MUSIC: Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am going solo

"I Got it from my Mama"

This actually isn't Black Eyed Peas' beat master Will.i.am's first solo outing. By the end of the year he will have released his third album, Songs about Girls, during the group's hiatus, joining Fergie on the self-promotion kick. He's been really hot in the music business lately. In the past he's collaborated with artists like Justin Timberlake, Diddy, Busta Rhymes, Carlos Santana, Pussycat Dolls, John Legend, Ciara, and of course Fergie. And now he's rumored to be hooking artists up with a little of that Black magic, from Michael Jackson, Mariah, Whitney Houston, Amerie, Nicole Scherzinger, Rihanna, Hilary Duff, Common, and even Macy Gray. In his single, "I Got It From My Mama," he basically adds on to the whole "My Humps" phenomenon by...appreciating a woman's figure and the gifts she was given at birth. The video is a veritable Victoria's Secret commercial slash Miami beach ad. Expect a lot more women-worshiping on the album.