willpower

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#willpower
Studio album by will.i.am

Publication
(s)

April 19, 2013

admission

2010-2013

Label (s) Interscope • A&M

Format (s)

CD • Download

Genre (s)

Hip-Hop • Electropop

Title (number)

15 + 3

running time

64:35

production

will.i.am • Afrojack • Maejor Ali • Steve Angello • Audibot • Benny Blanco • Cirkut • Free School • Freshmen III • Hit-Boy • Sebastian Ingrosso • Lazy Jay • Zach "GFG" Jones • Damien Leroy • Dr. Luke • Poet

chronology
Songs About Girls
(2007) 		#willpower -
Single releases
June 1, 2012 This is love
November 20, 2012 Scream & Shout
March 18, 2013 #thatPOWER

#willpower is the fourth album of the rapper and pop producers will.i.am . The album was originally supposed to be called Black Einstein , but the title was changed in November 2011. The album was recorded between 2010 and 2012. It was released on April 19, 2013 on Interscope and A&M Records .

The album was re-released on November 26, 2013 and now contains the song Feelin 'Myself with Miley Cyrus , Wiz Khalifa and French Montana instead of the song Let's Go .

background

During the production of the album The Beginning of the Black Eyed Peas , citing an interview with Fergie, it was reported that Black Eyed Peas frontman William Adams would soon release a solo album entitled Black Einstein . It was originally supposed to be released at the end of 2011. Adams often spoke in interviews of collaborations with Shakira , LMFAO , Busta Rhymes or Swedish House Mafia , which should be included on the album. Will.i.am announced that he is working on the album with artists such as Britney Spears , Jennifer Lopez , Cheryl Cole , Nicole Scherzinger , David Guetta , Kesha , Alicia Keys , Rihanna , LMFAO, Eva Simons , Chris Brown , Mick Jagger , Busta Rhymes, Miley Cyrus , Demi Lovato , Justin Bieber and Ne-Yo worked together.

production

In addition to Adams himself, Afrojack , Maejor Ali , Steve Angello , Audibot , Benny Blanco , Cirkut , Free School , Freshmen III , Hit-Boy , Sebastian Ingrosso , Lazy Jay , Zach "GFG" Jones , Damien Leroy , Dr. Luke and Poet in charge.

Publications

The single THE (The Hardest Ever) , which was released on iTunes on November 20, 2011 after it was presented at the American Music Awards , was released on January 3, 2012 in Germany. It was created during the recording of #willpower and was released as the first single from the album, but ultimately did not make it onto the album. The song was produced by Audiobot, Dallas Austin, Kenny Oliver and will.i.am themselves.

Great Times , whose remix Great Times Are Coming came on the album, was released as a single in Brazil in November 2011.

The single This Is Love (feat. Eva Simons) was planned as the second single and then became the first to actually appear from the album. It was available from June 2012.

reception

The criticism of Sven Kabelitz from the German music portal laut.de is devastating, and there are numerous negative superlatives in his reviews: "This labbed duddle from the Black Eyed Peas shoots the musical bird with '#willpower'.", "Zopfiger is doing it no more. ”or“ '#willpower' should easily pass as one of the most miserable releases ever. ”The lyrics, the arrangements, the cover and even the undefined basses are heavily criticized. Kabelitz even describes the numerous guest musicians as "a considerable group of musical illiterates."

Fred Thomas from the American music portal Allmusic also criticized the album heavily. He describes the lyrics as "mindless lyrical clichés" (soulless text clichés) and insinuates that the interpreter has not put much heart into the album ("his heart isn't in it throughout the record").

Track list

# title Guest musician length
1 good Morning 1:44
2 Hello 4:45
3 This is love Eva Simons 4:39
4th Scream & Shout Britney Spears 4:42
5 let's go Chris Brown 5:34
5 Feelin 'myself French Montana , Miley Cyrus , Wiz Khalifa 4:13
6th Gettin 'dumb apl.de.ap , 2NE1 5:13
7th Geekin ' 3:34
8th Freshy Juicy J. 4:06
9 #thatPOWER Justin Bieber 4:39
10 Great Times Are Coming 4:36
11 The World Is Crazy Dante Santiago 3:59
12 fall down Miley Cyrus 5:07
13 Love Bullets Skylar Gray 4:11
14th Far away from home Nicole Scherzinger 3:54
15th Ghetto ghetto Baby Kaely 3:52
Deluxe Edition bonus songs
# title Guest musician length
16 Reach for the stars 4:21
17th Smile Mona Lisa 3:36
18th Bang bang 4:38
International Deluxe Edition bonus songs
# title Guest musician length
19th Scream & Shout (Hit-Boy Remix) Britney Spears , Hit-Boy, Waka Flocka Flame , Lil Wayne & P. Diddy 4:21
20th #thatPOWER (Trap Remix) Justin Bieber 3:36
21st Bang Bang (Remix) 4:39

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b hiphop-n-more.com
  2. ↑ telekom-musicwire.net
  3. ↑ laut.de
  4. ↑ #willpower. iTunes Germany
  5. ↑ morgenpost.de
  6. ↑ Keith Murphy: Will.i.am Reveals Guests on '#willpower' Album, Teams With Eva Simons, Mick Jagger . In: The Boombox . June 25, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  7. ↑ hiphop.de
  8. ^ Rollingstone.com
  9. ↑ Great Times - single. iTunes Brazil
  10. ↑ Review on laut.de
  11. ↑ Review on allmusic.com