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Track Listing
1. Jean Dominique Intro
2. 24 E Tan Pou Viv
3. President
4. Bicentennial - (featuring Sweet Mickey)
5. Generation X
6. Party by the Sea - (featuring T-Vice/Buju Banton)
7. Haitian Mafia - (featuring Foxy Brown)
8. Le Ou Marye
9. Fistibal-Festival - (featuring Melky & Bud)
10. La Bamba - (featuring Ro-K/Gammy)
11. Bay Micro'm Volume
12. Proud to Be African - (featuring 2Face/Sound Sultan/Faze)
13. Douce
14. Lavi New York - (featuring Buggah)
15. Fanm Kreyol - (featuring Admiral T)
16. Nou Va Rive
17. Untitled - (Hidden Track)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | 2Face, Admiral T, Buggah, Buju Banton, Faze, Foxy Brown, Gammy, Melky & Bud, Ro-K, Sound Sultan, Sweet Mickey, T-Vice | | Producer: | Jerry Duplessis, T-Vice, Wyclef Jean | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Includes an untitled hidden track on track #17.
Personnel include: Wyclef Jean (vocals); Foxy Brown (rap vocals); Faze, Buggah, Admiral T (various instruments); Gammy, Ro-K (saxophone, keyboards); 2Face, Melky, Sweet Mickey, T-Vice, Sound Sultan, Bud, Buju Banton.
Recording information: 2004.
Wyclef Jean's musical tribute to his native Haiti is the mix of R&B, soca, hip-hop, and reggae you'd expect from this eclectic artist. Most of the songs are also sung in Creole, a notable exception being the hypnotic "President," with its macabre nursery-rhyme refrain "If I was president, I'd get elected on Friday, assassinated on Saturday, buried on Sunday, back to work on Monday," a neat confluence of Haitian magic and American political realism. The tranquil "Douce," with its sultry backing vocals, is a slow-burner, while the celebratory "Fistibal-Festival" is perhaps the most typically Caribbean of the tracks on offer here. But Jean's political message and his dance-floor aspirations find their smoothest blend on upbeat dance tracks "Fanm Kreyol" and "Haitian Mafia" (which features Foxy Brown), offering irresistible beats and rapid-fire Creole exhortations that bypass the synapses and go straight for the hips.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - [T]his low-key independent release is a strident declaration of his love for his birthplace....[It] alternates celebration with introspection....A provocative treat.
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