Lost and Found (Will Smith album)

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This article is about a 2005 album by Will Smith. For other uses of the term "Lost and Found", please see Lost and Found (disambiguation).

Lost & Found is the first studio album by Will Smith on Interscope Records after several releases with Columbia. This is his first new release since Born To Reign in 2002 (that featured the Men in Black 2 song Nod Ya Head), he released a Greatest Hits CD the same year. Released in early 2005, the album features the hit single "Switch" as well as Pump Ya Brakes featuring Snoop Dogg. Guest artists on the album include Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Timbaland and long time partner DJ Jazzy Jeff. The title comes from how he felt he was "lost" since he's put rap primarily on hold to do films, and "found" because he's back again. The album cover features Smith with a streetsign saying West Philly & Hollywood in reference to his Philadelphia roots and current Hollywood life as a superstar.

The album is consistent in its critiques of the perceived state of hip hop, and the album has gained some notoriety because of a track entitled "Mr. Nice Guy", in which he takes slight shots at those who have criticized him in the past, namely Wendy Williams, Larry Elder, and Eminem.

The first track Here he comes features Will rapping about his return to rap & versatility (a common theme), sampling the classic Spider-Man theme song from the 1970's cartoon. Other tracks include If U Can't Dance (Slide) which includes the "Women equate dance with sex" line that appears in Smith's movie Hitch; along with a song about a real life stalker (Loretta) while Ms. Holy Roller deals with his ex wife conversion to religion, fanaticism and born again Christianity. Both the title track & I Wish I Made That/Swagga deal with Smith commenting on current hip-hop. I Wish I Made That/Swagga is really two short songs, with the first half (i.e. I Wish I Made That) talks about critiques of him not being "black enough" and black radio not playing his music despite high record sales. It references recent rap hits including Terror Squad's Lean Back, Snoop Dogg's (who is a guest artist on Pump Ya Brakes) Drop It Like It's Hot as well as Smith's own 1991 hit Summertime from his DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince days. The second half (aka Swagga) is about his return to rap ("I got my swagga [swagger] back"). In Lost & Found he speaks how he doesn't do the standard "sex, drugs and violence" songs as found in popular gangsta rap (artists like 50 Cent) and the similarities and stereotypes of current hip-hop.

(Yup) truck wit rims (check) throw back jersey (check)/champagne bottles (check) lot's of models (check)/Damn that's the list for 90 percent of ya'll videos and songs/Am I wrong?

The album also includes two remixes of Switch: Switch (R&B Remix) and Switch (Reggae Remix).


Track listing

  1. Here He Comes
  2. Party Starter
  3. Switch
  4. Mr. Niceguy
  5. Ms. Holy Roller
  6. Lost & Found
  7. Tell Me Why ft. Mary J. Blige
  8. I Wish I Made That / Swagga
  9. Pump Ya Brakes ft. Snoop Dogg
  10. If U Can't Dance (Slide) ft. Nicole of The Pussycat Dolls
  11. Could U Love Me
  12. Loretta
  13. Wave Em Off
  14. Scary Story
  15. Switch (R&B Remix) ft. Robin Thicke
  16. Switch (Reggae Remix) (featuring Elephant Man)
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