Fugees (Refugee Camp): Lauryn Hill, Wyclef, Prakazrel. Additional personnel: Steve Marley, Steady Rider (vocals); Earl Smith, Ian Coleman (guitar); Mallory William (piano); Taro McLaugnlin (organ); Glenn Brownie (bass); Wilburn Cole (drums); Sharon Marley, Eric Newell, Pamela Hall (background vocals). Producers include: Clark Kent, Wyclef, Prakazrel, Salaam Remi. This eight-track EP compresses the Fugees' two-album output for the heads who may only know 1996's THE SCORE, and spotlights the aspects that have led to their mega-platinum success--lyrical compassion, new-school-plus-one production, Lauryn Hill's mad mic skills. And for those who already knew these beats backward and forward, the remixes take the songs to a new level. Clark Kent's take on "Ready Or Not" (now based on a loop of the Modern Jazz Quartet's "Django") makes the track completely over, while a re-recorded "No Woman No Cry" (complete with Marley offspring on vocals and Wailers guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith on six-string skank) pulls longingly on the heartstrings. But the EP's most fun moments come during the taped phone conversations dispersed throughout--particularly the one in which a music executive moans about the band bootlegging its own records and giving them away.

Tracklist

A1        Ready Or Not (Clark Kent / Django Remix)
A2        Nappy Heads (Mad Spider Mix)
A3        Don't Cry Dry Your Eyes
A4        Vocab (Salaam's Remix)
B1        Ready Or Not (Salaam's Ready For The Show Remix)
B2        Killing Me Softly With His Song (Live At The Brixton Academy)
B3        No Woman, No Cry (Steve Marley Remix)
B4        Vocab (Refugees Hip Hop Remix)

*Audio and/or tracklist may vary slightly from the vinyl version.

Label: Music On Vinyl

Rel. Date: 06/30/2015

UPC: 8718469539161

• Genre: Soul/R&B
• Format: Vinyl
• Released: 06/30/2015