Wyclef Jean - Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101
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Free Music Review: Simply Amazing
Hit: 5 Stars
Wyclef manages to blend almost every type of music found in the carribean scene into one album without any abrupt changes within the song/album. I have been to Haiti and this brought me right back to the music we listened to while we were there. Free Music Review: Blah
Hit: 2 Stars
I ran across this cd by accident. I had no idea he had a new cd out, and I am a pretty big fan of Wyclef's music. But this cd was so blahzay. No song stuck out for me. Now I understand why I went so long without knowing about it.Free Music Review: Diverse and excellent
Hit: 3 Stars
IF your expecting classic Fugee, then look elsewhere but on the other Hand Wyclef does a excellent bringing a "world music sound" to his fans.Free Music Review: Adventurous Listeners Will Be Rewarded
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been an appreciator of Wyclef's musical output since the Fugees first dropped in 1994. As I've said in other reviews, I don't always agree with his public persona (in fact, I think familial allegiances currently, sadly have him on the wrong side of the Haiti independence/JB Aristide issue) but it's his musical output that resonates one million times and here is where Wyclef never fails to deliver. I cop everything that Clef (and Jerry Wonder) puts out. He constantly pushes the boundaries of our musical sensibilities and we'd be wise to just grab on and let him steer the ship. He hasn't failed us yet. Sure, he's taken us into unproductive directions before (like the lackluster duet on Tanya Stephens' "Gangsta Blues" album), but he always rights the vessel and puts us back on the radical course we signed up for.
This is the best Wyclef album that most of us will never hear. It's rich with musical texture and rhythmic experimentation. Clef has provided previous musical hints of this creative undercurrent and I'm glad he finally found the time to pull it all together in one package. This is Clef's Pan-African-Caribbean masterpiece. He sounds more relaxed here than he has since The Carnival. He sounds like he's having a great time and we, the listeners, benefit from it all. This is a light, uplifting, thoroughly enjoyable disk.
It's not a hip hop album, it's not a traditional Haitian pop album, the closest musical peer I can compare it to is Zouk as typified by early Kassav', however, even that comparison is just a rough estimate. This album has cousins in the Reggaeton/Cubaton camp, in the Ragga camp, in South African Township music, in African American song structure, the skilled listener will also hear some Papa Wemba in there, etc. Clef appears to have taken the truest definition of the word "creole" to heart and mixed it all up in a gumbo/jambalaya that we can't help but love. Good one, Clef. Again. As usual.
I hope this album will inspire more visibility for the lesser known areas of Caribbean music. The next obvious step for Clef would be to produce a compilation of Haitian musicians, however, I fear his political affiliations will silence some of the more vital Haitian voices. Anyway, enough speculation. Buy this one, NOW. You owe it to your ears.
Free Music Review: unfortunate change of pace
Hit: 2 Stars
coming from a longtime wyclef fan, i am very disapointed by his latest release "Welcome to Haiti Creole 101." While I respect Wyclef reaching out to his roots, the music wyclef is reating is flat out disapointing. Almost all of the songs sound alike, with a traditional African dance song sound. Unless you share heritage with wyclef or have some sort of peculiar inteterest, I would not reccomend this album to you. In my eyes (or ears) Wyclef Jean's last two albums have shifted away from thw wonderful songs in the Ecleftic days. The two stars were earned by the one great song on this cd in "President." Not only is it an appealing song, but great lyrics complement his vocals. As a loyal Wyclef fan, I hope he decides to return to the form of the great all around musician that he showed us a few years ago, both solo and with the Fugees.