Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival

Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival
Studio album by Wyclef Jean
Released	24 June 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Genre	Hip hop[1]
Length	73:51
Label	Columbia[2]
Producer	Wyclef Jean, Jerry Wonda
Wyclef Jean chronology
Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival (1997) The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book (2000)
Singles from The Carnival
"We Trying to Stay Alive" Released: 27 May 1997 "Anything Can Happen" Released: 22 September 1997 "Guantanamera" Released: 8 October 1997 "Gone till November" Released: 25 November 1997 "Cheated (To All The Girls)" Released: 28 July 1998 "Gunpowder" Released: 28 September 1998

Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival, also known simply as The Carnival, is the debut studio album released by Haitian hip hop musician Wyclef Jean. The album was released on 24 June 1997. Wyclef Jean also served as the album's executive producer. The album features guest appearances from Celia Cruz and The Neville Brothers and multiple appearances from Jean's former Fugees bandmates, Lauryn Hill and Pras.

The album was released to critical acclaim. While commercially it peaked at number sixteen on the US Billboard 200 chart, and at number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, it garnered Jean three Grammy Award nominations, including two nominations at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Guantanamera", and Best Rap Solo Performance at the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999, for his top-ten hit "Gone till November".^[3]