From The Hut, To The Projects To The Mansion

Wyclef Jean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: R.E.D. Distribution
• ASIN: B002Q4TKKY
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,646 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Interlude - From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion

2. Warrior's Anthem

3. The Streets Pronounce Me Dead

4. Slumdog Millionaire

5. Interlude Every Now & Then

6. Walk Away

7. More Bottles

8. You Don't Wanna Go Outside

9. Toussaint vs. Bishop

10. Interlude - The Struggle

11. We Made It

12. Suicide Love

13. Letter From The Penn

14. Robotic Love

15. Gangsta Girl

16. Interlude - Tell The Kids The Truth

17. The Shottas

Editorial Reviews

Wyclef 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.



Wyclef returns with a mixtape featuring all new material. The release returns Wyclef to his roots and is a far more street record than his recent efforts.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars takes a while to get into, but well worth the effort!, August 22, 2010

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Joanne - See all my reviews

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This review is from: From The Hut, To The Projects To The Mansion (Audio CD)

It took me awhile to get into this album, but it is well worth the effort. There is some repetition in the themes throughout, but Wyclef has written some really powerful lyrics and strong raps and melodies. I still love Wyclef for his consistent messages throughout several albums to get the gangsters to put down their guns and walk away. This theme comes out several times on this album. I could live without Lil' Kim's excessive raunchiness on "Gangsta Girl". I still love getting stuck in the "Clef Zone", and you will go there with this album.

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant as per..., March 15, 2010

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apples-214 (london) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From The Hut, To The Projects To The Mansion (Audio CD)

Unlike others who have reviewed this album, I have all of Wyclef's albums and this certainly doesn't let you down.

It's my personal favourite since The Preacher's Son.

Great beats, great lyrics and his rapping as usual is top drawer.

Anyone looking for the background on the lyrics etc should remember that according to Wikipedia this is a concept album telling the story of the fictional character Toussaint St Jean, who is apparently loosely based on the 18th century Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti back in the 18th century.

There isn't one duff track and suggest that if you are a Wyclef fan then you just buy it

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, January 25, 2010

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M. D. Thomatz "Minneapolitan" (Mpls, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From The Hut, To The Projects To The Mansion (Audio CD)

I hope my review ups the average rating for thie album. Great lyrics, cool beats, very listenable, yet I think will have staying power. I'm a newbie to Wyclef's music (except for songs here and there) but I love this CD. Fun and funky, Wyclef kills it. And love Cyndi lauper's contribution- unexcpectedly cool!