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Flo Rida Joins With Will.I.Am To Continue Mindless Dance-Rap Onslaught


I know many can't stand the guy, but I enjoy the work of Flo Rida. Sure, I doubt I could quote a single line from one of his four push tracks' verses, but I love the way his speedy delivery allows me to focus on dance beats and chorus hooks. If pop rappers are going to deliver weak rhymes about material wealth and the glories of womanizing, the least they can do is stay out of the way. While I'm not as fond of will.i.am as I am of T-Pain, Sean Kingston, or Timbaland, the Black Eyed Pea's zippy production should help to keep Flo's love in the club. It's also fun to call them "Florida featuring WIlliam." [YouTube] More »

1:00 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Anthony Miccio
149 views, 7 comments

Latest by n/a: When Mr. Rida says "Ayer," he sounds whiter than Alan Thicke. I'm not throwing my hands in the ayer-a-a-a-ayer for Alan Thicke or anyone who reminds me of him.[blog.newsok.com] more »

apparently, the obama videos haven't hit over there yet

Will.I.Am Has A Hit In England? How Did This Happen?


I was cleaning the upstairs bathroom and listening to BBC Radio One's Chart Show on Sunday, and throughout the program the hosts were speculating where "Heartbreaker" would end up. "Heartbreaker," I thought? By whom? Turns out it was will.i.am, who while redeeming himself slightly with the "American Boy" beat hasn't done much with his solo disc (should've taken my advice, pal). Thankfully, the track was held to No. 4 for the second week, although whether justice was served might depend on your opinion of the Ting Tings. [Radio 1] More »

2:30 PM on Tue May 27 2008
By Dan Gibson
160 views, 5 comments

Latest by bess marvin, girl detective: i like this song and i love chezza cole. win win more »

idolator's in-depth election coverage continues

OK, Will.I.Am, We Get It: You Like Barack Obama


One crappy video for your candidate of choice: Understandable. You're enthusiastic, and for at least the moment, you can round up a few celebrities to talk over a eighth-rate beat. Who wouldn't do the same in your shoes? But a second video? Now you've gone too far, pal. More »

11:50 AM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Dan Gibson
286 views, 4 comments

a change is gonna come (thanks to youtube)

Black Eyed Pea One-Ups Wentz And Butler In Obama Ass-Kissing Stakes With Crummy "Music" Video


So here is "Yes We Can," the video that will.i.am and his star-studded iPhone address book put together for ABC in support of the Barack Obama presidential campaign, using the candidate's New Hampshire primary speech as their aesthetic jumping-off point. Calling it "music," as the folks at ABC News see fit to do, is stretching the definition further than a lot of stuff that gets written up in The Wire, though, as Common and Scarlett Johansson and John Legend and the Professor and Mary Ann perform a tuneless call-and-response with a recording of Barry's original oratory. Plus I think maybe there's a guitar strumming in the background? While the bleeding-heart in me appreciates the gesture and I realize it was rushed out thanks to a supposed sense of political urgency, c'mon, this is ham-handed even for a hump-chump whose idea of protest is "Where Is The Love." [YouTube]

11:00 AM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Jess Harvell
490 views, 9 comments

Latest by Moimeme: @Chris N.: I thought I was the only one who noticed. *shudder* more »

no, really, i'm sorry

Avant-Rock Legend Joins Various VH1 Faves At CES For The Sake Of The Children

Yes, that's will.i.am, Yoko Ono, Natasha Bedingfield, and the guy from Train. Supergroup! And after the jump, we've got a preview of the bizarre benefit single they've cut to raise awareness of the importance of musical education. More »

2:55 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By jharv
669 views, 6 comments

Michael Jackson Meets An Akon, A Kanye, And Two Black Eyed Peas ARTIST: Michael Jackson feat. will.i.am., Akon, Fergie, and Kanye West
TITLE: Thriller 25
RELEASE DATE: Feb. 2008
WEB DEBUT: Dec. 20, 2007

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straw polls

Obama Vs. Clinton: Whose Musical Taste Sucks More?

So Barry Obama's big benefit shindig coming up next week in California features musical endorsements from Ne-Yo (yay!), the Goo Goo Dolls (uh), Nicole Scherzinger (ack), and will.i.am (dear lord no). Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton has recently ditched Celine Dion's "You And I" (holy shit) as her campaign song in favor of Big Head Todd And The Monsters' "Blue Sky" (could be worse, right?). Forgetting their opinions about, like, stuff salient to running a country, this does not particularly fill us with hope for the future. (Even the Republicans are showing better taste this time out; for instance, did you know Mitt Romney's campaign tune is "I Get Around"*?) So we put it to you, a year or so early, to decide who you would vote for based solely on these less than stellar musical track records. More »

12:30 PM on Wed Dec 5 2007
By jharv
4,141 views, 44 comments

Latest by Jfrankparnell: I must abstain. America will not mature as a country until a serious candidate picks the Minutemen's "This Ain't No Picnic" as their theme or a recreational listening choice. Although I would also vote for a candidate based solely on their more »

How can you make the warbly Paul McCartney-Michael Jackson duet/Thriller lowlight "The Girl Is Mine"—which someone actually requested at a wedding I attended recently, for serious—even more worthy of the "skip" button? How about treating it to a remix by will.i.am in a clearly misguided effort to "honor" it? [The Leak Source]

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Kanye West has pulled out of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show And Excuse To Let Geri Halliwell Writhe Around In A Bra Again because of his mother's sudden death earlier this week. The show's replacement? will.i.am, who will perform "I Got It From My Mama" as a tribute to Kanye's mom. Because a song that idolizes women who are "so beautiful, all natural" is a very tasteful way to honor a woman who died from a botched plastic surgery job. [The Insider via ONTD]

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If only Thriller could protest Michael Jackson's plans for its re-release with a hearty rendition of the chorus to "Leave Me Alone": "According to reports, Jackson plans to spruce up the 25th anniversary addition of the album by adding four remixes of Thriller tracks. Those lending a helping sequined gloved hand on the remixes for 'Wanna Be Startin' Something,' 'The Girl Is Mine,' 'Billie Jean,' and 'P.Y.T.' are Kanye West, Akon, and Will.i.am." I'll give the Kanye collaboration a pass, if only because of what he did with the "P.Y.T." sample on "Good Life," but really, was the world screaming for a remake of "The Girl Is Mine"? Especially if there's a strong possibility that Jackson will be tussling with will.freakin'.i.am? [RS]

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will.i.am on the inspiration behind one of the most important songs of our obviously doomed time: "When I wrote 'My Humps,' I said, 'This is the stupidest thing ever,' but in a good way. I always wondered what it must be like to be a girl, always gettin' pulled on. Maybe she's the smartest genius on the planet, but she's rackin' double Ds with a 26-inch waist and a big ol' ass and no one's ever gonna see her like that because that's the way the world is today." [Radar]

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In lieu of doing a Leak of the Day for the forthcoming will.i.am record (because I'm cranky enough), I'm settling for having my mind gently rearranged by the fact that one song utilizes (by which I mean, "jacks with a Puffy-esque egregiousness") the clunky and memorable electro-melody from M.A.N.D.Y. and Booka Shade's 2005 left-field house hit "Body Language." [Four Four]

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trying to stop the awful music of the future: an idolator public service

Will.I.Am, There's Still Time To Not Release Your Solo Album

One would be reasonable in assuming that Will.I.Am.'s forthcoming solo album would be a fall highlight for retailers and the bean counters at Interscope. The last Black Eyed Peas disc has sold nine million copies so far, and (despite any sort of force for justice in this universe) the Will-masterminded Fergie solo album has been certified double platinum. As a highly sought-after hit maker and a member of one of the more popular groups of recent years, there shouldn't be any reason to doubt the success of Will.I.Am's Songs About Girls. An article in yesterday's Los Angeles Times, however, brings one question to mind: Is it too late to pretend this whole thing never happened? More »

10:00 AM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By dangibs
922 views, 9 comments

Latest by cstmr srvc: i would love to see lauren hill rejoin and get a proper desperate 80s cover in the topforty. more »

you will not escape the fergie

We Hear The Heights Might Be Available That Date As Well

Where do the Black Eyed Peas find the time? Not just to make their amazing, amazing music; not just to spin off solo careers (Will.I.Am's new Songs About Girls, featuring guests from Justin Timberlake to Nas to Sergio Mendes to the Game to Carlos Santana, "and of course fellow Black Eyed Pea, Fergie," as the press release puts it, arrives Sept. 25—mark those calendars!); but to conquer every extant market left on the planet. To wit: the group performs at the Jersualem Rocks festival on Sept. 9 (about two weeks before Will.I.Am's new Songs About Girls arrives in stores—mark those calendars!) with co-headliners Arrested Development and the Commitments. No further comment necessary.

O No, Jerusalem [The Daily Swarm]

5:16 PM on Thu Jul 26 2007
By mmatos
210 views, 1 comment

Latest by Bob Loblaw: If no one else is going to appreciate the Heights reference, I will. And somewhere out there, Jamie Walters will too. more »

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Liner Notes: Hard Rock's Most Adrenalized, Hysterical Pyromaniac Is Back At Work

- Mutt Lange will reunite with Def Leppard to record a few songs for the group's new album. We're so happy, we don't even have a sub-par kicker joke to insert. [The Def Leppard Satellite Of Love]
- Will.I.Am is designing the Hard Rock Cafe's new uniforms, which come in size S, M and XXLame. [MTV]
- 50 Cent and Al Pacino will take their considerable garble-speak skills to the big screen in the cop thriller Righteous Kill. [Rush & Molloy]

1:00 PM on Thu Jun 21 2007
By Brian Raftery
6,705 views, 4 comments

Latest by AcidReign: .....Maybe Mutt can get the boys to do a cover of "Rainbow in the Dark," and actually get Vivian Campbell to shred again. Nah, won't happen. more »