That sort of was the last gasp of fun loving, light hip hop. That's exactly how I remember that time. You couldn't escape how dope the BEP live shows were back then - even the people who thought they were corny appreciated the live shows. That second album was a dud and it seemed like they had all the momentum...then they decided to tour with Timberlake and get featured as the Okayplayer artist of the month (REMEMBER THAT?) and it all changed.

Will seems like a dude who knows exactly what he's doing.