Will.I.Am Talks About MJ Again

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Black Eyed Peas singer Will.i.am gave an interview to CraveOnline.com and again answered questions about this work with Michael Jackson:

Crave Online: How was that experience with Michael Jackson?

Will.i.am: That felt like a dream. You’re there in Ireland. It’s green hills. It’s Michael Jackson. You’re in the cottage making beats, dance beats. He’s like dancing and sh*t.

I’m like, “I’m hungry.” He says, “Why don’t you take the horse? Take the horse and pick apples. It’s wonderful. We love doing it. The horses love going apple picking.” I’m like, “All right, I’ll f*cking go.” I swear to God. I’m on a f*cking horse. Michael Jackson’s like, “Wow, it’s great.” The horse is picking apples. I’m like picking apples and junk, putting them in a bag.

I’m like wow, this is like picking apples with Michael Jackson on horseback. Look at that sh*t, right?

Crave Online: Will that be a good comeback?

Will.i.am: The dude keeps breaking records. He holds the highest amount of records that you could sell. No one’s ever going to sell that amount of records. Why? Because there are no more record stores. So you’re never going to beat his records. Never, ever, ever in the history of records in life. Not even you, never. How about that? How about no one’s ever going to outsell Michael Jackson at selling records because the record industry is over. Game over. There’s no more record stores. With no more record stores there’s no more pressing plants. With no more pressing plants, there’s no more charts.

Now he broke another record. What’d he sell? A million tickets? It was like 500,000 in an hour. The thing broke down basically. The dude’s like, “Okay, why don’t you just like?”

Crave Online: But can he perform still?

Will.i.am: He was in my house. It’s one thing you hear rumours, but when the guy’s in your house, laying on your floor as you’re playing beats. He’s like, “Will.i.am, I love this beat.” He’s laying and his feet are up on the chair, he’s kicking his feet.

I’m like dude, Michael Jackson’s laying on my floor. Michael Jackson’s laying on my floor. He’s testing his voice and three hours has passed. He’s just mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi, mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi mi. He’s doing both voice testing just to sing for five minutes. He’s testing his voice for three hours to sing for five minutes. I don’t know. Fergie don’t do that sh*t. Usher don’t do that sh*t. None of the people that you think still got it do that. I’ve seen it, in my house.

Crave Online: Is that because he’s more fragile?

Will.i.am: No, that’s because he’s a perfectionist and he just likes testing his voice. “I just love, you know, this is all we have is flesh and bones. That’s it. It’s just flesh. That’s all we got. I want to protect it and take care of it, because this is my voice. This is my thing.”

That’s right. I’m like dude, can we record now? Because it’s three hours, and it’s only going take five minutes. “No, I just want to warm it up.” Like dude, that’s hot. It’s warmed up.

But I don’t know what he’s going to use from what we’ve done, but I have memories, the stuff I did on Thriller 25 is up. If he uses any of the original things that we’ve done, great. If he didn’t, I have my memories and the things that we’ve done is awesome. I learned so much from the dude. He’s cool. And he has it. I’ve seen it. He mi mi mi’d for three hours. Perfect pitch.

Crave Online: Will you be there at the concert?

Will.i.am: I don’t know but I know that one time I was in Vegas and he’s like, “Oh, I heard you’re in Vegas.” I was like, “Yeah, we have a show tonight. Can you come?” “What time you guys go on?” We go on at 9 o’clock. I swear to God, “Oh, rats.” He said rats. “Oh, rats, I can’t. I’ve got to put the kids to sleep.” All right, well after we perform with the Peas, I’m performing with Prince. You should come to the show. So Prince invited me to perform with him at the Palms. Maybe you can come see me perform with Prince. So Michael Jackson says, “Oh really? I’d love to. Call Prince and see if it’s cool.” I call Prince’s assistant. She’s like sure. So I’m like, “Yo, Mike, it’s great.”

Come on, dude. This sh*t ain’t real. To me, that that happened, it sounds like a big ass lie, right? Yeah, I’ll just call Prince and then bring Michael Jackson but it’s the realest sh*t.

So, I’m late. I’m late. I’m in the cab, like aw, man, what a time to be f*ckin’ late. I’m always late and I’m late for Michael Jackson to see me perform with Prince. So I hop off the cab and I’m running in Las Vegas. I’m running and people are like, “Wyclef!” I’m like f*ck you, right? Then I run and I get to the place and I perform for Prince and I walk off stage and Michael’s there. He’s like, “That was awesome.” Mind you, we were already in Ireland. He’s like, “That was awesome. I didn’t know you rapped.” I was like, “What? You don’t know I rap? I’m in the Black Eyed Peas.” “I didn’t think it was you that was the rapper. I thought it was the other guy.” I was like, “No, that’s me, dude.” “You’re awesome, that was awesome. We need to do something like that on my record where you rap and I sing.” Yeah, but that was a great experience to have Mike see me perform with Prince. It was nuts. That’s great, cool.

Click here for the entire interview: http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/music/article/william-on-music-and-acting-78759
 
I’m running and people are like, “Wyclef!” I’m like f*ck you, right?

LMAO
 
I would love to see that performance with Prince and Will.I.Am... Is it on youtube?
Aww @ Michael “That was awesome. I didn’t know you rapped.” I was like, “What? You don’t know I rap? I’m in the Black Eyed Peas.” :mellow: :lol:
 
I enjoyed reading that :) Will.i.am seems a cool guy and lol @ the Wyclef part
 
I’m running and people are like, “Wyclef!” I’m like f*ck you, right?

LMAO

:lol: Best part.

Funny stories...altho I'm sure I've read parts of it before. Tis nice to read again. Thanks for sharing. :flowers:
 
I'll take someone talking too much about the good and regular things concerning MJ than someone talking too much all the time about crap concerning MJ. You know, the usual crap...most of it frabricated or mischaracterized...over and over and over again. Don't think I'll ever complain about someone speaking respectfully of MJ. That never gets old, imo.
 
I am glad I'm not the only one to confuse will.i.am and wyclef, lol.
 
I'll take someone talking too much about the good and regular things concerning MJ than someone talking too much all the time about crap concerning MJ. You know, the usual crap...most of it frabricated or mischaracterized...over and over and over again. Don't think I'll ever complain about someone speaking respectfully of MJ. That never gets old, imo.

What about Akon?
 
This is quite old already....i remember reading about them two picking apples and all that. I also remember how much Will.I.am seems to cuss all of the sudden......
 
Love it! He totally admires MJ, it's nice to see! That's what I'd be like in his position lol. He seems nice, thanks for posting. :happy:
 
very refreashing interview! I like this guy better than Akon, too.

I love the "oh, rats" part, Imma start using that...
 
Now I know I'm not the only one who have thought Wyclef and Will.i.am look alike:lol: The apple-picking story and the mi-mi story were posted before, but it's still funny:D

Imagine the look on Will's face when Mike said "I dind't know you rapped"! Didn't know Mike went to another Prince show besides the 3212 (?---can't remember the exact number) one. Will must have felt excited performing with Mike watching. If I was him, I woulda brought my parents, you know, tellin them proudly, "Mama, your proud son is performing in front of MJ and with Prince on stage!" Oh I know I would have!:)

I'm not a native speaker, so I just looked up the word "rat" and now I know the meaning when it's used as in "Oh rats!" I learned a new thing. Gotta thank Michael:D
BTW, why Will sounds like he was a lil bit surprised to hear that from MJ? He didn't think MJ would use slang while talking to him huh?:)

@the threadstarter: Thanx for posting!
 
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BTW, why Will sounds like he was a lil bit surprised to hear that from MJ? He didn't think MJ would use slang while talking to him huh?:)

It becuase its an older slang term not used by the younger generation
or musicians in general_ Will is probably use to much harsher language
and thought it was cute that Mike said "Oh rats" instead of cussing.

I would love to hear Michael say
"Oh Rats" :wub: :LOL:
 
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