Wyclef Jean‘s ‘The Carnival’ is his debut album, mixing hip hop, reggae, folk, disco, soul, Son Cubano and Haitian music, released on June 24, 1997 by Sony Music/Columbia Records.
1 . Anything Can Happen
2 . Gone Till November
3 . Gone Till November (on 2 Meter Sessions)
4 . We Trying To Stay Alive [Remix] (w/ John Forté, Pras
5 . Sweetest Thing (w/ Lauryn Hill) + We trying to stay alive(Cannes Festival, 1997)
6 . Wyclef Jean
Track Listing : 1.Intro/Court/Clef/Intro (Skit/Interlude) (Manu Dibango) – 03:15 . 2.Apocalypse (Wyclef Jean) – 03:49 . 3.Guantanamera (Joseíto Fernandez, José Martí, Julián Orbón, Pete Seeger) – 04:30 . 4.Pablo Diablo (Interlude) (Wyclef Jean) – 0:39 . 5.Bubblegoose (Wyclef Jean, Salaam Remi) – 03:49 . 6.Prelude To “To All The Girls” (Interlude) (Wyclef Jean) – 0:29 . 7.To All The Girls (P.C. Bailey, Hal David, Albert Hammond, H. Jackson, M. Wright) – 04:18 . 8.Down Lo Ho (Interlude) (Wyclef Jean) – 01:13 . 9.Anything Can Happen (Jerry Duplessis, Wyclef Jean) – 04:36 . 10.Gone Till November (Wyclef Jean) – 03:27 . 11.Words Of Wisdom (Interlude) (Wyclef Jean) – 00:45 . 12.Year Of The Dragon (Jerry Duplessis, L.A. Hill) – 04:07 . 13.Sang Fezi (Wyclef Jean) – 04:02 . 14.Fresh (Interlude) (Wyclef Jean) – 01:45 . 15.Mona Lisa (Wyclef Jean) – 04:30 . 16.Street Jeopardy (Jerry Duplessis, John Forté) – 03:57 . 17.Killer M.C. (Interlude) (Wyclef Jean) – 00:00 . 18.We Trying To Stay Alive (John Forté, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb) – Feat. John Forté, Pras) – 03:11 . 19.Gunpowder (Wyclef Jean) – 04:24 . 20.Closing Arguments (Interlude/Skit) (Wyclef Jean) – 01:35 . 21.Enter The Carnival (Interlude) (Wyclef Jean) – 00:24 . 22.Jaspora (Wyclef Jean) – 04:03 . 23.Yele (Wyclef Jean) – 05:24 . 24.Carnival (Jerry Duplessis, Wyclef Jean) – 05:06
Kwaku Alston 
Musicians : Wyclef Jean – Guitar, Keyboards . Celia Cruz – Vocals On (3) . Jenni Fujita – Vocals On (3) . Crazy Sam & Da Verbal Assassins – Vocals On (4) . Talent – Vocals On (4 – 8 – 20) . Melky Sedeck – Vocals On (5) . Will – Vocals On (8 – 20) . New York Philharmonic – Orchestra (10) . Lauryn Hill – Vocals On (12 – 13 – 19 – 23) . Neville Brothers – Vocals On (15) . John Forté – Vocals On (16 – 18) . Prakazrel “Pras” Michel – Vocals On (17 – 18) . Jocelyn Berouard – Vocals On (24) . Sweet Mickey – Vocals On (24) . Jacob Desvarieux – Vocals On (24) . Dj Skribble – Scratching . Funkmaster Flex – , Scratching . Jerry Duplessis – Guitar (Bass) . Rita Marley – Vocals (Background) . Judy Mowatt – Vocals (Background) . Marcia Griffiths – Vocals (Background)
Production : Produced By Wyclef Jean, Jerry Wonda . Sonny Kompanek – Arranger, Orchestral Arrangements . Salaam Remi – Engineer, Mixing . Rudy – Assistant Engineer . Warren Riker – Engineer, Mastering, Mixing . Paul Epworth – Assistant Engineer . Tony Gonzales – Assistant Engineer . Brian Dozoretz – Engineer, Mixing Assistant . Rawle Gittens – Engineer, Mixing Assistant . Storm Jefferson – Mixing Assistant . Jay Nicholas – Mixing Assistant . Alex Olsson – Mixing Assistant . Mike Roach – Mixing Assistant . Manuel Lecuona – Mastering
Package : Kwaku Alston 
– Photography . Tomas Muscionico – Photography . Richard White – Graphic Design
Recorded In 1996-1997.
Released On June 24, 1997 By Sony Music/Columbia Records.
Video Director(s) : Roman Coppola for “We Trying to Stay Alive” . Francis Lawrence for “Gone Till November” .
(Source Wyclef Jean – The Carnival | Official Wyclef Jean Website)
