Description
Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival - Featuring Refugee Allstars / Ruffhouse Records Audio CD 1997 / 487442 2
UPC 5099748744227
Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival, also known simply as The Carnival, is the debut studio album released by Haitian hip hop musician Wyclef Jean. The album was released on 24 June 1997. Wyclef Jean also served as the album's executive producer. The album features guest appearances from Celia Cruz and The Neville Brothers and multiple appearances from Jean's former Fugees bandmates, Lauryn Hill and Pras.
The album was released to critical acclaim. While commercially it peaked at number sixteen on the US Billboard 200 chart, and at number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, it garnered Jean three Grammy Award nominations, including two nominations at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Guantanamera", and Best Rap Solo Performance at the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999, for his top-ten hit "Gone till November".
| Label: | Ruffhouse Records – 487442 2 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
1997 |
| Genre: | Hip Hop |
| Style: | Ragga HipHop, Contemporary R&B |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Intro / Court / Clef / Intro (Skit / Interlude) | |
| 2 | Apocalypse | |
| 3 | Guantanamera | |
| 4 | Pablo Diablo (Interlude) | |
| 5 | Bubblegoose | |
| 6 | Prelude To "To All The Girls" (Interlude) | |
| 7 | To All The Girls | |
| 8 | Down Lo Ho (Interlude) | |
| 9 | Anything Can Happen | |
| 10 | Gone Till November | |
| 11 | Words Of Wisdom (Interlude) | |
| 12 | Year Of The Dragon | |
| 13 | Sang Fezi | |
| 14 | Fresh Interlude | |
| 15 | Mona Lisa | |
| 16 | Street Jeopardy | |
| 17 | Killer M.C. (Interlude) | |
| 18 | We Trying To Stay Alive | |
| 19 | Gunpowder | |
| 20 | Closing Arguments (Interlude/Skit) | |
| 21 | Enter The Carnival (Interlude) | |
| 22 | Jaspora | |
| 23 | Yele | |
| 24 | Carnival |
