''Lost Change'' is the debut studio album by American musician

will.i.am William James Adams Jr. (born March 15, 1975), known professionally as will.i.am (pronounced "will I am"), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is the frontman of the musical group Black Eyed Peas, which he ...

released on September 1, 2001 by

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Singles

The album was supported by the release single "I Am".

Critical reception

Curt Fields of the

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called Lost Change "a fun, sonic grab bag." Matt Conaway of

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also praised the album saying, "

's Lost Change is a solid extension of the (beat-suite) movement, cozily nestling between

Jay Dee James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, composer and rapper. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michiga ...

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

Pete Rock Peter O. Phillips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapping, rapper. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, and is often mentioned along ...

's Petestrumentals...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."

Track listing

References

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