Leave Lauryn Alone?


lauryn_183706.jpgI'm really on the fence when it comes to Lauryn Hill.

When claims of her erratic behavior first began surfacing, I basically attributed it to the frustration of being a public figure whose fame and expectations had skyrocketed out of control. And I can understand that. Some people simply aren't emotionally armed to deal with that level of stardom.

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Then things got weirder. Things like, Lauryn refusing to credit her collaborators, charging ridiculous amounts of money for interviews and generally making life a living Hell for her bandmates Wyclef and Pras. Now both of them are going on the record calling her "crazy".

At first, it sounded like they were simply accusing her her of being batsh*t loony and egotistical, but now she's "bi-polar" if we are to believe Wyclef's expert opinion. When you claim someone needs psychiatric help, it becomes a different story, and I'm not sure I trust the intentions of his pleas to help Lauryn, because at this point in the game, they come off awfully mean-spirited and petty.

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I dig old Fugees and Lauryn records, but I have no particular feeling towards these guys, positive or negative. I'm also not going to let the "genius of her music" argument excuse some of this stuff. But, from where I sit, Lauryn might just need one of her contemporaries to give her a good throttling and Wyclef needs to hush.

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