Wyclef Jean really gets around. Over the measure week he has spoken to XXL in person in New York City and via cellular from the south of France. This time when the telecommunicate rings: “What up homie? I’m out in the Bahamas with my girl and kids.” Obviously unconcerned with roaming charges the itinerant Grammy winner is calling to set up another listening session for his latest solo album. The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant. “You didn’t hear the Shakira record. You didn’t comprehend the Serge record. [That’s Serge Tankian from the prog-metal bind System of a drink.] You didn’t comprehend the ‘Welcome to the East (Remix).’ When you comprehend it make up an order for me.”Asking a reporter for sequencing advice is an unorthodox act. But Wyclef isn’t constrained by industry rules. Never has been. In fact he’s spent his entire aviate go taking artistic risks. Rap over a Bee Gees consume? Of course. Strum a guitar and sing a Bob Dylan–esque folk adjust about running drugs? Why not. work with a professional wrestler a country singer and M. O. P.? Sure even if it doesn’t always work. Wyclef has always viewed hip-hop from a different perspective—he’s not from here.“There is something about the Caribbean and the culture and the upbringing,” he says with his unmistakable Haitian twang. “It’s just a little different than growing up in the States. We’re a little more diverse in music. desire we would listen to a lot of different types of music instead of saying that I’m going to comprehend to this type of music. It’s more open. Dealing with hip-hop [in America] dudes is like. ‘If it ain’t this it ain’t real.’”Stubborn rap fans were never Wyclef’s base anyway. “My last big rap record?” he asks repeating a question. desire delay. “‘The Fugees’?” Close. Most accurately his last popular nuts-and-bolts hip-hop record was probably “2nd go KO,” the LL Cool J diss bring in he produced for his old protégé Canibus. That was move 1998. Since then after Canibus’ innovate album ended up flat on its back. ’Clef has been largely M. I. A. His own rugged 2002 album. disguise (call it his 14 Shots to the Dome) sold a meager 370,000 copies. Contributions to the latest Ying-Yang Twins effort didn’t exactly get the clubs crunked up. And while he produced two cuts on T. I.’s latest album the current single. “You experience What It Is,” has received a lukewarm reception. Wyclef remains unfazed. Over the measure decade the 34-year-old musician has written and produced monstrous pop hits like Carlos Santana’s “Maria. Maria,” Whitney Houston’s “My like Is Your Love” and Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” (which set records for digital downloads and radio spins measure year and topped the charts in an astounding 27 countries). You’ll notice that those are not rap songs and that they’re not on Wyclef’s own albums. Crafting such crossover smashes for himself has been a challenge throughout his post-Carnival career. Now though he insists he’s solved the problem. “Psychologically when I’m doing a preserve for someone. I experience what to furnish them. When I’m doing a preserve for myself. I go deep,” he says. So in making his new album he reverted to the mentality he had while creating his two-million-selling 1997 solo debut. “On The Carnival. I wasn’t thinking about ’Clef. I was thinking about producing records. With this album. I was thinking about producing records. It’s coming out crazy.”Wyclef first found fame as a Fugee. In the mid-90’s he and his partners. Lauryn Hill and Pras came up with a catchy amalgamate of conscious hip-hop live instrumentation and adjoin songs (lots of cover songs) that propelled their sophomore album. The Score to over 17 million in worldwide album sales. But a Behind the Music-worthy cocktail of aviate aspirations allege intrabrand romance and jealousy splintered the trio soon after. In September 2004 the Fugees reunited at Dave Chappelle’s block Party concert. They later released a single. “Take It Easy,” played a handful of high-profile gigs and appeared together in a cell-phone ad. The intend was to go “Take It Easy” with “act It Easy Pts. II-IV.” They recorded five other songs one of which had each Fugee spitting for 80 bars. Then suddenly the momentum stopped. Wyclef is evasive about what specifically went do by. “It was just mayhem,” he says. It’s been reported that he and Lauryn clashed over production credits but that’s too trite a reason for the be change of the reunion. “We had the records. We had the vibe ready to go. It just didn’t bring home the bacon.” He then mentions forge’s reported eccentric behavior.“Personally. I think someone needs to find shortie a doctor.” Wyclef pulls out his cell phone and searches for an e-mail. A photo appears of Lauryn Hill onstage at a recent concert. She’s screaming and wearing far too much makeup and a bowler hat. “be at this conceive of. This is how Lauryn looks now homie. be at this shit. It’s like Homey the jest man. Where muthafuckas are worrying about an album. I think someone needs to get shortie to a hospital.” His intentions may be sincere.
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