The in-your-face leader of the Black Eyed Peas, Will.I.Am admitted he felt a bit of hesitation over releasing what is his 3rd solo album but 1st official solo release in the US. According to Will, “[I was] really excited and nervous at the same time. I was like, ‘How and why should I put out a solo project?’ I could just do another Black Eyed Peas record”. But he vowed to see the project through to completion and what got him hooked was making his album a semi-conceptual piece he dubbed simply Songs About Girls.
“All the songs tell a story of falling in love, falling out of love, trying to get back in love, destructing love and destroying love and then starting a new situation. That journey is what makes this unique”, he said. The album tells its story through a concise, 12-song set (with only 1 collabo - Snoop Dogg on a song called “Donque”). 8 of the tracks are to be turned into visual form via a set of music videos that, stitched together, will show , as Will described, “a movie about making a movie”. The videos will be included in the CD packaging as well as a new digital platform devised by Will and his label boss, Jimmy Iovine, to allow fans to share in revenues generated by sales and sharing of the CD.
BEP are gonna hit the road on September 4th for a 2-month international trek and Will will debut his solo material there. He also told BEP fans not to worry because a new BEP album, tentatively titled From Roots to Fruits, will be in stores late 2008.
Songs About Girls will be on the shelf of your favorite music retailer come September 25th. To hear the album’s lead single, “I Got It From My Mama (Genetics)”, click on the iMeem player below and to see a clip of the video, check out Will’s official website.
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