Big Willie Style

1	Intro 1:51
2	Y'All Know 3:57
3	Gettin' Jiggy Wit It 3:47
4	Candy / Larry Blackmon 3:56
5	Chasing Forever 4:15
6	Keith B-Real I (Interlude) 1:07
7	Don't Say Nothin' 4:22
8	Miami 3:17
9	Yes Yes Y'All / Camp Lo 4:23
10	I Loved You 4:12
11	Keith B-Real II (Interlude) 0:30
12	It's All Good 4:04
13	Just the Two of Us 5:15
14	Keith B-Real III (Interlude) 1:54
15	Big Willie Style / Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes 3:35
16	Men in Black 3:47

Barnes & Noble

As the Fresh Prince, Will Smith and his wiseacre DJ, Jazzy Jeff, won the first Grammy Award given to a hip-hop group for their lighthearted "Parents Just Don't Understand." Little of hip-hop's standard iconography -- violence, drugs, dirty money, preposterously "hot" women -- exist in Willie's world. Instead, BIG WILLIE STYLE comes from the perspective of a man more than happy with his affluent house in the 'burbs and the beautiful wife inside -- and it may just be the first good rap record even soccer moms could love. His good-natured attitude is all over hits like "Getting Jiggy with It," "Miami," and "Just the Two of Us," in which he takes the Bill Withers tune and raps an ode to his son. BIG WILLIE was huge in helping to establish hip-hop's chart dominance in 1998 -- moreover, any rapper who suburban grandmothers can get jiggy with must be doing something right. Martin Johnson

All Music Guide

Will Smith wisely decided not to change his style too much on Big Willie Style, the first record he released since becoming a major movie star with appearances in Independence Day and Men in Black. Instead of trying to toughen his image, Smith continued with the friendly, humorous pop-rap that has been his trademark since He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper. Of course, he gives the music a glossy modern sheen (ironically based on early-'80s funk) in order to prove that he's still hip -- and it works. Sure, there's filler scattered all the way the through the album, but the best moments -- the disco-thumping "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," the Larry Blackmon duet "Candy," the ballad "I Loved You," and the riotous "Men in Black" -- rank among his best singles. Stephen Thomas Erlewine