competence. And And you know, my god, the internet is just an absolute carnival for this cognitive bias. And I think we just we have a lot of people empowered by the internet who believethey know more than they do. And they don't like being told that they're wrong. I mean, it's just, you know,
Because you can start and be like, "yo, I want to be on TV! And "Carnival 3," what's the preorder date?
The best party I've attended was-- I don't remember what year, but it was-- I was in Dallas for the Super Bowl, and Patron threw a carnival party. And I remember half of it.
I can remember fourth grade gym class and the teacher not letting me climb the ropes. There was the carnival where I wasn't allowed to drive the bumper cars. That was last week-- before it snowed.
Now, but when Drake is like, "yo, your dad is really cool. I listen to "The Carnival ." So now she hasn't heard "The Carnival ," so "The Carnival 3" will be her first experience with that explosion of what happened in '97 mixed with 2017.
So you're dealing with two audiences. You've got "The Carnival " cult classic audience, which is "The Score." If they hear "Carnival 3," they're not planning to go and put on a CD and skip and skip. They know what the classic is.
with the next songs. And similar to "Carnival 1," now you'll be able to discover new artists that you don't know. So the cool thing is with "Carnival 1," who's John Forte?
I watched the evolution of a lot of these kids. With "The Carnival 3," you will start to see a lot of evolution of what we feel is the future of where talent is going. So that's what's going to make this exciting.
So it's super important. When Wyclef made "The Carnival " album 20 years ago-- in June, it's going to be 20 years-- people were buying that album on cassette tapes, on CDs, and on vinyl.
Santana, and Whitney Houston, and Shakira, all in between one and two. But between "Carnival 2" and now "Carnival 3," Wyclef wasn't putting music on the market. So not only did "Carnival 2" happen right before streaming happened, then there was just no from Wyclef in the 10 year gap.
But between "Carnival 2" and now "Carnival 3," Wyclef wasn't putting music on the market. So not only did "Carnival 2" happen right before streaming happened, then there was just no from Wyclef in the 10 year gap. So we hit 8, 9, 10 years later, and we're starting to put music out again, and essentially there's only streaming.
and-- we call it "cassette tape to streaming rates," is what we've been calling the whole marketing piece from "Carnival 1 20th Anniversary" to putting out "The Carnival 3." And what do you think, as the artist coming into this landscape? It's not as simple anymore as just cutting it to tape and being done.
Because you can start and be like, "yo, I want to be on TV! So "The Carnival 3" does come out.
cares there must be five thousand people behind me the line travels all the way down the ramp to the wharf where it looks more carnival than cue the rivers got ice floes that was so foggy you could hardly make them out guy next to me has a bong guy next to him is reading a biography of Camus this was all well and good at five but now it's almost
That's, you know, usually they put it in some odd-shaped container to try to fool you a little bit. This is a great -- in fact, if you're ever at a carnival , now you know how they guess the number of jelly beans in a jar. There's a funny story about that actually. So I was at -- like I said, I'm new to this whole author thing -- so when I -- we were going through different titles of the book,
I think that any time you experience traumatic loss early on, it changes who you are and drastically affects your view of the world. You see it in carnivals where the little mole pops its head up, and you whack it, and whack it, and whack it.
It was loud. It was colorful. It was more like a carnival . And we set off.
Thank you, man. The reason, or multiple reasons, why you're here-- I'm sure we can make a laundry list, but it goes back to the recent release of "J'ouvert," which was an EP signaling the beginning of Carnival and leading us to what will be this summer's "The Carnival 3." On the 20th anniversary of "The Carnival ," you're now releasing "The Carnival 3." What is the appeal to being a sequel album?
was an EP signaling the beginning of Carnival and leading us to what will be this summer's "The Carnival 3." On the 20th anniversary of "The Carnival ," you're now releasing "The Carnival 3." What is the appeal to being a sequel album? Why are we still living in the carnival ?
you're now releasing "The Carnival 3." What is the appeal to being a sequel album? Why are we still living in the carnival ? Well, the era that we're in right now, we're in the era of the Drakies, the eras of the Rihannas, the eras of the afrobeat movement, which is spawning.
You mentioned the word "theme," and that's always been a big deal for me. Because I think back to the original "Carnival " and even "The Score" before that, and these are not just collections of songs. This is an album that you sit, you listen to, you get told a wonderful story.
And similar to "Carnival 1," now you'll be able to discover new artists that you don't know. So the cool thing is with "Carnival 1," who's John Forte? Who is? Now with "Carnival 3," a lot of the talents, like being able to come up, working with Lauryn Hill, Beyonce, Shakira,
The least amount of people were buying on CD, though. And then we did the "The Carnival 2," which is then 10 years ago. So he's got these 10 year gaps of these "Carnival " albums, which I think is also important to note.
Well, I was a carny one summer. and I got this job in a carnival .
You will be more patient, at least I am. If you don't go during Carnival , the prices will be a little lower.
Are there certain spices or certain like, 10 things, for example, that we have to have stocked? Yeah. It's called Carnival Sound Event.
Good idea. So I'm sure you guys have done a lot of other stuff that was really clever, but just didn't see the light of day. the first base line-- they've added all these little carnival activities, putt putt golf kinds of things.
rhythms against hip hop rhythms, this is why it allows this new one to be part of that sequel. So a kid who'd never heard "The Carnival ," one like my daughter, she's bumping "J'ouvert." So while she's bumping "J'ouvert," she's like, "dad, do a song with Drake." So Drake is like her Wyclef.
So the cool thing is with "Carnival 1," who's John Forte? Who is? Now with "Carnival 3," a lot of the talents, like being able to come up, working with Lauryn Hill, Beyonce, Shakira, Mary J, Little Wayne, and not Little Wayne.
Still staying on the subject a little bit, and Madeleine, maybe this is something that you can speak to, in this idea of not just putting out an album, with "Carnival ," you originally could get it on vinyl or cassette, like we were talking about. CD was the least seller for that to come out.
And then we did the "The Carnival 2," which is then 10 years ago. So he's got these 10 year gaps of these "Carnival " albums, which I think is also important to note. 10 years ago it was all CD.
But there was still no streaming. I think none of the services even existed when "The Carnival 2" happened. And then there was a serious gap, because there was tons of music that was being made on Wyclef and on other artists like Carlos
Because you can start and be like, "yo, I want to be on TV! And it is the 20th anniversary of "The Carnival ." Yeah.
Because you can start and be like, "yo, I want to be on TV! So that is the 20th anniversary of "The Carnival ." So while we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of "The Carnival ," you can preorder "Carnival 3,"
Because you can start and be like, "yo, I want to be on TV! One thing we knew with Wyclef was that a "Carnival 3" had to come.
communities that we're dropping into this is a unique opportunity for for the young folks it's kind of like the the carnival is coming into town the circus is coming into town but it's a stem circus so hot when this young child the staff afterwards when I went to meet with the
Right? Years later, another fundraiser, where Spike Lee was celebrating the anniversary of like 40 Acres and a Mule, and he did a thing on like a Carnival Cruise line, like a new Carnival Cruise line, that pulled to the city. And I said, of course, I'm going to go.
that I think about all the time was Something Wicked this Way Comes. Which was Ray Bradbury's the story of the traveling carnival . Mr. Dark coming to town and it was really a great it's a book about boys aspiring to be men and men aspiring to be boys and a story about regret and small towns it's just a beautifully
a shipyard in Brittany with a grant from Carnival Cruise Lines of all people.
So in the Caribbean, we have Carnival in Trinidad once a year, and we do this thing called whining, where we move our bodies like this.
So this is one of those stories that covered all the bases from just the carnival
Are there certain spices or certain like, 10 things, for example, that we have to have stocked? Yeah. So it's like a carnival feel, good vibe as well.
so that they can begin to manage this risk while we put pressure on Carnival to stay out of there is just one of the many things
Motion you know almost like she was being conveyed through a kind of carnival ride uh by her own Locomotion she had to make these these quick and
That is Pigtown." Billie Holiday was the offspring of a one-night dalliance at a carnival between 16-year-old Clarence Holiday
Traditionally, you'd go to a carnival or whatever, amusement park, and you've got the photo booths, and you go in there with your friends.
The goal in viral video is to have something that would make for a great carnival barker's pitch, so that you can
With her motorcycle skills, she went out and found a carnival , which was traveling through.
They lived in railroad cars or tents, moving from town to town each week as the carnival moved on.
Well, the era that we're in right now, we're in the era of the Drakies, the eras of the Rihannas, the eras of the afrobeat movement, which is spawning. In 1997, when I was coming out with The Carnival ," which is an album with a lot of these like futuristic world beat rhythms against hip hop rhythms, this is why it allows this new one to be part of that sequel.