Songs About Girls
by will.i.am
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
  1. AllMusic
    80
    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.
  2. Billboard
    80
    Thanks to its humorous lyrics and relaxing beats, Songs About Girls is a diverse album that's perfect for that last beach day.
  3. RapReviews.com
    75
    Songs About Girls is an album that theoretically has no end and doesn't need to have one.
  5. Amazon.com
    70
    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.
  6. Rolling Stone
    70
    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.
  7. Dot Music
    70
    The only thing wrong with this largely excellent album is knowing that will.i.am has better stuff up his sleeve.
  8. Boston Globe
    70
    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.
  9. Los Angeles Times
    63
    Songs About Girls offers the Will that some will love to love as well as the Will everyone loves to hate.
  10. Slant Magazine
    60
    will.i.am's lyrics are almost appallingly bad enough to retract my impending endorsement of the album.
  11. The Boston Phoenix
    50
    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.
  12. Blender
    50
    Beneath the heavy petting, he displays a pleasant touch for soft '70s soul.
  13. Entertainment Weekly
    42
    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.
  14. Prefix Magazine
    40
    What we get is a self-indulgent and silly album that never makes any lasting impression.
  15. Sputnikmusic
    30
    It's too empty, too boring, too lifeless, too lazy.
  16. Vibe
    30
    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]
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  17. NOW Magazine
    20
    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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User Score
5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 24
  3. Negative: 10 out of 24
  1. JB.
    Mar 4, 2008
    7
    Very enjoyable! Well stocked with catchy lyrics and melodies and more than capable in entertaining a listener. This is regardless of what the 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.… Full Review »
  2. MaxwellH.
    Dec 26, 2007
    0
    Worst CD Ever, even 50 cent put out a better album.
  3. BillB.
    Dec 17, 2007
    0
    Is there no law against audio ABH?
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