Biography
The Black Eyed Peas (BEP) is an American hip hop group, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles (California). Their debut LP was released in 1998 Behind the front, and was much appreciated. The music artist group then consisted of two high school friends already, "apl.de.ap." and "Will.i.am" and the rapper "Taboo" with the backing vocalist Kim Hill, was well received by critics but received little attention. Two years later the second album with the same components, Bridging The Gap with collaborations of Chali 2na Jurassic 5, De La Soul, and Macy Gray. Even this albums, however, manages to place them well in the music industry until 2003 when they released their third album Elephunk, with singer Fergie to replace Kim Hill, and since then the band is one of the groups most successful and most appreciated, even in America, thanks to singles from the album "Where Is the Love", Shut Up, Hey Mama, Let's get it started. In 2005 The Black Eyed Peas released their fourth album and second with Fergie, Monkey Business. Despite having lower trading results in the previous album, it still churns out the hits like Do not Phunk With My Heart Do not lie or mainly for the United States. The same year The Black Eyed Peas are also working in various duets Mas Que Nada as the single in collaboration of the Brazilian singer Sergio Mendes in 2006. After 3 years of success and participation of distinguished work record and Justin Timberlake and Sting, The Black Eyed Peas scenes are away for almost 4 years, Fergie embarked on a solo career as the other members of The Black Eyed Peas. In 2009 Black Eyed Peas finally returns to the spotlight with the album The End from which are extracted blatant hit, unlike the recording of the voices that are turned over was carried out with Fergie seemed to have left the group after an excellent solo experience, but she said that being in BEP will continue in parallel, this album is the confirmation of the group and marks the band converts to the music a little more dance, among individuals who have been phenomenal successes include I Gotta Feeling Boom Boom Pow, or Meet Me Halfway, who dominated the charts all over the world and break record after record sales and digital materials, and top. In June 2010 Black Eyed Peas along with other artists will perform at the opening of the World Cup. In 2010 the band released very quickly, the sixth album, The Beginning, the constant defined above, for similar sounds.
Two components of friendships in high school. Will.i.am and apl.de.ap are part of the crew of breakers Tribal Nation, then decided to devote himself to music production and found the crew Atban Klann, an acronym for A Tribe Beyond A Nation. The Ruthless Records, the rapper Eazy-E, the duo put under contract in 1992, is recorded an album but the label does not publish: the product does not reflect its line gangsta. In fact, since the early nineties the concept of pacifism in hip hop was overshadowed by the philosophy and gangsta rap groups like the West Coast NWA, Eazy-E from which it came. The death of Eazy-E in 1995 marks the breaking of the duo with Ruthless. After the bad experience, Will and Apl widen Black Eyed Peas of another member, Taboo, and change the name of the group The Black Eyed Peas, began performing in the LA area.
Between 1997 - 1998 Will.i.am and Apl.de.ap. made their first album Behind the Front. The two years before had tried to form a group, but almost without results. In 1998, together with the rapper Taboo and backing vocalist Kim Hill put on a band, The Black Eyed Peas and they recorded exactly, the album Behind the Front. The album has received rave reviews. From the album were taken about 2 individuals, including Joints & Jam and Karma. The backing vocalist Kim Hill in these parts is always on top, even in music videos. Individuals have become known in America. In Europe and Italy will be the later albums to bring the band to success with the arrival of Fergie. Two years later along with Taboo and apl.de.ap Will.i.am released their second album, Bridging the Gap. The singles are about 2, including the single best known in America, Weekends feat. Esthero. On this album, Kim Hill, is not prominent, and the next album will leave BEP, and will be replaced by Fergie. The album was attended by artists like Justin Timberlake and Macy Gray latest has also participated in a single album released in 2001. With this second album the band still can not confirm at all, and in Italy it is little known. After this album The Black Eyed Peas Elephunk work for the album which will then be released in year 2003.
Black Eyed Peas retraces next steps with the third album Elephunk. Along with Will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo, and enters to replace Kim Hill, the singer Fergie who will become known and which in 2006 will also release them solo album. The album started in 2001, but was released in 2003. In the first two albums The Black Eyed Peas were just men and they used some trace of vocalist Kim Hill. The recording of this albums along with Will.i.am, Taboo and apl.de.ap realized that we wanted a female voice, more permanent and impressive, especially for the recording of the song Shut Up. Offer was given to the singer of the Pussycat Dolls, Nicole Scherzinger, but was forced to refuse. After so was the talented Fergie is part of them since then. Fergie quickly struck a bond with Black Eyed Peas and was also put on the cover of that album in 2003. This album than the previous sounds a bit more pop, catchy and polished, made to attract a mass audience. Was the first single from Where Is the Love, In collaboration with Justin Timberlake, who became the first hit of the group's success, achieving excellent results worldwide. The single is becoming one of the most successful individual in the world, and America has had excellent results on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 8. They has had excellent results in the rest of the world, and in Great Britain and Australia has reached the second single was extracted vetta.Come Shut Up. Although the world has had a huge success, the song was not released in the U.S., although it has received massive radio programming. The individual as the previous one is not indifferent to the past and Europe has become one of the most successful of the group and year. Shut up you are placed at 2 in the UK and was certified gold and platinum in countries like the United States D America, Britain and other European countries like Germany. The song was chosen as the third single, Hey Mama, released in 2004. The piece was used for advertising the iPod and the song in the animated film Garfield: The Movie. Although not a huge success came at the previous level, but the song is not, however, was ignored and became one of the most successful of BEP and is known to the public and many consider it the best in the history of the band. The single has placed well in the charts debuting in the top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been successful in several European countries. The song Let's Get Retarded, changed to Let's Get It Started, was chosen as the fourth and final single from Elephunk. The single gained a worldwide hit and was used for the NBA Playoffs in 2004 and in various films like Barbershop 2, and Harold White Chicks The first trip is never forgotten. The single won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 2005. The four singles, Where Is the Love, Shut Up, Hey Mama, let's get retarded in about a year and a half getting 4 hits, dominating the charts in 2003 and 2004 worldwide. Elephunk around selling about 2,000,000 copies in Europe and slightly more in the United States. In Great Britain did not go unnoticed and sells 1,300,000 copies. In all, almost touching the 7 million copies worldwide. With this album Black Eyed Peas is consecrated, and the group became famous throughout the world, and finally in Italy has a well deserved success. The following year the group is already struggling with the new and fourth album, which will release in 2005.
The Black Eyed Peas have also participated in an album in honor of John Lennon, with a cover of a song. Other artists who participated are Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, Deftones and Duran Duran. The proceeds from the sale of that album went to Amnesty International. The album was recorded during 2004 and was released June 7, 2005. Black Eyed Peas's fourth album, is called Monkey Business. The first single Do not Phunk with My Heart enjoyed a highly successful and made Black Eyed Peas won the award for best group rap performance at the Grammy Awards of 2006. The single became a hit in Europe in summer. In the U.S. the song peaked higher in their careers but then passed by the 2009 song Boom Boom Pow. Do not Phunk with My Heart has reached the top 5 in Canada and Britain and has remained in the top rankings in Asia and Australia. Do not Lie was chosen as the second single in 2005, achieving some success, not the one originally hoped. The song was originally written by Fergie before it became part of the band. It was then revised and modified with the group. In Europe, the individual is not very strong, unlike the previous ones, but on the Billboard Hot 100 is placed at No. 14, and in some European countries, and Australia has reached the top third single was chosen ten. Come My Humps, which earned them The Black Eyed Peas the award for best rap performance group even at the Grammy Awards 2007. The single was successful as the previous one, but not among the most famous pieces of the group. The single has received criticism following the text very "hot". Despite what the song came to 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving excellent results in Canada and has been a little Australia.Tuttavia in obscurity in Europe. The last piece was from the album Pump It. The song was used in commercials for Pepsi and film The Pacifier, Little Man, Cars Hot cars and Garfield 2. The song became a hit mainly in Australia, not having a lot of light in the United States. In Europe, it has become well known, although some countries such as Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom were better received but is known and has not been ignored in the summer of 2006. At the same time, the band duets with Brazilian singer Sergio Mendes Mas Que Nada in the individual. But the track is the album of The Black Eyed Peas. The piece is still in the album Timeless by Mendes. In 2005 the group also undertook a tour in Europe and the same year he published a playlist on I-tunes of their greatest hits. Monkey Business comes around to good sales results. This year also saw an album, a remix of the single predominantly of Monkey Business. In 2006, embarking on a new tour, visiting over twenty countries and Rio de Janeiro last leg, receives more than 1 million people, becoming their biggest concert. Black Eyed Peas after this album is absent from the scene for about 3 years. The female voice of the group recorded a solo album, Fergie, The Dutchess, while Will.i.am, voice male lead rapper of the group, it also undertakes a solo career, collaborating with artists such as Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, Kelis, John Legend, Cheryl Cole, Sergio Mendes and Carlos Santana.
After 3 years of absence, almost four, the fifth album by Black Eyed Peas, titled The END was released June 9, 2009. The album was recorded in 2008 - 2009. The first single from the album is Boom Boom Pow, which received huge international success becoming one of the most popular songs of BEP. The song remained at the top of the league's most prestigious in the world, the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks, and remained in the charts for over a year, making it the most successful year 2009 in America and one of the most popular songs of the year, and the best selling history of the Billboard Hot 100. The single marked a great return of the band after 3 years. The second single from the album, I Gotta Feeling, remained in first place on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time even more: 16 weeks. Black Eyed Peas has so dominated the charts for 28 weeks between the two singles, setting a record for the Billboard Hot 100.The single in America with the former is one of the greatest successes in America in 2009 and scored a Billboard Hot 100 era, becoming one of the greatest successes of the charts forever, and has in this table, a stay, such as to mark a record: it was in the charts for almost 2 years. In October 2009, the BEP has launched the third single, Meet Me Halfway, which has achieved excellent results especially in Europe and in Italy, where he reached the second position of Top Digital Downloads. However, compared to previous singles have received less notoriety, but is remembered as one of the most popular pieces in 2009 and 2010. Throughout 2009, the album has sold 4 million copies and 250,000 and was the second best selling year after I Dreamed A Dream by Susan Boyle. On December 15 the U.S. radio broadcast the fourth single, Imma Well, for the U.S. market only. In the U.S. market has received rave reviews and was a popular success. Rock That Body A will be the fourth single for the rest of the world. The individual and Meet Me Halfway, compared to the first two singles from the album, has received less notoriety, but it was still a very big success worldwide. In the summer of 2009 The Black Eyed Peas have begun the first part of their The END World Tour starting from Japan, Australia and then to visit some American states as the opening act for U2, reaching other parts of the world. In December, the group has officially announced on its website the second part of the tour, which will be more impressive. The tour, produced by AEG Live, will begin in February 2010, touching many U.S. cities before arriving in Europe in May (May 12 will be in Milan). The tour was composed of a total of 55 concerts. On June 10, 2010 to participate in The Black Eyed Peas opening concert of the World Cup in South Africa where, in addition to PERFORM their best hits, they played with Shakira, Alicia Keys, K naan and many others. From The E.N.D. were then extracted 5 colossal hit, Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Meet Me Halfway, Imma Be, and Rock That Body, who have scored well for 2 years and dominated the charts all over the world. This album, worldwide success has forgiven them well on track after 3 years of silence, in fact exceeded the remarkable success of the album Elephunk in 2003, and some success, the album Monkey Business in 2005 that they had been consecrated at International. In 2010, struggling with the new album.
The Beginning is the sixth album from The Black Eyed Peas, which was published November 30, 2010 in much of the world. The group member apl.de.ap said that the album is a continuation of previous work The END. In August 2010 he was made to know the name of the album. On October 22, Will.i.am has released the first single on the Web The Time (Dirty Bit) which samples the famous song (I've Had) The Time Of My Life, the soundtrack to the critically acclaimed films of the 80s Dirty Dancing. The individual is able to maintain good places in the rankings, including the Billboard Hot 100, where it reaches the top ten several times. The week's debut album in the world around 200,000 copies. Following the release of BEP is interviewed several times in England and America, often to promote the work, and to show the public the quality and design. This single has received much radio programming in Asia and Europe, it has been successful in the autumn of 2010 in Italy, but still not getting results at the international level of the individual previous album The END, but nevertheless did not become a little albums in terms of sales. Parallel to the release of the album, the voice of the male rapper Will.i.am, chases, also in many duets with many other artists outside of the ball rap, as he had already done much in the momentary pause that had in the second half of the year 2000, the band signed. On 21 November 2010, the BEP are awarded for Best Group at the American Music Awards, winning for the third time this category. In all in about 4 months from the start of sales, the album has some of the results poor as a result of the importance of the band than expected, and those of previous albums after the new millennium, despite getting a good promotion . The second single is Just Can not Get Enough, whose video was published March 16, 2011 and was filmed in Japan a week before the region was hit by a powerful earthquake, which is why the video itself was dedicated the Japanese people. Also to help Japan take part in the compilation Songs For Japan giving the song One Tribe. In May, the video is released the third single, Do not Stop the Party. The same month participating in the Billboard Music Awards where they performed and won for Best Group. After the Billboard Music Awards, Fergie announced in an interview that BEP will take a break from business to take care of their personal lives and artistic. In June, part of the tour that will bring the band to Europe and then America. In the same month it was announced by Ubisoft that the game will launch The Black Eyed Peas Experience. It is a dance game for the Nintendo, Wii and Xbox 360 Kinect.
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