Will.i.am Drafts Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe for Second Obama Video

Will.i.am has posted another star-studded video to show his support for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. This time the Black Eyed Pea has recruited Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe, George Lopez, Kerry Washington, Malcolm-Jamal Warner from The Cosby Show and more celebs to contribute uplifting spoken word passages to "We Are the Ones." "I would like to see a cleaner Earth for my child that I'm bringing into the world very soon," says Alba over a backbeat of "O-Bam-A, O-Bam-A." This is the second time Will.i.am has drafted celebrities to help stump for Obama: The "Yes We Can" video, using samples from Obama's speeches, featured Scarlett Johansson, John Legend and Common.

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“Time to Pretend”

MGMT | 2008

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”

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