Greatest Hits (Wyclef Jean album)

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.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 2003
Recorded1996–2003
GenreReggaehip hopR&B
Length72:29
LabelColumbia Records
ProducerWyclef JeanR. KellyJerry "Wonda" DuplessisShea TaylorPras Michel • Ché Guevara
Wyclef Jean chronology
Masquerade
(2002)
Greatest Hits
(2003)
The Preacher's Son
(2003)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Ghetto Religion"
    Released: September 22, 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

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]

Track listing

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Greatest Hits – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ghetto Religion" (featuring R. Kelly)R. Kelly3:34
2."We Trying to Stay Alive" (featuring John Forté and Pras)Pras Michel3:11
3."Perfect Gentleman" (featuring Hope)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • Hope Harris
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:09
4."911" (featuring Mary J. Blige)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:19
5."Gone 'Till November"
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jean3:33
6."Guantanamera" (featuring Celia Cruz, Jeni Fujita and Lauryn Hill)Jean4:30
7."Hey Girl" (featuring Ayesha and Papa Don)
Shea Taylor, Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis3:33
8."It Doesn't Matter" (featuring The Rock and Melky Sedeck)Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis3:57
9."Anything Can Happen"
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jean4:36
10."Thug Angels" (featuring Small World)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis6:35
11."Gunpowder" (featuring Lauryn Hill)
  • Jean
Jean4:24
12."Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:04
13."Runaway" (featuring Earth, Wind & Fire and The Product G&B)
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:56
14."Wish You Were Here"
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:06
15."To All the Girls"Jean4:18
16."Two Wrongs" (featuring Claudette Ortiz)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis3:51
17."No Woman, No Cry" (with Fugees)Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:33
Greatest Hits – Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Gone 'Till November" (The Makin' Runs Remix) (featuring Canibus and R. Kelly)Ché Guevara, Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis3:33
2."Guantanamera" (Roxanne, Roxanne/Oye Como Va Remix) (featuring Beenie Man and Ky-Mani Marley)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • Hill
  • Seeger
  • Orbón
  • Fernández
  • Martí
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:30
3."Perfect Gentleman" (Vinyl Remix) (featuring Xzibit & King Yellowman)
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:40
4."We Trying to Stay Alive" (Remix) (featuring John Forté and Pras)
  • Jean
  • Forté
  • Michel
  • B. Gibb
  • M. Gibb
  • R. Gibb
  • Duplessis
Pras Michel3:31
5."It Doesn't Matter" (Remix) (featuring Hope)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • Long
  • Danoff
  • Child
  • Denver
  • Walters
  • Rosa
  • Danoff
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:09
6."No Woman, No Cry" (Remix) (with Fugees, featuring Steve Marley)
  • Jean
  • Ford
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis5:28
7."It Doesn't Matter (Ca Ne Me Fait Rien)" (featuring Jacky and Ben-J)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • Fabien Loubayi
  • Jacky Teixeira
  • Laurence Tsongo
  • Onana
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis3:53
Greatest Hits – US edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ghetto Religion" (featuring R. Kelly)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • R. Kelly
R. Kelly3:34
2."Hey Girl" (featuring Ayesha and Papa Don)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • Taylor
  • Patterson
Shea Taylor, Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis3:33
3."We Trying to Stay Alive" (featuring John Forté and Pras)
  • Jean
  • Forté
  • Michel
  • B. Gibb
  • M. Gibb
  • R. Gibb
Pras Michel3:11
4."It Doesn't Matter" (featuring The Rock and Melky Sedeck)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • Long
  • Danoff
  • Child
  • Denver
  • Walters
  • Rosa
  • Danoff
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis3:57
5."Anything Can Happen"
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jean4:36
6."911" (featuring Mary J. Blige)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:19
7."Two Wrongs" (featuring Claudette Ortiz)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis3:51
8."Gone 'Till November"
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jean3:33
9."Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:04
10."Diallo" (featuring Youssou N'Dour & MB²)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis7:22
11."Something About Mary"
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis5:20
12."Wish You Were Here"
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • Waters
  • Gilmour
Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis4:06
13."Gone 'Till November" (The Makin' Runs Remix) (featuring Canibus and R. Kelly)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
  • O'Dowd
  • Moss
  • Lennon
  • McCartney
  • Craig
  • Pickett
  • Hay
Ché Guevara, Jerry 'Wonda' Duplessis3:33

Chart performance

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Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[4] DNC
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] DNC

References

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  1. ^ "Greatest Hits - Wyclef Jean | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Wyclef Jean: Greatest Hits : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Wyclef Jean – Greatest Hits (2003, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Wyclef Jean Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  5. ^ "Wyclef Jean Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-02-12.