Lost Change

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{{Infobox album

| name = Lost Change

| type = studio

| artist = will.i.am

| cover = Lostchangecover.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 1, 2001

| recorded = July 2000 – August 2001

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Alternative hip hop|jazz rap|neo soul}}

| length = 52:32

| label = {{hlist|Atlantic|BBE}}

| producer = {{hlist|will.i.am|Printz Board|Michael Angelo Batio|Dylan "3D" Dresdow}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Must B 21

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Lost Change

| type = Studio

| single1 = I Am

| single1date = 2001{{cite AV media notes |others=will.i.am |date=2001 |title=I Am |type=Track listing |publisher=BBE |id=BBEBG12004}}

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lost-change-mw0000591574|title=will.i.am - Lost Change|author=Conway, John|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=December 7, 2024}}

|rev2= The Province

|rev2score= {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/269293855|title=Quick Spins: Capsule reviews of this week's new CDs|author=Derdeyn, Stuart|date=November 20, 2001|publisher=The Province|via=proquest.com|access-date=December 7, 2024|id={{ProQuest|269293855}} }}

}}

Lost Change is the debut studio album by American musician will.i.am released on September 1, 2001 by Atlantic Records.{{cite book|title=will.i.am - Lost Change|date=September 1, 2001|publisher=Atlantic Records/BBE}}

Singles

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

Critical reception

Curt Fields of the Washington Post called Lost Change "a fun, sonic grab bag."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/09/28/mystic-cuts-for-luck-and-sca/c12d02e3-01af-4fca-9024-952f09fabe20/|title=MYSTIC "Cuts for Luck and Sca ...|author=Fields, Curt|date=September 27, 2001|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=December 7, 2024}}

Matt Conaway of AllMusic also praised the album saying, "will.i.am's Lost Change is a solid extension of the (beat-suite) movement, cozily nestling between Jay Dee's "Welcome to Detroit", a more rhyme-orientated opus, and Pete Rock'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

{{track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Ev Rebahdee

| note1 = featuring Planet Asia

| writer1 = William Adams, Jason Green, Johnny Curtis

| extra1 = will.i.am

| length1 = 4:26

| title2 = Lay Me Down

| note2 = featuring Terry Dexter

| writer2 = Adams, Terry Dexter, Curtis, Koliyah White, Printz Board

| extra2 = will.i.am, Printz Board

| length2 = 4:09

| title3 = Possessions (Interlude)

| writer3 = Adams, George Pajon, Jr., Michael Batio

| extra3 = will.i.am, Batio

| length3 = 1:18

| title4 = Thai Arrive

| writer4 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio

| extra4 = will.i.am, Batio

| length4 = 2:02

| title5 = If You Didn't Know

| note5 = featuring Mike Myers

| writer5 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Mike Myers, Tim Orindgreff, Printz Board

| extra5 = will.i.am, Printz Board

| length5 = 3:48

| title6 = Money

| note6 = featuring The Horn Dogs, Huck Fynn and Oezlem

| writer6 = Adams, George Pajon Jr., Batio, Orindgreff, Quincy McCrary, Printz Board

| extra6 = will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio

| length6 = 4:09

| title7 = Lost Change

| writer7 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Orindgreff, Terrence Graves, Chuck Prada, Printz Board

| extra7 = will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio

| length7 = 2:24

| title8 = I Am

| writer8 = Adams, White

| extra8 = will.i.am

| length8 = 5:15

| title9 = Hooda Hella You

| note9 = featuring Medusa

| writer9 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio

| extra9 = will.i.am, Batio

| length9 = 2:41

| title10 = Lost Change in E Minor

| writer10 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Prada

| extra10 = will.i.am, Batio

| length10 = 2:41

| title11 = Yadda Yadda

| writer11 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Dawn Beckman, Stephany Alexander

| extra11 = will.i.am, Batio

| length11 = 3:44

| title12 = Em a Double Dee

| note12 = featuring Madd Dogg

| writer12 = Adams, Curtis, Madd Dogg

| extra12 = will.i.am

| length12 = 4:35

| title13 = Control Tower

| writer13 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Printz Board

| extra13 = will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio

| length13 = 3:15

| title14 = Lost Change in D Minor

| writer14 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Prada

| extra14 = will.i.am, Batio

| length14 = 2:38

}}

{{track listing

| headline = American bonus track

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title11 = Worriors

| note11 = featuring Burning Star

| writer11 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio

| extra11 = will.i.am, Batio

| length11 = 4:54

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 10th anniversary edition bonus instrumentals disc{{cite book|title=Will.i.am - Lost Change|date=September 1, 2001|edition=10th Anniversary |publisher=Atlantic Records/BBE}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Ev Rebahdee

| note1 = featuring Planet Asia

| writer1 = Adams, Green, Curtis

| extra1 = will.i.am

| length1 = 4:26

| title2 = Lay Me Down

| note2 = featuring Terry Dexter

| writer2 = Adams, Dexter, Curtis, White, Printz Board

| extra2 = will.i.am, Printz Board

| length2 = 4:09

| title3 = Possessions

| note3 = Interlude

| writer3 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio

| extra3 = will.i.am, Batio

| length3 = 1:18

| title4 = Thai Arrive

| writer4 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio

| extra4 = will.i.am, Batio

| length4 = 2:02

| title5 = If You Didn't Know

| note5 = featuring Mike Myers

| writer5 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Myers, Orindgreff, Printz Board

| extra5 = will.i.am, Printz Board

| length5 = 3:48

| title6 = Money

| note6 = featuring The Horn Dogs, Huck Fynn and Oezlem

| writer6 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Orindgreff, McCrary, Printz Board

| extra6 = will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio

| length6 = 4:09

| title7 = Lost Change

| writer7 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Orindgreff, Graves, Prada, Printz Board

| extra7 = will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio

| length7 = 2:24

| title8 = I Am

| writer8 = Adams, White

| extra8 = will.i.am

| length8 = 5:15

| title9 = Hooda Hella You

| note9 = featuring Medusa

| writer9 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio

| extra9 = will.i.am, Batio

| length9 = 2:41

| title10 = Lost Change in E Minor

| writer10 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Prada

| extra10 = will.i.am, Batio

| length10 = 2:41

| title11 = Yadda Yadda

| writer11 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Beckman, Alexander

| extra11 = will.i.am, Batio

| length11 = 3:44

| title12 = Em A Double Dee

| note12 = featuring Madd Dogg

| writer12 = Adams, Curtis, Madd Dogg

| extra12 = will.i.am

| length12 = 4:35

| title13 = Control Tower

| writer13 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Printz Board

| extra13 = will.i.am, Printz Board, Batio

| length13 = 3:15

| title14 = Lost Change in D Minor

| writer14 = Adams, Pajon, Jr., Batio, Prada

| extra14 = will.i.am, Batio

| length14 = 2:38

}}

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