TRAINWRECKORDS: "MTV Unplugged No. 2.0" by Lauryn Hill

[@laura_hunt]

The "Unplugged" concept didn't really die, it just took a nap and woke up as Tiny Desk Concerts.

[@purplegill10]

And every Tiny Desk Concert I've seen has been absolutely killer. I can't recommend the Tech N9ne one enough

[@EmeraldZion]

Weezers is fantastic too

[@purplegill10]

@@EmeraldZion I'll definitely check that one out. Thanks

[@bpansky]

Does this explain the Death Cab one with St. Peters Cathedral

[@nicoleshan6410]

Florence and The Machine's or The Cranberries' NPR concerts are cool. ❤️

[@artemiswolf4508]

This whole thing is like your aunt getting drunk on your birthday, getting way too personal and by the end of it she thinks she gave you some words of wisdom, when in reality she just vented to you about her divorce for an hour

[@harrisonsnellgrove8843]

Man this hit close to home. Just add in the “we’re going on vacation, grab your sister and let’s go” followed by a week at a dude ranch while she drinks whole boxes of wine and you get picked up by the Canadian Mounties because she didn’t tell your parents she was taking you and your sister.

[@mamawray]

@@harrisonsnellgrove8843 May I steal your story? Asking seriously because that would make an amazing flashback sequence for a family drama I'm working on.

[@harrisonsnellgrove8843]

MG Wray sure man go for it. it was a wild ride.

[@Meskarune]

This comment hit me like a brick wall.

[@ian_b]

@@mamawray Let me know when it's done. This I want to read/hear/see.

[@ToddintheShadows]

Hopefully the first of many copyright disputes resolved. Welcome everyone who came in here from the other video!

[@TheAverageCloud]

thank you

[@RyanStorey1231]

I honestly thought this was going to be a Rick Roll, but this is legit and I'm so happy.

[@angiestrowbridge2157]

we appreciate the effort!

[@drawnwithcrayon7797]

Great video, too bad youtube sucks.

[@omareldahan101]

Hey, maybe you could do this ever time. Like, send us on a a wild egg-hunt trying to find the actual video hidden deep within KZbin. Patreon supporters get an extra clue, and...you get the picture.

[@Cdr2002]

This performance is kinda like being at a relative’s house and feeling kind of uncomfortable but knowing *they* need someone to hear them

[@averagebritishguy7082]

Fun fact: Despite having one solo studio album, Lauryn Hill somehow has a best of album.

[@SeanStrife]

Well yeah, that "best of" album is The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Even me in the bridge between my hip-hop loving pre-teen and angry nu-metal loving teenage selves could absolutely dig Lauryn Hill at the time. Oddly enough, jaded adult me has almost completely rejected that angry nu-metal trash I listened to at the time and can still jive with hip-hop (albeit for different reasons these days). Might be because hip-hop still has that element of experimentation these days while nu-metal has become stagnant as fuck. I wish Lauryn's mental health didn't deteriorate the way it did; she was such a special act at the time.

[@caidema]

that's insane

[@gamerguy425]

that reminds me of how I saw a "Fleetwood Mac greatest hits" album at the store yesterday. like was it really necessary to release "rumors" under a different title?

[@kevinbrown5005]

And it has no songs from Unplugged 2.0

[@hipsterelephant2660]

She did do a few songs for some compilations, so it's probably compiling those.

[@sighcantthinkofaname]

As someone in the mental health feild, it makes me so sad when people start associating depression with reality and happiness with artificiality.

[@julesakers3051]

Also dangerous especially from a person who people look up to.

[@LuckyDT]

Laura B This comment is just a bit TOO real.

[@Omicron9999]

But in reality, everyone has some reason to be depressed. Happiness often *is* a false front people put up to keep others from knowing how much things suck for them. Sometimes, 'real' really is just venting about everything going wrong in your life for 40 minutes or so.

[@avosmash2121]

@@Omicron9999 i believe what the OP here meant was the kind of person with a fixation on the negatives of reality, at the expense of there being no sense in "allowing" oneself the "undeserved" or "shallow artifice" of being happy, all because their life's joys are in their view temporary or in smaller ratio to bad things, so what even is the point of being good to themselves and moving on anyway. Being truly happy isn't about pretending you are never sad, being happy is about knowing it is OKAY to be sad, AND it is okay to be allowed to ALL YOUR EMOTIONS. Every human being is allowed to find joys big or simple, as much they are allowed to have sorrows, big or simple. We should not punish or judge ourselves or others for how we feel things, and I think that OP was referring to the way many kinds of mental illness destroy ones ability to realize that, that equating being Actually Happy with being Materialistically Shallow or Boastful or Selfish is often a symptom of toxic abusive delusions or self esteem issues in some form or another. Because then when a victim of say trauma or depression starts being rewarded or given a small chance to do something fulfilling or happy, a common response is: "why should I, when I don't deserve to be happy?' or, 'Being happy is for oblivious stupid people who don't see all the painful things going on in the world or in my life that I do, therefore, I won't be stupid and instead force myself only to constantly be depressed or angry at the world's rottenness, regardless of how unpleasant or unmotivated that may make me as a person.' When we equate Negativity with Realness, we're not being actually real, because Real Life isn't about JUST only us, or JUST our day to day sufferings either. There's way more going on beyond that alone. -But that being said...I do actually also get what you were driving at too. Honesty is key. If your honest feeling is mainly currently Sorrow, or Frustration, putting up a dishonest grinning front is not healthy either.

[@jamesw.9256]

Coming from someone who is depressed, I think it does give me a view into the reality of my relationships with other people and how they truly feel. Depression causes you to focus on that, whereas with happiness you tend to ignore some things for the sake of happiness. Like the saying goes, ignorance is bliss.

[@thewheelsoffury1992]

that kanye sample isn't even from the unplugged album, he had to have another singer do it because lauryn's lawyers jumped on him and wouldn't clear it. Weird he got the song, but not the singer, but yeah

[@princesssookeh]

that explains that lack of croakiness in the sample.

[@mickeyknox8086]

kanye actually asked lauryn to re do her part she agreed but held his album up. so he got local singer Syleena Johnson. Which why he says at the end "Syleena, you like the safety belt because you saved my life"

[@antcantcook960]

yeah thays called an “interpolation” and is done quite a bit throughout musical history.

[@pymandres]

generally the rights to a musical composition are easier to get than the rights to a recording, which is why there are so many one off recordings of hallelujah made specifically to be used in a show or movie

[@Talisguy]

I listened to All Falls Down after this, and...I'm not shocked she didn't perform on it. It might have hit too close to home. "Man, I promise, she's so self-conscious She has no idea what she doin' in college That major that she majored in don't make no money But she won't drop out, her parents'll look at her funny" ...You can definitely draw parallels to Lauryn's pressure to keep making art that's both artistically satisfying and commercially successful, especially since she's talked about how frustrating the financial pressure is and how difficult it can be to tick both of those boxes.

[@DoomMomDot]

Lauryn Hill is one of those artist who I almost wish hadnt become famous. Not because she doesnt have talent, but because she clearly did not know how to handle fame and it apparently broke her so hard I'm almost surprised she is still alive

[@kohinarec6580]

Many artistis, whatever their artform is, are sensitive, introverted and contemplative. Fame and public attention tears them apart. Throw in some serious money, drugs and booze to stimulate & numb and an often unstable personality and you get the universal falling star disaster.

[@MrMmnngghh]

Anxiety and fear of public performance was one of the factors in the destruction of Amy Winehouse.

[@gabe_s_videos]

That's a really good way of putting it. And appealing to an ever-broadening audience tends to stretch an artist's creativity really thin and spoils what made them so unique in the first place. Fame is never someone someone should crave, IMO.

[@Beaglegirl19]

Maybe it's best that she should just retire because her heart isn't even in it anymore.

[@averagebritishguy7082]

Maybe if she'd stuck with Wyclef and Pras she would've been alright. At least then she would've had two shoulders to cry on when things got too much for her.

[@terrenceswiff]

"... Ma'am, this is an Arby's." That was too good.

[@d13ndr1der7]

terrenceswiff I was holding in my laughter for that one because I felt like this was the worse time to laugh

[@hudde814]

Even coming back to this over 7 months later, fully expecting that line to show up, it still made me laugh out loud!

[@KrisRN23935]

And then someone burned down the Arby’s.

[@davidayer2168]

Is there a time stamp for that? Can't bear to hunt for it

[@wuraolaolagunju]

@@davidayer2168 21:17

[@MakeVarahHappen]

Oh my God, just look at the faces of the people in the crowd. They sounded so pumped at the start, then wary, and now they all look like they're wondering if it's too late to back out now.

[@markborishnikoff5485]

Yeah, they were so done by the end.

[@timmy841212]

I noticed. 💀

[@Anastas1786]

"Ohhhh, uh... I... I'm... _deeply_ confused and uncomfortable right now; d- do you think it makes me, like... a _bad person_ if I just... walk out? _Right_ now?"

[@jbwarner8626]

Check out the guy in the white shirt behind Lauryn during "Adam Lives in Theory" when she gets to the "now she thinks that she's bisexual" line. That was a legit double take.

[@thebowiththemost119]

@@jbwarner8626 omg! He did! He was like. “...what?!

[@theunwelcome]

"that's not what intentional means" with the Kurt Loder energy of telling Jewel she doesn't understand the word 'casualty'

[@KaylaMarie_]

How did it never occure to me that she used casualty wrong? 😂

[@rich1051414]

FYI, she used the word casualty as if it meant casualness. That isn't the meaning of that word.

[@KaaneDragonShinobi]

I'm all for making up new words But do some research in your local dictionary and make sure they haven't been taken already, lel

[@Volvagia1927]

I mean, Todd also waves this one off as, at most, a minor error and admits poetic license, which Todd couldn't do with Jewel?

[@Outcast115]

​@@Volvagia1927 wildly different meanings

[@MapleMilk]

When artists say, "Music is my therapy" this isn't what they meant, Lauryn! This _isn't_ what they meant!

[@paisan8766]

It’s Lauryn

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

This is like a bizarre mash-up of a stoner with a guitar and a Christian youth music group councilor.

[@MegatronYES]

Religion allows decent and compassionate people to be exactly as decent and compassionate as they would otherwise have been, psychopaths and narcissists to abuse people free of repercussions, and the mentally unstable to deteriorate with no healthy safety net to catch them

[@Fuziontony123]

And radical Vegan

[@seed_drill7135]

@@MegatronYES I saw the same thing happen with Michelle Shocked at a post meds concert.

[@b0ssboi762]

It's super tough to watch, especially after growing up listening to her music

[@ECL28E]

Well, that's realty

[@LimeyLassen]

God this is like the musical version of a wall of text on Facebook

[@baronsledjoys1363]

This comment is underrated!

[@VictoriaSobocki]

True

[@gabe_s_videos]

Oh man, you're so right!!

[@JamesOhGoodie]

And like the wall of text, the person who posted it thinks they're educating people, but really all it shows is they're going through some shit and they don't know how to deal with it properly.

[@NihilistAlien]

Augh the kind of stuff you can't finish the first quarter without going out breathing fresh air cause immaturity and pseudo dumb highschooler philosophy melted some of your neurons.

[@Windwalker88]

The first song plays: "hey this isnt so bad" After song five: "please make it stop"

[@murciadoxial8056]

change songs for months and you get 2020

[@jooree7696]

This is almost every single trainwreckords

[@claymccoy]

Wow, you made it to song five?

[@PeterGriffin11]

I felt that way after the 2nd song.

[@romangarcia608]

2 minutes into the 1st song was enough for me.

[@MarkSalver]

My wife dragged me to this concert back in the day. She was a HUGE fan of Lauryn and I kinda liked her. So we get there and we take our seats and…oh my god, I had never been so bored in my life. We were in the back off to the rightish somewhere, we could kinda see her face. And I swear to god, the enthusiasm around us faded within twenty minutes. The guy next to me eventually got up and walked out after about forty minutes. The woman to the right of us actually pulled out a word search book and started working on that in the middle of it. The man directly behind me dozed off and started snoring. My wife’s expression went from excited and happy to depressed, miserable and bored to tears. By the end of it she was apologizing for dragging me to that mess, but I could tell she was crushed. She’d been to a Lauryn Hill concert where Lauryn just straight up ghosted them, but she described this disaster as being WAY worse than that failed concert. Effing. Yikes.

[@randomjunkohyeah1]

At first when you said “I kinda liked her” I thought you meant your wife lmao

[@ababyharpseal6534]

I'm a moron and I saw Lauryn Hill about a year ago. I have no clue why I thought that seeing her would be a good idea considering her reputation, but the tickets were cheap. She came out an hour late and performed for 45 minutes. The songs sounded awful because she rushed through them, and she spent a lot of the set just yelling at her sound tech and band. What really stood out, though, is that she was wearing a poofy winter jacket and an oversized tuke - and this concert was OUTDOORS AND IN JULY. God bless Lauryn Hill.

[@kaydwessie296]

ababyharpseal WOW that’s messy

[@scottlapier4797]

Drugs are bad mkay...

[@louschwick7301]

screw blessings, god SAVE lauryn hill

[@Flowtail]

Logan Palmer ahaha haha haa.. sigh...

[@devondorr8212]

@@Logan912 Yep, like....real medicine

[@Night-Mayor]

Years ago Smokey Robinson was on the radio talking about artists with a stellar first album with no follow up or a mediocre second album. He explained how and why this happens. He said that young songwriters will have an several good songs. They tweak them and rehearse them. Change the tempo, the rhythm and the flow of the song until its close to perfect. This will be their grade A material. And depending on how much the songwriters writes and how long to that big break. They can have a nice portfolio of Grade A material. A lot of new artist get that record deal and make the mistake of putting all of their best work on that first album. They get tons of praise from fans and critics alike. But those songs took months to years to get right. And follow up album suffers because it takes time to create new Grade A material. The pressure to repeat the success of that debut album can be enormous and lead to writer's block and even depression. Smokey says its best to put 2-3 Grade A songs per album. This will give you time to create more before you run out. I believe this is what happened to Lauryn Hill. Her best work was on the Fugees and her solo album. She didn't have anything for the follow up and the studio and fans were pressuring her to produce and it was too much.

[@51Dutchman]

Darien Chase Cool insight! This is actually something worth thinking about when working on my own musical project, so thanks for sharing this with us.

[@timmy841212]

That is definitely what I think happened to Lauryn. It was TOO MUCH. 😔

[@miliejones3900]

That makes so much sense and is actually great advice. Give the people a bit of what they want but not everything they need.

[@gabe_s_videos]

There's a saying for that: "You have all your life to write your first book and six months to write your second."

[@billhicks8]

You also get the feeling that Hill's reputation from those early records simply overwhelmed her. She clearly has a tendency towards egotism, so having that aspect of her personality fed by critics and fans alike would've skyrocketed her expectations of herself, yet as people have noted, a lot of other musicians contributed to that work immensely, so she needed others more than what the hype was telling her.

[@ConvallariaMajalis143]

her voice sounds like she was crying her eyes out yesterday, like *alllll* day. And she's got it together today, but her throat and sinuses are still a little wrecked. Source: mainly me, but also other gals in my life.

[@kai615k]

relatable

[@Flowtail]

Reading this after a day spent crying feels weirdly appropriate!

[@brainflash1]

The fact that she stayed this way for the past 18 years makes me think it wasn't the fame that got to her. Something fucked her up on a biological level. The way you describe her voice makes me think she might have had a near fatal miscarriage, something that really effected her hormones. Especially with the rare enthusiastic performance. If it had been the fame, she'd have reached a stable, low key energy level by now. But I'm guessing whatever bullshit medications she's on are giving her terrible mood swings.

[@timmy841212]

@@brainflash1 😥😥😥

[@heydoeradio7298]

Your most likely right

[@agaycrow2520]

This whole performance reminds me of a presentation I did in university that I did while in the middle of a really bad depressive episode. I wasn't prepared and only had a loose idea of what I was going to say, looked like shit bc I hadn't showered or done laundry in a week, and was only there because if I got a flat 0 by not showing up I'd fail the class (which I ended up doing anyways). I was just rambling in front of a bunch of people, mortified to the point of tears and then fucked right off afterwards. That's what this feels like,, like she's forcing herself to at least put out *something* because something is better than nothing

[@MarshallVeeMarshall]

I agree with that last sentence 100%. Hope you are doing better now!

[@thebowiththemost119]

Jesus, you ok dude?

[@agaycrow2520]

@@thebowiththemost119 Much better now! I ended up dropping out of school, and that combined with some good old fashioned SSRIs made a big difference lol

[@thebowiththemost119]

@@agaycrow2520 that’s great to hear man

[@mustardegg2]

I remember I got a worse grade then a French man who spoke close to zero English for a presentation in college, I guess he has better body language.....or better cloths...he was wearing a turtle neck.... there is no way I could have pulled off a turtle neck....

[@becomingsmith5715]

that poor audience...everyone looking straight ahead into nothing, afraid to look at each other. rethinking their entire lives.

[@blackcat19]

Seriously. Just from the clips used in this video alone, I am absolutely certain I would have plain got up and left before the 30 minute mark.

[@Seth9809]

We should start a charity for those poor people...

[@bennitori4]

@@blackcat19 Worst part, I bet they were paid. So they sit and listen, or they get fired. That's a special type of torture.

[@TonyGearSolid]

Those extra long, drawn out songs would've killed me. I mean 9 minutes of her rambling about Adam and Eve...or whatever the hell she was going on about? No thank you.

[@codenamekendall2780]

I'd be scared to leave. I feel like she would notice and call me out

[@thekarategirl5787]

The performance feels really voyeuristic. She shouldn't have performed that night. She wasn't ready or stable.

[@TheAdrift]

It seems really appropriate that you called this "rubbernecking" at the end, because honestly this whole performance did feel like looking at a wreck... but like, *specifically* a motorcycle wreck, where you might not just see piles of crushed metal, but also an actual body, or a person being wheeled away on a stretcher. Suddenly the crash is humanized, and you're no longer allowed to just think "damn, hope whoever was in that is okay" because you just saw for yourself how fucked-up the person got in the crash.

[@Malkmusianful]

"we live in a society" - lauryn hill

[@EpicB]

Society was a mistake.

[@Djarra]

I'd rather listen to George Costanza unplugged.

[@ounocat8032]

“Gamers rise up” -also Lauryn Hill

[@ethanrichmond3992]

“The world...is changing” - lauryn hill

[@codenamekendall2780]

"This is Endgame" - Lauryn Hill

[@ashtabet3450]

Korn without distortion is like a bong without weed

[@volcanicash31]

@@ashtabet3450 I'm proud of you for remembering

[@ashtabet3450]

@@volcanicash31 thank you

[@ToasterBrain51702]

holy shit

[@brendanmccabe8373]

Great comment hope they don’t forget it

[@brendanmccabe8373]

@@ashtabet3450 holy shit

[@BloodyAltima]

You know how in 'A Catcher in the Rye', the main characters obsession with everyone being fake is pretty explicitly portrayed as a sign of his immaturity and broken view of the world born of his actually kinda terrible life? This reminds me of that. This reminds me of it very much.

[@lighgblue2676]

Everyone is fake

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

@@lighgblue2676 everyone is real

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Is that what that book was about?

[@BloodyAltima]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 Basically, yeah. Holden's kinda a whiney shit, because his life has been a perpetual conga line of abuse and manipulation so now he sees everyone and everything as fake. His world view isn't a thing to aspire to, its a symptom of his trauma.

[@anthonydeadman]

@@BloodyAltima Doesn't sound like it was an "actually kinda" terrible life to me there. Sounds like it was absolute shit. Must've really went through the ringer due to other folks's actions towards him that led to him coming to that depressing conclusion.

[@romangarcia608]

“don’t worry Lauren, this is NOT going to inspire anyone to start throwing bricks - it’s going to inspire people to get their latte somewhere else” dead 💀

[@Schlagageul]

Todd honestly has some really great lines in his videos.

[@tyrannosaurusburke]

In high school, I loved The Fugees and listened to "The Miseducation of Lauren Hill" repeatedly. This special aired during my senior year, and the first time I watched it . . . I changed the channel after 10 minutes.

[@gabingston3430]

"...please god invent the smartphone soon". _- Todd In The Shadows_

[@echodork8963]

don't you mean TiTs

[@alwaysme_t]

How fitting that this was reuploaded in Mental Health awareness month

[@Aster_Risk]

Seriously.

[@orlock20]

Beth Hart has the worst bi-polar disorder and also trying to stay sober yet she has been publicly around since 1993. Maybe Lauryn doesn't have the support group group Beth has.

[@iamaunicorn1232]

Todd: I should tread lightly due to the Lauren stans. Also Todd: this is unlistenable. Please never ever change.

[@NEEDbacon]

Lord help him if any Korean music other then Psy gets popular enough to warrant him needing to talk about it.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@@NEEDbacon He has expressed being TERRIFIED of K-Pop stans. Lucky for him the only time K-Pop has come up is on the Best List from last year.

[@NEEDbacon]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep I mean, K-Pop stans are pretty crazy so it's completely justified.

[@AlfredoFilmGeek]

“One of the worst albums of all time.”

[@TheMadwomen]

I think it's a testament to how bad the album is. Even threading the friggin' needle he says that it's downright unlistenable. That's a baaaaaaad album.

[@liamburke3279]

I wonder if in 5 years time we'll have a man in the woods trainwreckord

[@SleepSoul]

I'm just a college kid and it's gonna be surreal if Todd ever starts covering one-hit wonders and trainwreckords I was actually _here_ for.

[@dimentiorules]

Will he still be doing this 10 or 20 years from now?

[@thevillageidiot5864]

Fuck he probably will eventually

[@3N3MYKN1GHT]

He might draw the line at 20/20 despite liking Suit and Tie, Mirrors he doesn't like, and TKO I haven't heard Todd's thoughts on, 20/20 was the real turning point, since it was his second comeback and it didn't do as well as his first two, but yeah man of the woods was a dissapointment in the aftermath.

[@SleepSoul]

@@dimentiorules God knows! KZbin's had a short enough lifespan that we don't have a huge frame of reference for what happens when a KZbinr starts young, becomes successful, and then just keeps going. Presumably the views dry up at some point (as they have for some of the channels we _have_ seen run their course), but this is a pretty winning formula that doesn't seem to be slowing down yet. Who knows how long he'll be doing it.

[@michellemarty7510]

This isn't an album. This is a cry for help.

[@nomobobby]

And the worse part? No one cared to listen. The label just doctored it up the best they could, and sold it anyways. And given the fact that her performances are still all over the place, No one ever did. The most she got was a missionary. And they usually aren't trained in thearpy to treat such deep seated issues like what we're seeing here. Just awful stuff, the clips make this the hardest trainwereckoids to watch.

[@heymistercarter.]

@@nomobobby in terms of this being the hardest TrainWreckords to watch, I at least can watch it because I agree with a lot of the points Todd’s making here, even if it’s pretty depressing to watch Lauryn in the state she’s in. To me, The Beach Boys one, with Mike Love talking about being a “ladies man” in prison, writing songs about and flirting with girls not even half his age, and just being a straight-up jerk, THAT was harder for me to watch.

[@timmy841212]

@@heymistercarter. That was such a depressing episode. The Beach Boys were such a great 60s group but Mike Love is such a dillweed...

[@t_ylr]

I remember watching this around 11-12 and thinking Lauryn Hill was just the coolest person ever. And the rawness, the mistakes, and the raspy voice just added to that. It partially inspired me to play guitar, but now as a musician and an adult lol it's rough to listen to it. Like wow this lady was fully broken on stage playing songs for out entertainment.

[@rayanna7188]

@heymistercarter wait not The Beach Boys too 😭 I'm not even a fan of them but c'mon man

[@peytonjackson855]

My mother absolutely ADORES this album. I have deeply ingrained memories of her playing it in the car when I was growing up, and having to suffer through eight minutes of badly sung rambling nonsense. If anyone was being held emotionally hostage, it was me

[@KinoHiroshino]

Let me guess, your mother is very religious.

[@ileutur6863]

​@@KinoHiroshino Yesh I npticed it too. On all the youtube videos pf this album, jews and christians clearly over 45 years of age absolutely adore it. Guess they loved being preached to

[@baatile]

I’m one of the lucky people who bought the lottery ticket and won the jackpot... I saw her perform live in South Africa in 2019.

[@cremetangerine82]

How was she?

[@cangrejopendejo4909]

Well, in your case it'd be pretty ridiculous for her to go all the way to SA and then not show up lol.

[@baatile]

@@jadedheartsz she was running a bit late, I was a bit worried, haha...

[@ForrestFox626]

What was it like?

[@mrsuns10]

@@baatile she’s infamous for showing up late

[@binary_terror2]

Oof, that was rough. It did feel voyeuristic and invasive, not honest and personal.

[@damambinator7740]

Very appropriate description.

[@noot6230]

MTV unplugged honestly worked best when it was the grunge era. Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana did it best.

[@leolongtime5671]

Hard to beat the Kiss one with double drummers. No one had double drummers. Not Nirvana, not Alice in Chains, not Pearl Jam. No one did. Kiss win. Double drummers.

[@MrRyan-wu4jx]

Eric Clapton was phenomenal as well, and I generally don’t care for Clapton.

[@doctorrobert1339]

A shame that the best (after Nirvana imo) and only truly Unplugged performance is virtually unknown outside of spanish speaking countries, the one played by Los Tres in 1995.

[@Rfk1966]

@@leolongtime5671The Fall and the Doobie Bros did it far better

[@trashyraccoon2615]

@@leolongtime5671Lol! KISS has nothing on Nirvana other than some goofy makeup and sideshow antics. Can’t be serious my dude. Those guys don’t have tunes. “Double drummers” lol

[@aliceosako792]

This is just painful to watch. Syd Barrett went out with more dignity and stability than this. Seeing someone getting eaten alive by her personal demons on stage is a truly sad thing to see.

[@crnkmnky]

@Sydney Barrett you must get that a lot

[@Owesomasaurus]

Syd Barrett's solo albums are legit and I will fight anyone who says otherwise

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

At least he had some good songs at the end. I will always stand up for Baby Lemonade.

[@timmy841212]

Syd did all of his own music so it’s true that Lauryn just didn’t have it in her for a second album. 😕

[@ChromeDestiny]

@@Owesomasaurus Syd's second album had some good assistance from Gilmour and Wright. A lot of those songs could have totally fit in on side two of Atom Heart Mother.

[@thisismyname5657]

Ugh those clips where she berated the audience for clapping were so painful

[@dw89music73]

@RockoAnd Axl Rose is the Kanye West of hard rock.

[@a_lethe_ion]

very self hate, as if she can't be loved, as if she's not good enough for adoration. she needs therapy, not religion ffs

[@thelastjerkbender2505]

@@dw89music73 fuck no, Axl isn't in the same realm as Kanye when it comes to musical talent.

[@joshuamorganmusic]

Aaaand that serious racist crap...

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@thelastjerkbender2505 Kanye west doesn’t even write his shit.

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

This isn’t an album. This is a tragedy. I would never choose to listen to this.

[@damambinator7740]

I have never listened to it and certainly never will after seeing this.

[@mabusestestament]

Yes, it's a 2 disc tragedy. Also, it's a 2 disc CONCEPT album. The concept ofcourse is "Reality".

[@TheseBitchesWantNikes]

It’s unbearable. You feel sorry for her but also kind of angry she’s not getting help for all the shit she was going through. This was not the way to handle her issues.

[@docdrew87]

Jenifer Joseph if you haven’t, don’t. It’s garbage.

[@officialtrailers9075]

I bought a whopping 3 Lauryn Hill tickets and I hit 3 jackpots.

[@riahlexington]

Wow!

[@TheOtherJonB]

Was she late at all?

[@lionheartroar3104]

lol

[@jamesmason7979]

Nice!

[@slapshot6ful]

Nicely done. Luck is all.

[@kimifw58]

In my experience, being "real" is often an excuse to be lazy or cruel. In reality, we're all flawed people who can only excel by _correcting_ our flaws, not glorifying them, and we can only do that by learning from our mistakes. It's a survival mechanism: adapt and grow.

[@gabe_s_videos]

It's up there with people who complain about political correctness ruining everything. They'll tell you "We don't live in a perfect world" and being PC just means you don't hurt anyone's feelings, then they'll turn around and say some of the most bigoted, insulting things imaginable. It's not "real," it's just an excuse to be an asshole.

[@gabe_s_videos]

@Mina Monet How is laziness a sign of intelligence, aside from figuring out ways to make other people do things for you?

[@johnindigo5477]

@@gabe_s_videos you decide how you'll spend your time. Instead of expecting orders from others. But that's just what I think they mean.

[@johnindigo5477]

I also hate people who use real as an excuse. Yeah I get if it's the only way to get your point across. But being honest doenst mean you have to be rude. And how "real" is it, if you cant take someone elses honesty.

[@gabe_s_videos]

Warren Rose it’s the Rick Sanchez mentality: “I have the right to be a dick to you because I’m objectively smarter than you.”

[@joemolnar3]

To this day I'm fascinated by the fact that she KNEW her voice was giving out and spent an extra 30 minutes of the show talking. That's when the ~reality set in that she didn't consider this a showcase of her work as a musician but as an opportunity to try and explain her headspace on national TV. Truly fascinating

[@Alia-bc3rc]

her kept apologizing just showed how self-insecure she is at the moment, it's just painful. It looked like someone forced her to do the show.

[@SurgeryIsWoke]

"Self-insecure"...

[@adanactnomew7085]

@@SurgeryIsWoke An amazing word

[@SurgeryIsWoke]

@@adanactnomew7085 🤷🏿‍♂️Must be

[@rayanna7188]

@Failed At Life? Blame Wokism, yeah they probably just had a brain fart or smth. (btw I like your username)

[@kathmandoozle]

Um, no.... this album was a masterpiece. It was one of the most spiritually profound albums I've ever heard. Most people didn't understand it because they can't get deeper than the kiddie pool.

[@elbermoramontero2769]

I´ll be honest: This is has been the most difficult Trainwreckords to watch. Lauren Hill decayed so hard. Is difficult to watch and hear. ps: I´m being R E A L here.

[@Khenfu_Cake]

"Why does it hurt so much?" "Because it was R e A l."

[@gregorywiederecht]

Agreed. I had to take breaks while watching because it was just so awkward

[@mabusestestament]

Yes it's boring, but that's what makes it real.

[@d13ndr1der7]

Elber Mora Montero i agree. not gonna lie this was hard to watch. Also on a unrelated love your Kuuga logo.

[@kirby-rh5js]

Checking in from the future; Paula is possibly even harder to watch

[@EpicB]

If Jewel sold out with casualty, I guess Lauryn Hill burned out intentionally.

[@MegatronYES]

that is a HOT diss

[@ameekasoar]

Oh my god 😂

[@timmy841212]

OUCH!

[@superorangecat6937]

Mr. Intentionally ftfy

[@Spiderific]

😂😆

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Unfortunately, this did not stop with Unplugged 2.0. I saw her shortly after this on the Smoking Grooves Tour (with Cee-Lo Green, Jurassic 5, The Roots and OutKast) in Camden, NJ. The crowd was receptive for about two songs, grew bored and inevitably restless until finally booing her by the end. I will always remember her belting out, "How did we get here?" and someone yelling, "EXACTLY! HOW'D YOU GET ON THIS F*CKING TOUR?!" Fortunately for us in the audience, the rest of the show was amazing. Unfortunately for Lauryn Hill, it made her performance seem even worse by comparison.

[@Vikdeb25502]

Outkast and Roots on a concert.... Damn I envy your luck.

[@DashingSteel]

I think Lauren was asking herself, not the audience. This is haunting.

[@timmy841212]

I remembered that! That was so embarrassing.

[@07foxmulder]

@@DashingSteel lol Shut up, dork.

[@rayanna7188]

@Dashing Steel fr, it's honestly pretty unsettling when you think about it

[@SPDYellow]

“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.” It’s a quote by John Greenleaf Whittier that does a pretty good job of summing up Lauryn Hill’s career. Miseducation suggests the arrival of an artist who would utterly dominate and forever change music as we know it, but look how things wound up. Whatever insecurities or issues Lauryn Hill suffers from, was only amped up by a million as a result of success.

[@hudy323]

This is what I mean: you guys just don't get it. Don't judge something you're being daft about. "Change music forever" ?? Y'all vision is just too low and she's way the fuck ahead of ya. She doesn't owe us any albums and the circle jerk making fun of this is vapid and Todd's "lines" expose him and his audience as shallow snarky bullies

[@h.b.smith_writer]

This might be the saddest episode of Trainwreckords.

[@dtxspeaks268]

​@@jadedheartsz I can care less about Katy Perry or a bunch of ❄'s feelings. I'm sifting with Lauryn. Besides, she's telling the inconvenient truth.

[@StudioScarecrow]

@@dtxspeaks268 what truth is that

[@squishy3248]

@@dtxspeaks268what are you yapping about

[@OfficialROZWBRAZEL]

@@StudioScarecrow that being depressed, and everything negative must be true because being happy, positive, or hardworking at all is apparently the opposite of being “real” 🙄🙄🙄🙄 Some people still try a bit too hard to convince themselves (and others) their depression/nihilism makes them deep or meaningful, but all that’s happened is they’ve combined that with Main Character Syndrome and willfull intellectual laziness… it makes me cringe.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

@@OfficialROZWBRAZEL Why are you calling people with mental illness or who are in crisis "intellectually lazy" with "Main Character Syndrome"? You sure think a lot of yourself & your discernment if you leave no room for that in your accounting of what produces an attitude like that. No compassion. No curiosity. Yeah, there are some annoying calculated nihilists out there. More likely though --- people who feel no pleasure & only torment are having problems you obv don't care about much less have any insight about.

[@CujoBLS]

"Joan Rivers with the flu" damn Todd throwing some shade

[@cadencenavigator958]

I really feel like she was just self destructing here, whether she knew it or not; comin' out unprepared and raspy, focusing on what's real and whatnot... really sounds to me like she just- doesn't know why she's famous or how to handle it or if she deserves it and she's goin' alright fine, let's see if you can handle me at my worst- let's see if you really think I deserve this at my realest. She's half crying her way through her later songs, probably because on some level she realizes that she's so much better than this and my heart just goes out to her. I really hope she's got a good therapist or at least some antidepressants nowadays, because like... babe.

[@timmy841212]

I do think she really thought this performance was gonna help her and instead it just turned into a disaster. I know fans try to salvage it by saying folks sampled from it (which is true) plus Mystery of Iniquity was the best song from this lot but that’s not enough. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@lemonpack3368]

Your answer to this is a therapist and drugs… no wonder ur life in the shitter

[@OfficialROZWBRAZEL]

I genuinely hope things have gotten better in her private life.

[@anglefan85]

Lauryn Hill Unplugged: "When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong"

[@jmann6130]

Bawhaha that’s exactly what the tagline should have been 😂

[@crnkmnky]

💯 😑

[@RogueBoyScout]

F2ck that! I don't like people playing on my phone!

[@Crazelord91]

Kanye seems influenced by this with more than just the music. He also is clearly dealing with some serious mental health issues but since he's famous, respected musically, and a money maker it's laughed off or considered "part of his process"

[@RyanStorey1231]

I feel like he's also following in her footsteps by not releasing new music with how many times he's delayed Ye and Jesus Is King.

[@kimifw58]

Doesn't he refuse to get treatment because he's afraid medication would stunt his creativity or something?

[@Crazelord91]

@@kimifw58 Yup

[@kyoungt14]

"I ain’t bipolar, Kanye make me wish I was ‘Cause that level of genius the meanest" -Logic

[@clown-cult96]

He also doesn’t get mad at his audience for applauding.

[@valence_drive]

Todd, this was tough to sit through. Not because of you, but because this performance by Lauryn was incredibly tedious and uncomfortable to hear, let alone watch. Your solid commentary was the only thing keeping me watching, because I constantly wanted to tab out and forget I even discovered this. Congrats on getting the copyright claim disputed, btw. o/

[@jamstonjulian6947]

I can handle the music, I can't handle her talking.

[@mychaeljones7526]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaSoi5V_osmcqbc

[@mj-yo7vt]

Completely agree

[@kaileegarcia612]

Jamston Julian same

[@Spring_Forward_Fall_Back]

She actively asks the audience for positive reinforcement then berates them for giving her what she asked for, then draws attention to her outfit by essentially telling the audience they aren't worthy of the effort it would take for her to look nice for them. That's some serious passive-aggressive bullying she has going on.

[@MrGared22]

It really reminds me of Syd Barrett "making" a song but changing it every single time he showed it to the rest of Pink Floyd for them to learn it, it was the point when they realized it was the point of no return for him.

[@2-Way_Intersection]

​@@MrGared22omg what?

[@timmy841212]

Yeah she’s one sandwich short of a picnic 😬

[@lemonpack3368]

She didn’t say the audience wasn’t worthy of the effort😂 it was more on the fact that she wants to dress her way, idk how you missed that…

[@sarcofaygo6218]

​@@2-Way_Intersection yup he called it "have you got it yet?"

[@TheZeroNeonix]

Jesus. Imagine being stuck in that audience, forced to politely listen to all of this and pretend to be enjoying it.

[@bpansky]

ya it reminds me of this one time there was a movie night with a book club or something I was part of. The movie was The Brothers Grimm with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, which I had never seen or heard of. It was like being frozen in my chair out of so much cringe. We watched it all the way to the end and I don't think anyone said a word during it. Apparently, the person who picked the movie hadn't watched it since grade school, and had fond memories of it...until rewatching it with us

[@RoeLuv1]

My niece was there and she told me how uncomfortable it was

[@jonnil1997]

Bruh I would have loved to be there

[@rebeccaucich1290]

ahhh....the Britney head shave of r&b albums. :(

[@TheJayWay]

Correct!

[@prismaze]

Atleast with Britney, she made her best album with her head shaved ("Blackout"). Lauryn isn't sane enough to get IN the studio. Hope she's better now.

[@baatile]

Britney gave us Blackout.

[@thrownstair]

Britney’s Blackout had more impact on popular culture than this album did.

[@cacobapt]

SO TRUE

[@ThatRandomEncounterGuy]

This whole thing feels like you're standing in a checkout line when some older woman with her kid in front of you are talking to the cashier for, like, 15 minutes about a really messy divorce she had from her husband. Then, out of nowhere, the lady just bursts into hysterical tears over his death and everyone in the store (you, her kid, the cashier, everyone else in line, even some of the people in the adjacent checkout lanes, everyone) are just left feeling very confused and uncomfortable. That's this whole performance: exasperated, annoyed, and then suddenly very confused and very very sad, just left to wonder "What the hell *was* all that?"

[@radiofuel2733]

This is one of those performances that just breaks your heart. Watching her cry, apologize for things that she doesn't need to feel sorry for, and struggling to put songs together on the spot....she deserved better than this.

[@dellayassine]

Congratulations to Todd for getting this back on YT! Let's hope it lasts!

[@chuckbatman5]

The fact that the unfinished shambles of an album this is has gotten so heavily copyright flagged is hilarious. Like, what are they trying to achieve here

[@Sammie1053]

Probably the same thing they were trying to achieve by releasing the album: wringing every last cent out of her that they possibly can.

[@EpicB]

Maybe it was Lauryn Hill herself trying to erase any evidence that this album existed.

[@EpicB]

@@rommix0 I really doubt that was the reason this video got flagged but regardless I'd understand if she wanted this album to be buried.

[@RettMikhal]

Somebody paid tens of dollars for the rights to this.

[@typacsk]

And in the "suggested videos" column, we have... a rip of the entire "Miseducation" album. Well done, KZbin.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

That Korn clip. SO. MUCH. FRET BUZZ.

[@spectratio]

It makes up for the lack of distortion

[@Zenbateau]

I guess they didn't really care about that show. Most bands who had a great MTV Unplugged album (Nirvana, Clapton, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam) reimagined their songs for the acoustic. Except for the drummer because, well, come on, give them a bit of credit, the rest of the band just play their parts like they do on every show. And I'm not defending Korn at all, I never liked their music. But to sound that bad when you're this famous you must reach epic levels of not caring

[@slapshot6ful]

Bro! Thank you! It was brutal. I couldn't do it

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

@@Zenbateau Their downtuning really doesn't work on acoustic guitars and they just said "fuck it" and went with it. That's kind of awesome...but I still don't want to listen to it.

[@mischkin3588]

lol

[@OfficialROZWBRAZEL]

The glimpses of the audience kill me everytime-- you can see in their eyes when they go from eager to anxious to longing for death

[@dw.dunphy]

Of all the Trainwreckords and One Hit Wonderlanders, this one really hurts. In most of those cases, the artist(s) got supremely lucky, rode in on some cultural slipstream of the day, but probably didn't deserve it. Later efforts would bear that out. It's the opposite with Hill. You know what she's capable of. Yet she hasn't got the capacity to get back there, or perhaps the discipline (which would explain some of her anger toward those who seemed to impose it upon her). You feel bad for her because in every minute, it's like you're watching someone leaning into their own blindsiding.

[@cremetangerine82]

Dw. Dunphy Brilliant analysis!

[@billyweed835]

I feel like Lauren shouldn't have been famous - Not because she didn't deserve it, but because she clearly had no idea how to deal with it.

[@FernandoHernandez-hz4fy]

What a perfect comment

[@StewNWT]

Great comment. The shitty relationships with Wyclef Jean then Rohan Marley, the apparent lack of support from her parents (I'm assuming, but I never saw her with any kind of support system), the pressure she must have been under as a role model and from the press, being beautiful, and most of all the fallout from her self absorbed decision to try and screw her performers and collaborators out of credit on Miseducation and the resulting lawsuit and settlement - all of it added up. She is a brilliant artist, but her once in a generation voice is gone (seriously, not enough people talk about how she had one of the greatest voices ever, up there with Whitney H, Karen Carpenter, KD Lang etc for distinctiveness, quality and pure ability - there's a reason EVERY child of the 80s and 90s remembers that damn Eye is on the Sparrow clip from Sister Act 2). But she just disintegrated, lost her voice, and seemed consumed by resentment and the need to blame.

[@cartmann94]

The ReUpload of Todd in the Shadows 2.0 :)

[@tafua_a]

Being real is like being a gentleman/lady/distinguished person: the more you feel compelled to say it, the less true it is.

[@metalmissile8837]

@@markwoollon the more you talk about how good of a person you are, the less likely that it's true. Good people don't brag about how good they are

[@ErisIsAnAbomination]

Or an “alpha male”… If you have to post about how alpha you are, you ain’t alpha.

[@danielmukhlis5709]

Looking into Lauryn Hill, I can't help but be reminded of Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, who was considered genius but couldn't make another album with the band due to what LSD had done to him. Although, Syd Barrett has far less controversies (and unlike Hill, he did release two more solo albums as well as having some credits in Pink Floyd's 2nd album), I can't help but be sympathetic towards both of them.

[@GagsAnimation]

Same here. 😪

[@spiff2268]

Syd actually has schizophrenia. He was self medicating with LSD and other psychedelics which didn't help.

[@waynechapman9823]

I think we should be grateful that we got at least some brilliant music from both of them. They might have become casualties of the business, but their limited output is still there for us to admire. You could say the same about quite a few other musicians whose careers were cut short for whatever reason. (Nick Drake is a great example. A very sad and brief life, but he left behind such exquisitely beautiful music.) We should feel blessed that we know about them at all.

[@GagsAnimation]

@@waynechapman9823 don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

[@Engineer_Who]

@@spiff2268 It's not clear what exactly Syd's ailment was. Some of his behaviors and symptoms line up with schizophrenia, others don't. The other members of the Floyd tossed around schizophrenia as a possibility because they weren't sure what to call it, and they're not psychologists or psychiatrists. Also, it's kinda misleading to say Syd "self-medicated" with psychedelics. Sure, he took a lot of them and it appears that they exacerbated his condition, but I don't think there was ever any indication that he used them to cope with his mental health issues, which became impossible to ignore _after_ he overdosed on acid. (Sorry if I came across as overly critical of your comment, but I have a thing about people reducing mental health issues to one, easy-to-explain answer because I've had to deal with such issues before. Shine on!)

[@notoriouswhitemoth]

If you spent hours agonizing over your outfit to try to look like you threw it together in ten seconds, and somehow felt like you needed to justify your decision when the motivation behind that decision was that it shouldn't need justification, that's not reality. That's as pretentious and artificial as it gets.

[@bacht4799]

notoriouswhitemoth and it’s a cool look.. so why apologies.. she got style.. at least that time she did.. at least she doesn’t look like a stand up comedy like Patton Oswalt.. don’t get me wrong I like the guy he is funny and hard working and bless his soul for that terrible thing there happens to him and his daughter .. but my goodness his style is awful.. just my opinion..

[@viscountrainbows6452]

@@bacht4799Mans is shaped like Quasimodo, it is impossible to find stylish clothing for his particular dimensions

[@Caffeine_Addict_2020]

I was going to say - her outfit is so clearly overdesigned to look like it was just thrown on. Someone who's not trying doesn't put on a dozen articles of clothing, including 2 different pieces of headwear

[@LBAW]

On Kanye's "All Falls Down," it's actually an interpolation of Hill's song being sung by Syleena Johnson. I suppose he couldn't get the license to use the MTV recording.

[@spankypants2793]

There actually is a version of All Falls Down with a sample of Lauryn on it, however it wasn't put on the album because they couldn't clear the sample on time.

[@2120musiclover]

Spanky Pants as the original comment already said. Lol

[@benjaminpeters6729]

@@2120musiclover they said suppose

[@taipeijoey101]

Poopity scoop

[@penguinsrbirds2]

Oh my god, every single song sounds the same. Like almost exactly. Yikes.

[@michaelavanessian8558]

@tv tv I mean Even then there's quite a few examples of raw one-instrument recordings that sound more varied than this.

[@michaelavanessian8558]

@tv tv ok you got me there

[@patoren3gou653]

People give weezer shit for being repetitive

[@amethyst4578]

Pop in a nutshell

[@dm2338]

@tv tv Most beginners would know better than whatever this was lmao

[@colinr0380]

"I'm not sucking, I'm being real" never worked on my teachers at school either

[@BATCHARRO]

"Why did this special hurt so much?" ... .. ... .. ... ... ...... "Because it was real!"

[@mlovecraftr]

+

[@courtneyhineman3431]

That was amazing!

[@qwertyTRiG]

Of course!

[@shonkywonkydonkey]

Is she literally playing the same one rhythm on the guitar over and over

[@genskiel4187]

Woah dude it's you I'm Gene Siskel

[@Beaglegirl19]

Dude, she is. It's no wonder why that entire performance is so tedious.

[@dw89music73]

Yes.

[@jeevithrai7994]

@@genskiel4187 I like your show Gene

[@genskiel4187]

@@jeevithrai7994 I like you, nieghbor

[@dangrel]

Finally viewable to us freeloaders. Hope the copyright nightmare doesn't dissuade from making more, I love this series.

[@Macabrellian]

_"Reality is often disappointing."_ - Thanos, 2018

[@daishoryujin95]

too perfect.

[@calebhernandez681]

“The Truth is often stupid.” - Bender, 3010

[@Bramhallthefifth]

Kanye actually didn't find the only decent ten seconds in the concert... he had the sample recreated

[@DoveAlexa]

I _thought_ that was a different vocal. Thanks for confirming!

[@crnkmnky]

I think there was a sample clearance issue. Syleena Johnson ended up singing the album version.

[@witherblaze]

Hey props to the man, even though I don't like him

[@FeltonHM]

he wanted to to use the original but didn't get the sample cleared.

[@thepassingstatic6268]

Serena, you're just like a seatbelt. You saved my life.....

[@havesomecarrots]

the forbidden too-hot-for-youtube trainwreckords... love this platform

[@lepkember6913]

Glorifies "reality", yet wants to explain the listeners how Eve wanting to becoming intellectual leads to her "sinful" life of being bisexual.

[@bacht4799]

Lepkember that’s was so awful.. I really hate that thing about sexuality or anything like that.. if the people who doing sex is mature enough and respectful to each other.. who cares about the gender and so on..

[@kacchank8696]

Well this was in 2000

[@drpibisback7680]

Truly, I found the "wanting to be intellectual" line even worse than the follow-up. That's not the kind of thing you can toss off as a remnant of a less progressive time. That line is specifically against women seeking knowledge, and that's fucked up.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

That was bad but I was more annoyed by this: "Eve was so naive, blinded by the pride and greed..." That's clearly a reference to the Fall of Man but Hill obviously didn't understand the story. Adam and Eve were without sin, meaning Eve could not have been motivated by the sins of pride and greed when she as the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. I know that seems like pretty bullshit to point out but if she's going to promote Christianity she could at the very least try to understand it.

[@thebossmana]

@@BiggieTrismegistus Eve was naive and was deceived (or blinded) by the serpent which was the devil who literally embodies pride, greed, etc. sins

[@ThePhantom4516]

oh my God I remember seeing the notification for this & couldn't find it, thought it was in a dream until now

[@janieswurld491]

"I Gotta Find Peace of Mind" is the only track that ever resonated with me but in retrospect it really IS sad to consider that Lauryn was most likely suffering in silence, convinced her pain was the price of living in 'reality'. I hope she finds that peace someday.

[@EricDMMiller]

Lunatics don't deserve good things.

[@damienthonk1506]

​@@EricDMMillerEmpathy is dead.

[@patrickgowen324]

And we killed it.

[@Just.Kidding]

In silence? Really? I know "suffering in silence" has almost become a buzz-word (buzz-phrase?) at this point, but it just flat out doesn't apply here.

[@karmageprosepaire5123]

As 50 Cent says : "I used to listen to Lauryn Hill, and tap my feet, then the b*tch put out a cd that didn't have no beats ! " omg that was painful

[@bacht4799]

Karmage ProsePaire well.. 50 Cents is overrated asshole .. but then can be right once of while..

[@bacht4799]

Fairly Cotard true.. 🤙

[@Logan912]

Yes, 50 Cent. It was the lack of beats that was the problem...

[@RyanStorey1231]

You know you've fucked up when 50 Cent is the voice of reason.

[@rkgk1517]

18:11 I don't think it's fair to discredit her honesty because she's not using the words "anxiety" or "depression". The attitude towards mental health treatment in the black community is generally pretty suspicious... people have reservations about it, and justifiably distrust certain systems. It's a major problem that people are basically expected to "pray the pain away". It's possible that she hasn't actually gotten the psychiatric help she needs

[@JFairy189]

It's not suspicious. It's fucked up and Lauryn clearly needed help.

[@mamawray]

@Rae I remember being baffled the first time I encountered this attitude because I grew up in New York where psychotherapy is totally normal and has been for decades. The first time I heard the words, "You just need Jesus," I thought, "That's a joke, right?" Nooope. And to that I say, "Look I know I need Jesus, but I need my meds too. Same as a diabetic needs her insulin."

[@mastermarkus5307]

That's doubly shitty since Christianity in black American communities was basically started by white people so they'd be placated when shit like slavery was done to them. I'm with Chris Rock on the matter that "a black Christian is like a black person with no memory". Though I guess it's less "memory" and more "historical education". It's a very self-defeating kind of lifestyle and it's really sad that there aren't more black atheists.

[@Macto5]

@@mastermarkus5307 That's not unique to African Americans - Christianity and religion in general has always been a means to control the masses.

[@mastermarkus5307]

@@Macto5 Absolutely, and I'm aware of that. Black Americans are just the subject of the conversation here. I think there are some deleted comments that were here that made this subject more obvious?

[@WishIWuzKaji]

I kinda wish you'd mentioned the Unplugged parody Weird Al does in concert, where he comes out and sings "Eat It" to the tune of "Layla."

[@cremetangerine82]

Is this magical thing on KZbin?

[@TheMadwomen]

@@cremetangerine82 Indeed it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGeTmmycf6qSkJI

[@ronniejdio9411]

Al was a treasure

[@hiimemily]

@@ronniejdio9411 I mean, he still is, but he used to be too.

[@knoblesavage9080]

“Ma’am this is an Arby’s” is the nail in the coffin

[@stevethepocket]

Geez. The part where she talks about her clothes is like that joke from "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"-"It could take me hours to find an outfit that says 'I just threw this on.'" Except for real. And speaking of '90s sitcoms, I'm pretty sure those titles are using the _Friends_ title font.

[@IABITVpresents]

Possibly that's all that's the MTV Unplugged shtick was

[@NEEDbacon]

@@IABITVpresents Going by what Todd said about it, that's basically what it is. Posturing that you're "real" cause you can do a cover of the cover some guy at a coffee shop could do.

[@CylindricalWhistle]

"Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know." -- oscar wilde

[@IABITVpresents]

I forgot to say that's what I said to explain the font because it pops up on other Unplugged concerts

[@rkgk1517]

I defend MTV Unplugged because it gave us the George Michael performance. He was absolutely fantastic and it arguably showcased him better than the usual production.

[@timmy841212]

He was the best one out of all of them.

[@usedcarsalesman6723]

America Love it Or leave it Bruh idk how anyone can listen to AiC unplugged and say it isn’t excellent

[@SneedyKetler]

@@usedcarsalesman6723 it’s great, but I don’t think I’d want to be in the audience hearing five takes of “Sludge Factory”

[@kolbykauffman4180]

I'd hear Layne fuck up Sludge Factory ten times if that were possible.

[@witherblaze]

Nirvana did it best

[@Beaglegirl19]

I really feel bad for Lauryn. This was so difficult to watch. That performance is clearly a cry for help but, it seems like nobody wants to help her and no one is listening but, instead, they're just exploiting her breakdown of her mental state for money. I feel like she should just retire because her heart and her mind aren't into music anymore. Lauryn needs to take care of herself or something will happen to her.

[@GagsAnimation]

Ikr?

[@360.Tapestry]

oh, god lmao shut up... "exploiting her breakdown" she puts herself in these situations

[@GagsAnimation]

@@360.Tapestry ok then. Well shut up. And when this sort of thing happens to you, and someone expresses sympathy and care for your situation, we'll make sure to tell them to shut up, because you brought it on yourself.

[@360.Tapestry]

@@GagsAnimation _when_ this sort of thing happens to me? LMAO who does this happen to? lmao come back to reality. this crap happens to .000000001% of people

[@GagsAnimation]

@@360.Tapestry you poor soul. You have my pity

[@Argeaux2]

I think the biggest reason MTV Unplugged was huge was because it gave us one last Nirvana album. The Nirvana Unplugged album was huge. It was played everywhere. It was a different sound for Nirvana, but it worked. All their covers felt like new material. I still like it. It turns out that there were live bootlegs of some Nirvana concerts, which Krist was able to turn into one more Nirvana record, but that wasn't huge.

[@brendantoungate8287]

The grunge bands that did those Unplugged shows really did the format justice. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains all put on incredible Unplugged concerts.

[@soulbrother5435]

Clapton and Alice in Chains Unplugged albums were great as well. But when pop stars jumped on that trend it was yikes

[@charlottecorday8494]

Ummm 10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged anyone?

[@calmbbaer]

Unplugged was huge long before Nirvana came on it. Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart, and 10,000 Maniacs all had not just hit albums from their performances, but hit songs from those albums. "I'll Be There" went #1 in the U.S. and was Carey's highest-charting song in the UK at the time. "Because the Night" was by far 10,000 Maniacs' biggest hit. "Have I Told You Lately?" was Rod Stewart's last big solo hit in both the U.S. and UK. And let's not forget Eric Clapton - 26 million records sold worldwide, 7x platinum in the U.S. before Nirvana was even on the show, and the acoustic version of "Layla" eclipsing the original for at least a few years. If anything, Nirvana came late to the party; perhaps they made it more acceptable for groups like Alice in Chains and Korn to appear, but they certainly didn't put it on the map.

[@typhoidtyphoon]

Nirvana's Unplugged in New York might be my favourite album.

[@mamawray]

@21:00. I was once at a Holy Thursday mass in Singapore and I was super pregnant at the time and this cathedral was packed and there was no AC so the doors were just open to the street and they had these big electric fans going and after a lot of singing, praying and reading FINALLY the bishop (I think he was the bishop) stands up and delivers the homily. And I have no memory of the homily except that it seemed fine. I was really sleepy and sweating like a horse in the desert and trying to keep my head from nodding and totally failing and I felt like the bishop was staring at me the whole time and he had this oddly high-pitched voice but it was fine. And then after about 15 minutes, just when it sounded like he was wrapping up, he says, "So today we come together in faith...but what does faith really mean?" And in my head I started screaming: "NOOOOOOOO!! He's starting over again!! No, Your Excellency! NOOOO!" And the last thing I remember from that night, is that the baby kicked me in the bladder and I peed a little but my dress and seat were already so damp that no one could tell. But at least I wasn't like the people in the front row of this Unplugged show whose asses must have fallen asleep during the second song. That had to be mad uncomfortable.

[@stokesa3122]

Adam Lives in Theory is about Adam Neely making his living by making videos about music theory.

[@pronkb000]

Keep in mind that that's only a theory.

[@kristopherpoulsen653]

@@pronkb000 Theoretically speaking

[@MrRogerogerio]

@@pronkb000 Music theory!

[@lighgblue2676]

@@pronkb000 that's not a theory that's reality

[@escritora84]

Can you imagine a conversation between Lauryn Hill and Jewel? Goodness, I think my head would explode...

[@kylehegedus5498]

Let’s add Liz Phair to this!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Wildtingz]

The casualty reality lmaoo

[@LifeOfRiley]

I just wanted to say… THANK YOU, for going beyond the usual arguments with this video; acknowledging how sloppy it is on a technical level, but more importantly; acknowledging that its defenders are playing horror show with her mental health in a way that feels inappropriate at best. Once again, your deep compassion undercuts your sardonic tone perfectly, and proves why you’re one of my favorite music reviewers.

[@PurpleandBlackNails]

This album sounds like agony. I'm so sorry you had to listen to it, but also I'm glad we can all skim listen to it through this video haha.

[@DoveAlexa]

I don't know what causes me more pain, the actual audio or knowing this is someone having a breakdown in public.

[@dn22pkkdd476]

Eh, I've heard worse.

[@kimifw58]

Online reviewers do that service for us.

[@drewl5221]

This was the realist episode of trainwreckords so far.. That's Reality

[@MarkQuick0411]

Drewcifer 666 Thts real

[@NJGuy1973]

Real deal Holyfield!

[@muggsylauer2683]

14:45 I went on a 10 minute rant after I heard her say (basically), "My voice sucks because I overdid, but that's just reality..." Fuck that. That's the most bullshit "dog ate my homework" excuse I've ever heard.

[@TheImperiusv]

I tried to listen to this album. Now I think that I'm bisexual. :(

[@lighgblue2676]

That's just reality

[@theelectricant98]

So naive like Eve

[@goingunder2548]

Why the sad face? Bisexuals are awesome

[@riley2243]

⁠@@goingunder2548 they’re just referencing the video

[@StoneCutter-j6x]

Honestly, same

[@chefbanjo8139]

Idk, MTV Unplugged gave us Clapton and his entire band playing a group kazoo solo, so I'll never call it anything other than a complete victory for both television and music.

[@drpibisback7680]

_as kazoos blare in the background_ "Ladies and Gentlemen, Blues Rock is dead... and we have killed it."

[@genesmiley9866]

It also gave us Clapton snoring his way through Layla. Hope someone woke him when the song was over.

[@cremetangerine82]

@@genesmiley9866 No shit! That version of “Layla” won over Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit, at the 1992 Grammy Awards. Ironically, the only Grammy that Nirvana won was “Best Alternative Album” for *their* Unplugged album.

[@dtxspeaks268]

​@@cremetangerine82 correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Clapton do the original "Layla" from the 70s? Or am I getting things mixed up?

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

@@dtxspeaks268 he did, but the unplugged version is a different arrangment.

[@serenasheila]

I think this could easily be the worst album you have ever reviewed. The saddest part was that back in the early 90's when the Fugees first debuted practically every other album and song had some variation of "Keep it real" in the title. By 2003 that concept was so cliched that even Ali G was making fun of it. Lauryn Hill seemed to be the only person on Earth who didn't understand this. It's heartbreaking to watch a cultural icon become so woefully out of touch.

[@t3-20-eberson8]

This week i went to a Ms Lauryn concert here in Brazil, AND SHE STILL GOTTA. Freestyling in the middle of the songs, singing with an Angel voice, and performing happy. Hope the Queen start a new project.

[@brat6969]

Lauryn Hill's voice. It's the timbre. The expression. You're right, she's an extraordinary performer, and that's why this album was so enjoyable for me when I was younger. The lyrics were something I ignored, but the sound of her voice, I always came back for. Thank you so much for the contextual comments and editing. The narrative you've crafted is powerful and so respectful and interested in one of the most soulful, difficult artists in pop history.

[@TheRuleOfRose]

I feel like we may watched two different videos 😆