10 Totally Whack Lyrics From Will.i.am

Whether he's the frontman for The Black Eyed Peas, or embarking on a solo track - you have to hand it to will.i.am. The man knows how to make a hit record. Imagine a 21st century club scene that never heard the words "I gotta feeling" followed by an inevitable premature scream of "woohoo!" in its footsteps. It's hard to envisage what would have taken its place as the most downloaded song on iTunes. However, if you peel back the layers of his work you'll be surprised to see just how lazy, repetitive and uninspiring he really is. We don't know if there's a strict formula he follows but it seems that he takes the most convoluted and generic lyrics, adds in the flavour of the month (Cheryl, Miley or a Nicki) and cranks up the auto-tune to 11. And the general public continues to buy it. But what is it we've gone and purchased? Have you ever stopped and taken the time to listen to the 'innovation' he's so-called providing? He likes to brag about being the beginning of the next stage of music yet he's not shy about taking other peoples work and applying his tech-savvy recipe of robotic nonsense and featured star appeal to make a hit record. Here's our Top 10 Totally Whack will.i.am lyrics and why we should feel guilty about singing along.

10. The Black Eyed Peas €“ Boom Boom Pow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m48GqaOz90 Totally Whack Lyrics: "I'm so 3008, you're so 2000-and-late" (Time 00:52) When the Black Eyed Peas resurged in 2009 with their fifth studio album The E.N.D (Energy Never Dies) it took the world by storm. They had ditched the hip-hop funk sound of their predecessor album 'Monkey Business' and took on a more electronic dance undertone which proved a massive hit around the globe. This is when we could first start seeing the signs of will.i.am's obsession with technology and his descent into the horrific clutches of the Auto-Tune Monster first appear. The opening single (The heavily onomatopoeic entitled) Boom Boom Pow was a number one smash despite it being riddled with profoundly dumb lyrics, beats and sound effects. Its brimming with ridiculous rhymes such as "beats so big ill be steppin' on Leprechauns" as well as "them chickens be jackin' my style". The most superfluous of all though came in the form of "I'm so 3008, you so 2000-and€“late". Whilst fun to say with a little attitude on a dance floor the actual context of the lyrics was redundant. This clearly was a random rhyme that the team had coined months ago and believed had some prolific meaning about the future so they spliced it in wherever they could. Whilst trying to sound cool by implying we were stuck in the past, their release of the track in late 2009 made them come off as bunch of clueless time bandits.