is reality, like-like you aren't, you know. Todd: I don't think there's a single thing that has done more damage to Lauryn Hill's reputation than Unplugged 2.0. Todd (VO): Even now, after two decades of erratic behavior, no show concerts, her ever-extending creative drought and prison. Todd: It didn't just reflect badly on her as an artist but as a person. Todd (VO): Entertainment Weekly called it 'baffling on so many levels' and 'the most bizarre follow-up in the history of pop'. Todd: I could sit here and describe the quality of her music but it wouldn't quite capture that concert. Todd: In fact you could more accurately call it a permanent stain on her image and for reasons that went well beyond the songs. To put it mildly, it did not receive the rapturous acclaim of her first album. Lauryn: See the road to hell, is paid with good intentions the only new material Lauryn Hill has released in the 20-plus years since her solo debut. Todd (VO): In 2002, with fans ravenous for more Lauryn and no new album on the horizon, her label began hyping up the live recording of her performance on MTV's Unplugged 2.0 as the official, unofficial, follow-up to Miseducation.

Todd (VO): But until the day that Lauryn improbably wanders out of the studio with a finished record, her legacy will have to be restricted to her debut. Todd: I guess it's possible she'll pull a Harper Lee and release a follow-up when she's 80. Whatever is going on with Lauryn, it crippled her creative drive. it's a lot easier for their fans to swallow that when they're still being productive. Todd: Lots of great artists have been called crazy of course, but.Д¬lip of a Lauryn Hill interview during her heyday Reports of instability that never got better and continue to this day. Todd (VO): And the lack of output was compounded by rumors of a declining mental state. Todd (VO): Months became years, years became decades and nothing's ever materialized.Д¬lip of Lauryn speaking to a group of students Todd (VO): Fans waited patiently for Lauryn Hill to go into the studio so they can hear what other amazing songs she had cooking up and they waited. And her eclectic blend of hip-hop, R&B, pop, reggae and folk was so poised and confident that it seemed to predict a long and fruitful career of classic music. Lauryn was fierce, thoughtful, inspiring. Todd: It was a gigantic hit with the public and an even bigger hit with the critics.Д¬lips of Lauryn accepting the Grammy award for Album of the Year Todd (VO): She more than confirmed those predictions two years later with her landmark solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Video for Lauryn Hill -'Everything is Everything' When she broke through in 1996 as part of the Fugees, she was immediately recognized as the standout of the group and. Todd (VO): I can think of maybe a handful of performers in my lifetime who were simultaneously as popular and as acclaimed as Lauryn Hill. Lauryn Hill: Yo, remember back on the boogie when cats used to harmonize like. Sting: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill.Д¬lip of Lauryn Hill - 'Doo Wop (That Thing)' Clip of Sting and Whitney Houston presenting the Album of the Year Grammy at the 1999 Grammy AwardsДЄn excited Whitney Houston jumps up, points at the audience member and silently cheers as Sting announces.