Album info

• Title Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival
• Artist Wyclef Jean
• Year 1997
• Genre Pop

Tracklist

1. Court Clef (Intro)
2. Apocalypse
3. Guantanamera (feat. Celia Cruz, Jeni Fujita and Lauryn Hill)
4. Pablo Diable (Interlude) (feat. Crazy Sam and Talent)
5. Bubblegoose (feat. Melky Sedeck)
6. To All the Girls (Prelude)
7. To All the Girls
8. Down Lo Ho (Interlude) (feat. Talent and Wil Shannon Briggs)
9. Anything Can Happen
10. Gone till November
11. Words of Wisdom (Interlude)
12. Year of the Dragon (feat. Lauryn Hill)
13. Sang Fézi (feat. Lauryn Hill)
14. Fresh Interlude
15. Mona Lisa (feat. The Neville Brothers)
16. Street Jeopardy (feat. John Forté and R.O.C.)
17. Killer M.C. (Interlude) (feat. Pras)
18. We Trying to Stay Alive (feat. John Forté and Pras)
19. Gunpowder (feat. Lauryn Hill)
20. Closing Arguments (Interlude) (feat. Talent and Wil Shannon Briggs)
21. Enter the Carnival (Interlude)
22. Jaspora
23. Yelé (feat. Joel Servilus and Lauryn Hill)
24. Carnival (feat. Jacob Desvarieux, Jocelyne Béroard and Sweet Mickey)

Thoughts

This is a hard one to review and score really, because the good stuff is great but it’s sort of filtered through a concept album lens with skits and stuff and that side of it just wasn’t my cup of tea. It is a bit weird that this is Wyclef’s first solo album but effectively has all the Fugees on there anyway. Lauryn Hill pops up a good few times! But even though I found it a bit hard to listen to the whole thing, there’s some real genius in there that I love, so bring on the next Wyclef.

Rating: 3 / 5