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Will Smith - Willennium

Artist: Will Smith
Album: Willennium
Release date: 1999-11-16
Price: $11.98

Will Smith is the future of hip-hop--in the sense that Willennium, his follow-up to 1997's multiplatinum Big Willie Style, is sure to dominate pop-rap airwaves and sales in the months after its release. Proud of his kid appeal but also self-mocking (he carries the title concept further with the single "Will2K," a party jam built on a sample of the Clash's "Rock the Casbah"), Smith celebrates the early-rap values of good-natured boasting and fun-fun-fun. This megastar's desire to remain part of the community is reflected in his savvy choice of guests, who number everyone from K-Ci to rappers new school (Lil' Kim, Eve) and old (Slick Rick, Biz Markie); once and future partner DJ Jazzy Jeff even gets his own four minutes of funk on the scratch-happy "Pump Me Up." Smith also attempts cinematic--natch--storytelling on "Afro Angel" and "The Rain," which are admirably solemn if far from the best things here. Smith may not be the hippest hip-hopper around, but as Chuck D once said of another, very different figure, "Don't tell me that you understand until you hear the man." --Rickey Wright

Songs in Willennium album

» Afro Angel lyrics

» Can You Feel Me? lyrics

» Da Butta lyrics

» Freakin' lyrics

» I'm Comin' lyrics

» La Fiesta lyrics

» Potnas lyrics

» Pump Me Up lyrics

» So Fresh lyrics

» The Rain lyrics

» Uuhhh lyrics

» Wild Wild West lyrics

» Will 2K lyrics