Fugees - wikipedia Fugees This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Koompfah19 ( talk contribs ) at 11 : 09, 24 August 2017 ( Replacing `` are '' with `` were ''. No news of a possible reunion ). The present address ( URL ) is a permanent link to this version. Revision as of 11 : 09, 24 August 2017 by Koompfah19 ( talk contribs ) ( Replacing `` are '' with `` were ''. No news of a possible reunion ) ( diff ) ← Previous revision Latest revision ( diff ) Newer revision → ( diff ) Fugees Also known as The Rap Translator later known as Tranzlator Crew, Refugee Camp Origin South Orange, New Jersey, U.S. Genres Hip hop, soul, reggae fusion Years active 1992 -- 1997, 2004 -- 06 Labels Ruffhouse / Columbia Records Website www.thefugees.com Past members Lauryn Hill Wyclef Jean Pras Michel Fugees / ˈfuːdʒiːz / ( sometimes The Fugees ; formerly Tranzlator Crew ) were an American hip hop group who rose to fame in the early - 1990s. Their repertoire included elements of hip hop, soul and Caribbean music, particularly reggae. The members of the group were rapper / singer / producer Wyclef Jean, rapper / singer / producer Lauryn Hill, and rapper / producer Pras Michel. Deriving their name from the term refugee, Jean and Michel are Haitian, while Hill is American. The group recorded two albums -- one of which, The Score ( 1996 ), was a multi-Platinum and Grammy - winning success and contains their hit single `` Killing Me Softly '' -- before disbanding in 1997. Hill and Jean each went on to successful solo recording careers ; Michel focused on soundtrack recordings and acting, though he found commercial success with his song `` Ghetto Supastar ''. In 2007, MTV ranked them the 9th greatest Hip - hop group of all time. Contents 1 Career 1.1 Formation and beginnings 1.2 The Score 1.3 Later career 2 Disbanding 3 Legacy 4 Scholarship 5 Discography 6 References 7 External links Career Formation and beginnings Lauryn Hill and Pras first met at Columbia High School, in South Orange, New Jersey. Pras, Lauryn, and a mutual friend named Marcy formed a musical trio called Tyme ; Pras ' cousin, Wyclef Jean, joined the trio and Marcy left soon after in 1990. The moniker Tranzlator Crew refers to the name of their band at the time, which included Johnny Wise on drums, T Boss ( Jerry ) on bass guitar, and Leon ( DJ ). In 1993, after some gigs and recorded demos, the trio signed to Ruffhouse, distributed through Columbia Records. The trio 's name was later changed to Fugees, which was purposely taken from a word often used derogatorily to refer to Haitian - Americans ( refugee ). Refugee Camp, while a name sometimes credited to the trio, also refers to a number of artists affiliated with them, and particularly Jean. The trio soon changed musical direction, and released their first hip - hop LP, Blunted on Reality, in 1994 under the guidance of Kool and the Gang 's producer Ronald Bell. Although the album did not contain as many lyrics with overtly political messages as songs from The Score, there were still political intentions. The album spawned the singles `` Boof Baf '', `` Nappy Heads '' and `` Vocab '', but gained little mainstream attention, despite earning plaudits for its artistic quality and innovative use of samples. The Score The musical qualities of their first record would be revisited with their second album The Score which was released in February 1996. The Score became one of the biggest hits of 1996 and one of the best - selling hip - hop albums of all time. The Fugees first gained attention for their 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. The album also included a re-interpretation of The Delfonics ' `` Ready or Not Here I Come ( Ca n't Hide From Love ) '' in their hit single, `` Ready or Not '', which featured a prominent sample of Enya 's `` Boadicea '' without the singer 's permission. This prompted a lawsuit resulting in a settlement where Enya was given credit and royalties for her sample. The Fugees have continuously thanked and praised Enya for her deep understanding of the situation, for example in the liner notes for The Score. The Fugees won two 1997 Grammy Awards with The Score ( Best Rap Album ) and `` Killing Me Softly '' ( Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ). Later career In 1997, the Fugees all began solo projects : Hill started work on her critically acclaimed The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill ; Jean began producing for a number of artists ( including Canibus, Destiny 's Child and Carlos Santana ) and recorded his debut album The Carnival ; Pras, with Mýa and Ol ' Dirty Bastard, recorded the single `` Ghetto Supastar ( That Is What You Are ) '' for the soundtrack to the Warren Beatty / Halle Berry film Bulworth. In early 1998, they reunited to shoot a music video for the song `` Just Happy to Be Me '' which appeared in the Sesame Street special Elmopalooza, and also on the Grammy Award - winning soundtrack album. The three Fugees reunited and performed on September 18, 2004 at the concert in Bedford - Stuyvesant, Brooklyn featured in the film Dave Chappelle 's Block Party ( 2004 ), headlining a star - studded bill that included Kanye West, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Common, Big Daddy Kane, Dead Prez, Cody ChesnuTT and John Legend. Their performance received several positive reviews, many of which praised Hill 's near a cappella rendition of `` Killing Me Softly ''. The Fugees would make 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. With a new album announced to be in the works, one track, `` Take It Easy '', was leaked online and eventually released as an Internet single on September 27, 2005. It peaked at number 40 on the Billboard R&B Chart but was met with poor reviews, noting its radical departure from the Fugees ' sound. Disbanding In 2005, the Fugees embarked on a European tour - their first together since 1997 - from November 30 to December 20, playing in Finland, Austria, Norway, Germany, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Slovakia. They had been scheduled to play at the Hammersmith Apollo on 25 November 2005 ; however they were forced to move the gig to December due to production issues. The tour received mixed reviews. On February 6, 2006, the group reunited for a free show in Hollywood, with tickets given away to about 8,000 fans by local radio stations. Later that month, a new track called `` Foxy '' was leaked, a song dubbed the `` REAL return of the Fugees '' by several online MP3 blogs. However, following the reunion tour, the album that was said to be in the works did not materialize and was postponed indefinitely, as relationships between band members apparently deteriorated. In August 2007, Pras stated, `` Before I work with Lauryn Hill again, you will have a better chance of seeing Osama Bin Laden and ( George W. ) Bush in Starbucks having a latte, discussing foreign policies, before there will be a Fugees reunion ''. Meanwhile, in September 2007, an equally outspoken Wyclef told Blues & Soul : `` I feel the first issue that needs to be addressed is that Lauryn needs help... In my personal opinion, those Fugees reunion shows should n't have been done, because we was n't ready. I really felt we shoulda first all gone into a room with Lauryn and a psychiatrist... But, you know, I do believe Lauryn can get help. And, once she does work things out, hopefully a proper and enduring Fugees reunion will happen. '' On 15 July 2017, an old song by the Fugees was leaked on Hot 97 radio leading to reports that the group was reforming. This was later denied by group members on twitter Legacy Since their inception, a central part of the Fugees endeavor was promoting the concept of black empowerment. The band 's members, both collectively and individually, have used their song lyrics and musical influence, advocating for social change. The multi-platinum success of The Score enabled the Fugees to increase the impact of their activism. They organized and performed at hip - hop charity festivals like Harlem 's Hoodshock where the proceeds were used to fund a non-profit youth summer camp in New Jersey. They also turned their recording studio, The Booga Basement, into a transitional house for young Haitian refugees immigrating to the United States. After the group split, Wyclef Jean co-founded and headed the Yele Haiti Foundation, a non-profit organization `` focusing on emergency relief, employment, youth development and education, and tree planting and agriculture '' in Haiti. Pras Michel starred in a documentary about homelessness in Los Angeles and remained outspoken about Haitian politics. Lauryn Hill continued recording and performing socially conscious music and went on to advocate for female empowerment especially within the music industry. Scholarship Alexander Weyheliye 's `` Sounding Diasporic Citizenship '' looks to the Fugees to consider the possibility for the term `` refugee '' to be a liberating call that builds international community as an empowering form of ' diasporic citizenship '. He writes that the Fugees `` address the prejudices against Haitians in the States and also reclaim the figure of the Haitian refugee not as an instantiation of the abject but as a point of solidarity. Discography Main article : Fugees discography Blunted on Reality ( 1994 ) The Score ( 1996 ) Compilations Greatest Hits ( 2003 ) References Jump up ^ `` MTV News : The Greatest Hip - Hop Groups of All TIme ''. MTV. February 2007. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved February 2007. Check date values in : access - date = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` How Life Changed ''. XXL. March 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` The Fugees ''. Lorna 's Corner. 1990. Hartford Public Access TV. Jump up ^ Cameron Lazerine, Devin Lazerine. `` Rap - Up : The Ultimate Guide to Hip - Hop and R&B ''. 2008. ^ Jump up to : Foege, Alec. `` Fugees ( cover story ). '' Rolling Stone. 09 / 05 / 1996 : 40 - 47. Print. Jump up ^ Weheliye, Alexander G. Phonographies : Grooves in Sonic Afro - Modernity, Duke University Press, 2005. Jump up ^ Battles, Jan ( March 28, 2004 ). `` Rap takes Enya 's 12 notes up chart ''. Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 October 2011. Jump up ^ Melia, D. ( 2005 ). The Fugees Forced To Reschedule Tour Date Gigwise. ( online ) gigwise.com. Available at : http://www.gigwise.com/news/10365/the-fugees-forced-to-reschedule-tour-date ( Accessed 22 Dec. 2014 ). Jump up ^ Hamilton, Tiffany ( 2007 ). `` Pras : It Will Take An Act of God To Change Lauryn ''. AllHipHop.com News. Retrieved 11 Oct 2011. Jump up ^ Wyclef Jean interview by Pete Lewis, ' Blues & Soul ' December 2008 Jump up ^ `` Who We Are. '' YeleHaiti. Web. 11 Oct 2011. < http://www.yele.org/newyele/view-content/11/About-Us.html > Jump up ^ Pras ( cast ), Ross Clarke, Niva Dorell, and Marshall Tyler ( directors ) ( 2007 ). Skid Row ( DVD ). Screen Media. horizontal tab character in people = at position 26 ( help ) Jump up ^ Rush and Malloy. `` Ex-Fugee Pras Michel : Haiti earthquake aid not arriving fast enough. '' NY Daily News. N.p., 04 / 01 / 2010. Web. 11 Oct 2011. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/24/2010-01-24_exfugee_pras_michel_haiti_earthquake_aid_not_arriving_fast_enough.html Jump up ^ Langhorne, Cyrus. `` Fugees ' Pras defends endorsing Wyclef Jean 's Haiti Presidential Rival. '' SOHH., 07 / 07 / 2010. Web. 11 Oct 2011. http://www.sohh.com/2010/08/fugees_pras_defends_endorsing_wyclef_jea.html Jump up ^ Lewis, Andrea ( 1999 ). `` The Missed Message of Lauryn Hill -- artist ushers hip - hop into the mainstream ''. The Progressive. Retrieved 11 Oct 2011. Jump up ^ Brubaker, Ben. `` Lauryn Hill : Post-modern Prophetic Hip - Hop Queen. '' nolahope. 11 / 05 / 2007. Web. 11 Oct 2011. Jump up ^ Alexander G Weheliye. `` Sounding Diasporic Citizenship '' in Phonographies : Grooves in Sonic Afro - Modernity. ( Durham : Duke University Press, 2005 ), 150. External links Official Fugees Website The Fugees at AllMusic Fugees at Discogs www.the-fugees-official.skyblog.com Fugees Lauryn Hill Wyclef Jean Pras Albums Studio Blunted on Reality ( 1994 ) The Score ( 1996 ) Compilation Bootleg Versions ( 1996 ) Greatest Hits ( 2003 ) Singles `` Boof Baf '' `` Nappy Heads '' `` Vocab '' `` Refugees on the Mic '' `` Fu - Gee - La '' `` Killing Me Softly '' `` Ready or Not '' `` No Woman, No Cry '' `` Rumble in the Jungle '' `` Take It Easy '' Related articles Discography Best - selling singles by year in the United Kingdom 1952 -- 1969 1952 : `` Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart '' -- Vera Lynn ( UK ) 1953 : `` I Believe '' -- Frankie Laine 1954 : `` Secret Love '' -- Doris Day 1955 : `` Rose Marie '' -- Slim Whitman 1956 : `` I 'll Be Home '' -- Pat Boone 1957 : `` Diana '' -- Paul Anka 1958 : `` Jailhouse Rock '' -- Elvis Presley 1959 : `` Living Doll '' -- Cliff Richard ( UK ) 1960 : `` It 's Now or Never '' -- Elvis Presley 1961 : `` Wooden Heart '' -- Elvis Presley 1962 : `` I Remember You '' -- Frank Ifield ( UK ) 1963 : `` She Loves You '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1964 : `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1965 : `` Tears '' -- Ken Dodd ( UK ) 1966 : `` Green, Green Grass of Home '' -- Tom Jones ( UK ) 1967 : `` Release Me '' -- Engelbert Humperdinck ( UK ) 1968 : `` Hey Jude '' -- The Beatles ( UK ) 1969 : `` Sugar, Sugar '' -- The Archies 1970 -- 1989 1970 : `` The Wonder of You '' -- Elvis Presley 1971 : `` My Sweet Lord '' -- George Harrison ( UK ) 1972 : `` Amazing Grace '' -- The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band ( UK ) 1973 : `` Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree '' -- Tony Orlando and Dawn 1974 : `` Tiger Feet '' -- Mud ( UK ) 1975 : `` Bye Bye Baby '' -- Bay City Rollers ( UK ) 1976 : `` Save Your Kisses for Me '' -- Brotherhood of Man ( UK ) 1977 : `` Mull of Kintyre '' / `` Girls ' School '' -- Wings ( UK ) 1978 : `` Rivers of Babylon '' / `` Brown Girl in the Ring '' -- Boney M. 1979 : `` Bright Eyes '' -- Art Garfunkel 1980 : `` Do n't Stand So Close to Me '' -- The Police ( UK ) 1981 : `` Do n't You Want Me '' -- The Human League ( UK ) 1982 : `` Come On Eileen '' -- Dexys Midnight Runners ( UK ) 1983 : `` Karma Chameleon '' -- Culture Club ( UK ) 1984 : `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' -- Band Aid ( UK ) 1985 : `` The Power of Love '' -- Jennifer Rush 1986 : `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' -- The Communards ( UK ) 1987 : `` Never Gonna Give You Up '' -- Rick Astley ( UK ) 1988 : `` Mistletoe and Wine '' -- Cliff Richard ( UK ) 1989 : `` Ride on Time '' -- Black Box 1990 -- 2009 1990 : `` Unchained Melody '' -- The Righteous Brothers 1991 : `` ( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You '' -- Bryan Adams 1992 : `` I Will Always Love You '' -- Whitney Houston 1993 : `` I 'd Do Anything for Love ( But I Wo n't Do That ) '' -- Meat Loaf 1994 : `` Love Is All Around '' -- Wet Wet Wet ( UK ) 1995 : `` Unchained Melody '' -- Robson & Jerome ( UK ) 1996 : `` Killing Me Softly '' -- Fugees 1997 : `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' / `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' -- Elton John ( UK ) 1998 : `` Believe '' -- Cher 1999 : ``... Baby One More Time '' -- Britney Spears 2000 : `` Can We Fix It ? '' -- Bob the Builder ( UK ) 2001 : `` It Was n't Me '' -- Shaggy featuring Rikrok ( UK ) 2002 : `` Anything Is Possible '' / `` Evergreen '' -- Will Young ( UK ) 2003 : `` Where Is the Love ? '' -- The Black Eyed Peas 2004 : `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' -- Band Aid 20 ( UK ) 2005 : `` Is This the Way to Amarillo '' -- Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay ( UK ) 2006 : `` Crazy '' -- Gnarls Barkley 2007 : `` Bleeding Love '' -- Leona Lewis ( UK ) 2008 : `` Hallelujah '' -- Alexandra Burke ( UK ) 2009 : `` Poker Face '' -- Lady Gaga 2010 -- present 2010 : `` Love the Way You Lie '' -- Eminem featuring Rihanna 2011 : `` Someone Like You '' -- Adele ( UK ) 2012 : `` Somebody That I Used to Know '' -- Gotye featuring Kimbra 2013 : `` Blurred Lines '' -- Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams 2014 : `` Happy '' -- Pharrell Williams 2015 : `` Uptown Funk '' -- Mark Ronson ( UK ) featuring Bruno Mars 2016 : `` One Dance '' -- Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla ( UK ) Authority control WorldCat Identities VIAF : 131661083 LCCN : no97070147 ISNI : 0000 0001 1516 0283 GND : 5521382 - 0 BNF : cb13964383p ( data ) MusicBrainz : ea321799 - 9b1d - 4e74 - a074 - a5facf597d82 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fugees&oldid=797004331 '' Categories : Fugees American hip hop groups Brit Award winners Grammy Award winners Five percenters Musical groups disestablished in 1997 Musical groups disestablished in 2009 Musical groups established in 1994 Musical groups from New Jersey Musical groups reestablished in 2004 Musical groups disestablished in 2006 American soul musical groups American rhythm and blues musical groups American reggae musical groups Wyclef Jean Lauryn Hill Hidden categories : CS1 errors : dates CS1 errors : invisible characters Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Article Talk More Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা Български Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ქართული Kiswahili Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 24 August 2017, at 11 : 09. 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Question: when did the fugees sing killing me softly
Answer: 1996