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CORRECTION: SEE CORRECTION APPENDED; Kris Kross: A review of the solo album by Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am in Mondays' Calendar section misspelled the name of the rap duo Kris Kross as Kriss Kross.
Will.i.am
Songs About Girls (Interscope)
* * 1/2
Will.i.am might be the only pop artist who can make comparing a woman to a farm animal seem like nice, clean fun. The Black Eyed Peas' idea man exudes frantic goodwill, even when he's cramming his productions with unsubtle hooks and tricks or building party anthems around the most juvenile rhymes since the members of Kriss Kross hung up their backward coats. His schizophrenic charisma is evident throughout this first proper solo album (in stores Tuesday). It's really two albums in one: an experiment in introspection and a full- body grab for more hits.
Let's start with the hits, those playground chants destined to drive...