Songs About Girls [PA] by will.i.am (CD, Sep-2007, Interscope (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	602517468245
Artist:	Will.I.Am
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2007
Record Label:	Interscope (USA)
Genre:	Contemporary R&B, R&B

Track Listing
1. Over
2. Heartbreaker
3. I Got It from My Mama
4. She's a Star
5. Get Your Money
6. Donque Song, The
7. Impatient
8. One More Chance
9. Invisible
10. Fantastic
11. Fly Girl
12. Dynamite (Interlude)
13. Ain't It Pretty
14. Make It Funky
15. S.O.S. (Mother Nature)

Details
Playing Time:	62 min.
Producer:	Will.I.Am, Fernando Garibay, James "Polow Da Don" Jones, Polow Da Don, Fernan Garibay, Palow tha Don, Paper-Boy
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: will.i.am (piano, keyboards, drums, drum programming); George Pajon, Josh Lopez, Ray Brady, Mike Hartnett (guitar); Elvis Williams (piano); Keith Harris (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, drums); Jason Perry, Polow da Don, John Kirby (keyboards); Chuck Prada (percussion); Dante Santiago, Katerina Graham, Simon Battle, Marti G., Melanie Johnson, Tara Ellis, Keri Hilson (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Dylan Dresdow; Tony Maserati.Recording information: Chalice Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Cubano Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Ethernet Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Lhima Studios, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Record Plant, Hollywood, CA; Spiral Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Zacs Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA.Photographer: Joseph Cultice.Will.i.am's success as a producer for the likes of John Legend, Fergie, and Macy Gray, among others, rivaled the enormous popularity of his own group, Black Eyed Peas. SONGS ABOUT GIRLS is the producer/rapper's major-label solo debut, and while critics might turn their noses up at will.i.am's commercially tailored pop-rap, there is no denying the man's production skills. Like Kanye West, another rap artist whose true genius lies in track-making, will.i.am is no great shakes on the mic. Fortunately, the rapping isn't foregrounded here; instead it tastefully fills space between bouts of dazzling production work.The opening track, co-written with Jeff Lynne, takes a sample from ELO's "It's Over" to build an immediately infectious jam that weighs in as one of the most bumping break-up songs of 2007. The lead-off single "I Got It From My Mama" may have nabbed attention for its call-and-response segments and insistent hook, but it's outpaced by production gems like "Get Your Money" and "The Donque Song," which features a cameo by Snoop Dogg. Fans of Black Eyed Peas and pop-rap in general shouldn't miss SONGS ABOUT GIRLS, but neither will anyone invested in the art of hip-hop production.

Editorial Reviews
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [A] pop&B album of mellow head-nodders that veer between chilled-out soul and lite-electro funk.
Rolling Stone