Wyclef Jean has now been a solo act for far longer than he was a Fugee. But Clef has never truly been "solo" – his album The Carnival was a veritable carnival of guest spots, and his April Showers mixtape is equally feature-heavy. As Wyclef told us in last week's on-camera chat , he's at his best when he's bringing in other big names to toss ideas back and forth, or bringing in new names to cultivate their talent. Needless to say, dude has worked with just about everyone in the business. And that [...]
If you are struggling with the decision over whether The Great Gatsby should be seen or avoided like the plague, will.i.am's contribution might help make up your mind. Still want to see a film that has songs like ' Bang Bang ' on its soundtrack?
Will.I.Am has unleashed the Bang Bang video for his contribution to the Jay-Z curated soundtrack for that film I ain't seen yet. Innit the he-popper performs with a 1920s brass band on a tiered podium with the entire video being shot in black and white. Don't hate it, saying that I won't play with it again.
Well! It was a dreary night at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, wasn't it? There were forty performances each from Pitbull and Will.i.am ! They only gave out three awards! Justin Bieber talked at length about his craft! Host Tracy Morgan sputtered all of his lines and could barely read the teleprompter! Yes, it was one for the books, folks. One for the books. That said, there were still some highlights — a handful of exceptional performances and some nice moments of shade-throwing from various members of the pop glitterati — and, well, some lowlights. ( Remember when [...]
The 2013 Billboard Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas yesterday, and with almost 20 performances and double the amount of awards. Well, they don't do things by half in Vegas, we suppose. Anyway, here is a selection of performances from the evening - for a full list of winners, click here : Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne 'High School' Prince - medley Bruno Mars 'Treasure' Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull 'Live It Up' will.i.am [...]
Selena Gomez The 2013 Billboard Music Awards packed in a lot of performances during its time on air last night (May 19). Artists like Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber performed with latest singles-some of them even performing twice. Selena Gomez reprised her Indian-inspired staging for a performance of her new single " Come And Get It " while her on-again, off-again boyfriend Justin Bieber took the stage twice. JB first performed " Take You Out ," and then returned with Will.I.Am for " #thatPOWER ." [...]
Miley Cyrus - Getty The top acts in music are being celebrated tonight at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards. And many of those acts made the trip down the red - er, blue - carpet before entering the MGM Grand in Las Vegas where the show is being held to present, perform and/or collect their awards. Those acts include Miley Cyrus (who announced the release date of her new single on the carpet), Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Chris Brown, Ariana Grande, The Band Perry, Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose, [...]
Could it possibly get any worse than this? What if will.i.am and Justin Bieber's "#thatPOWER" and Mariah Carey's "#Beautiful" kick off a new bad habit in pop: hashtag hits? Isn't it bad enough that they're already continuing another one: The hashtag hits are the latest in pop's long tradition of bastardizing English with its song titles. As usual the end results are mixed, with only Carey's single coming close to warranting its hashtag hype. The shameless bit of built-in marketing doesn't ruin the fact that it's Carey's best single in five years (since 2008, [...]
will.i.am has released a video for "Bang Bang," his contribution to The Great Gatsby soundtrack . While the film boasted a lavish world that could be viewed in 3-D, will.i.am's black and white clip is stark in its simplicity. A band of horn players follow his lead as he signals for the drop, then nails the Charleston inside an otherwise empty ballroom. In AllMusic's review of the soundtrack, David Jeffries said that will.i.am's song made for an "entirely obvious and irresistibly fun" contribution. The video is [...]
No. 6: "Come and Get It" Selena Gomez As big a star as she is (with or without Justin Bieber as her arm candy), I'm surprised that it's taken Gomez this long to finally score herself a Top 10 hit. I've heard far worse (like her 2011 single "Love You Like a Love Song," which spent forever on the Hot 100 without ever rising above No. 22), but I wish it didn't sound so much like a cold leftover from the recording sessions for Rihanna's first album. No. 11: [...]
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories - It seems like that for the past 7 or 8 years the whole landscape of popular music has been trying to cash in on the Euro-House aesthetic that Daft Punk created. The most obvious example would be Kanye West sampling 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger', but you can see the influence everywhere. Will.I.Am even convinced the Biebs to sing a few bars of Daft Punk for one of his latest singles. Yes, everyone has been trying really hard to sound like Daft Punk, except for Daft Punk apparently. For better or [...]
Britney Spears is scheduled to start recording her new album with will.i.am next week, according to Will himself. The Black Eyed Peas frontman is executive producing the album and told Billboard before they hit the studio, "We've had these juicy sessions, where we've been bonding, building the trust and comfort. I've never worked like this before — not even the Peas." The multi-hyphenate previously said he planned to have several lunches with Spears to get a sense of the real Britney and "what she's [...]
ke$ha feat will.i.am - crazy kids FINALLY a new track from ke$ha that requires repeat listening! her recent releases have been a bit underwhelming, but this dr luke co-production offers up a lovely guitar based loop (with whistles!) before throwing down some dirty grooves in the process. i love this song so much that i'm willing to ignore will.i.am's involvement! http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld
FRATSBY I don’t care if it’s terrible the movie has Leo and I’m done with college so I’m going to do my best to re-enact every moment within a 48 hr period of time. Lawd have mercy the real world is coming I need to find a flapper. Frank Ocean - Thinking About You (Lonsdale Boys Club Remix) Will.I.Am. - Bang Bang Fergie, Q-Tip, GoonRock - Party Never Killed Nobody
Anjunabeats the label behind Arty and Mat Zo's track "Rebound" have finally come out with an official statement regarding the theft and use on Will.I.Am's new album . As it stands nor Will.I.Am or his label acquired the proper permission for use of the track on his label. Anjunabeats will follow this up with legal action and what will most likely be a hefty royalty track. It's great to see decent electronic artists sticking up for their personal work and not being steamrolled by big shot commercial artists, hopefully a sign of things [...]
'Twas a controversial week in pop, but isn't it always? Will.i.am spilled the Britney beans and revealed that he'll be the executive producer of the living legend's upcoming 8th studio album, which inspired a wave of shock, horror and confusion. Meanwhile, the diva drama on the American Idol judges' panel once again eclipsed the actual talent show happening onstage, spilling out onto Twitter and getting rather ugly. When they weren't sparring on and off-camera, Nicki Minaj hopped on Carly Rae Jepsen 's [...]
01) Intro 02) Gutter Rainbows 03) Beautiful (Remix) Ft. Mos Def & Mary J. Blige 04) Upper Echelon 05) Move Somethin' 06) Chain Heavy Ft. Kanye West, Consequence 07) Get By 08) The Blast Ft. Hi-Tek 09) Go Brooklyn Ft. Graph Nobel 10) Chaos Ft. Bahamadia 11) Hot Thing Ft. will.i.am 12) Too Late 13) Manifesto 14) Lightworks 15) Never Been in Love 16) Thieves in the Night Ft. Mos Def 17) Astronomy Ft. Mos Def 18) Little Brother Ft. Mos Def [...]
Okay, real talk. When news broke earlier this week that will.i.am really, really is coming on board as the executive producer of Britney 's 8th studio album (working title: Blackout 2.0: It Gets Urbaner ), the reality of the situation left most, if not all of us, steaming like a pot full of vegetables. I, for one, was furious: After all, I've referred to him as a musical terrorist for the greater half of the past decade. He's cocky, his name is annoying, he's got a stupid haircut and [...]
What all the four remaining ladies wanted was a spot in the coveted top three, and after Thursday's results, that upper tier of women vying for the title of American Idol was finally set. Let me warn you, there were lots of Ford Focus and The Great Gatsby promotions shoved down your throat, so hopefully you were prepared to gag while watching? However, while the last contestants standing are getting along like gangbusters, judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj were famously going at each other during their feedback sessions. Yesterday [...]
David Cook David Cook and Will.I.Am both graced the American Idol live elimination results show stage to give two very different performances on last night's (May 2) episode. First up was season 7 Idol winner David Cook. David dropped by the show that made him a star and performed his new single " Laying Me Low ." The guitar-playing rocker sounded fantastic and the breakdown midway through? Love! Later, Will.I.Am toned down his futuristic ways and took a step back into the past with an old-time feel [...]
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