Thirty years on, "The Score" still sounds like a landmark record, and Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean are marking that anniversary with a show that brings the Fugees' most celebrated work back to the stage. Expect the smoky soul of "Killing Me Softly," the rapid-fire verses of "Ready or Not," and the kind of genre-blurring hip-hop and R&B that made the album a touchstone for a generation. Hill's voice, equal parts gritty and gorgeous, paired with Jean's restless musicality, made for a chemistry that rarely gets revisited with this kind of scale.
Resorts World Theatre gives the performance a setting built for sound and sightlines in equal measure, the kind of room where every horn stab and vocal run lands with clarity. For anyone who grew up with "The Score" on repeat, or who's only come to know it through samples and reverence, this is a chance to hear the songs played live by the people who wrote them, three decades later.