William James Adams Jr. (born March 15, 1975), known professionally as will… Read Full Bio ↴William James Adams Jr. (born March 15, 1975), known professionally as will.i.am, is an American hip-hop and pop musician and founding member of the Black Eyed Peas. Adams is of Jamaican descent and has rapped since his teenage years. Along with co-writing many of the Peas' hit songs, he's also had a solo career featuring multiple top 20 hit singles as well as collaborations with various artists such as Mick Jagger and Britney Spears among many others.
When William was sixteen years old, he started rapping in late 1991 under the name "Will-1X" after being discovered by Compton rapper and former N.W.A. leader Eazy-E and signed a deal to Eazy's Ruthless Records. will.i.am's first rap song was "Merry Muthafuckin' Xmas" from Eazy-E's 1992 EP 5150: Home 4 tha Sick. Shortly after Eazy-E's death in 1995, Will left Ruthless to start a group that would later be called the Black Eyed Peas with fellow rappers Taboo and apl.de.ap.
After the addition of singer-songwriter Fergie, the group shot into mainstream pop consciousness with a set of hit singles in the mid-00s, popularity that continues to this day. The Black Eyed Peas' producer is Sergio Mendes, an internationally successful Brazilian musician and jazz aficionado. In September 2007, will.i.am took a major step into a solo career identity by joining with his record label, Universal Music Group (UMG), on a pilot scheme to reward certain file-sharing with cash incentives, including will.i.am tracks from his then upcoming release Songs About Girls.
In total, he has released four solo albums: Lost Change (2001), Must B 21 (2003), Songs About Girls (2007), and #willpower (2013). Although often facing mixed critical reviews, he's experienced significant commercial success, including a set of popular singles. His solo performances, featuring collaborations with a wide group of artists including Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Phife Dawg, Snoop Dogg, and Nicole Scherzinger, are perhaps best summed up in the international top 20 mega-hit "Scream & Shout".
Will.i.am was also recently cast as John Wraith in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to the X-Men movie series. And if one enjoyed Madagascar 2's chunky hippo, Moto Moto, then one should know that the deep voice belonged will.i.am., who came in after he was ''pimped'' out to the directors by his friend and sometimes collaborator Justin Timberlake.
Before joining the Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. In 2001, he began designing his own signature clothing line, i.am, which made its official debut in 2005 at the Magic apparel trade show in Las Vegas. In 2007, Will.i.am teamed up with Blue Holdings to design a premium denim collection, i.am Antik, that had its debut on the Project Show in Las Vegas. He has also designed clothing for the Black Eyed Peas.
In January 2008, will.i.am helped write a song, "Yes We Can", in support of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of Barack Obama, which in turn became a music video directed by Jesse Dylan. The lyrics of the song are composed almost entirely of excerpts from Obama's speech on January 8, 2008, following the New Hampshire presidential primary election. The video features appearances from numerous celebrities like Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriguez, Kelly Hu, Hill Harper, Amber Valletta, Eric Balfour, Aisha Tyler, Nicole Scherzinger, Nick Cannon, Bryan Greenberg, Common and first appeared on the website for Dipdive, and within a week of its appearance racked up three million views, and over four million views on Youtube.
On February 29, 2008, a second video titled "We Are The Ones" was released on Dipdive and YouTube. It included cameo appearances from Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe, Kerry Washington, John Leguizamo, Regina King, Tyrese Gibson, Eric Mabius, Tichina Arnold, Adrienne Palicki, comedian George Lopez, and singers Macy Gray, Zoe Kravitz and Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo. The video features everyone chanting "O-BA-MA" as a portrayal as their hopes and wishes for Obama and his presidential campaign.
In 2013, will.i.am released his album "#thatpower".
When William was sixteen years old, he started rapping in late 1991 under the name "Will-1X" after being discovered by Compton rapper and former N.W.A. leader Eazy-E and signed a deal to Eazy's Ruthless Records. will.i.am's first rap song was "Merry Muthafuckin' Xmas" from Eazy-E's 1992 EP 5150: Home 4 tha Sick. Shortly after Eazy-E's death in 1995, Will left Ruthless to start a group that would later be called the Black Eyed Peas with fellow rappers Taboo and apl.de.ap.
After the addition of singer-songwriter Fergie, the group shot into mainstream pop consciousness with a set of hit singles in the mid-00s, popularity that continues to this day. The Black Eyed Peas' producer is Sergio Mendes, an internationally successful Brazilian musician and jazz aficionado. In September 2007, will.i.am took a major step into a solo career identity by joining with his record label, Universal Music Group (UMG), on a pilot scheme to reward certain file-sharing with cash incentives, including will.i.am tracks from his then upcoming release Songs About Girls.
In total, he has released four solo albums: Lost Change (2001), Must B 21 (2003), Songs About Girls (2007), and #willpower (2013). Although often facing mixed critical reviews, he's experienced significant commercial success, including a set of popular singles. His solo performances, featuring collaborations with a wide group of artists including Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Phife Dawg, Snoop Dogg, and Nicole Scherzinger, are perhaps best summed up in the international top 20 mega-hit "Scream & Shout".
Will.i.am was also recently cast as John Wraith in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to the X-Men movie series. And if one enjoyed Madagascar 2's chunky hippo, Moto Moto, then one should know that the deep voice belonged will.i.am., who came in after he was ''pimped'' out to the directors by his friend and sometimes collaborator Justin Timberlake.
Before joining the Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. In 2001, he began designing his own signature clothing line, i.am, which made its official debut in 2005 at the Magic apparel trade show in Las Vegas. In 2007, Will.i.am teamed up with Blue Holdings to design a premium denim collection, i.am Antik, that had its debut on the Project Show in Las Vegas. He has also designed clothing for the Black Eyed Peas.
In January 2008, will.i.am helped write a song, "Yes We Can", in support of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of Barack Obama, which in turn became a music video directed by Jesse Dylan. The lyrics of the song are composed almost entirely of excerpts from Obama's speech on January 8, 2008, following the New Hampshire presidential primary election. The video features appearances from numerous celebrities like Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriguez, Kelly Hu, Hill Harper, Amber Valletta, Eric Balfour, Aisha Tyler, Nicole Scherzinger, Nick Cannon, Bryan Greenberg, Common and first appeared on the website for Dipdive, and within a week of its appearance racked up three million views, and over four million views on Youtube.
On February 29, 2008, a second video titled "We Are The Ones" was released on Dipdive and YouTube. It included cameo appearances from Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe, Kerry Washington, John Leguizamo, Regina King, Tyrese Gibson, Eric Mabius, Tichina Arnold, Adrienne Palicki, comedian George Lopez, and singers Macy Gray, Zoe Kravitz and Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo. The video features everyone chanting "O-BA-MA" as a portrayal as their hopes and wishes for Obama and his presidential campaign.
In 2013, will.i.am released his album "#thatpower".
Ready 2 Party
will.i.am Lyrics
(Yeah, yeah... yeah, yeah... Yeah..)
[Intro: will.i.am]
Yo, it's the Z-I-M then to the A
With Fli, Krondon, and Planet A
We gon' rock it all night, then rock it all day, yo
[Chorus: Krondon]
Don't you act kamikaze (no no)
We just came here to party (yea yea)
Don't make me {*OOH!*} somebody
Ladies getcha money and fellas getcha dough, let's go!
[Flii]
I guess it's safe to say I feel I'm due for recognition
Came a long way from flippin birds in the kitchen
All he want is money and a whole lot of women
Sixty million cash, broads ass-naked swimmin
Been in the win to the end since the beginnin
2000 fold back chronic cigarettes sittin on linen
And I'm leeeean-in, Flii's the man
My whip navigation's kit, I don't use my hands
Now let's dance, that's for all my Knight Rider fans
Need help? Filly sekkle, my car drives itself
I mastered metaphor 'til it was mathematics
Turn to them oohs to kill a boost sporadic
My vocals'll choke you like you actually asthmatic
Script writing'll flip like it's acrobatic
After I'll rat-tat-tat it out the blab-blabberbox, don't trip
My force is centrifugal without Masta Ace's whip
[Chorus]
[Planet Asia]
Beats knock hard, yeah, slappin you cock-eyed
We 'bout to bubble up like a bunch of peroxide
I eats me spinach 'fore I turn into Popeye
A Popeye's opened and I throw up the West Side (West Siiiide~!)
Now let's slide y'all, we got bank to get
We the Strong Arm Steady Gang, steady man with nothin
But them gangster hits, fresh coast influence
We keep it movin in the party like let's do it
When my clique walks past the door
DUDE, it's somethin like a fashion show
Ask ya folks if age got respect in the streets
Up in the club who woulda thought it was my record release
Necklace and piece, girl you sittin next to a beast
And if I whisper in your ear, you know my message is deep
Cause I'm a Super Mack, +Big Daddy+ age without the Scoob and Scrap
Call me the janitor, I come through scoopin rats
Will.i.am, keep comin with them stupid tracks
We blow budgets like whatever, just recoup it back
Out for the scratch, a house in the black
A yacht and a 'Lac, keep crowds wavin like a stocking cap
Think you stoppin that? Nah, not even hardly
But we ain't come to lump you up, we just came to party
[Chorus]
[Krondon]
Krondon tannenbaum, stunt when the camera's on
Blunt full of Vietnan, Benz on the autobahn
Royalties takin long, anyway I take it on
Will make the beats, make the beats, make the beats
Hittin like Sonny Liston {edited} renegade
Cadillac sixteen streets down your alleyway
Your crew tryin to do me like Jam-Master Jay
But, y'all ain't about ya bih'ness and I can tell
Then to warm my vocal chords will clog your senses
With South Central's finest lyrics, seein life through the hopest
Prayin they suspend the sentence
So major through a ?serum? Vegas sub studios with excitement
Body slam beats when I'm writin
Prison yard, train hard, words for the spirit
Track bumpin, club jumpin, Steady Gang, listen!
[Chorus]
[Intro: will.i.am]
Yo, it's the Z-I-M then to the A
With Fli, Krondon, and Planet A
We gon' rock it all night, then rock it all day, yo
[Chorus: Krondon]
Don't you act kamikaze (no no)
We just came here to party (yea yea)
Ladies getcha money and fellas getcha dough, let's go!
[Flii]
I guess it's safe to say I feel I'm due for recognition
Came a long way from flippin birds in the kitchen
All he want is money and a whole lot of women
Sixty million cash, broads ass-naked swimmin
Been in the win to the end since the beginnin
2000 fold back chronic cigarettes sittin on linen
And I'm leeeean-in, Flii's the man
My whip navigation's kit, I don't use my hands
Now let's dance, that's for all my Knight Rider fans
Need help? Filly sekkle, my car drives itself
I mastered metaphor 'til it was mathematics
Turn to them oohs to kill a boost sporadic
My vocals'll choke you like you actually asthmatic
Script writing'll flip like it's acrobatic
After I'll rat-tat-tat it out the blab-blabberbox, don't trip
My force is centrifugal without Masta Ace's whip
[Chorus]
[Planet Asia]
Beats knock hard, yeah, slappin you cock-eyed
We 'bout to bubble up like a bunch of peroxide
I eats me spinach 'fore I turn into Popeye
A Popeye's opened and I throw up the West Side (West Siiiide~!)
Now let's slide y'all, we got bank to get
We the Strong Arm Steady Gang, steady man with nothin
But them gangster hits, fresh coast influence
We keep it movin in the party like let's do it
When my clique walks past the door
DUDE, it's somethin like a fashion show
Ask ya folks if age got respect in the streets
Up in the club who woulda thought it was my record release
Necklace and piece, girl you sittin next to a beast
And if I whisper in your ear, you know my message is deep
Cause I'm a Super Mack, +Big Daddy+ age without the Scoob and Scrap
Call me the janitor, I come through scoopin rats
Will.i.am, keep comin with them stupid tracks
We blow budgets like whatever, just recoup it back
Out for the scratch, a house in the black
A yacht and a 'Lac, keep crowds wavin like a stocking cap
Think you stoppin that? Nah, not even hardly
But we ain't come to lump you up, we just came to party
[Chorus]
[Krondon]
Krondon tannenbaum, stunt when the camera's on
Blunt full of Vietnan, Benz on the autobahn
Royalties takin long, anyway I take it on
Will make the beats, make the beats, make the beats
Hittin like Sonny Liston {edited} renegade
Cadillac sixteen streets down your alleyway
Your crew tryin to do me like Jam-Master Jay
But, y'all ain't about ya bih'ness and I can tell
Then to warm my vocal chords will clog your senses
With South Central's finest lyrics, seein life through the hopest
Prayin they suspend the sentence
So major through a ?serum? Vegas sub studios with excitement
Body slam beats when I'm writin
Prison yard, train hard, words for the spirit
Track bumpin, club jumpin, Steady Gang, listen!
[Chorus]
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: A Burton, J. Green, M. Jones, Will Adams
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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@tonymind308
Song started ringing in my head after 8 years.. Martin solveig where are you?
@rabadu1076
Same here ah ah
@marknorman1273
Playing live at tomorrowland this Sunday night 31.7.2022
@s8v1
asking girls wether they can twerk
@melisinspace
Had that song as an 'earworm' for like THE WHOLE DAY, it came bck when I was stressed. It went missing n came back all of the time that day
@kerri-leegajadhar9892
😊
@koded5757
I started singing this out of nowhere, thank you Martin for creating such a wonderful tune.
@SgtColl
The old spinnin is the best
@juve458
I'm surprised he wasn't arrested for singing in English at a French national football match
@domdenazareth5542
We're patient