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Sort of an addendum to the announcement. So what's the real deal? Did they delay it so that it could be bundled with Hitch? And do we have any idea which songs Will be performed? The Walmart write up doesn't give much detail.

Another single is coming out, there's no doubt about that. They wouldn't have people voting over on Will's official site if that were not the case. Also... the album has sold well enough to have a second single come out. Born 2 Reign did not enjoy that sort of success. This isn't wishful thinking here. Another single is slated for release in June. We're just not 100% sure what it will be.

I think I may be the only one not really feeling Pump Ya Brakes as a single... especially in the late fall/early winter. The song really has that spring/summer feel. I think a mix of "I Wish I Made That" with a third verse would be tight for around that time of year. The beat is very danceable for all those college parties and the song has a pertinent message to leave off on pending Will's next album. I wouldn't mind if Loretta was released as well. It may not be danceable, but it's definitely something I can groove through around thanksgiving time. Truthfully though, with the way album sales are going, I'm not sure we're going to get a 4th single unless Party Starter and Tell Me Why really blow up album sales... The album is already only selling in the mid 20k, and it's only been out for 2 months. A 4th single is not likely to come out for another 6 months. This is exactly the reason why I've been advocating the release of the second single earlier. Not only would this push subsequent single releases up, but it would keep album sales up so that subsequent singles would actually have a better chance of being released. It wouldn't make sense to release a 4th single if the album is selling less than 7k a week in 6 months. Now I'm all for optimism... but it's better to be sure than to be optimistic.

And the new single is likely going to be Party Starter... not Tell Me Why as most people have voted, so there's really no point in voting anyway.

And he's not done yet...

What AJ said.

That's exactly what it seems to be.

Don't really have anything to say... you guys know where I stand.

Yeah... pump me up just has that magic.

The video has been up for quite some time now. I haven't removed it.

Lol, a lot of these things are circular, so it's quite likely that he got that info from here or some other forum. But there have been rumors about Party Starter being the next single... I'm not sure where this was confirmed, but we're now expecting Party Starter instead of Tell Me Why... should be an interesting summer.

The article is definitely a bit one sided. Though a number of the speed limits are indeed absurd, the number one reason for deaths on the highway is still speeding. I've never heard of someone dying from going slow or causing someone else to die because they were going 45 on the highway. Even more... there are a number of people who have been given licenses that really can't drive... they can't parallel park, they can't reverse straight, they have trouble doing a 3-point turn... but they're the first ones to be doing 85 on your local highway because the one thing they can do is go straight... and they can do that fast. A lot of them are irresposible, and what the article does not state is that the reason some of these speed limits were set is because a lot of young people died from speeding. Also, it isn't much of a shock that a decent percentage of people who are pulled over for speeding are found to be under the influence. I'd love to be able to do 85 on the highway, but I'm a bit wary of some of my peers...

I think people have to realize that life isn't just good times and happiness. Will has always tried to accentuate the positives in his life with feel good music because there's enough negativity involed in hip hop. But I give him props for taking the time to acknowledge the negatives and the things that aren't so flowery in his surroundings. What's most important is that the music has a message or tells a story to get a point across, which should ultimately be the goal of all forms of music. So when I hear a song like Loretta or Miss Holy Roller... I don't take it as depressing. I listen to the message, and if Will has something good to say or something I agree with, I'll take it in and enjoy.

The new chatroom's on point. Not to say anything bad about the last one... it served it's purpose... but this one is definitely better. Thanks for the update Tim.

Great article... Very good read. Thanks Tim.

It looks great cookies.

Are you talking about the MTV base show?

I know Kev had some great ideas for Tell Me Why, so hopefully he'll bless us with some ideas for Party Starter soon. This video's gonna be off the chain, I can feel it.

Lol, I had a good laugh at this... untitled.bmp

For the groovacide bomber... it think we can just simply go with Will taking off or opening his jacket while on stage at the club, and revealing a row of mics strapped to his chest with the word "Explosive" printed on the mics. We could have him spitting the lyrics... I'm the groovacide bomber Mic in my vest, tight Strapped to my chest, like I'ma run up in the party hollaring And be like... And the crowd joins in with the "Ohhhh!!!" when they see the row of mics strapped to his chest like sticks of dynamite... And he finishes... ... fulfilling my calling And then the crowd chants... "Big Will!!!!" and he goes on with the rest of the lyrics and then the hook. The groovacide bomber thing can get pretty dicey though... especially with that's going on in Iraq and Israel right now... so we may have to omit that. Ok... here's a little bit more about what I was thinking for the second verse... So we have these lyrics He was raised in the days when the roof was raised Every rap occasion, new & amazing The back of the stage amazed and gazin’ Prayin for the day they would one day praise him Studied the ways of the game & made it Came through the maze & the haze & played it perfect Days any person hated & cursed him, he was unfazed He waited, it was worth it, he never retaliated He saved it, slavin’, on the road blazin’ Days when he was low, nothin’ could raise him He came to the show & somethin’ uncaged in him Like the pope, but its party crusade, I’m like braids that’s never gon’ fade (ya heard) I’m like, 23’s on an Escalade, throw me into the rave like you threw a grenade – BOOM!! They're really about him coming up in hip hop, so it'd be cool if we had some old footage from past concerts and shows showing him to be a "Party Starter" while he was coming up, getting the crowds hyped. This verse is kinda like a flashback, so we could probably have a flashback in the video sense as well. Fade ins and fade outs from the present, to past, to present, to past... for however long is reasonable. When he says "Boom!!!" at the end of that verse, we can have footage from a performance of "Boom, Shake the Room" and match up the video to the audio, so when Will says "Boom!!!" on the audio, the video will coincide to have him saying... "tick, tick, tick, tick... Boom!!!" with the audio "Boom!" and the video "Boom!" coming at the same time. The scene shatters like glass on the Boom, falling down revealing the concert scene for the hook and the third verse... I'm also feeling that house party theme AJ mentioned. Some good stuff could be done with that.

Ludacris always seems to find a way to put a midget in some of his videos... it was just a little bit of comic relief. :wink:

I think we want to keep Will away from R. Kelly for right now...

Lol, just as long as there are no midgets in this video, I'm good... Incidentally, if there are any midgets (or "little people" as you like to call yourselves) on this forum... I apologize Ok... so I really haven't thought this out... so I'm pretty much freestylin with these ideas. I think the video should start off with Will walking into some club that's just totally dead. People standing against the walls... not having any fun... Some 50 cent song playing in the background (you know i was gonna fit that in somewhere) and no one dancing to it... a few people trying, but immediately giving up. Will says something like... "it never used to be like this." And then the intro beat starts up... but it's extended... Luda (the club owner) comes out and talks to Will... tells him that something has to be done. We see Will take the stage... "mike check... mike check.. and the camera zooms from all the way in the back of the club to Will... "GET ON THE FLOOR!!!!" And Luda can be pushing people onto the dance floor. We could fit a midget in there if ya'll wanted to... But as soon as the people hit the dance floor, they start dancing. Have Will rhyming the first verse... I'll think of something later for the groovacide bomber lyrics... But Will is really hyping the crowd... So, for the second verse... we'd have old footage of past FPJJ concerts... especially the early years to coincide with the lyrics... Fade ins and outs of Will onstage and fade ins and outs of past shows and concerts... Will sweating... Crowds past and present going crazy. So for the last verse, we could have Will in an outside concert, spiting the lyrics... everyone at the concert bopping to the beat and agreeing with the message. And we can have the final dance scene coincide with the last hook. Have Will standing off to the side smiling while everyone is dancing and having a good time in the club that was dead before he took the stage. The club is full and he's off to the side... the music fades, and he looks at the camera with a knowing smile and says... "I still got it." Fade to black... Rough draft guys.

Well, it seems like you've done your research, at least. :spin: (I love this new spin... its a vast improvement on the old one... soon I wanna write all my feelings on these new smileys... I have a lot) ← I like how you got that spin in there real random like... lol.

Oh... this will get interesting...