Wyclef Jean called into Boston's JAM’N 94.5’s “Ramiro & Pebbles Morning Show” yesterday and had some startling opinions on his former Fugee bandmate, Lauryn Hill’s state of mind, “my advice and being in the studio wit her for a short time I felt a sense of bipolar… You know… So my advice is like a psychiatrist and to seek meds.” He continues to talk about Ms. Hill’s most recent coverage in the news, photographed performing in what most have called a “homey the clown” get-up, “who ever is letting her go out like that and perform like that is obviously that person don’t have her best interest and is just trying to make money off of her.”
Are Wyclef and Pras genuinely concerned about Lauryn’s well being or are they just hopping on the “Lauryn is crazy” bandwagon to get promotion? Isn’t it kinda shady to address issues with her in a public setting rather than reaching out to her personally?
Check out the audio to hear Wyclef spill the ish on his former group member. Didn't we all suspect though that Lauryn needed a few meds as of late? I'm just sayin'...
And apparently Pras is getting in on this too.
Former Fugees member Wyclef Jean is giving fans another taste of his eclectic musical style with his forthcoming release The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant.
The album, which features production from Jean and Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, marks the Grammy-winning rapper/producer's first full-length project for Columbia Records since his last offering, Masquerade.
Released in 2002, Masquerade entered the Billboard Top 200 chart at number six.
For The Carnival II, Jean revealed that the release is "a continuation of (his 1997 Top 10 hit)'Gone Till November'."
"I focus a lot on the songwriting," Jean said of the album.
The first single from the album iis "The Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)," which features Akon, Lil' Wayne and Niia.
The record urrently sits at number three on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
Other guests on The Carnival II include Paul Simon, who appears on the song "Fast Car", Mary J. Blige, T.I., Norah Jones, Serj Tankian (of System Of A Down)and Shakira, who worked with Jean on her 2006 single "Hips Don't Lie."
The Carnival II, the sequel to Jean's 1997 triple platinum solo debut album Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee All-Stars" (aka The Carnival), is slated to hit stores this fall.
From Shakira.com: "My hips tell me where and when I should move. And my hips don't lie - my hips tell me the truth."
ProsShakira continues to move from strength to strength. She claims that "Hips Don't Lie" is just a happy accident that came about when she happened to get together with the Fugees' Wyclef Jean. Too bad more of us can't have such fortunate accidents!
"Hips Don't Lie" is a multi-cultural stew of dance rhythms from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Rapped vocals from Wyclef Jean and Shakira's familiar Spanish-accented rasp glide across the top. Wyclef Jean identifies a clear point of connection between the two artists expressing concern for both Colombian (Shakira's ethnic heritage) and Haitian (Wyclef Jean's ethnic heritage) refugees and CIA harassment. The politics of the song are no thicker than that, but it is an effective grounding in keeping with Shakira's habit of mixing political and socio-cultural concerns with infectious Latin pop music.
If the song sounds familiar to some, it is a re-working of Wyclef Jean's recording of "Dance Like This" with City High's Claudette Ortiz on the Havana Nights soundtrack released in 2004. The original was catchy, but the Shakira version is memorable.
There are 2 music videos for "Hips Don't Lie." The first is an amusing compendium of Shakira fans shaking their hips to the music and can be seen at Yahoo! Launch. The second, a more standard video, viewable at AOL Music is a showcase for Shakira's own dancing skill even including brief snippets of Colombian Cumbia dancing.
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