Songs About Girls' horrid first single only re-affirmed what's so frustrating about Will.i.Am. Why would one man with such eclectic musical tastes be so persistent on releasing watered down dance-pop songs about asses? Thankfully, Girls manages to be about so much more, especially when Will cuts the juvenile fascination with "donques" and "lady lumps" and gets serious, like these two outstanding pleas for forgiveness.

On "One More Chance", which coasts on a soothing wave of tropical rhythms with brief detours into indie rock acoustics, Will is all about trying to "undo what I've done before" to win his lover's heart back. As typical with him, Will illustrates his couples' drama with lighthearted prose ("We be goin' back and forth like volleyball/ Battling eachother like Gallactica/ Girl I love to be spectacular/ But we crash like vehicular"), but the deliriously layered chorus doesn't find much humor in being on the verge of a break-up. There's a sense of pained desperation found in the half-sung portions here, almost like he's pushing his chops as far as they can go to fully express that he really is serious when it comes down to setting their union back on the right path.

He's on the same angle on "Heartbreaker", where he flings out apologies for not being the ideal boyfriend to an appealing electro-pop soundtrack. Taking on full blame, Will is completely embarrassed by his actions ("Just how did I become that kind of guy/ To look at girls and lie right in their eye?"), hoping she'll excuse his jerk routine and give him another shot. With an anchor in bright hooks, galloping drum beats, funky guitar snippets and new wave-y synth washes, the track sounds like something Jamiroquai would fancy.

These two treats project a worldly music geek who might not be the best rapper or singer, but has a solid enough vision to become a successful master of popcraft away from the Black Eyed Peas. Unfortunately, he'd rather continue to market himself with obnoxious single choices. Give the public some credit, Will. We can handle meaningful material (especially when supported by his top-notch production chops) and Songs About Girls bears too much greatness within it's impressive tracklist to be downplayed for a lame-brained cut about sexy genes.

Peep this performance of "One More Chance" from "Jimmy Kimmel":



DL: "One More Chance" (YFH)

Performance of "Heartbreaker":



DL: "Heartbreaker" (YFH)