Wyclef Jean
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Biography
[Edit]Lead Fugees rapper and sometime guitarist Wyclef Jean was the first member of his group to embark on a solo career, and he proved even more ambitious and eclectic on his own. As the Fugees hung in limbo, Wyclef also became hip-hop's unofficial multicultural conscience; a seemingly omnipresent activist, he assembled or participated in numerous high-profile charity benefit shows for a variety of causes, including aid for his native Haiti. The utopian one-world sensibility that fueled Wyclef's political consciousness also informed his recordings, which fused hip-hop with as many different styles of music as he could get his hands on (though, given his Caribbean roots, reggae was a particular favorite). In addition to his niche as hip-hop's foremost global citizen, Clef was also a noted producer and remixer who worked with an impressive array of pop, R&B, and hip-hop talent, including Whitney Houston, Santana, and Destiny's Child, among many others.
The son of a minister, Nelust Wyclef Jean was born in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, on October 17, 1972. When he was nine, his family moved to the Marlborough projects in Brooklyn, NY; by his teenage years, Jean had moved to New Jersey, taken up the guitar, and begun studying jazz through his high school's music department. In 1987, he also joined a rap group with his cousin Prakazrel Michel (aka Pras) and Michel's high-school classmate Lauryn Hill. Initially calling themselves the Tranzlator Crew, they evolved into the Fugees, a name taken from slang for Haitian refugees. The trio signed with Ruffhouse Records in 1993 and released their debut album, Blunted on Reality, the following year; it attracted little notice, thanks to an inappropriate hardcore stance that the group wore like an ill-fitting suit. But the Fugees hit their stride on the follow-up, The Score, ignoring popular trends and crafting an eclectic, bohemian masterpiece that sounded like nothing else on the hip-hop landscape in 1996. Thanks to hit singles like "Fu-Gee-La" and "Killing Me Softly," The Score became a chart-topping phenomenon; in fact, with sales of over six million copies, it still ranks as one of the biggest-selling rap albums of all time.
Wyclef Jean was the first Fugee to declare plans for a solo project, setting to work soon after the group completed its supporting tours. Released in the summer of 1997, The Carnival (full title: Wyclef Jean Presents the Carnival Featuring the Refugee All-Stars) was even more musically ambitious than The Score. Its roster of guests included not only the remainder of the Fugees, but also Jean's siblings (who performed together in the duo Melky Sedeck), Cuban legend Celia Cruz, New Orleans funk mainstays the Neville Brothers, and Bob Marley's female backing vocalists the I Threes. The breadth of his ambition was further in evidence on the album's two hit singles; "We Trying to Stay Alive" recast the Bee Gees' signature disco tune as a ghetto empowerment anthem, and the Grammy-nominated "Gone Till November" was recorded with part of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Those two songs helped push The Carnival into a Top 20, triple-platinum showing, and most reviews were naturally quite positive.
In the wake of The Carnival, Wyclef stepped up his outside work for other artists; over the next few years, he collaborated as a producer, songwriter, and/or remixer with a typically diverse list of artists: Destiny's Child ("No No No"), Sublime, Simply Red, Whitney Houston (the title track of her My Love Is Your Love album), dancehall reggae star Bounty Killer, Cypress Hill, Michael Jackson, Eric Benet, Mya, Santana ("Maria Maria"), Tevin Campbell, the Black Eyed Peas, Kimberly Scott, Sinéad O'Connor, Mick Jagger, and Canibus. Clef also served as Canibus' manager for a short time in 1998; prior to their split, a report surfaced that Wyclef had pulled a gun on Blaze editor Jesse Washington over a negative Canibus review the magazine was slated to run (Wyclef vehemently denied the accusation, and no charges were filed).
By the time Wyclef began work on his second solo album, rumors were flying about tension between individual Fugees, and despite their denials, the fact that no follow-up to The Score was in sight seemed to lend credence to all the speculation. Although Wyclef had previously announced he would put off his sophomore effort until after the next Fugees album, he was well into the project by early 2000, giving an early release the antipolice brutality track "Diallo" (with guest vocals from Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour) via the Internet. The full album, titled The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book, was released toward the end of the summer and entered the charts at number nine. Besides N'Dour, guests this time around included Mary J. Blige (on the Grammy-nominated duet "911"), Earth, Wind & Fire, Kenny Rogers, and even wrestling star the Rock ("It Doesn't Matter"); Clef also threw in a left-field cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here." This time around, some critics suggested that Wyclef's sprawling ambitions were growing messy, but the record went platinum nonetheless. Shortly after its release, he also started up his own record label, Yclef.
With no Fugees reunion in sight, Wyclef began preparing his third solo album, Masquerade, in 2001; he also appeared in the Jamaican gangster flick Shottas, and, sadly, suffered the death of his father in a home accident. Masquerade was released in the summer of 2002, and in addition to the usual worldbeat fusions, it found Wyclef reworking songs by Bob Dylan and Frankie Valli, and featured guest shots from Tom Jones and Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari. Masquerade entered the charts at number six, proving that Wyclef's freewheeling approach still held quite a bit of appeal. One year later, he returned with The Preacher's Son, and also released an album of traditional Haitian Creole music, Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101. His debut solo album got its sequel in 2007 when Carnival, Vol. 2: Memoirs of an Immigrant hit the shelves. The album had a diverse and lengthy guest list, with Akon, Mary J. Blige, Norah Jones, Shakira, Paul Simon, and Sizzla being just some of the names involved. Two years later he returned with Toussaint St. Jean: From the Hut, To the Projects, To the Mansion, a mixtape that found Wyclef rapping rather than singing.
Title: Perfect Gentleman (Maxi-Single)
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Electronica, Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Divine Sorrow (Klingande Remix) [feat. Avicii] - Single
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Putumayo Presents: New World Party
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Dancefloor, Reggae, Reggae Fusion, World Music, Pop
Title: Carnival III The Fall And Rise Of A Refugee
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Punk Rock, Reggae
Title: China Wine - Single
Artist: Elephant Man, Wyclef Jean, The Sun
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Arrête (feat. 16 De Guetta) - Single / Arrete (feat. 16 De Guetta) - Single
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Pop
Title: Hendrix (Single)
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Electronica, Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Death Metal, Reggae
Title: Kreyole 101 - Welcome To Haiti
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae, World Music, Latin
Title: Carnival, Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Reggae, World Music
Title: Carnival, Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Reggae, World Music
Title: Divine Sorrow Remix Pack 1 (feat. Avicii) - Single
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: All Or Nothing - Single
Artist: Naughty Boy, Wyclef Jean, Ray BLK
Title: Carnival, Vol. II - Memoirs of an Immigrant
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae, Pop
Title: Carnival Vol. II... Memoirs Of An Immigrant (CD2)
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Reggae
Title: Playlist: The Very Best of Wyclef Jean
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Title: Love Theory (Remix) - Single
Artist: Kirk Franklin, Wyclef Jean
Title: Two Wrongs
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Carnival, Vol. II... Memoirs of an Immigrant
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Reggae, Pop
Title: Carnival Vol. II... Memoirs Of An Immigrant (CD1)
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae
Title: Mystery (The Partysquad Remix) - Single
Artist: The Partysquad, Wyclef Jean, K - 391
Genre: Pop
Title: Wyclef Jean Presents the Carnival (feat. Refugee Allstars)
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Mystery (Mark Shakedown Remix) - Single
Artist: Wyclef Jean, K - 391, Mark Shakedown
Genre: Pop
Title: Killing Me Softly (Version Bachata) - Single
Artist: Wyclef Jean, Rebecca Kingsley
Genre: Bachata
Title: Masquerade
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Rock, Reggae, Roots Reggae, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock
Collections
Title: Touch My Soul The Finest Of Black Music Vol. 12
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: G-A-Y Divas
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Urban Flavours (The Best Of Hip Hop & R&B) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: 25 Putumayo Albums (New World Party)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, World Music, Ethnic , American Folk
Title: Next Friday (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Rap, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Party (CD1)
Genre: Industrial, Club/Dance, Pop, EBM
Title: Best Club Hits Vol. 1 (CD9)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Vários 36 (CD1) / Varios 36 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Winter Dance Party (CD2)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Avto Club 2015 (CD2)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Club Dance Ambience Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: House, Trance, Club/Dance
Title: 1000 Klassiekers De Absolute Top Vol. 6 (CD1)
Genre: Club/Dance
Title: Boom Hits # 2 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Options Remake Of Tracks 2015 JAN. 04 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Club/Dance, Nu Disco, Progressive
Title: We Love The 90s (100 Best Hits) (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The Bomb 2k15 (CD1)
Genre: Industrial, Club/Dance, Disco House, EBM
Title: R&B - 100 Hits (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Club Sounds Vol. 72
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: German Top 50 Official Dance Charts (02.03.15)
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Amnezia Spring Hits 2015
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: House Sounds Vol. 10
Genre: House, Club/Dance, Progressive
Title: DJ Zone Best Session 02 / 2015
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: DJ Selection 423 Dance Invasion Vol. 125
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Kontor Top Of The Clubs 2015.02 (CD1)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Kontor Top Of The Clubs Vol. 66 (CD1)
Genre: House, Club/Dance
Title: Urban Dance Vol. 12 (CD1)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Urban Dance Vol. 12 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: AstroFox - Actuality 103
Genre: Electro House, Progressive House
Title: Dance Charts Top 100 (18.04.2015) (CD1)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Dance Mix # 2 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: DJ Selection 426 - The House Jam Vol. 130
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Ultimate 90's Party (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 30 Stars 00's (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Punk, Pop Punk, Pop, Alternative
Title: Ultimate Pop (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Power Pop, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Ultimate Pop (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Power Pop, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Winter Hits 2015
Genre: Electropop, Soul, Club/Dance, Alternative, Funk
Title: Kontor Top Of The Clubs 2015.02 (CD1)
Genre: Electro, Club/Dance, Progressive
Title: Urban Funk Equinox Sounds (CD1)
Genre: House, Club/Dance, Funk
Title: Now That's What I Call A Summer Party (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Radio 538 Hitzone 38
Genre: Electronica, Eurodance, House, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Ultimate 90s (CD4)
Genre: Garage, Hip Hop/R&B, Indie Rock, Pop
Title: Summer Pop Mania (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Summer Cocktail 2015 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Summer Dance Hits - Best Of 2015 (CD2)
Genre: House
Title: Dance Hits Best Of 2015 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Billboard Presents - Summer Hits 2015 (CD2)
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: House Play Nocturnal (CD2)
Genre: Club/Dance, Funk, Progressive
Title: Absolute Music 78
Title: Billboard Presents - Autumn Hits 2015 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop
Title: Tropiques Dancefloor 2015
Genre: Reggae, Dancehall, World Music, Ethnic
Title: Amsterdam Music Festival - The 2015 Compilation
Genre: Trance, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: 100 Hits Of The 90's (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Now Thats What I Call Party Anthems 2015 (CD1)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Must Have Audio Stadium Drops (CD2)
Genre: House, Club/Dance, Funk, Progressive
Title: M2o Vol. 38 Are You Radio (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Ibiza Running Drivers Festival (CD3)
Genre: House, Nu Disco, Progressive
Title: Saturn Exclusiv Edition - 90er (CD3)
Genre: Breakbeat , Eurodance, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancehall, Reggae Fusion
Title: Crossing Energy Bounce (CD2)
Genre: Electro
Title: Ibiza Dance Home Maked (CD2)
Title: 30 Stars 00s: Voices (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Reggae Fusion, Pop, Alternative
Featuring albums
Title: The Platinum Collection (Greatest Hits I II & III)
Artist: Queen
Title: Bridging the Gap
Artist: Black Eyed Peas
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Reflections - A Retrospective
Artist: Mary J. Blige
Title: Traffic Jams
Artist: DJ Skribble
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Mtv's Hip Hopera: CARMEN
Artist: Carmen (Television Soundtrack)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: East Jerusalem / West Jerusalem
Artist: David Broza
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Get On Ya Grind - Chopped Not Slopped
Artist: OG Ron " C ", Kay Slay
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul
Title: This Is The Remix
Artist: Destiny'S Child
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Everyone's Hero Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Everyone's Hero (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Genre: Pop
Title: Reflections - A Retrospective (Bonus Track Version)
Artist: Mary J. Blige
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Lost in Harmony: Kaito's Adventure (Video Game Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Next Friday (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Amsterdam Music Festival - The 2015 Compilation
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: All The Hits
Artist: Shakira
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, World Music, Latin, Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative
Title: ROUTE OF OVERCOMING THE STRUROUTE
Artist: Flo Rida
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Pop Rap, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Greatest Hits
Artist: Tarkan
Genre: House, Tribal House, Trance, Progressive Trance, Techno, Techno-DNB, World Music, Disco, Pop