''Lost Change'' is the debut studio album released by

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frontman

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. It was released on September 1, 2001 by

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, and includes the song "I Am", co-written with Koliyah White. The album was supported by the release single "I Am".

Critical reception

Matt Conaway of

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said the following about the album: "One of the early volumes in BBE's ambitious beat-suite series,

's Lost Change is a solid extension of the movement, cozily nestling between

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's "Welcome to Detroit", a more rhyme-orientated opus, and

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's Petestrumentals, a distinctly jazzy, instrumental-based endeavor. Though will has taken the instrumental-based series and put his own stamp on it, that stamp still contains occasional hues of

' early organic stylings - "Ev Rebahdee" featuring Planet Asia. Yet, BBE's progressive format frees him up to dabble in a menagerie of musical styles. And he's up to the challenge, as Lost Change fuses together aspects of jazz, electronica, funk, Caribbean, and trip-hop rhythms. While the straight-up rhyming tracks border on sublime "I Am" to humdrum "Money" featuring Huck Fynn, Oezlem, and Horn Dogs, it's the instrumental format where he truly flourishes. Showing a true knack for experimentation, the album leisurely darts back and forth between the reggae-scented "Possessions," "Lost Change", which coalesces jazzy horns, with junkyard band riffing, and the hazy electronic fuzz of "Thai Arrive," which unfolds like a

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track. Similarly, "Lay Me Down" has the potential to be a break-out hit, as will's infectious snare claps and blissful horn snippets provide a cooled-out platform for Terry Dexter's soulful vocal scatting. On "Control Tower," will inserts a vocal clip that states, "I'm on the brink of a great achievement." A sophisticated and musically enthralling endeavor that still manages to be accessible, Lost Change does an admirable job of implementing a host of different styles, without losing the listener in the process."Lost Change - will.i.am , Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards , AllMusic
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Track listing

References

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