Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic.
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We try to bring a lot of live musicianship to the music. A lot of grooves. We're Caribbean we from the islands. Out of the music industry, I'd say we're the Caribbean producers of the world.Wyclef Jean
When you throw on a Bob Marley record, it's nothing but lighters up in the air. All the thugs in the dance are just going calm down. I don't know no other artist that you can throw in the middle of a dance like that.
Wyclef Jean
I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true I used to try to get the accents.
Wyclef Jean
I didn't grow up to call a woman a ho. That's just how I was brought up. I won't call a girl a bitch, unless she wants me to call her a bitch.
Wyclef Jean
A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.
Wyclef Jean
I sequenced the album like a radio station. Around midday, you'll hear more of the commercial hip-hop stuff. When the nighttime comes, you'll hear more of the depth of the records, when the beat stops and we get into the culture and the conscious vibe and the reggae.
Wyclef Jean
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