Will.I.Am / Songs About Girls – CD (Used)

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Author: Will.I.Am

Format: Explicit Lyrics

Release Date: 25-09-2007

Details: Product DescriptionAfter selling close to 20 million albums as the mastermind of the Black Eyed Peas,Grammy winner will.i.am is ready for his solo release – Songs About Girls. Will has recently produced hits for many artists Fergie, Sergio Mendes, Pussycat Dolls, John Legend, Nas,The Game, Justin Timberlake to name a few… Songs About Girls is produced and written by will.i.am with Snoop Dogg confirmed as the 1 featured artist. He has made a concept album with songs surrounding common relationship issues. It really made me aware of how much is possible musically, he says.Amazon.caTalent as big as Will.i.am’s can’t help making a lot of noise, andSongs About Girls is, for sure, a big, noisy record. But in addition to the kind of hugeness, it’s sometimes hard to get your head around–see « Impatient, » a freaked-up, very busy club joint–there’s an outsize effort to connect with listeners on a deeper level here. Will.i.am, whose unstoppable run as a producer may have temporarily rubbed the sheen off his reputation as an artist, pulls it off in his own radiant, loopish, never-boring way. The best of this batch of songs chronicles a failed real-life relationship: « Over, » which was co-written with Jeff Lynne and plucks from ELO’s way-cool « It’s Over, » leads the pack with a bust-the-walls-in beat, and it’s followed by the excellently unruly related numbers « Heartbreaker, » « One More Chance, » « Invisible, » and « Fantastic. » Listen to the hip-hoppy lyrics to these songs–several resonate through the hoots, horns, and hype–and you get the sense Will.i.am’s appetite for the meaninglessly spectacular has diminished. But then « The Donque Song » comes along. Bouncing off a lot of electronic beats, booty references, and sly asides by Snoop–Girls’ only guest star–« Donque » does its pulse-raising thing in classic out-there Will.i.am form; ditto first single « I Got It from My Mama, » which traffics in sound effects and Black Eyed Peas-type call and response. « S.O.S., » a plea sent out on behalf of the environment, ends the disc on a somber note, but don’t expect to walk off feeling all serious;Songs About Girls sucks its listeners way too far into the center of a stylish, if gloriously unhinged, universe for that.–Tammy La Gorce

UPC: 602517468245

EAN: 0748721000120

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood