Wyclef Jean: The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book (Columbia)
Miles Marshall Lewis, Village Voice, 20 September 2000
EVER HAVE A bright idea, a 1000-watt bulb so blazin that it inevitably slides into the collective consciousness of pop culture? Even if the brainstorm was a somewhat obvious eventuality, it probably pissed you off more than a little when it publicly manifested. Like Flav once said about beats, you can't copyright no idea, man. But when others run off with your personal brain-children, it's hard not to wish you coulda raised them up yourself, dig?
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