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Songs About Girls

EMAILPRINTby will.i.am

will.i.am reviews
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4.8 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 19 votes
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Album Info

Label: Interscope

Release Date: 25 September 2007

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rap, Pop

Summary

The Black Eyed Peas member releases his third solo album, which features Snoop Dogg on one track.

What The Critics Said

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80

All Music Guide

Boasting the best album-length production of the year, will.i.am's Songs About Girls is a tour de force of next-generation contemporary R&B.

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80

Billboard

Thanks to its humorous lyrics and relaxing beats, Songs About Girls is a diverse album that's perfect for that last beach day.

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75

RapReviews.com

Songs About Girls is an album that theoretically has no end and doesn't need to have one.

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70

Rolling Stone

Songs About Girls isn't a hip-hop record, but a pop&B album of mellow head-nodders that veer between chilled-out soul and lite-electro funk.

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70

Amazon.com

Songs About Girls is, for sure, a big, noisy record. But in addition to the kind of hugeness, it's sometimes hard to get your head around.

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70

Dot Music

The only thing wrong with this largely excellent album is knowing that will.i.am has better stuff up his sleeve.

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70

Boston Globe

Mostly, this rubbery, hit-laden set follows the blueprint of his recent production work and the BEP's music. He has become a supreme craftsman of pop-funk fluff with little on its mind beyond keeping the party going.

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63

Los Angeles Times

Songs About Girls offers the Will that some will love to love as well as the Will everyone loves to hate.

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60

Slant Magazine

will.i.am's lyrics are almost appallingly bad enough to retract my impending endorsement of the album.

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50

The Phoenix

There’s something melodious and calm about Will.i.am’s third solo hip-hop/R&B album--but there’s also something boring about its euphonic electro-funk dolor.

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50

Blender

Beneath the heavy petting, he displays a pleasant touch for soft '70s soul.

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42

Entertainment Weekly

In this post-Sir Mix-A-Lot age, even the most proper among us love a fun, edgy booty song. But will.i.am neuters that guilty pleasure with stiff drum programming, robotic guitar bursts, and vaporous synth melodies.

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40

Prefix Magazine

What we get is a self-indulgent and silly album that never makes any lasting impression.

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30

Sputnikmusic

It's too empty, too boring, too lifeless, too lazy.

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30

Vibe

With a thin vocal range and punchy delivery, will sings and raps his way through half-baked funk vamps like 'She's A Star,' failing to effectively update the sizzling 'Thriller'-isms to which he's clearly in thrall. [Nov 2007, p.94]

20

NOW Magazine

Will.i.am has to be one of the worst rappers of all time, a fact his solo album doesn't just confirm, but stamps in red.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 4.8 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

J B. gave it a7:
Very enjoyable! Well stocked with catchy lyrics and melodies and more than capable in entertaining a listener. This is regardless of what the occasional EMO spews out his/her gargling Frappuccino hole.

Maxwell H. gave it a0:
Worst CD Ever, even 50 cent put out a better album.

Bill B. gave it a0:
Is there no law against audio ABH?

Steve S. gave it a0:
Agggghhhhh, my ears! I think I'm going to sue Mr. Will.I.am for audio manslaughter.

julie gave it a10:
AMAZING !! The best solo album ever ! Will.i.am is God !

Andrew gave it a0:
Utter crap.

TIm W gave it a6:
There are some good songs, but most of the songs seem the same with very repetitious parts. Talk about a flashback, I love some of the songs, they bring back some of the stuff I listened to with my parents- unique for a hip hop artist these days, especially one that is "in" with us teenagers.

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