Album
The Carnival
Wyclef Jean Featuring Refugee Allstars
1997 · Hip Hop
12 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Carnival is a Hip-Hop album by Wyclef Jean Featuring Refugee Allstars, originally released in 1997. On Gatefold: 29 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
About
"Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival," also known simply as "The Carnival," is the debut studio album by Haitian hip hop artist Wyclef Jean. It was released on 24 June 1997, with Jean also serving as executive producer. The album includes guest appearances from Celia Cruz and The Neville Brothers, as well as multiple contributions from his former Fugees bandmates, Lauryn Hill and Pras. The album was met with critical acclaim. Commercially, it peaked at number sixteen on the US Billboard 200 and number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It earned Jean three Grammy nominations: two at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Guantanamera," and one at the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999 for Best Rap Solo Performance for his top-ten hit "Gone till November.".
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Tracklist
- 1Intro / Court / Clef / Intro (Skit / Interlude)3:15
- 2Apocalypse3:49
- 3Guantanamera4:30
- 4Pablo Diablo (Interlude)0:39
- 5Bubblegoose3:49
- 6Prelude To "To All The Girls" (Interlude)0:30
- 7To All The Girls4:17
- 8Down Lo Ho (Interlude)1:13
- 9Anything Can Happen4:36
- 10Gone Till November3:27
- 11Words Of Wisdom (Interlude)0:45
- 12Year Of The Dragon4:07
- 13Sang Fezi4:02
- 14Fresh Interlude1:45
- 15Mona Lisa4:30
- 16Street Jeopardy3:57
- 17Killer M.C. (Interlude)0:32
- 18We Trying To Stay Alive3:11
- 19Gunpowder4:24
- 20Closing Arguments (Interlude/Skit)1:35
- 21Enter The Carnival (Interlude)0:24
- 22Jaspora4:03
- 23Yele5:24
- 24Carnival5:24
Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
- Alternative Hip-Hop
- lush
- celebratory
- tropical
"Intro" contains elements from Afrique's "Soul Makossa".
"Apocalypse" contains elements from Saint Preux's "Concerto For One Voice".
"Guantamanera" contains elements from Celia Cruz's "Guantanamera".
"Guantamanera" contains replayed elements from Kenny Nolan's "Penny For Your Thoughts".
"Prelude To 'To All The Girls'" (Interlude) contains elements from Sparrow Meets The Dragon's "Only A Fool".
"To All The Girls" contains elements from Earth, Wind & Fire's "Sunshine".
"To All The Girls" contains resung elements from "To All The Girls I Loved Before", written by Hal David and Albert Hammond.
"To All The Girls" contains resung elements from "Captain Of My Heart", written by Kurt Maloo and Felix Haug.
"To All The Girls" contains resung elements from "Rappers Delight", written by Guy O'Brien, Sylvia Robinson, Michael Wright, Henry Jackson and Ben Leibrand.
"Year Of The Dragon" contains elements from "Voices In My Head", written by G. Summers.
"Sang Fezi" contains replayed elements from "House Of The Rising Sun", written by Alan Price.
"We Trying To Stay Alive" contains elements from the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive".
"We Trying To Stay Alive" contains resung elements from Audio Two's "Top Billin'".
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Refugee Camp All StarsFEATURING
- Afrique
- Bee Gees
- Byron Lee And The Dragonaires
- Celia CruzFEATURING VOCALS
- Crazy SamFEATURING
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- I ThreesBACKING VOCALS HARMONY VOCALS
- Jacob DesvarieuxFEATURING VOCALS
- Jeni FujitaFEATURING VOCALS
- Jerry DuplessisBASS BASS GUITAR
- Jocelyne BeroardFEATURING VOCALS
- Joel ServilusBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, VOCALS FEATURING
- John FortéFEATURING
- Judy MowattBACKING VOCALS HARMONY VOCALS
- Lauryn HillARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , FEATURING ARRANGED BY , VOCALS
- Marcia GriffithsBACKING VOCALS HARMONY VOCALS
- Melky SedeckFEATURING VOCALS
12 collectors on Gatefold own this · 29 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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