Before his album came out, we got a sneak peek with “Scream and Shout” featuring Britney Spears. Now Will.i.am’s new album, “#willpower” is out and the critics are listening.  “#willpower” is Will.i.am’s newest album since he released his last album “Songs about Girls” in 2007. Now fans are hoping that this new album will be a break-through for the infamous Black Eyed Peas member. There’s no argument that Will.i.am has produced catchy and very popular songs with other artists and also with the Black Eyed Peas, but some say he has yet to produce anything especially interesting on any of his own albums.

That might have changed with his first single, “Scream and Shout” off the new album. The single features backup vocals provided by Britney Spears, and has a futuristic sound to it, that keeps the song interesting until the end. Although “Scream and Shout” is the most popular song off the album so far, it might just be passed up by another song that features vocals by Justin Bieber titled “#thatPower.”

“Let’s Go” features Chris Brown. The song has a very upbeat and almost trance or house feel to it, which is a nice change from some of the other songs on the album. But there has been many rumors going around on twitter that “Let’s Go” closely resembles a song titled “Rebound” by Arty and Mat Zo. In the beginning of “Let’s Go,” it sounds exactly like “Rebound” when you get around 1:00 into the song. Chris Brown commented via tweet, that he knew nothing of Arty and Mat Zo and that his and Will.i.am’s song sounds nothing like their song.