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Haitian born, Wyclef Jean, is a world renowned artist, songwriter, producer, Good Will Ambassador and activist through his Yelé Haiti foundation. He began his career as a member of the The Fugees. Their classic release, The Score, sold over 18 million copies worldwide and certified the trio as international superstars. Jean then began his solo career with 1997's platinum plus album The Carnival Featuring the Refugee All-Stars. Wyclef went on to work with diverse artists including Santana, Destiny's Child, and Mick Jagger. Recently, he produced "Hips Don't Lie", a Grammy-nominated duet with Shakira. The track broke the record for the most amount of airplay in the history of Billboard magazine’s airplay tracking. The Grammy Award winner returns to Columbia Records to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of his first solo album with The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant, which is slated for release on December 4, 2007.

在重返Columbia唱片公司后，Wyclef Jean將為我們帶來他的新專輯"The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant"。他的上一張真正意義上的完整的專輯還是2002年的"Masquerade"，這張專輯在那年的六月占據了Billboard排行榜第六名的位置，那時他還在Columbia唱片公司。

新專輯將在今年秋天發行，Amazon上給出的預售日期是11月6日。這是Wyclef Jean的第六張錄音室專輯。如果你是老Hip-Hop迷，一定記得十年前Wyclef Jean自Fugees單飛后的首張個人專輯"Wyclef Jean Presents the Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars"，從名稱上不難看出其內在的連續性，是的，新專輯將繼續Wyclef Jean個人自傳式的音樂敘事風格。

Wycleft Jean這次又邀請了眾多明星參與到自己的專輯中，包括：Paul Simon，Mary J. Blige，T.I.，Norah Jones，Akon，Serj Tankian，Lil' Wayne，以及Shakira，屆時這個名單應該會更長，星光更加燦爛。Wyclef Jean全程參與了專輯的制作，他的搭檔是自Fugees時代起就長期保持合作關系的Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis。

在2006年，由Wyclef Jean制作并和Sakira共同演繹的一曲"Hips Don't Lie"攻下了Billboard榜單頭把交椅，并獲得了格萊美獎項的提名，引起大眾的注意。自此之后，Wycleft Jean的新專輯是否能再度成為關注的焦點呢，我們拭目以待吧。