Will I Am: ''Im Probably The Most Hip-Hop N**ga Out Of All These Hip-Hop N**gas, I Am Hip Hop''
VIBE.com: Over the years, you and the Black Eyed Peas have taken hits for not being “real” hip-hop. What is your response?
Will.i.am: I am hip-hop! If there’s anyone that’s the personification of hip-hop, I’m probably the most hip-hop n**** out of all these hip-hop niggas. But hip-hop editorial and blogs and even some of the hip-hop fans don’t see it that way, which is cool. I’m going to win. I’m going to win and win bigger than all these niggas are winning. And they probably don’t see that. I’m winning regardless of what hip-hop thinks of what I am. I won’t shrivel up in a little ball and not continue to rock, rock planet rock, don’t stop just because a few people think the [Black Eyed Peas] is just a pop act.
I [always] knew I was going to move more into dance and club. That’s the reason I produced Nas’ “Hip Hop Is Dead.” People forgot that hip-hop was a bunch of things back in the days. Hip-hop was the Jungle Brothers’ “I’ll House You.” When someone is denying what they are, then that’s when things start to spiral down. Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazines and websites are the gatekeepers of what people think hip-hop is, but they actually end up limiting what hip-hop can be.
I can do a Talib Kweli track [“Hot Thing”] and Estelle’s “American Boy,” and co-write “Ordinary People” with John Legend and I’m still hip-hop. If Nas calls me for another track, I can do that. But at the same time, if Usher calls me I can do [an “OMG”] as well. Songs like “OMG” are international hits, not just hits on American urban radio. I’m talking about the f****** world! And those kind of accomplishments don’t get you the cover of VIBE. I don’t need anyone to validate me. I am hip-hop.
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Comment by Danielle on July 23, 2010 at 12:07am -
i love the black eye peas and i think over time they have develop into a better group..but please will.i.am dont get too big headed. i think will.i.am. is very creative and unqiue and hes right he dont need noone to validate him..but humble thyself...
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Comment by Sir buttah on July 17, 2010 at 4:55pm -
he's not hip-hop yet he has produced/wrote tons of hip-hop records lol that's exactly his point
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Comment by Chess on July 17, 2010 at 6:55am -
four words SHUT THE F*** UP!!!!
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Comment by Ernest W on July 16, 2010 at 2:11pm -
i cant front the way he put those puts it into perpestive. Hiphop is being limited nowadays and getting torn apart but hey it is what it is to YOU
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Comment by Cam on July 16, 2010 at 11:40am -
will.i.am is a genius, not to mention extremely successful. He's not scared to cross over genres which is what makes him a number 1 hit maker across the map. Anyone who says he's not "hip-hop" is stuck in the f****** 90's and is desperate need of a huge mega will.i.am track. He is hip hop and way more. Do your homework before you hate suckas.
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Comment by Joeinsidious on July 16, 2010 at 10:32am -
This n**** doesn't do Hip Hop. Get the f*** outta here. Next he'll tell me Fergie's ugly ass is true R&B. C'mon SON! Fuckoutmyfacewiththisbullshit.
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Comment by aim on July 16, 2010 at 5:45am -
they s*** str8
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Comment by Bones on July 16, 2010 at 3:05am -
Will I Am is Hip Hop.... He just dresses like a d********...
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Comment by Brittany on July 15, 2010 at 10:03pm -
no ur not will i am!
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Comment by Darryl Hall on July 15, 2010 at 9:51pm -
WTF is he saying? He does pop music.
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