Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant [Enhanced, Special Edition]

Wyclef Jean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 4, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced, Special Edition
• Label: Columbia
• ASIN: B000W1V4AW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,119 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Intro

2. Riot (featuring Serj Tankian and Sizzla)

3. Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) (featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and introducing Niia)

4. Welcome To The East (featuring Sizzla)

5. Slow Down (featuring T.I.)

6. King & Queen (featuring Shakira)

7. Fast Car (featuring Paul Simon)

8. What About The Baby (featuring Mary J. Blige)

9. Immigration (featuring Chamillionaire)

10. Any Other Day (featuring Norah Jones)

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Million Voices (featuring African Children's Choir)

2. Emmanuelle

3. Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) Remix (featuring Akon, Lil Wayne, Raekwon and introducing Niia)

4. China Wine (featuring Sun, Elephant Man and Tony Matterhorn)

5. On Tour (featuring Lucina)

6. Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) (featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and introducing Niia) - Video

7. China Wine (featuring Sun, Elephant Man and Tony Matterhorn) - Video

8. On Tour (featuring Lucina) - Video

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Haitian born, Wyclef Jean, is a world renowned artist, songwriter, producer, Good Will Ambassador and activist through his Yelé Haiti foundation. He began his career as a member of the The Fugees. Their classic release, The Score, sold over 18 million copies worldwide and certified the trio as international superstars. Jean then began his solo career with 1997's platinum plus album The Carnival Featuring the Refugee All-Stars. Wyclef went on to work with diverse artists including Santana, Destiny's Child, and Mick Jagger. Recently, he produced "Hips Don't Lie", a Grammy®-nominated duet with Shakira. The track broke the record for the most amount of airplay in the history of Billboard magazine’s airplay tracking. The Grammy® Award winner returns to Columbia Records to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of his first solo album with The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant, which is slated for release on December 4, 2007.

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This Guy Is Good, January 21, 2008

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Mel "Melanie" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant (Audio CD)

I was pleasantly surprised to hear how Jean has blended the styles of diverse artists to create this collection of interesting and enjoyable tunes while paying homage to his island roots.

This is my first purchase of a work by this artist -- I was intrigued by the title. It was a good choice. A creative mix of reggae, hip-hop and contemporary R&B flavors. Nice Job.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Uneven, February 27, 2008

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redanman (Near Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant (Audio CD)

I really like Wyclef, but he can't seem to make up his mind on this album. I'm only recently warmed to Hip Hop but have always liked Reggae. I really like how he defies description sometimes, but this album is muddled and often loses its way -loses its focus again and again. He also does a better job simpler as he did with a tight small band on Craig Ferguson's show in a mid-February, 2008 live appearance.

I prefer an album to have a flow that you can listen to as an entity or oeuvre that you don't have to skip too many tracks on in the course of a long drive (I listen to albums driving 1-3 hours) when they don't get interrupted.

Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 does a much better job of that - staying on a theme. I really do like a few numbers on the album in review, but the flow is awful. I'll probably cut and mix it with a few other similar albums to make another "Road Album" collection.

The three I gave it comes from a few 9's, several 7's - maybe one 10, several 4's and honestly one or two "1's".

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Was this a joke?, December 20, 2008

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Rodney Elliott "Dat_Guy_Chillz" (FPO, Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant (Audio CD)

The worst album of the YEAR. Even Khia had a couple tracks on her awful album that I enjoyed. I don't know what Wyclef was thinking when he actually agreed to have this album released to the mass public. Shame on you Wyclef, I'm actually thinking about suing you for having the nerve to think this was good music.