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Released | October 7, 2003 | |||
Recorded | 1996–2003 | |||
Genre | Reggae • hip hop • R&B | |||
Length | 72:29 | |||
Label | Columbia Records | |||
Producer | Wyclef Jean • R. Kelly • Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis • Shea Taylor • Pras Michel • Ché Guevara | |||
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Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean, released on October 7, 2003. Released just a month prior to his fourth studio album, The Preacher's Son , Greatest Hits contains singles taken from Jean's first three studio albums: The Carnival , The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book and Masquerade , as well as other fan-favourite tracks from those albums, alongside two-newly recorded tracks: "Ghetto Religion", a collaboration with R. Kelly, and "Hey Girl". The album also contains "No Woman, No Cry", a track taken from The Fugees' second studio album, The Score . Notably, Greatest Hits would be Jean's last release on Columbia Records until Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant in 2007.
A deluxe edition of the album, released in the UK and Australia, contains a bonus disc with remixes of some of Wyclef's biggest hits, including collaborations with Canibus, R. Kelly, Xzibit, King Yellowman and Beenie Man. Although no singles were officially released from the album, "Ghetto Religion" was serviced as a US-radio only airplay single in September 2003. Notably, "Pussycat", which samples the original by Tom Jones, is the only single from the first three albums to omitted from the tracklisting. The US edition of the album removes a number of notable singles, and shortens the tracklisting by four tracks. "Diallo" and "Something About Mary" from The Ecleftic are included on this version. [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ghetto Religion" (featuring R. Kelly) | R. Kelly | 3:34 | |
2. | "We Trying to Stay Alive" (featuring John Forté and Pras) | Pras Michel | 3:11 | |
3. | "Perfect Gentleman" (featuring Hope) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:09 |
4. | "911" (featuring Mary J. Blige) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:19 |
5. | "Gone 'Till November" |
| Jean | 3:33 |
6. | "Guantanamera" (featuring Celia Cruz, Jeni Fujita and Lauryn Hill) |
| Jean | 4:30 |
7. | "Hey Girl" (featuring Ayesha and Papa Don) |
| Shea Taylor, Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 3:33 |
8. | "It Doesn't Matter" (featuring The Rock and Melky Sedeck) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 3:57 |
9. | "Anything Can Happen" |
| Jean | 4:36 |
10. | "Thug Angels" (featuring Small World) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 6:35 |
11. | "Gunpowder" (featuring Lauryn Hill) |
| Jean | 4:24 |
12. | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:04 |
13. | "Runaway" (featuring Earth, Wind & Fire and The Product G&B) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:56 |
14. | "Wish You Were Here" |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:06 |
15. | "To All the Girls" | Jean | 4:18 | |
16. | "Two Wrongs" (featuring Claudette Ortiz) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 3:51 |
17. | "No Woman, No Cry" (with Fugees) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:33 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Gone 'Till November" (The Makin' Runs Remix) (featuring Canibus and R. Kelly) |
| Ché Guevara, Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 3:33 |
2. | "Guantanamera" (Roxanne, Roxanne/Oye Como Va Remix) (featuring Beenie Man and Ky-Mani Marley) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:30 |
3. | "Perfect Gentleman" (Vinyl Remix) (featuring Xzibit & King Yellowman) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:40 |
4. | "We Trying to Stay Alive" (Remix) (featuring John Forté and Pras) |
| Pras Michel | 3:31 |
5. | "It Doesn't Matter" (Remix) (featuring Hope) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:09 |
6. | "No Woman, No Cry" (Remix) (with Fugees, featuring Steve Marley) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 5:28 |
7. | "It Doesn't Matter (Ca Ne Me Fait Rien)" (featuring Jacky and Ben-J) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 3:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ghetto Religion" (featuring R. Kelly) |
| R. Kelly | 3:34 |
2. | "Hey Girl" (featuring Ayesha and Papa Don) |
| Shea Taylor, Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 3:33 |
3. | "We Trying to Stay Alive" (featuring John Forté and Pras) |
| Pras Michel | 3:11 |
4. | "It Doesn't Matter" (featuring The Rock and Melky Sedeck) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 3:57 |
5. | "Anything Can Happen" |
| Jean | 4:36 |
6. | "911" (featuring Mary J. Blige) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:19 |
7. | "Two Wrongs" (featuring Claudette Ortiz) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 3:51 |
8. | "Gone 'Till November" |
| Jean | 3:33 |
9. | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:04 |
10. | "Diallo" (featuring Youssou N'Dour & MB²) |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 7:22 |
11. | "Something About Mary" |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 5:20 |
12. | "Wish You Were Here" |
| Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 4:06 |
13. | "Gone 'Till November" (The Makin' Runs Remix) (featuring Canibus and R. Kelly) |
| Ché Guevara, Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis | 3:33 |
Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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US Independent Albums (Billboard) [4] | DNC |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] | DNC |
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean is a Haitian rapper, musician, and singer. At the age of nine, Jean and his family emigrated to Northeastern United States. He formed the New Jersey-based hip hop trio Fugees in 1990 with fellow musicians Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel, for which Jean served as lead guitarist and producer. The group released the albums Blunted on Reality (1994) and The Score (1996), the latter became one of the best-selling albums of all time. Following their success, Jean released his debut solo album, Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival (1997), which yielded the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single "Gone till November".
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