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will.i.am reveals Easter album release date

Rapper and superstar producer will.i.am insists his album '#willpower' will be released "before the Easter Bunny comes hoppin'."

The Black Eyed Peas star's upcoming fourth solo studio album has been in the works for some time, and the star has dismissed several false track listings that have been circulating.

Speaking to MTV News about the record's release date, will revealed: "A lot of those track lists are hocus-pocus bogus, but I remain focused. But I'm not going to smoke this. A lot of those things were fans creating track lists ... but I think an album is a song [then] four or five months later another song, and then a couple months later another song. I wanted to change the cycle and the process of putting out songs as it relates to an album, whatever that is nowadays.

He added: "This record will be out before the Easter Bunny comes hoppin.'"

'#willpower' features the monster hit 'Scream & Shout' featuring Britney Spears, and will is proud of the success the song has had.

He continued: "'Scream & Shout' is #1 in, like, 53 countries, and I'm really proud of that, because I've been doing music for a minute now, and had huge success with my group, the Peas.

The hip hop star added: "And coming out with records when you're in a big, successful group that plays stadiums, that's scary to come out by yourself. And to have success at the tune I'm having it, is overwhelming and I'm so grateful."

 

 

 

 

 

Watch the video for will.i.am and Britney Spears' 'Scream & Shout' below: