Talking about the group that had dominated her young life since Pras introduced her to his “knuckle-headed cousin,” Wyclef, when she was 12, Hill said she wanted to reclaim the youth she had missed as a Fugee.įor his part, Wyclef’s comments focused on the inhumanity of the Haitian migrant crisis in Texas as he challenged President Biden to fix the problem, and asked that news outlets not misconstrue his words. “We made hip hop global,” she said, noting the band’s “complicated history” and long breaks that she had taken from making music (apart from an “Unplugged” album and a handful of singles and features, “Miseducation” is the extent of her discography). “We’re still cooking it,” Hill - who is notorious for starting her concerts late - explained to the crowd of the brief, seven-song preview performance, before acknowledging both the group’s impact and its rocky past. “If there is a 30th anniversary re-release, he wants for the entire world not to see his genitals,” Elden’s attorney Maggie Mabie told the Associated Press back in August.On Pier 17’s Roof, there were no solo albums or personal squabbles to consider: Just the trio and their large ensemble (13 horns, to say nothing of three background singers and a propulsive core band) prepping for the tour, “Diaspora Calling,” which starts in Chicago on November 2, and ending in Ghana on December 18. Elden wants the artwork censored for the reissue along with any other future re-releases of the album. are currently readying a deluxe 30th anniversary reissue for Nevermind, set to arrive next month. And, fortunately, I don’t have to do the paperwork.” “I think that there’s much more to look forward to and much more to life than getting bogged down in those kinds of things. Grohl also reflected that “at some point, unfortunately, it just becomes par for the course” when it comes to litigation.

“I’m sure we’ll come up with something good.” “I have many ideas of how we should alter that cover but we’ll see what happens,” the Foo Fighters frontman said. In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Grohl hinted that future releases of the album could be changed to reflect Elden’s complaint. He is seeking damages related to “violations of federal criminal child pornography statutes”. Elden, who appears naked in the image, accused the band, photographer Kirk Weddle and the various labels that released the album of “commercial child sexual exploitation”.

Fugees album cover