11.27.13 - New Music - Will.I.Am & Miley Cyrus

Does this even count as pop?

Will.I.Am’s new single “Feelin’ Myself” is a hip-hop parade of who’s who pretending to be pop...but just enough to hopefully get it on Top 40 radio. Will is certainly someone who has straddled that line before, most easily with the Black Eyed Peas. He’s been extremely successful doing so in the past, but “Feelin’” doesn’t quite match him at his best.

He might have been aware of this when he recruited not one, not two, but three guest stars. Miley (who collaborated with Will for his less-than-huge “Fall Down” single) joins French Montana and Wiz Khalifa on the track, and each does a good job of standing out from the rest.

What may actually impede this song’s success is the chorus. “Goddammit I’m the shit.” isn’t exactly something a radio DJ wants to play, and neither are all the lines about getting head. When this thing doesn’t perform terribly well, let’s plan it on that.

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