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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将为我们带来他的新专辑"The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant"。他的上一张真正意义上的完整的专辑还是2002年的"Masquerade"，这张专辑在那年的六月占据了Billboard排行榜第六名的位置，那时他还在Columbia唱片公司。

新专辑将在今年秋天发行，Amazon上给出的预售日期是11月6日。这是Wyclef Jean的第六张录音室专辑。如果你是老Hip-Hop迷，一定记得十年前Wyclef Jean自Fugees单飞后的首张个人专辑"Wyclef Jean Presents the Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars"，从名称上不难看出其内在的连续性，是的，新专辑将继续Wyclef Jean个人自传式的音乐叙事风格。

Wycleft Jean这次又邀请了众多明星参与到自己的专辑中，包括：Paul Simon，Mary J. Blige，T.I.，Norah Jones，Akon，Serj Tankian，Lil' Wayne，以及Shakira，届时这个名单应该会更长，星光更加灿烂。Wyclef Jean全程参与了专辑的制作，他的搭档是自Fugees时代起就长期保持合作关系的Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis。

在2006年，由Wyclef Jean制作并和Sakira共同演绎的一曲"Hips Don't Lie"攻下了Billboard榜单头把交椅，并获得了格莱美奖项的提名，引起大众的注意。自此之后，Wycleft Jean的新专辑是否能再度成为关注的焦点呢，我们拭目以待吧。