New Music: Wyclef Jean "Election Time" & "Death Threats"

Wyclef Jean reflects on his failed bid for the Haitian presidency on “Death Threats” and “Election Time,” two politically-minded tracks off his 2011 album If I Were President: My Haitian Experience. On the bobbing “Death Threats,” Wyclef reflects on yesteryear, when he waved a flag in the air for his people and is now only faced with threats against his life. The optimistic first single “Election Time” is noticeably brighter, featuring a choir chanting behind him on the chorus. March with Clef by listening below.

LISTEN NOW: "Election Time" / "Death Threats"

source: Rap-Up.com

Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean join Raggamuffin Festival

Acclaimed hip-hop and soul singer Lauryn Hill has joined the bill for Rotorua's Raggamuffin music festival.

Hill, once a member of iconic rap group The Fugees, will headline the festival alongside an all-star line-up including Sly & Robbie, Wyclef Jean, Julian Marley, Shaggy, Sean Kingston, Steel Pulse, Katchafire, Sola Rosa, Iva Lamkum, Pacific Herbs and Sweet & irie.

Early bird tickets for Raggamuffin, to be held at Rotorua International Stadium on January 23, are available now.

Raggamuffin Janury 23: Rotorua International Stadium, New Zealand

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source: http://www.stuff.co.nz

Carnival II Tour 2008 (USA/Canada)

Wyclef Jean - Carnival II Tour 2008

09.Jul.2008 20:00

Bell Center 

Montreal, Quebec

10.Jul.2008 20:00

Molson Amphitheatre 

Toronto, Ontario

11.Jul.2008 20:00

International Festival Quebec City

Quebec

12.Jul.2008 20:00

Cisco Ottawa Bluefest 

Ottawa, Ontario

15.Jul.2008 20:00

MTS Centre 

Winnipeg, Manitoba

16.Jul.2008 20:00

Credit Union Center 

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

17.Jul.2008 20:00

Rexall Place 

Edmonton, Alberta

19.Jul.2008 20:00

General Motors Place 

Vancouver, British Columbia

20.Jul.2008 20:00

Roseland Theatre 

Portland, Oregon

21.Jul.2008 20:00

Showbox 

Seattle, Washington

23.Jul.2008 20:00

Mezzanine 

San Francisco, California

25.Jul.2008 20:00

House of Blues 

Los Angeles, California

26.Jul.2008 20:00

Hard Rock Hotel

Las Vegas, Nevada

Wyclef launches emergency relief alliance for Haiti

Haitian-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean launched a new initiative to help his impoverished homeland on Tuesday following last month's deadly food riots. The initiative is aimed at raising $48 million over the next six months to fund expanded food distribution, job creation and assistance for farmers in the poorest country in the Americas.

Dubbed "Together For Haiti" it is backed by the World Food Program, the Pan American Development Foundation and Yele Haiti, Jean's charitable foundation for Haiti.

"We have come together to launch this new initiative because I believe we can do more and better for Haiti when we act together," Jean told a Manhattan news conference. "We are not only interested in feeding people in response to the current crisis, but we want to offer them an alternative that can help them in a sustainable way," he said.

"Together For Haiti" plans to employ 1,800 people a day in poor areas, distribute food to 1.5 million people and provide fertilizers to 55,000 farmers. Grants will also be given to 9,000 families to support the development of micro-enterprises.

"We want to give them the opportunity to set up a small business which they can live on instead of assisting them every time there is a crisis," Jean told Reuters. He was accompanied at the news conference by aid officials and by fellow musician and social activist Paul Simon, who promised support.

At least six people were killed during a week of violent protests last month against rising food and fuel costs in Haiti, where most people scrape by on less than $2 per day.

source: REUTERS

You are welcome to donate. Please visit Yele.org or TogetherForHaiti.org for more information!

Fast Car (Remix feat. Lupe Fiasco)

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Fast Car (Remix feat. Lupe Fiasco) *brand new!!!*

Also make sure to check out the original version feat. Paul Simons

Fast Car (Album Version)

Wyclef Jean - Coming To America Mixtape

Wyclef Jean put out is very first Mixtape CD called “Coming To America”. It features a lot of brand new songs, as well as some of the tracks that were produced for the reunion album which has not seen the light of day (yet?). Check out the song “Been Away Too Long” which uses the same chorus The Fugees used for “Wann Be” and includes a verse dedicated to Lauryn Hill Hip Hop. “If You Wanna” and “Endless Fight” also use rap verses and hooks that were recorded when The Fugees got back together in 2005/06 and recorded songs. Listen and download the mixtape CD for FREE at datpiff.com!

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Mixtape Tracks

1. Coming to america (intro)
2. Last time i rhymed
3. Streets wanna know
4. Bustin them slugs
5. Nino brown
6. You better pray johnny (interlude)
7. Johnnys dead (feat styles p)
8. Play me when im dead (interlude)
9. Africa
10. F.b.i. knockin at my door
11. Why i doo this
12. Blood in your eye (feat the game)
13. Operate on me (feat lil wayne)
14. Been away too long (feat lauryn hill)
15. Lauryn hill and the fugees (interlude)
16. If you wanna (feat lauryn hill)
17. Gettin money since 1996 (interlude)
18. Rap rock n roll star
19. Allow me to re-introduce myself (interlude)
20. Sweetest girl (cream mix) (feat lil wayne raekwon and akon)
21. Informer (feat uncle murda and movado)
22. Fresh off the plane (interlude)
23. House that clef built
24. Leave a voicemail (interlude)
25. Coming home from upstate
26. Where the hope go (interlude)
27. Slow down (feat t.i.)
28. Street religion (feat r. kelly)
29. Behind the scenes (interlude)
30. Welcome to the east (feat sizzla movado uncle murda and minister louis farrakhan)
31. Classic street album (outro) (bonus)
32. Endless fight (the fugees)

Wyclef returns with Carnival II

Wyclef Jean returns to Columbia Records with “The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant,” the artist’s first full-length album for the label since his third solo album, “Masquerade,” entered the Billboard Top 200 at #6 in June 2002. “The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant” is slated for release this autumn.With “The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant,” his sixth full-length studio album, Wyclef Jean continues the autobiographical musical odyssey he began a decade ago with his 1997 triple-platinum debut solo album, “Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee All-Stars” (aka “The Carnival”). 

Wyclef gave his fans their first taste of “The Carnival II” with the release of the album’s lead-in single, “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill),” featuring Akon, Lil’ Wayne and introducing Niia. Released in August, the single rapidly made its first Billboard chart appearance entering the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at #3. “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)” is now available digitally. According to Wyclef, “The Carnival II” is “a continuation of ‘Gone Till November” (his 1997 Top 10 signature hit from “The Carnival”). I focus a lot on the songwriting.” 

For his much anticipated new album, Wyclef has once again called upon his friends, showcasing his musical dexterity as he draws from an extraordinary and diverse roster of collaborating guest artists including Paul Simon (on “Fast Car”), Mary J. Blige, T.I., Norah Jones, Akon, Serj Tankian (of System Of A Down) (on “Trouble Again”), Lil’ Wayne, and Shakira, to name a few. Wyclef produced the entire album with his long-time production partner, Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis, with whom he has worked since the beginning of the Fugees. 

source: wyclef.com official press release

RELATED LINKS

Video: Sweetest Girl (feat. Akon, Lil'Wayne and Niia)

Video: Sweetest Girl Remix (feat. Akon, Lil'Wayne, Reakwon, Niia)

Wyclef Gives Free Concert in Jacmel, Haiti

The week-long YéleFest celebration in Jacmel, Haiti, culminated in a free concert for an estimated 40,000 people on December 1, 2006. YéleFest brought young Haitian artists, filmmakers, musicians and actors together for one week of activities in Jacmel, Haiti, with representatives of non-governmental organizations, volunteer groups, development agencies and donor governments. The program was designed to allow these diverse groups the opportunity to explore ways to use culture and the arts to create new models for achieving sustainable development.

source: yele.org

RELATED LINKS
Video: Watch Wyclef perform
Photos: Wyclef Jean’s Free Concert in Jacmel
Message Board: GET TO KNOW Yéle Haiti

Bootlegs / Mixtape CDs

The Re-Education of Lauryn Hill (2007)

a collection of Lauryn Hill Rarities and previously unreleased material

Tracklist Mixtape CD
01 Music (intro)
02 Lose myself
03 Rebel
04 The passion
05 Selah
06 Social drug
07 A change is gonna come
08 Motives & thoughts (poem)
09 Take too much (rich man)
10 Guarding the gates
11 The makings of you
12 Freedom time
13 One higher soul (outro)

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Lauryn Hill - Anthology (Bootleg 2006)

a collection of Lauryn Hill B-Sides, Collabos and Rarities

Tracklist - CD 01
01 Year Of The Dragon (with Wyclef Jean)
02 Turn Your Lights Down Los (with Bob Marley)
03 The Passion
04 Selah
05 His Eye Is On The Sparrow (Duett with Tanya Blount)
06 Foxy (with The Fugees
07 Be With You (with Mary J. Blige)
08 It Wasn’t You (feat. NAS)
09 All My Time (with Paid & Live)
10 Rebel (Studio Version)
11 Allies (with The Fugees and Poor Rightous Teachers)

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Tracklist - CD 02
01 Do You Like The Way (with Carlos Santana & Cee-Lo)
02 Guantanamera (with Wyclef Jean & Celia Cruz)
03 Take It Easy (with The Fugees)
04 A Change Is Gonna Come (Unplugged with The Fugees)
05 Hip-Hopera (With The Fugees feat. Bounty Killer)
06 Bellevue ”Da Bomb” (With The Fugees feat. Kulcha Don)
07 Rumble In The Jungle (With The Fugees feat. Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes & John Forte)
08 So High (Cloud 9 Remix) (with John Legend)
09 Wanna Be (with The Fugees)
10 Social Drugs
11 Funkmaster Flex Freestyle (with The Fugees)

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The Fugees - B-Sides (Bootleg-CD, 2007)

a collection of Fugees’ B-Sides, Remixes and Rarities

Tracklist
01 Fugees - Fu-Gee-La (North Side Mix)
02 Fugees - Rumble in The Jungle (feat. ATCQ Busta Rhymes and John Forte)
03 Cypress Hill - Boom Biddy Bye Bye (feat. Fugees)
04 Wyclef Jean - John (produced by DJ Muggs)
05 Nas Ft. Lauryn Hill - If I Rule The World (Imagine that)
06 Bounty Killer Ft. The Fugees - Hip-Hopera
07 Fugees - Ready or Not (Salaams Ready for The Show Remix)
08 Fugees - Refugees on The Mic (Remix)
09 Sting Ft. Pras - Roxanne 97 (Puff Daddy Remix)
10 Wyclef Jean - Perfect Gentleman (Remix feat. Xzibit and King Yellowman)
11 Wyclef Jean and Bono - New Day (Reggae Remix)
12 Pras Michel - Mr Martin (Feat Akon)
13 Dante Thomas Feat. Pras - Miss California (Rap Remix)
14 Fugees - Freestyle
15 Fugees - Take it Easy
16 Fugees - Freestyle on Funkmaster Flex Mixtape 1
17 Bob Marley Ft. Lauryn Hill - Turn Your Lights Down Low
18 Lauryn Hill and Ziggy Marley - Redemption Song(Live)
19 Fugees - A Change is Gonna Come (Live)
20 Fugees - Blame it on The Sun

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The Fugees - Live At Club Gino (1996)

recorded at Club Gino, Stockholm on May, 22nd 1996

Tracklist
01 Intro
02 No Woman, No Cry
03 White Lines
04 Vocab
05 Interlude
06 Manifest I
07 How Many Mics
08 Introduction
09 Interlude
10 Fu-Gee-La
11 Boof Baf
12 Nappy Heads
13 Interlude
14 Killing Me Softly
15 Medley
16 Manifest II
17 Ready Or Not
18 Interlude
19 Zealots
20 Keep On Moving
21 Redemption Song

Bonus
22 Killing Me Softly w/ Roberta Flack (1996 MTV Movie Awards)

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The Live Education of Lauryn Hill (1999)

recorded live at the Hippodrome, UK, 1999
including an exclusive live session of The Fugees for BBC Radio 1, 1996
and Remixes / B-Sides

Tracklist
01 Ex-Factor (Live)
02 Lost Ones (Live)
03 Everything Is Everything (Live)
04 Killing Me Softly (Live)
05 Doo Wop (That Thing) (Live)

01 Vocab (Live for BBC)
02 Ready Or Not (Live for BBC)

01 Lost Ones (Remix)
02 Ex-Factor (A Simple Breakdown Remix)
03 Ex-Factor (A Simple Mix)
04 Doo Wop (Vocal)
05 Doo Wop (Instrumental)

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J. Period presents: The Best Of Lauryn Hill (2005)

Official Best-Of Lauryn Hill Mixtape CD Vol. 1 & 2 by J.Period

Tracklist
Contains 83 hits, remixes, rarities and live freestyles, personal commentary from Ms. Hill herself and exclusive new tracks featuring Buju Bantun, Steele, Common and Black Thought!
Visit J.Period Online Store for complete tracklist.

Special Edition also includes:
- new Fugees track “Take It Easy” (with cuts by J.Period)
- limited edition collectors 10″ x 20″ poster

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Lauryn Hill Live in Chicago (2004)

recorded on September, 19th 2004 at Congress Theater, Chicago

Tracklist
01 Intro
02 Ex-Factor
03 Interlude: Reintroduction
04 To Zion
05 Just Like Water
06 Peace Of Mind
07 Interlude: New Artistry
08 Chains (Politician’s Spirit)
09 Chains (Politician’s Spirit) (Acoustic)
10 Interlude: God, Love And Life
11 Conformed To Love
12 Interlude: Love And Philosophy
13 Interlude: Audience Interaction
14 Damnable Heresies
15 I Had To Walk
16 Lost Ones
17 Everything Is Everything
18 Doo Wop (That Thing)
19 Encore: The Passion

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Lauryn Hill Live at Cartier’s (2005)

recorded at a surprise performance in Berverley Hills for Cartier’s 25th anniversary/re-opening in May 2005

Tracklist
01 Doo Wop (That Thing)
02 Ex-Factor
03 Guarding The Gates (I Need Real Love)
04 Rich Men (Take Too Much)
05 Lost Ones
06 Freedom Time

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Lauryn Hill Japanism (1999)

recorded on January, 22nd 1999 at Nippon Budo-Kan, Tokyo

Tracklist - CD 01
01 Interview
02 Intro
03 Ex-Factor
04 Interview
05 Superstar
06 Fu-Gee-La
07 If I Ruled The World
08 Ready Or Not
09 Interview
10 Every Ghetto, Every City
11 Lost Ones
12 Interview
13 DJ Solo
14 Drums Solo
15 Interview
16 Sweetest Thing
17 When It Hurts So Bad

Tracklist - CD 02
01 Interview
02 I Want You Back
03 Sir Duke
04 As
05 War No More
06 Trouble
07 Get Up, Stand Up
08 Doo Wop (That Thing)
09 Interview
10 (To Zion) Rehearsals
11 Interview
12 To Zion
13 Interview
14 Killing Me Softly
15 Everything Is Everything
16 Interview

Bonus
17 To Zion (Live at the Grammy Awards 1999)

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Lauryn Hill at JazzOpen 2005

recorded on July, 13th 2005 at JazzOpen Festival in Stuttgart, Germany

Tracklist
01 Intro - Doo Wop
02 I Had To Walk
03 Lost Ones
04 The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
05 I Just Want You Around
06 To Zion - Iron Lion Zion
07 Conformed To Love
08 Sacred Love (My Love)
09 Final Hour
10 Ready Or Not
11 How Many Mics
12 Fu-Gee-La
13 Sweetest Thing
14 Damnable Heresies
15 Ex-Factor
16 Killing Me Softly
17 Everything Is Everything

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Lauryn Hill at MuchMusic 2001

This collection of Lauryn Hill songs contains early versions of some of her Unplugged Songs.
The concert for MuchMusic (Canada) in Toronto in 2001 was one of the first concerts Lauryn Hill premiered her new songs at.

A few weeks later she performed her Unplugged songs for “MTV Unplugged 2.0″.
The show was taped in July 2001 but was not released until May 2002.

The Collection also includes Lauryn Hill performing “Adam Lives In Theory” at the ESSENCE 2001 Awards.

Tracklist
01 I Get Out
02 Mr. Intentional
03 Freedom Time
04 Mystery Of Iniquity
05 So Much Things To Say (I’ll Never Forget)

Bonus
01 Adam Lives In Theory (Live at the 2001 ESSENCE Awards)

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Lauryn Hill live at UCONN (2002)

recorded at a Lauryn Hill concert at the University of Conneticutt in 2002

Tracklist
01 Ex-Factor
02 Freedom Time
03 I Find It Hard To Say (Rebel)
04 I Get Out
05 I Had To Walk
06 Mr. Intentional
07 Social Drugs
08 To Zion

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