"Taste the culture, know who you are," exhorts a voice in the opening seconds of The Carnival. While Fugees mastermind Wyclef sets a high goal for his first solo album, essentially a follow-up to the Brooklyn hip-hoppers' multiplatinum The Score, he never succumbs to feel-goodism or preachiness while traveling the songlines. Including everything from over-the-top operatic scatting to Bee Gees samples and Celia Cruz as part of its rhythm nation, The Carnival proves that, "Killing Me Softly" or no, the rapper/producer is far from losing his knack for mad fun and games. And, indeed, if you're not careful, you may end up learning something: witness the ballad "Gone Till November," a drug runner's unflinching lament. --Rickey Wright

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(Interlude) Down Lo Ho (Interlude) Anything Can Happen Gone Till November Words of Wisdom (Interlude) Year of the Dragon - Lauryn Hill Sang FŽzi Fresh Interlude Mona Lisa Street Jeopardy Killer Mc (Interlude) We Trying to Stay Alive - John FortŽ Gunpowder Closing Arguments [Interlude/skit] Enter the Carnival (Interlude) Jaspora Yele Carnival - Jocelyn Berouard
tracklisting:	Intro/Court/Clef/Intro [Skit/Interlude] Apocalypse Guantanamera - Celia Cruz Pablo Diablo (Interlude) - Crazy Sam & Da Verbal Assassins Bubblegoose Prelude to "To All the Girls
title:	Presents the Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars
purchase date:	09-05-2005
published:	24-06-1997
price:	$11.98
net Rating:	4.5
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genre:	East Coast Experimental Rap Pop Rap
fullTitle:	Presents the Carnival Featuring the Refugee Allstars
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artist:	Wyclef Jean