The Carnival
by Wyclef Jean
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Wyclef Jean bestography
The Carnival is ranked as the best album by Wyclef Jean.
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The Carnival track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 05/11/2026 19:30 | Jakor | 5,364 | 70/100 | |
| 05/11/2026 07:03 | cicadelic | 12,810 | 73/100 | |
| 04/24/2025 08:00 | dukeboxkool | 2,155 | 72/100 | |
| 02/16/2025 12:53 | TonySayers61 | 24,555 | 64/100 | |
| 01/12/2024 00:24 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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baystateoftheart 05/01/2016 02:00 | #164924
Other than a few tracks here and there on his other albums, this is the only Wyclef Jean solo work that is worth listening to. Please trust me; I went through a Wyclef Jean phase in high school while others were having their pop punk phases, and I listened to most of his discography. It has not aged well AT ALL, with this exception. It's one of the albums that got me into hip-hop, my favorite genre. Admittedly the interludes can be corny, and you can tell Jean is throwing a lot of ideas at the wall to see if something sticks. In contrast to all his other albums, almost everything here does stick! The Kreyol tracks are particular standouts and Gone Till November is a classic.
It's a shame that this is not his top-ranked album on BEA (Volume 2 sucks), and that is not even in the top 100 for 1997. I'll try to help rectify this when I make a 90s chart.
RoundTheBend 01/17/2016 18:37 | #156848
The justice system mocking in this is great. Commentary on violence powerful. The range of style and musical ideas blow my mind. Have yet to find a better hip-hop/rap album.
I like Gone Till November and Sang Fezi the most here. Great album!
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