Playlist: The Very Best of Wyclef Jean

by Wyclef Jean

Overview

The former Fugees member and musical melting pot known as Wyclef gets his own entry in the Playlist series, and while this 2012 release would do best to update 2003's Greatest Hits, it merely replaces it. Actually, Greatest Hits is the last album covered by this set as two exclusive tracks are grabbed off that compilation, and while Wyclef made the jump from the Sony/CBS family to J Records with his late 2003 release The Preacher's Son, he came back to the Sony family in 2007 with his Columbia effort Carnival, Vol. 2: Memoirs of an Immigrant. Still, nothing from that Sony Phase II career is offered -- a shame since the albums have been rich but overlooked -- and the desirable Fugees bonus that capped off Greatest Hits -- a cover of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" -- has been removed. Still, this is an excellent, portable set if early Wyclef is in order and a sure-fire buy, unless it's sitting right behind a copy of Greatest Hits. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	01/31/2012
Label:	Bmg / Sony Music
UPC:	0888751533127
Rank:	100395

Tracks

1. Ghetto Religion
2. Hey Girl
3. We Trying to Stay Alive
4. It Doesn't Matter
5. Anything Can Happen
6. 911
7. Two Wrongs
8. Gone Till November
9. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
10. Diallo
11. Something About Mary
12. Wish You Were Here
13. Gone Till November [The Makin' Runs Remix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wyclef Jean   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Freddy Ricks   Vocals
Beast   Vocals
Ayesha   Featured Artist,Featured Artist
Blandinna Melky Jean   Vocals
The Rock   Featured Artist
Jean "The Rock"   Vocals
Khadejiah Bass   Vocals (Background)
Papa Don   Featured Artist
Canibus   Featured Artist
Youssou N'Dour   Vocals,Featured Artist
Claudette Ortiz   Vocals,Featured Artist
Governor   Vocals (Background)
John Forte   Featured Artist
Robert Aaron   Horn
Teflon   Keyboards
Andy Grassi   Guitar
Cory Rooney   Strings
MB2   Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
R. Kelly   Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis   Bass
Pras   Featured Artist
Mary J. Blige   Vocals,Featured Artist
Melky Sedeck   Featured Artist
Dadi Beaubrun   Bass,Guitar

Technical Credits

Rob Carter   Art Direction,Design
Maurice Gibb   Composer
Michael McCoy   Engineer
Dahlen Wee   Cover Photo,Photography
Michelle Fox   Assistant
Sergio "Sergical" Tsai   Mixing,Engineer
Chris Coon   Assistant
Kevin Myers   Engineer
Ted Wohlsen   Engineer
Rawle Gittens   Assistant
Jay Nicholas   Assistant
Alex Olsson   Assistant
Storm Jefferson   Assistant
Mike Roach   Assistant
Scott Kammerer   Assistant
Bill Murphy   Liner Notes
NDoffene MBodji   Assistant
Che Guevara   Producer
Eric Wolf   Assistant
Edr   Mixing
Tim Anderson   Project Director
Glen Marhese   Engineer
Stephanie Pistil   Photography
Leroy Bonner   Composer
Darren Salmieri   A&R
Sonny Kompanek   Orchestral Arrangements
Mary Brown   Arranger,Vocal Arrangement
R. Middlebrooks   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Andy Grassi   Mixing,Engineer
Bob Dylan   Composer
D. Patterson   Composer
Cory Rooney   Additional Production
Ricky Walters   Composer
Warren Riker   Mixing,Engineer
John Lennon   Composer
Desmond Child   Composer
Roger Waters   Composer
S. Taylor   Composer
R. Kelly   Composer,Producer
Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis   Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Prakazrel Michel   Composer,Producer
Mikey Craig   Composer
George O'Dowd   Composer
John Pirretti   Assistant
Shea Taylor   Producer
David Gilmour   Composer
Wyclef Jean   Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Brian Dozoretz   Assistant