Wow. Wyclef was incredible. Way better than expected (and I had high hopes).
He did everything from Fugees throwbacks to Marley covers to his own hits to his pop collaboartions with Shakira and Akon, and absolutely brought the house down with an extended encore in which he spent a lot of time out in the crowd. It went from eulogizing Biggie, Tupac, Big Pun, JMJ and Alyiah to a full-on Obama for President rally (including a revised version of If I Was President, a killer Sam Cooke cover, and some rousing choruses of “Yes We Can”) to a super hype carnival party at the end. Besides singing, Wyclef played piano, rhythym guitar, lead guitar and congas.
Say what you want about ‘clef being a lousy Bob Marley ripoff — I say he’s one of the most talented musical activists we’ve got.
Really, really good show. Long live The Fugees.
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001 // Luke Dorny (luxuryluke) // 02.13.2008 // 8:34 AM
Nice. must have been a good show!002 // meeshku // 02.13.2008 // 8:54 PM
It was so fantastic. :) I had a really good time!