Part of the reason why Wyclef is a success has to do with his keeping his ear to the ground, so to speak; as he told us, the streets tell you the truth. In keeping with that he never moved his studio, Bugga' Basement, out of the "hood," and still feeds off the energy of the streets. The studio is right there in East Orange where the Fugee's first album, "The Score" came together. Wyclef takes mixes from the studio and demos new tracks on the DAT, with the use of a bank of MB Quart separates on the back door as reference, listening along with a small group of street critics. They know when "Clef hits the block" when the JL subs start thumping. The street critics gather around and have no compunction about sharing their opinions.
The Alpine mobile video player in the V500 is also for his work; he uses it for viewing rough cuts (un-edited footage) of a group's music video. This way he can make creative directions on the fly, or en-route. About the only thing that isn't essential producer gear would be the Sony PlayStation game console. But that doesn't mean it's absolutely necessary.
 Five-inch Mobile monitors...  Five-inch Mobile monitors in the sun visors... |  5.6-inch monitors in the ...  5.6-inch monitors in the headrest... |  And a custom built satellite...  And a custom built satellite bubble on the roof to track music videos on TV. |
When asked what music he is listening to, he informs us MOP is in the CD player right now. He is into the older hip hop stuff, too, like Evil D, Buck Shot Shorty, Smif'n'Wession, and early Digital Underground when Tupac was carrying the record crates and had one verse. And his most classic hip hop vinyl is the battle between Busy B vs. Cool Moe Dee. If you don't know these guys, don't ask, do your history lessons.