Presents Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars [Explicit Lyrics]

Wyclef Jean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Original Release Date: June 24, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002BV3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (106 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,592 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro/Court/Clef/Intro (Skit/Interlude)

2. Apocalypse

3. Guantanamera

4. Pablo Diablo (Interlude)

5. Bubblegoose

6. Prelude to "To All the Girls" (Interlude)

7. To All the Girls

8. Down lo Ho (Interlude)

9. Anything Can Happen

10. Gone Till November

11. Words of Wisdom (Interlude)

12. Year of the Dragon

13. Sang Fezi

14. Fresh (Interlude)

15. Mona Lisa

16. Street Jeopardy

17. Killer M.C. (Interlude)

18. We Trying to Stay Alive

19. Gunpowder

20. Closing Arguments (Interlude/Skit)

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Has one or two very light surface marks, but plays fine, sounds sublime. From a well cared for personal collection. Buy with confidence--see my feedback.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS DEFINITELY WORTH BUYING!!, July 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Presents Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (Audio CD)

For those of you who liked the Refugees first couple of albums, this album is great! Wyclef's songs are all great from beginning to the end, and the short interludes are funny. The first 21 songs (with the exception of track 13) are in english and it's sort of a hip-hop funky style of music in which his Refugee All Stars play. Tracks 13, 22-24 are in Haitian Creole which i thought to be really cool to listen to. Overall I think this album is a great buy and it of course includes his trademark songs of "We tryin' to stay Alive", "Guantanamera", and "Gone till November." (Sorry, you have to buy the CD single in order to get his different "rap" version). I don't recommend listening to just his popular songs which many people do because if you listen to some of his other songs, they're really great! Now all you have to do is buy it and let your ears do all the work!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Props to Wyclef, June 19, 2005

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A fan (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Presents Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (Audio CD)

I am not a fan of rap or hip-hop music. I like a wide range of music--Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews, Bob Marley, Coldplay, The Cure, The Who, Beastie Boys, Janis Joplin, etc.

Wyclef's updated version of "Stayin' Alive" was so catchy, so addictive, and so fresh that it made me want to buy the CD. I'm so glad I did.

Before buying this CD, I thought Wyclef Jean was a rap or hip artist. But in this CD, Wyclef Jean transcends musical categories. He fuses together reggae, Caribbean music, rap, hip-hop, and other genres. His music is funky, political, and soulful. The CD contains ballads, unique instrumental blends, raps, and dance-your-ass off tunes.

Although I don't speak Creole (Haitian Creole), his songs in Creole have beautiful melodies and vocal accompaniments.

The lyrics are brilliant. He sings about political strife in Haiti: famine, gunfire, revenge, and Haitians immigrating to the USA by sea in rafts. And some of his lyrics aren't profound, but funky and fun.

I bought this CD four or five years ago, and still love it. I pull it out every month or two. Each time I re-play the CD, it kicks ass as much as it did the first time I listened to it. The CD is an old friend. It's evolved. I've smoked [...] while listening to the CD, roadtripped to it, danced to it, worked out to it, and just simply listened to it alone or with friends while chilling out in the living room.

It is a great CD and Wyclef is a fabulous artist. Unlike a lot of other artists, he has something to say, and he sings it well.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first 5 star review ever., October 23, 2004

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Kevin Caslow "Boysan" (Spokompton, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Presents Carnival Featuring Refugee Allstars (Audio CD)

This LP is seven years old ya'll. I still listen to it. It's one of those CD's that you just can't let dust collect on. Wyclef may not be the best lyricist, or even have the best flow, but it's the whole package he presents in this LP that brings it all together. The beats are tight, the guest appearances are tasteful, and hey even the jokes and skits are funny. Gone till November rightfully won awards. We tryin' to stay alive was fun as hell. But the other tracks on there are what makes the album worth buying. Don't sleep ya'll. Amazing.
Best tracks:
Gone till November, Tryin to stay alive, Guantanamera, and Year of the Dragon (Lauryn Hill is Viscous on that joint)
Enjoy