Talk:Will.i.am

Wrong pictures

Obviously, someone butchered the pictures in this article. - 12 January 09 @ 4:50 EST —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.93.171.51 (talk) 21:50, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Possible Copyright Violation!

Nearly this entire article has been ripped from the Will.I.am fansite listed on the page. please make sure this is not blatent plagarism

Palisades Charter School or Palisades High School?

is it palisades charter school? or Palisades high school? because i think theres only the charter school in Los Angeles Aznfurball 07:19, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Bio needs rewrite

The intro to the *Personal Life* section of the bio as of rev 190415406 10Feb08 was:

"The possible connection with the Black Eyed Peas' vocalist is through the Peas' producer Sergio Mendes, a jazz aficionado who saw Coltrane play in the early 60s."

The description of jazz legend Mendes is laughable, and the Coltrane reference no longer makes sense, ever since a preceding sentence containing a reference to him was removed by Grover cleveland in version 189033718.

And what's the whole sentence even doing here, anyway? This whole section badly needs a rewrite. Mathglot (talk) 20:52, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Michael Jackson The King

Hes producing albums and working with King Micael Jackson and its not even been named on this article, does anyone feel guilty for this lack of knowledge? ~ Gaogier

Only if you feel guilty for calling him "King Michael Jackson". Barf!!! DFS (talk) 06:05, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Feat. vocals

Since some user decided to just blank the list with no reason, let's at the very least move this here for now.

• "I Am Somebody" by Santana
• "Beep" by The Pussycat Dolls
• "About You" by Mary J. Blige
• "True" From 50 First Dates Soundtrack (will.i.am & Fergie)
• "Floatin'" by Charlie Wilson
• "Sunny Hours" by Long Beach Dub Allstars ("Joey" theme song)
• "Surfboard" by Sergio Mendes
• "Mas Que Nada" by Sergio Mendes & Black Eyed Peas
• "Let Me" by Sergio Mendes & Jill Scott
• "Yes, Yes Y'All" by Sergio Mendes, Black Thought, Chali 2na & Debi Nova
• "That Heat" by Sergio Mendes & Erykah Badu
• "Loose Ends" by Sergio Mendes, Justin Timberlake & Pharoahe Monch
• "The Frog" by Sergio Mendes & Q-Tip
• "I Know (Remix)" by Destiny's Child
• "Dance To The Music" (will.i.am & Sly & The Family Stone)
• "Whenever I Say Your Name (will.i.am Remix)" by Sting & Mary J. Blige
• "Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) [Batson-Doc-will.i.am Remix]" by Sting
• "Lovely People" by Earth, Wind & Fire
• "Shut Up and Dance" by Shaggy
• "I Love My Chick" by Busta Rhymes also featuring Kelis

--Thunderbird L17

I feel this should be put back in the article. The user who removed it didn't give a reason, and this is the only edit he's ever made. And it's a good list. Sweetie Petie 23:42, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Will.i.am (musician) or Will.i.am

Can we please make a decision what the title of the article will be, without the constant changing back and forth. --Zimbabweed 23:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

This article should be named "will.i.am". Due to technical restrictions, the closest name is Will.i.am. There is no reason to add "(musician)" since there is nobody else called "will.i.am" and likely never will be. I'm moving it back to Will.i.am. Mike Dillon 22:27, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) 12:18, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

Will.i.am (musician) → Will.i.am … Rationale: Unique spelling; no need to disambiguate with "(musician)". --Mike Dillon 22:30, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Survey

Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~

• Support Mike Dillon 22:32, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support - how many other "will.i.am"s are out there? Kirjtc2 22:41, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support -Who's the other 'will.i.am'? Mrmoocow 03:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support Zimbabweed 03:49, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• Support per nom. David Kernow 13:38, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

Add any additional comments

Aww, I don't understand! Will.i.am is killa. - Gabbeh

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

I Love my B****

Does he RAP or SING on this Busta Rhymes track? I thought he was the guy singin'... JamRoc 02:35, 28 June 2006 (UTC) Jamil

collaborations and others songs

I have put the most complete list of will.i.am collaborations and others songs.

I think that list is the best, because is the most complete and the most appropiate:

• Sergio Mendes - That Heat (feat. will.i.am & Erykah Badu)
• Sergio Mendes - Let Me (feat. will.i.am & Jill Scott)
• Sergio Mendes - The Frog (feat. will.i.am & Q-Tip)
• Sergio Mendes - Loose Ends (feat. Justin Timberlake, Pharoahe Monch & will.i.am)
• Sergio Mendes – Surfboard (feat. will.i.am)
• Sergio Mendes - Yes Yes Ya'll (feat. Black Thought, Chali 2na, Debi Nova & will.i.am)
• will.i.am - Don't Call Me Toby
• will.i.am - Tell Of Tales (Tell Me You Need It Again)
• will.i.am - Secrets (Dexter's Laboratory soundtrack)
• will.i.am & Fergie – True
• Sly & the Family Stone - Dance To The Music (feat. will.i.am)
• Santana - I Am Somebody (feat. will.i.am )
• Shaggy - Shut Up And Dance (feat. will.i.am)
• Burning Star - On My Own (feat. will.i.am)
• Destiny's Child - I Know (feat. will.i.am)
• Earth, Wind & Fire - Lovely People (feat. will.i.am)
• Long Beach Dub Allstars - Sunny Hours (feat. will.i.am)
• Mary J. Blige - About You (feat. will.i.am)
• Mary J. Blige, Sting & will.i.am- Whenever I Say Your Name
• Pussycat Dolls – Beep (feat. will.i.am)
• Saian Supa Crew - La Patte (feat. will.i.am)
• Uncle Charlie Wilson, Justin Timberlake & will.i.am - Floatin'
• Sting - Stolen Car (feat. will.i.am)
• Kelis - Weekend (feat. will.i.am)
• Kelis - What's The Right There (feat. will.i.am)
• Kelis - Till Them Wheels Fall Off
• Kelis - Fuck Them Bitche's (Hidden Track)
• Busta Rhymes - I Love My B*** (feat. Kelis & will.i.am)
• Justin Timberlake - Damn Girl (feat. will.i.am)
• Marcelo D2 - CB Sangue Bom (feat. will.i.am) (acoustic MTV)
• Ozomatli - Vocal Artillery (feat. will.i.am, Kanetic Source & Medusa)
• Rolling Stones – Rains Fall Down (Remix feat. will.i.am)
• Bob Marley and Wailers - Africa Unit (feat. will.i.am)
• DMC feat. Sarah McLachlan - Just Like Me (will.i.am mix)
• Too $hort - Keep Bouncin (feat. Snoop Dogg, will.i.am. & Fergie)
• Fergie - Fergalicious (feat. will.i.am)
• Fergie - All That I Got(The Make Up Song)(feat. will.i.am)
• Fergie - Here I Come (feat. will.i.am)
• Ciara - Do It (feat. will.i.am)
• The Game - Compton (feat. will.i.am)
• Eazy-E - Merry Muthph****n Christmas (feat. Will.i.am)
• Blood of Abraham - N****z & Jewz (feat. Will.i.am)

BUT PLEASE, DON'T ADD MUSIC PRODUCED BY HIM, because we should include 10000 songs more! and THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

Career?

Why isn't there a career section? Like it says active since 1989 but there's nothing mentioned before 2001?!?!?!?!?!?! 86.45.200.40 (talk) 12:37, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

There is no mention of his music at all really. Odd. Realist² (Come Speak To Me) 22:22, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

This needs to be rewritten. There is almost no focus on his musical career! It's nice that he's also a fashion designer and political activist, but the vast majority of the content should revolve around his Will's music. It barely even mentions the fact that he's a member of the Black Eyed Peas. StanHater (talk) 07:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Early Life

All the early life section says is where he was born! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.110.136.150 (talk) 14:14, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

I at least edited the sentence (wasn't logged in) - this really needs further writing, or it should be removed as a separate section IMKatgrrl (talk) 04:04, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Philanthropist?

The intro to an article should be a summary of the main points in the article. Either a new section should be written outlining in detail the great extent of this man's philanthropy, or it should be removed from the intro.

Philanthropy is conventially known as the dedication of substantial time, money or skill to recognized social needs, not-for-profit organizations or charities. Although many people may disagree with me, I don't consider that the US Democratic Party belongs any of these groups. I'm pretty sure that when most people think of philanthropy, they think of an incomprehensibly rich person giving an incomprehensible amount of money to a hospital, or setting up a charity to help homeless people; they dont think of every famous person who has ever supported a political party - even if it is the Democrats.

As far as I can tell from the article, the only thing possibly pertaining to charity was the donation of one song to a compilation album for charity. Come on now. His marketing manager might call that philanthropy, most commentators would just as likely call it publicity.