How do you love rap when rap doesn’t love you back? From Rico Nasty’s harassment from toxic Carti fans, to Saucy Santana's unapologetically femme aesthetics in a queerphobic industry, to the assault case that put Megan Thee Stallion’s entire image on trial, each episode of Louder Than A Riot - the second season of our investigative hip-hop podcast - unpacks the unspoken rules of rap that hold the entire culture back. Tap in to our first episode at n.pr/louder-season-2.
Wellrap changed to hip-hop and pop the. Rb even country I don't worry about a song our lyric at the least love. However if au thinkojirfeellike I love it maybe uare ipoloser or a loser. Anyway rap will be àaound. Forever will they I will and if jayzwantedbeef he knows we're iammat so do ricka dnasandtherestoftherappersthatucalledthem.botprofetsornmuslim. Is always callwedthemgoodguysandthereisthedeferncedogirlslovethem.isee umaywithurnewearpieces.
If I was speaking as a black man, I would say that one of the big issues rap faces is the overwhelming number of rap 'artists' who have little to no musical ability. (And, yes, you can list rappers who do, in fact, have musical ability. Wyclef Jean def has it, and lots of it. But so many don't, and are only able to spit lyrics in a monotone, and cannot write a musical hook to save their lives) Added to this is the fact that anger, misogyny, ego-gratification, drive so much of the world of rap that it turns off and shuts out a huge slice of the public. Again, exceptions exist. But there are so many rappers who follow that formula that it's a dead-end. And if one wants to point out that rap music sells millions of dollars worth every year, you'd be right. But that is more a function of great marketing and a successful plan to convince young listeners that rap is musical, rather than any real musical value. Word.
Wyclef has to be one of the more underrated artists around. He's an absolute pillar in Hip Hop history with his bars and MC work with the Fugess, and then he has a beautiful singing voice and can play and compose with multiple instruments weaving that all together. Respect.
This is the most impressed I have ever been out of a tiny desk, and that is saying something because Tiny Desk Series is amazing. He played 3 different instruments, rapped and sang in 3 different languages, and kept the crowd engaged the WHOLE time with his stories/jokes. Such a performer... I am in awe.
Only Wyclef can spit bars in Spanish, French, and English calling Trump out! I don't think people realize the musicality of this man. NPR you continue to feed my soul with great music.
I'd like to hear more of him in Spanish and French. The way he uses them here feels like a gimmick designed to impress and build a brand of eclecticism, without doing anything substantial with it. Reggie Watts does this too. It's cool to play with languages but it doesn't automatically make you brilliant/talented or mean you actually speak it. (I realize WJ does at least speak French.)
David Klausa Wyclef is from Haiti they speak French. Plus the Dominican Republic is right next to them. So most people from the Caribbean is bi or trilingual.
That's why I said I realize he speaks French. And probably knows some Spanish. Still feels like a gimmick, until he does it for longer, more in depth. I've seen a couple other videos of him freestyling in other languages and it's brief, basic, repetitive.
Agreed - what Wyclef says in Spanish is not in any way related to Trump (it`s more or less `hey lady, how are you and your family, I`m coming at you on the mic, I hope everything is good). My French isn`t as good so not entirely sure what he is saying there. ua-cam.com/video/EhnLJwmEy_k/v-deo.html All that said - I love this show and Wyclef is still a legend. Everybody stop requesting other artists and appreciate what you are listening to. I love Vulf too, trust.
I saw Wyclef perform in concert and it was one of the best concerts ever. I wish this was longer. Wyclef is a musical genius and a very skilled musician. The Drummer, The Guitarist, and Jazzy were dope. Gotta Give Wyclef all the flowers now while he’s alive. He's definitely Rock n Roll Hall of Fame worthy. Legendary!!!
Fugees - on their first european tour - were obviously biting a whole lot of the reggae world. Be it bits from Bob Marley, Cutty Ranks (?) etc. Whole lot of stuff that was not really their own........
I saw Wyclef perform quite a few times and he puts his heart and soul into every performance regardless of where it is or how many people are there. I saw him at a bar in my home town. I was literally right next to him for most of the performance, that’s how small the place is. Yet he gave us one of the best performances I’ve ever seen (live or otherwise). He is a true artist.
sounds badass . sounds like cleff. what bar ? what town? I never hear of him coming through saint louis. extremley creative artist . way overlooked if you think about all he does
Wyclef John, could say more?! At 65 years old, I still feeling this young man and his talented group! We all are color blind, when will that happen? Somebody got to ask the questions. Amen
I remember when Blacks taught children seven languages. What disciplines we had. GReenHill farms made us proud of our culture. Proud of who we are. TIME is a group. Relaunch the sounds that we appreciate .
Aw man, what else can be said about Wyclef!? Hes beyond genius, hes BLESSED BY JAH, Like a positive pied piper, The angels of music must have hated to let this talented soul go , even if just for a humans lifetime, Anything he does is magnetic, just phenomenal, and he barely seems like hes trying, such an inspiration to alp musicians out there, young , old, good, terrible, red, black , white, or yellow, he's the MAESTRO, I always play ANY thing hes touched when i feel down & blue, or just need some musical schooling, soul lifting, or want to be elevated & lifted, thank you Wyclef, Keep on cstching ViBES, my frkend , JAH BLESS
Dear Tiny Desk organizers, thank you so much for the endless incredible musicians, just like Wyclef. You have brought inspiration, empathy, love, joy, celebration, mourning and sadness into my life by introducing me to the most insanely creative and colourful artists on this channel. I look forward to the rest of what you're bringing forwards, appreciate your incredible sense of good taste and thank you once more for giving me meaning and relief in this crazy life of mine. Love you, T.
This is in my humble opinion the best tiny desk performance.This must've been what they had in mind before it all started. Such a talent! Wyclef for president!
it tooked me 20 years to realise that this refugee camper has one of the strongest soul voices i´ve ever heard. he got the vocab, you got the vocab Lauryn..
I don’t think Clef ever got over Lauren, Jazzy sounds just like her close your eyes and listen. Pure musical genius before you. I’m gutted I missed the Fugees live back in the 90’s when they came here in the UK. I wish Lauren was still doing her thing ☮️❤️🙏 from 🏴😊
With that that guitar playing Robert Johnson , Bo Diddley, BB King, Chuck Berry, Prince, Jimmy Hendrix, Albert King, Eddie Hazel, and Dr. know are jumping up and down screaming!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾☮️💗💋✨
So freaking good. English to Spanish to French and back (didn't even make a stop at the Creole). Bass to Piano to Guitar. Just stop with the talent pouring out of this dude. And so nice - met him once in the Foundation Room in Cleveland and once at some club in Vegas. Too nice. Too talented.
wow, Wyclef rules, those Fugees 90's vibes are still strongly resonating in me, genius, I bow down to his musical skills and his life experience of being poor
Becides all gooood words about Wyclef i have to add: this nigga at drums is amazing - watching him play bring up huge smile at my face. Many thanks and respect from Belarus for all you guys!
It's amazing how many acts you see at tiny desk that you might assume are just pop artists making generic hits, and then you realize they're amazing artists with an extreme amount of talent. Lesson learned, multiple times, not to judge people based on their hits, thank you @NPR Music.
I've been watching this specific tiny desk almost every day during quarantine because the Whitney Houston story always brings me a smile thinking that the is the sweetest way to remember a person
How do you love rap when rap doesn’t love you back? From Rico Nasty’s harassment from toxic Carti fans, to Saucy Santana's unapologetically femme aesthetics in a queerphobic industry, to the assault case that put Megan Thee Stallion’s entire image on trial, each episode of Louder Than A Riot - the second season of our investigative hip-hop podcast - unpacks the unspoken rules of rap that hold the entire culture back. Tap in to our first episode at n.pr/louder-season-2.
Book Mos Def! I am loving this! Yazz Wyclef!!!
Wellrap changed to hip-hop and pop the. Rb even country I don't worry about a song our lyric at the least love. However if au thinkojirfeellike I love it maybe uare ipoloser or a loser. Anyway rap will be àaound. Forever will they I will and if jayzwantedbeef he knows we're iammat so do ricka dnasandtherestoftherappersthatucalledthem.botprofetsornmuslim. Is always callwedthemgoodguysandthereisthedeferncedogirlslovethem.isee umaywithurnewearpieces.
If I was speaking as a black man, I would say that one of the big issues rap faces is the overwhelming number of rap 'artists' who have little to no musical ability. (And, yes, you can list rappers who do, in fact, have musical ability. Wyclef Jean def has it, and lots of it. But so many don't, and are only able to spit lyrics in a monotone, and cannot write a musical hook to save their lives)
Added to this is the fact that anger, misogyny, ego-gratification, drive so much of the world of rap that it turns off and shuts out a huge slice of the public. Again, exceptions exist. But there are so many rappers who follow that formula that it's a dead-end.
And if one wants to point out that rap music sells millions of dollars worth every year, you'd be right. But that is more a function of great marketing and a successful plan to convince young listeners that rap is musical, rather than any real musical value.
Word.
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love it ❤
The carnival album is my top 3 and I have so many memories from that album ❤️❤️ love from sweden
Wyclef has to be one of the more underrated artists around. He's an absolute pillar in Hip Hop history with his bars and MC work with the Fugess, and then he has a beautiful singing voice and can play and compose with multiple instruments weaving that all together. Respect.
Completely agree. Underrated.
He’s too big for the Tiny stage
WYCLEF is actually everything that Kayne thinks of himself, the real musical genius.
word!
The Best HAITIAN ARTIST in The World. Salute.🇭🇹
what about the best haitian guitarist?
What about Jimmy Jean Louis?
This is the most impressed I have ever been out of a tiny desk, and that is saying something because Tiny Desk Series is amazing. He played 3 different instruments, rapped and sang in 3 different languages, and kept the crowd engaged the WHOLE time with his stories/jokes. Such a performer... I am in awe.
Makes me question what I am doing with my life lol #CrazyTalent
Definitely one of the best most entertaining live performances iv ever seen
Forgot to mention play behind the back!
IlioMusic should have way more views
True
Whyclef is the perfect guy, the one who pay cocktail to everyone with smile just to have a good feeling in a party. I love this guy.
NPR is like TED talks of music
Genius comment!!!!!!
This is the most underrated comment of all time I love Tiny Desk listen to it all the time and they have turned me on to so many dope artists
Exactly
Truth
@Cool Cool 0
Legendary! Give Wyclef all the flowers now while he’s alive. Rock n Roll Hall of Fame worthy.
True talk..he deserves more that.. More love to him..wyclef jean the greatest
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Well Said.
💐💐💐
Only Wyclef can spit bars in Spanish, French, and English calling Trump out! I don't think people realize the musicality of this man. NPR you continue to feed my soul with great music.
one if the greatest ever.
I'd like to hear more of him in Spanish and French. The way he uses them here feels like a gimmick designed to impress and build a brand of eclecticism, without doing anything substantial with it. Reggie Watts does this too. It's cool to play with languages but it doesn't automatically make you brilliant/talented or mean you actually speak it. (I realize WJ does at least speak French.)
David Klausa Wyclef is from Haiti they speak French. Plus the Dominican Republic is right next to them. So most people from the Caribbean is bi or trilingual.
That's why I said I realize he speaks French. And probably knows some Spanish. Still feels like a gimmick, until he does it for longer, more in depth. I've seen a couple other videos of him freestyling in other languages and it's brief, basic, repetitive.
Agreed - what Wyclef says in Spanish is not in any way related to Trump (it`s more or less `hey lady, how are you and your family, I`m coming at you on the mic, I hope everything is good). My French isn`t as good so not entirely sure what he is saying there.
ua-cam.com/video/EhnLJwmEy_k/v-deo.html
All that said - I love this show and Wyclef is still a legend.
Everybody stop requesting other artists and appreciate what you are listening to. I love Vulf too, trust.
I saw Wyclef perform in concert and it was one of the best concerts ever. I wish this was longer. Wyclef is a musical genius and a very skilled musician. The Drummer, The Guitarist, and Jazzy were dope. Gotta Give Wyclef all the flowers now while he’s alive. He's definitely Rock n Roll Hall of Fame worthy. Legendary!!!
💐💐💐
💐🌸🌼💐🌸🌼
Also a comedian 💕
Starting a petition for a Fugees Reunion Tour - Who's with me?!
me and the rest of the civilized world, who were apparently busy for the past nine months.
WORD!!!!!!
nope, that is over, life goes on.
Yeah
Fugees - on their first european tour - were obviously biting a whole lot of the reggae world. Be it bits from Bob Marley, Cutty Ranks (?) etc. Whole lot of stuff that was not really their own........
Wyclef is a legend, period!!
So am I tbf
. And a thief. From his own people.
Man... the drummer's keeping the pace for real!!!
Agreed! His perfectly subtle beats are so dope in this set.
The drummer was laying it down but we needed the bass player to turn up his volume. You could barely hear him play.
I saw Wyclef perform quite a few times and he puts his heart and soul into every performance regardless of where it is or how many people are there. I saw him at a bar in my home town. I was literally right next to him for most of the performance, that’s how small the place is. Yet he gave us one of the best performances I’ve ever seen (live or otherwise). He is a true artist.
Lucky
sounds badass . sounds like cleff. what bar ? what town? I never hear of him coming through saint louis. extremley creative artist . way overlooked if you think about all he does
One of the best complete tiny desks.
Wyclef my Class mate from Vailsburg High School. I am so proud of him.
Wow, Ha!! Wyclef, shredding a LP !!!
How sweet is THAT --??
Wyclef Jean made me subscribe to NPR Music
Clef is the Most Prolific Artist in our Generation.
Wyclef John, could say more?! At 65 years old, I still feeling this young man and his talented group! We all are color blind, when will that happen? Somebody got to ask the questions. Amen
Thank you for the Whitney story Wyclef, that's my girl. I miss her, wish we were all hearing new music from "the VOICE".
I'm a long-haul trucker so the song going till November has another meaning to me lol👍😁
The Fugees should come to theTiny Desk. It would be the best concert of all time
I remember when Blacks taught children seven languages. What disciplines we had. GReenHill farms made us proud of our culture. Proud of who we are. TIME is a group. Relaunch the sounds that we appreciate .
This dude is da truth! Talent, pure talent. Slept on talent.
To carry a Tiny Desk with 3 musicians is amazing!!!
Love the Whitney story. OMG. The greatest
Not an easy thing to speak more than 2 languages ! Props to the ones that do it !
Aw man, what else can be said about Wyclef!?
Hes beyond genius, hes BLESSED BY JAH,
Like a positive pied piper,
The angels of music must have hated to let this talented soul go , even if just for a humans lifetime,
Anything he does is magnetic, just phenomenal, and he barely seems like hes trying, such an inspiration to alp musicians out there, young , old, good, terrible, red, black , white, or yellow, he's the MAESTRO,
I always play ANY thing hes touched when i feel down & blue, or just need some musical schooling, soul lifting, or want to be elevated & lifted, thank you Wyclef,
Keep on cstching ViBES, my frkend ,
JAH BLESS
Preach that truth brother man, bless you reading this all of you who truly believe.
One love
BE THE LIGHT
Dear Tiny Desk organizers, thank you so much for the endless incredible musicians, just like Wyclef. You have brought inspiration, empathy, love, joy, celebration, mourning and sadness into my life by introducing me to the most insanely creative and colourful artists on this channel. I look forward to the rest of what you're bringing forwards, appreciate your incredible sense of good taste and thank you once more for giving me meaning and relief in this crazy life of mine. Love you, T.
Tova H excellent comment!
2019. I concur
@yeh!!!!!
Couldn’t have said it better myself ! Much love . 🙏🏼❤️
The wise man mourns neither for others nor himself.
I can feel the nostalgie of my childwood... the struggle..the road...the joy at the end..thank you the poet.
The talent and charisma this man has is next level
This is in my humble opinion the best tiny desk performance.This must've been what they had in mind before it all started.
Such a talent! Wyclef for president!
He'd get elected on Friday,
Assasinated on Saturday,
Burried on Sunday,
They go back to work on Monday
Listening to this thru my headphones while wearing a Bob Dylan t-shirt. I'm jamming and washing dishes! Thank you
Man, never in my life have I seen anything like this. What a true legend.
smooov
Let's get D'Angelo on this set already!
Yes!
Omg , that would be an instant classic
and maxwell
Yaaaaaassss! Get him on the desk.
Tellem
Ude be pushed to find a more engaged artist on the planet, Wyclef is a musical legend of our time.
Damn, this turned into one of the best Tiny Desks
KEEP YOUR HEAD TO THE SKY. JOURNEY from the top flights of music and listen to WYCLEF chose music to master. MASTERING SOUND
Man, i almost forgot how talented Wyclef is...brought back high school memories. Great show. Thx
O yes the music master multitalented Wyclef in the House
it tooked me 20 years to realise that this refugee camper has one of the strongest soul voices i´ve ever heard. he got the vocab, you got the vocab Lauryn..
I’d forgotten how talented Wyclef is. And he makes it all look so easy peazy. This was a real groovy tiny desk.
I don’t think Clef ever got over Lauren, Jazzy sounds just like her close your eyes and listen. Pure musical genius before you. I’m gutted I missed the Fugees live back in the 90’s when they came here in the UK. I wish Lauren was still doing her thing ☮️❤️🙏 from 🏴😊
I thought exactly this
Wyclef is such a talented musician. Love it keep doing what you do...
Wyclef was so beautiful with everything he did here. I love his artistry a lot more now
A wizard in his calling. This music.
My favorite: November. I enjoyed this performance by Wyclef.
What a showman
Gotta love, an intuitive drummer too.. Oh myyy
I adore your T-shirt Wyclef Jean. Much love! 🌹🍁🎸💜🙏🏻💜🎸🍁🌹
You are watching THE MAN at work. Holy cow! Legend himself no cuts.
low-key indication of his greatness is how amazing he sounds here. pick a language or an instrument.
That Girls singing in the second song is the thruth!!!!!! Such an Amazing voice!!!!!!!
She was rocking thru it 🔥
Let the church say Amen
ua-cam.com/video/zwBVyJmccbo/v-deo.html
SUCH AN AMAZING 8HEAD!!!
Jazzy Amra
This maybe the best one yet !!
With that that guitar playing Robert Johnson , Bo Diddley, BB King, Chuck Berry, Prince, Jimmy Hendrix, Albert King, Eddie Hazel, and Dr. know are jumping up and down screaming!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾☮️💗💋✨
Merci à Tiny et Wycleaf - depuis Dakar/SENEGAL
The bass playing is on point! Dude is smooth with IT!!
Dude is just the truth man. Good to hear this cat doing his thing
Thank you Wyclef for that story about Whitney. I'm tearing up just thinking about that amazing woman and talent, gone far far too soon.
Yeh great story
I've seen Clef once or twice but this was special. And when he put the guitar behind his head. 😎😁 and the coffee cup. Great watch. Clef 4prz
he is a rapper, a musician, and one of the great artist in pop music history.
This man right here is a genius. Doesn’t get the respect he deserves
He's going into the 🇭🇹 history books for sure 🐐
One of the best tiny desk ever
This remains my favorite tiny desk even years later. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve watched it! Wyclef and the other musicians are so talented
And there's Wyclef... gobsmacked at this artist's talent, such respect for this man.
This guy is still on top of his game after all these years. An amazing artist!
"Inside of a BASEMENT" it's where all the best music is made 👌
Damn this man is heavenly talented, thanks monsieur Jean Wyclef
Wyclef is just an amazing human❤
Easily one of my favorite Tiny Desk concerts. His stories were just as entertaining as the performances.
So freaking good. English to Spanish to French and back (didn't even make a stop at the Creole). Bass to Piano to Guitar. Just stop with the talent pouring out of this dude. And so nice - met him once in the Foundation Room in Cleveland and once at some club in Vegas. Too nice. Too talented.
Greatest artist of my lifetime thank you god 🎉🎉🎉🎉
wow, Wyclef rules, those Fugees 90's vibes are still strongly resonating in me, genius, I bow down to his musical skills and his life experience of being poor
Wyclef draws from the universe and creates from 100 different genres. Now he's soloing with instruments into another dimension.
Merci Wyclef pour ce moment de bonheur. Force et courage aux Haïtiens....
Becides all gooood words about Wyclef i have to add: this nigga at drums is amazing - watching him play bring up huge smile at my face. Many thanks and respect from Belarus for all you guys!
Wyclef is a musical genius. He's clearly a very skilled musician. So why not just do this on an entire studio album? Please!
It's amazing how many acts you see at tiny desk that you might assume are just pop artists making generic hits, and then you realize they're amazing artists with an extreme amount of talent. Lesson learned, multiple times, not to judge people based on their hits, thank you @NPR Music.
Right on
I've been watching this specific tiny desk almost every day during quarantine because the Whitney Houston story always brings me a smile thinking that the is the sweetest way to remember a person
Classic Fugees style to rap AND sing. Wyclef and Lauryn Hill pioneered this style.
Wyclef is so dope! A brilliant artist!
I don’t even listen to wyclef but this was the first tiny desk I saw and I come back to watch every now and again
wyclef is the definition of the phrase " im a music-man"
I'll always respect wyclef...I'm diggin the Haitian French patois....can't ever hate that...n what a nice fellow to throw Malcolm gladwell on bass...
Malcolm Gladwell on bass lol
He is not speaking french patois but french
It's the tipping point y'all
That's regular French....
He was speaking french lol
Classic. Gotta love some Wyclef in the system.
Jazzy sings so beautifully, and she complements his sound so well. She definitely just got a new fan here 😍😍
Ewuraesi You have a new fan as well. 😍😍😍😍
Ewuraesi me too
Real Talk
Same here. Can you subscribe to my UA-cam channel Mychelle Wiltshire
@@secondopinion53 can you subscribe to my UA-cam channel Mychelle Wiltshire please subscribe thank you so much.
Wyclef Jean, so authentic. I loved this performance
I've been to a Wyclef concert and I was not disappointed! He knows how to entertain!
The Score sold 22 million copies worldwide. Look up The Fugees live performance in Germany 1996 if you enjoyed this.
that girl sings like Lauryn, so good!
That feeling when you're listening to music and the tears just come and pour out. The beauty of being alive and serving the master - MUSIC.
Wyclef is just an amazing musician not just an artist. One love.
A long-term fan of talent. Wyclef is near the top!
Rock on Wyclef love this guy
Woah What a Musical Wonder.. multi lingual, guitar extraordinaire, keyboard phenomenon, super proven producer … etc etc etc!
I take all my time to listen his music. Cuz his music is our music.