'It's pretty diverse,' Black Eyed Peas frontman says of #willpower.
By Jocelyn Vena
<P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/will_i_am/artist.jhtml">will.i.am</a>'s solo album, <i>#willpower</i>, will have more star power in the form of several A-list collaborations. So, just who is making the cut for the fall release and who isn't?</P><P>Notably, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bieber_justin/artist.jhtml">Justin Bieber</a>, LMFAO, Ne-Yo, up-and-comer <a href="/news/articles/1685435/eva-simons-william-this-is-love.jhtml">Eva Simons</a> and Nicole Scherzinger will all get their time on the album. However, Mick Jagger and Jennifer Lopez — who appeared on the track "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" — and Cheryl Cole and Nicki Minaj — who lent their voices to "Check It Out" — won't make the final cut.</P><P></p><div class="player-placeholder right" title="Eva Simons Teases 'This Is Love' Video" id="vid:770578" width="415" height="255"></div><p></P><P>"There's classical sh--, like just me and a guitar and an orchestra or me with just an orchestra and a kid's choir," will told <a href="http://www.billboard.com/news/will-i-am-s-new-solo-album-is-just-as-special-1007352552.story" target="_blank">Billboard.com</a>. "There's some ghetto, ugly, dirty stuff. And then there's dance stuff, global world stuff and, like, avant-garde, left-of-center, for-art's-sake music that has nothing to do with getting played on the radio. I'm just art-ing out. It's pretty diverse."</P><P><a href="/news/articles/1677263/justin-bieber-will-i-am-believe.jhtml">will hit the studio with Bieber</a> (who has a new album, <a href="/news/articles/1687691/justin-bieber-believe-album-details.jhtml"><i>Believe</i></a>, out this week himself) back in January. Other rumored collaborators on <a href="/news/articles/1678147/britney-spears-will-i-am-collaboration.jhtml"><i>#willpower</i> include Britney Spears</a>, who he previously said makes a "crazy" appearance. Alicia Keys, Swedish House Mafia, Shakira, Busta Rhymes and Swizz Beatz all reportedly appear on will.i.am's album as well.</P><P>will makes it clear that with the Black Eyed Peas on a break, he has to be creative about how he approaches his solo music without his comrades. "What I have going against me is everybody saying, 'Where the other three people at?' " he said. "I can't just go out with a bunch of background dancers to make up for the fact Fergie, Ap and Taboo aren't there. So I have to come up with a different idea and invent something to make people say, 'Dang, that was better than what you were doing with the Peas!' That won't be easy, but if I can't do that, I'm staying home."</P><P><B>Don't miss <a href="/news/articles/1687565/justin-bieber-live-mtv.jhtml">"Bieber Live"</a> tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.</B></P><P><a href="http://www.mtv.com/photos/?fid=1617615"><img src="http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/s/spotted/banner/spotted.jpg"></a></p>
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