Wyclef Is Back

Wyclef is set to return to hip hop next month with the release of "From The Hut To The Projects To The Mansion." The 13-track E.P., featuring all new material produced by DJ Drama, comes out Nov. 10 on Carnival House via Megaforce/Sony Music.

The 13-tracks are strung together in a continuous mix with a narrative arc, telling the story of Toussaint St. Jean, a persona suggested to Wyclef by his friend and collaborator T.I. The character of Toussaint is loosely based on an 18th-century Haitian revolutionary hero, Toussaint L'Ouverture.

On the E.P., Wyclef raps and sings from the Toussaint persona, taking on the spirit of a military fighter with grisly war stories. To create a suitable musical accompaniment to the dark stories, Wyclef turned to superstar producer DJ Drama. "I asked myself, 'Who's the toughest guy out there?'" Wyclef says. "Then I said, well, DJ Drama is pretty badass. So I called him and asked if he'd be interested in doing a mixtape. He heard what I was up to and he said, 'We gotta do a book - this is a novel!' He got excited, and it became more like an EP than a mixtape."

Tracklist:
1. Interlude - "From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion"
2. "Warrior's Anthem"
3. "The Streets Pronounce Me Dead"
4. "Slumdog Millionaire" feat. Cyndi Lauper aka Luscious Loo
5. Interlude - "Every Now & Then"
6. "Walk Away"
7. "More Bottles" feat. Timbaland
8. "You Don't Wanna Go Outside"
9. "Toussaint vs. Bishop"
10. Interlude - "The Struggle"
11. "We Made It"
12. "Suicide Love" feat. Eve
13. "Letter From The Penn"
14. "Robotic Love"
15. "Gangsta Girl"
16. Interlude - "Tell The Kids The Truth"
17. "The Shottas"