wyclef jean...

Posted by: ken c on 07 April 2001

hi,

up to now i have observed, somewhat bemused, my daughter's near obsession with what she calls "hip-hop" "garage" music -- and other names i cant remember. up to now, just to tease her, i had been calling it "brain damage" music. how wrong i was!!!

today she went and bought wyclef jean's "the ecleftic" and we both listened to it on my system (i protested briefly, but to no avail ...)

well, what can i say. i thoroughly enjoyed this album -- so much so that i was asking her about other albums that this guy has done. i gather there is "carnival", so i might be seen actually buying this myself!!! this stuff sounds so good on a naim system -- and the rap idiom is actually put into the right context. i had heard "911" on radio before, but never the way i heard it today!!! i wonder what this cd will sound like when i finish my active installation???

anyone else a fan please let me know if there is similar, relatively clean material out there?? i have listened to rap stuff on the music channels on satellite tv and didnt see the point of the gratuitous bad language. wycef jean is somewhat different - clean and musical.

looks like my daughter and i have something in common after all!!!

enjoy...

ken

Posted on: 08 April 2001 by Former member

I had the same opinions and the same change of mind. After seeing an MTV (if I remember correctly) show. The series called storytellers featured wyclef jean and I was about to turn over but after giving him a chance, found him to be very talented and entertaining. Not all rap and hip hop but some acoustic “unplugged” bits as well.
Just goes to show dunnit.

Happy listening John

Posted on: 08 April 2001 by ken c

john, many thanks for picking up this thread. have you listened to him on your naim system?? i tell you, its an experience... i am going to get "carnival" and will report what i think of it. its frightening that there is so much good music out there, init?

enjoy...

ken

Posted on: 09 April 2001 by Doug Graham

Ecleftic. What a great album to drive to. Been listening to this one for a while now. seems to have taken up residence in the car CD autochanger.

Later