It was a concert for the ages--for those lucky enough to have known about it.

After an eight-year hiatus, innovative hip-hop supergroup the Fugees reunited and performed at a secret show organized by comedian Dave Chappelle over the weekend in Brooklyn.

Billed as Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Saturday's gig took place in the middle of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Ft. Greene and featured a who's-who of R&B and rap royalty, including Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Common, the Roots, Dead Prez and Jill Scott.

But the highlight came when all three Fugees--Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill and Pras--buried the hatchet for a set that hearkened back to their mid-'90s glory days and hinted at a more permanent collaboration to come.

"Jay-Z said, 'The Fugees gon' break up'/He ain't even know, one day we'd make up," Jean rhymed, according to the New York Times, drawing cheers from the audience.

The band's set featured renditions of some of the trio's biggest tunes, including "Nappy Heads (Remix)," "Fu-Gee-La" "Ready or Not" and a cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly," as well as material off Hill's Grammy-winning 1998 solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

One of those songs was introduced by Wyclef, who said it was time to get over the group's notorious in-fighting. The threesome then launched into Hill's "Lost Ones," widely regarded as a slam at Wyclef and a declaration of her independence. "It's funny how money change a situation/Miscommunication leads to complication/My emancipation don't fit your equation," Hill rapped as Wyclef smiled, rolled his eyes and continued playing guitar, according to MTV.com.

Hill was originally the only Fugee on the slate of performers, but murmurs that a reunion was in the works surfaced in the hours leading up to the show. Then Chappelle dropped the bomb.

"We were going to have Lauryn Hill perform tonight but Columbia [Records] wouldn't clear her songs," said Chappelle, per MTV.com, referring to Hill's record label. "So she came up with a better idea. Ladies and gentleman...the Fugees!"

Last week, Wyclef told andPOP.com that the trio had patched up their differences and were looking forward to collaborating again.

"We're all definitely talking. The energy is definitely good energy," he said. "I spoke to Lauryn. I spoke to Pras. And [it's] just real good energy, good vibes."

However, Jean declined to comment on plans for a new album or even further concert dates.

"It's important for the Fugees to come back and just show them what the next chapter is because there's a whole other chapter that they didn't touch yet," he told Allhiphop.com. (No, we're not quite sure what it means, either, but it doesn't sound like they're committing to a recording session just yet.)

The reunion is the Fugees' first since disbanding following the release of their 1996 monster hit sophomore album, The Score, which sold more than 17 million copies and won the group two Grammys.

Chappelle emceed the event, which was caught on film by director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and his 10-camera crew, who recorded the affair for a feature-length documentary that will hit theaters next year before an eventual DVD release.

The production, dreamed up by Chappelle, had been a carefully guarded secret since organizers began working on it in May and scouting locations.

Despite the free tickets, it wasn't an easy show to get to. Would-be attendees had to register on the Web in advance and then meet at a secret spot in Chinatown, where they were eventually bussed to the concert. Even after the location was announced on the radio Saturday, only several hundred people turned up in the rainy weather, leaving the block barely full.

Editor's Note: E! Online initially failed to attribute the published sources of quotations in paragraphs five (New York Times) and seven and nine (MTV.com). E! Online regrets the oversight.

(Updated Oct. 1, 2004 at 3:15 p.m. PT.)