Post by dawyked on Nov 26, 2005 21:45:07 GMT 1
Wyclef Jean Exclusive Afiwi Interview by Ital-K
8th May 2002, Miami Beach Florida
Afiwi: First and foremost. It's an honour and a privilege to have one of the premiere stars from out of Haiti be on the official Caribbean website for Caribbean news, sports, and everything else that's Caribbean; Afiwi.com. We want to say a good afternoon to the one and only Wyclef Jean!
Clef: What's up Baby? What's going on man!
Afiwi: First of all; it's a pleasure to have you here with us on Afiwi.com. Here we are linking everyone from the Caribbean worldwide to one stop on the web for everything that's Caribbean. You are huge in Haiti! Now even though people from the Caribbean diaspora are all over the world, Afiwi.com is linking the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora to one site online. You know, you've worked and touched bases with many important figureheads in the world; people like President Clinton. What type of an experience was that for you personally?
'Clef: I mean, I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe. I talked to him on more than one occasion; he gave me the vibe of like, if you needed someone to talk to, you could always hit me up and stuff. He played the saxophone, he was a musician, he wanted to work on an album, so it was definitely a lot of different things and stuff; you-know-what-I'm-saying? Definitely.
Afiwi: Irie! I'm going to rewind the clock with you. The world knows that you were born in Haiti. Can you be specific as to the city or town that you were born?
'Clef: Yeah, I was born in La Plaine, you-know-what-I'm-saying? Look out for that. You know how people be like they're from Kingston? You know, but the little spot that I'm from is La Plaine. It's like a village right? [directed to Sweet Mickey]
Sweet Mickey: (in background) It's back in 1954
'Clef: 54? (to Sweet Mickey) 43.. 43.. 1943, when I was a young man, way way way back then. That's my man there, Sweet Mickey. That's like the official you-know-what-I'm-saying King of Haiti for real, the whole Compas movement you-know-what-I'm-saying? So all of that. If you heard my album "The Carnival"
and the joint "original original" [sings]. I'm talking about Sweet Mickey, he's like The Godfather of that whole form of music. We up here, we shooting a video right now for a Creole album I've got coming out called "The MVP". So the whole Caribbean look out for not just the American album "Masquerade" but look out for the Caribbean side of Wyclef too. We're trying to push the style of music called Compas. That's the kind of style from our country. You know how you have Reggae, Soca, and all that; so we feel that the beat that we've got can bounce in all parts of the world too. When you go to Carnival every year, you bounce to you-know the different music that make it to Carnival in Trinidad. It don't matter about the country you're from. So this rhythm right here, the Compas rhythm is a very unique style rhythm which we feel is gonna take the world by storm.
Afiwi: Well we totally agree with you and your analysis right there, because here at Afiwi.com, it doesn't make a difference what country you're from in the Caribbean, Afiwi (ah-fe-wi) means "ours". It's all one, so your analysis is right on spot. It's great to see that two (2) of the most premiere musical acts that are from Haiti, Sweet Mickey and 'Clef in one seat, in one place? That's some piece of history we're dealing with right here?
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8th May 2002, Miami Beach Florida
Afiwi: First and foremost. It's an honour and a privilege to have one of the premiere stars from out of Haiti be on the official Caribbean website for Caribbean news, sports, and everything else that's Caribbean; Afiwi.com. We want to say a good afternoon to the one and only Wyclef Jean!
Clef: What's up Baby? What's going on man!
Afiwi: First of all; it's a pleasure to have you here with us on Afiwi.com. Here we are linking everyone from the Caribbean worldwide to one stop on the web for everything that's Caribbean. You are huge in Haiti! Now even though people from the Caribbean diaspora are all over the world, Afiwi.com is linking the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora to one site online. You know, you've worked and touched bases with many important figureheads in the world; people like President Clinton. What type of an experience was that for you personally?
'Clef: I mean, I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe. I talked to him on more than one occasion; he gave me the vibe of like, if you needed someone to talk to, you could always hit me up and stuff. He played the saxophone, he was a musician, he wanted to work on an album, so it was definitely a lot of different things and stuff; you-know-what-I'm-saying? Definitely.
Afiwi: Irie! I'm going to rewind the clock with you. The world knows that you were born in Haiti. Can you be specific as to the city or town that you were born?
'Clef: Yeah, I was born in La Plaine, you-know-what-I'm-saying? Look out for that. You know how people be like they're from Kingston? You know, but the little spot that I'm from is La Plaine. It's like a village right? [directed to Sweet Mickey]
Sweet Mickey: (in background) It's back in 1954
'Clef: 54? (to Sweet Mickey) 43.. 43.. 1943, when I was a young man, way way way back then. That's my man there, Sweet Mickey. That's like the official you-know-what-I'm-saying King of Haiti for real, the whole Compas movement you-know-what-I'm-saying? So all of that. If you heard my album "The Carnival"
and the joint "original original" [sings]. I'm talking about Sweet Mickey, he's like The Godfather of that whole form of music. We up here, we shooting a video right now for a Creole album I've got coming out called "The MVP". So the whole Caribbean look out for not just the American album "Masquerade" but look out for the Caribbean side of Wyclef too. We're trying to push the style of music called Compas. That's the kind of style from our country. You know how you have Reggae, Soca, and all that; so we feel that the beat that we've got can bounce in all parts of the world too. When you go to Carnival every year, you bounce to you-know the different music that make it to Carnival in Trinidad. It don't matter about the country you're from. So this rhythm right here, the Compas rhythm is a very unique style rhythm which we feel is gonna take the world by storm.
Afiwi: Well we totally agree with you and your analysis right there, because here at Afiwi.com, it doesn't make a difference what country you're from in the Caribbean, Afiwi (ah-fe-wi) means "ours". It's all one, so your analysis is right on spot. It's great to see that two (2) of the most premiere musical acts that are from Haiti, Sweet Mickey and 'Clef in one seat, in one place? That's some piece of history we're dealing with right here?
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