Did Whitney Houston Sing Out Of Tune? w/ Wyclef Jean
The Sam Sanders Show
KCRW & Sam Sanders
4.9 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
We’ve got a very special episode for you today, featuring the legendary rapper and musician Wyclef Jean. Sam teamed up with Justin Richmond of the Broken Record podcast for this live conversation recorded at the On Air Fest.
Wyclef Jean may just be the most wide-ranging rapper, producer, performer, and composer of his time. As the lead producer and MC of Fugees, he helped craft their 1996 landmark album The Score, one of the best-selling hip-hop albums of all time. The following year he released his debut solo album, The Carnival, which included hits like “Guantanamera” featuring Celia Cruz, and the platinum-certified single “Gone Till November.”
As a writer and producer for other artists, Wyclef is behind Whitney Houston’s “My Love Is Your Love,” Santana’s chart-dominating “Maria Maria,” Shakira’s global smash “Hips Don’t Lie,” and Destiny’s Child’s breakout single “No, No, No.”
They get into what it was really like in the studio with Whitney Houston, how The Fugees shaped their sound while recording The Score, and the wisdom Wyclef would pass on to his younger self about what makes a great creative collaboration.
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| 0:00.0 | Every time I make a run, girl you turn around and cry. |
| 0:06.7 | I ask myself, why, oh, why? |
| 0:11.4 | Hey, y'all, Sam Sanders here. |
| 0:12.8 | Thank you so much for checking out my show with KCRW. |
| 0:16.3 | We have a very special episode for y'all today. |
| 0:19.8 | It is a wide-ranging conversation with the one and only Wyclef Jeanne. |
| 0:25.6 | Yeah, Fuji's Wyclef Jean. |
| 0:27.6 | Gone till November, Wyclef John. |
| 0:30.6 | You tell my girl you, I'll be gone to November. |
| 0:33.6 | January, February, March 8 May. |
| 0:35.6 | I see you crying, but girl I can't stay. |
| 0:38.8 | I'll be gone to November. |
| 0:40.4 | I talked to Wyclef on stage in New York earlier this year. |
| 0:43.8 | It was all part of this podcast festival called On Air Fest. |
| 0:47.6 | I was actually a guest host of sorts. |
| 0:49.9 | My old friend Justin Richmond, he hosts the podcast Broken Record. |
| 0:53.8 | He booked Wyclef for the festival, and then the morning of the chat. |
| 0:58.4 | He texted me and said, hey, Sam, would you like to do this interview with me? |
| 1:03.3 | Of course, I said yes. |
| 1:05.2 | We talked about so much in this conversation, the Fuji's legacy, how Wyclef makes hits for himself and others, and he told us all |
| 1:13.0 | about the time he had to tell Whitney Houston that she was out of tune. I know, wild. All right, |
| 1:19.6 | this chat's so fun. Enjoy it here. Or watch the three of us, me and Wyclef and Justin, on YouTube. |
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