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| Released | September 1, 2001 [1] | |||
| Recorded | July 2000 – August 2001 | |||
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| Length | 52:32 | |||
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Lost Change is the debut studio album by American musician will.i.am. It was released on September 1, 2001 by Atlantic Records, and includes the song "I Am", co-written with Koliyah White. [4] The album was supported by the release single "I Am".
Matt Conaway of AllMusic said the following about the album: "One of the early volumes in BBE's ambitious beat-suite series, will.i.am's Lost Change is a solid extension of the movement, cozily nestling between Jay Dee's "Welcome to Detroit", a more rhyme-orientated opus, and Pete Rock's Petestrumentals, a distinctly jazzy, instrumental-based endeavor. Though will has taken the instrumental-based series and put his own stamp on it, that stamp still contains occasional hues of Black Eyed Peas' early organic stylings – "Ev Rebahdee" featuring Planet Asia. Yet, BBE's progressive format frees him up to dabble in a menagerie of musical styles. And he's up to the challenge, as Lost Change fuses together aspects of jazz, electronica, funk, Caribbean, and trip-hop rhythms. While the straight-up rhyming tracks border on sublime "I Am" to humdrum "Money" featuring Huck Fynn, Oezlem, and Horn Dogs, it's the instrumental format where he truly flourishes. Showing a true knack for experimentation, the album leisurely darts back and forth between the reggae-scented "Possessions," "Lost Change", which coalesces jazzy horns, with junkyard band riffing, and the hazy electronic fuzz of "Thai Arrive," which unfolds like a Radiohead track. Similarly, "Lay Me Down" has the potential to be a break-out hit, as will's infectious snare claps and blissful horn snippets provide a cooled-out platform for Terry Dexter's soulful vocal scatting. On "Control Tower," will inserts a vocal clip that states, "I'm on the brink of a great achievement." A sophisticated and musically enthralling endeavor that still manages to be accessible, Lost Change does an admirable job of implementing a host of different styles, without losing the listener in the process." [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ev Rebahdee" (featuring Planet Asia) | William Adams, Jason Green, Johnny Curtis | will.i.am | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Lay Me Down" (featuring Terry Dexter) | Adams, Terry Dexter, Curtis, Koliyah White, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Possessions (Interlude)" | Adams, George Pajon, Jr., Michael Batio | will.i.am, Batio | 1:18 |
| 4. | "Thai Arrive" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio | will.i.am, Batio | 2:02 |
| 5. | "If You Didn't Know" (featuring Mike Myers) | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Mike Myers, Tim Orindgreff, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Money" (featuring The Horn Dogs, Huck Fynn and Oezlem) | Adams, George Pajon Jr., Batio, Orindgreff, Quincy McCrary, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Lost Change" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Orindgreff, Terrence Graves, Chuck Prada, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio | 2:24 |
| 8. | "I Am" | Adams, White | will.i.am | 5:15 |
| 9. | "Hooda Hella You" (featuring Medusa) | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio | will.i.am, Batio | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Lost Change in E Minor" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Prada | will.i.am, Batio | 2:41 |
| 11. | "Yadda Yadda" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Dawn Beckman, Stephany Alexander | will.i.am, Batio | 3:44 |
| 12. | "Em a Double Dee" (featuring Madd Dogg) | Adams, Curtis, Madd Dogg | will.i.am | 4:35 |
| 13. | "Control Tower" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Lost Change in D Minor" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Prada | will.i.am, Batio | 2:38 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 11. | "Worriors" (featuring Burning Star) | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio | will.i.am, Batio | 4:54 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ev Rebahdee" (featuring Planet Asia) | Adams, Green, Curtis | will.i.am | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Lay Me Down" (featuring Terry Dexter) | Adams, Dexter, Curtis, White, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Possessions" (Interlude) | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio | will.i.am, Batio | 1:18 |
| 4. | "Thai Arrive" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio | will.i.am, Batio | 2:02 |
| 5. | "If You Didn't Know" (featuring Mike Myers) | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Myers, Orindgreff, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Money" (featuring The Horn Dogs, Huck Fynn and Oezlem) | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Orindgreff, McCrary, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Lost Change" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Orindgreff, Graves, Prada, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio | 2:24 |
| 8. | "I Am" | Adams, White | will.i.am | 5:15 |
| 9. | "Hooda Hella You" (featuring Medusa) | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio | will.i.am, Batio | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Lost Change in E Minor" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Prada | will.i.am, Batio | 2:41 |
| 11. | "Yadda Yadda" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Beckman, Alexander | will.i.am, Batio | 3:44 |
| 12. | "Em A Double Dee" (featuring Madd Dogg) | Adams, Curtis, Madd Dogg | will.i.am | 4:35 |
| 13. | "Control Tower" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Printz Board | will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Lost Change in D Minor" | Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Prada | will.i.am, Batio | 2:38 |
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