Black Eyed Peas
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The singing quartet group of hip-hop sensations from Los Angeles called the Black Eyed Peas started with its original members namely will.i.am. and apl.de.ap until they’ve met Taboo and Fergie who completed the group. They are known for their pop-rap as well as alternative musical styles that really hit the airwaves.
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About
The success of this set of four hip-hop artists began in year 1989. When will.i.am and apl.de.ap started rapping and performing together after they signed to Ruthless Records, managed by Eazy–E, they caught the attention of the nephew of Jerry Heller (Eazy-E’s manager). They first called their group as 'Atban Klann' with their third member, Dante Santiago. But they never had the opportunity to release their first album entitled “Grass Roots” since Ruthless did not consider their debut to be hitting the charts.
The group was reformed and changed their name as 'Black Eyed Pods' after the death of their owner Eazy-E due to AIDS associated illness. The group eventually changed their name to Black Eyed Peas for the reason that will.i.am considered their group as the food for the soul – as explained on the front cover of their Monkey Business album. Dante Santiago was then replaced by Taboo (real name: Jaime Gomez) together with Kim Hill as their steady background singer. But in year 2000, Kim Hill departed the band and was replaced by Stacey Ferguson who is also known as Fergie and became their new female vocalist and contributed a lot to their first breakthrough album “Elephunk” that was released in 2003. From this album came the group’s first major hit to the music industry with their anti-war anthem “Where is the Love?”, a song considered as a protest against the Iraq war. As this song hit the airwaves, it also provide the group’s biggest-selling single for that year. This hit single was then followed by the song which viewers considered as the most vacuous, pointless, despicable and generally nasty song for the generation but actually topped the charts in many other European countries including France and Germany and this song is actually entitled as “Shut Up”. It was during this album when the group began hitting the charts which actually gave them a 4x platinum selling and become widely known across the globe and actually initiates their first major concert.
The next music journey of BEP became more challenging as they discover their own talents and putting it altogether with their fourth album, “Monkey Business” which again, hit the airwaves. The album is considered to be a Musical journey since it actually fulfills their difficult task in recording and producing it while they were on their everlasting road trip. Together with A&M Records, the Black Eyed Peas turn out to be a Grammy Award Winner with this creative album which combines a wacky musical journey into the Latin rhythms, hip-hop beat plus humorous rhymes. This compilation also reflects on the things that really haunts the group and seems to be crippling them. Will.i.am once said: “You're always challenged not to go back to those bad habits in life,". "When you're comfortable living, you sometimes think that, well, I beat it once so I can do it again. But you never really escape the things that haunt you."” That’s why they started doing a more sophisticated writing that Will.i.am also considered as an album that was really about all of them building a house together. This is also the album where they first had their various songs in collaboration with different artists like Justin Timberlake, Sting, and Jack Johnson as well as with the “Godfather of Soul”, James Brown. Due to this deep fluid funk hits, the group become one of the world’s most beloved and respected singers and performers. Therefore, whenever and wherever they may go, their musical contribution will simply run from one generation to another.
Awards & Certifications
| Year | AWard | Category | |
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| 2006 | MOBO Award | Best Group | |
| Teen Choice Award | Choice Music -Rap Artist | ||
| BET Award | Best Group | ||
| MTV Video Music Award | Best Hip-Hop Video for the song “My Humps” | ||
| Juno Award | International Album of the year for “Monkey Business" | ||
| Soul Train Music Award | Best R&B/Soul Album, Group, Band or Duo for "Monkey Business" | ||
| Grammy Award | Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Don't Phunk With My Heart" | ||
| NRJ Music Award | Best International Album for "Monkey Business" | ||
| NRJ Music Award | Best International Group | ||
| MTV Europe Music Award | Nominated for Best Group | ||
| Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Award | Nominated for Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist – Duo or Group | ||
| Brit Award | Nominated for Best International Group | ||
| Grammy Award | Nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (Don’t Lie) | ||
| Grammy Award | Nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (Gone Going) | ||
| People’s Choice Award | Nominated for Favorite Group | ||
| NAACP Image Award | Nominated for Outstanding Duo or Group | ||
| Soul Train Music Award | Nominated for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Dance Cut (My Humps) | ||
| ECHO Award | Nominated for International Pop/Rock Group of the Year (Monkey Business) | ||
| American Music Award | Nominated for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album (Monkey Business) | ||
| American Music Award | Nominated for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Band/Duo/Group | ||
| American Music Award | Nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group | ||
| Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Award | Nominated for Top Rap Album (Monkey Business) | ||
| MTV Australia Video Music Award | Nominated for Best Hip Hop Video (Don’t Phunk With My Heart) | ||
| Blimp Award | Nominated for Favorite Music Group | ||
| 2005 | American Music Award | Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Band/Duo/Group | |
| American Music Award | Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group | ||
| MTV Europe Music Award | Best Pop Act | ||
| Patrick Lippert Award | |||
| Teen Choice Award | Choice Music Party Starter for "Don't Phunk With My Heart" | ||
| Grammy Award | Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Let's Get It Started" | ||
| Radio Music Award | Nominated for Artist of the Year/ Mainstream Hit Radio | ||
| Billboard Music Award | Nominated for Group of the Year | ||
| Vibe Award | Nominated for Best Group | ||
| MTV Europe Music Award | Nominated for Best Group | ||
| MuchMusic Video Award | Nominated for Best International Video (Let’s Get It Started) | ||
| MuchMusic Video Award | Nominated for Favourite International Group (Let’s Get It Started) | ||
| Grammy Award | Nominated for Record of the Year (Let’s Get It Started) | ||
| MYV Video Music Award | Nominated for Best Group Video (Don’t Phunk With My Heart) | ||
| World Music Award | Nominated for World’s Best Selling Pop Group | ||
| 2004 | NRJ Radio Award | Best International Song for "Where is the love" | |
| MTV Europe Music Award | Best Pop Act | ||
| Grammy Award | Nominated for Record of the Year (Where is the love?) | ||
| Grammy Award | Nominated for Best Rap/Song Collaboration (Where is the Love?) | ||
| MTV Video Music Award | Nominated for Best Dance Video (Hey Mama) | ||
| MTV Video Music Award | Nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video (Hey Mama) | ||
| Billboard Music Award | Nominated for Digital Track of the Year (Lets Get It Started) | ||
| Brit Award | Nominated for Best Pop Act | ||
| Brit Award | Nominated for Best International Group | ||
| Billboard Music Award | Nominated for Digital Artist of the Year | ||
| 2003 | American Music Award | Nominated for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Band/Duo/Group | |
| 2001 | MTV Video Music Award | Nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video (Request Line) | |
| 1999 | MTV Video Music Award | Nominated for Best Special Effects (Joints & Jams) |
Chart Toppers
| Year | Title | Adult/Contemporary | UK Music | US Billboard | Album |
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| 2003 | Where is the Love? | # 8 | Elephunk | ||
| 2005 | Shut Up | #2 | Elephunk | ||
| Hey Mama | Top 10 | Elephunk | |||
| Hey Mama | Top 30 | Elephunk | |||
| Don’t Phunk with my Heart | #3 | Monkey Business | |||
| Don’t Phunk with my Heart | #3 | Monkey Business |
News
Tours & Concerts
Live Concert - BEP is expected to have a live concert at this venue at exactly 7pm (Tuesday)
10/03/2006 - Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, AB
Live Concert - BEP is expected to have a live concert at this venue at exactly 7pm (Friday)
10/06/2006 - Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, BC
Live Concert - BEP is expected to have a live concert at this venue at exactly 7pm (Friday)
12/01/2006 - Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA
Announcements
A rumor about Fergie, the only girl member of the R&B/Hip-hop group, hits the musical industry as the news spread that she is actually doing
a solo. With the release of her solo debut entitled “The Duchess” everybody wants to know the truth. However, according to Fergie’s updated
bio, she just considers it as a side project and definitely, will still be part of the group and of course, record with them.
Discography
This is a Comprehensive list of the recordings made by the oustanding R&B/Hip-Hop band based in Los Angeles.
Albums
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Singles
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2001 | Request Line | Interscope |
| 2003 | Where is the Love? | A&M |
| 2003 | Shut Up | A&M |
| 2004 | Lets Get It Started | A&M |
| 2004 | Hey Mama | A&M |
| 2005 | Don't Lie | A&M |
| 2005 | Don't Phunk with my Heart | A&M |
| 2006 | Pump It | A&M |
Compilations & Live Releases
Other artists
Similar artists
Influences
Contemporaries
Trivia
GROUP PROFILE
BEP’s Birth Name: Atban Klann
BEP’s Birth Date: 1990
BEP’s Birth Place: Los Angeles, California USA
Type of Music: R&B/Hip-Hop
Best Selling Album: Elephunk (2003)
Member’s Real Names:
Will.i.am : William Adams
Apl.de.ap: Allan Pineda
Taboo: Jaime Gomez
Fergie: Stacey Ferguson
BEP’s FYI …
- Originally, the group was called “The Black Eyed Pods”
- Founded and helped The Peapod Foundation, a foundation that supports children
- It was during BEP’s Summer World Tour when Fergie recorded her debut album
- BEP went on a World Tour, with The Pussycat Dolls and Flipsyde, in the summer of 2006
- The group released a remix album entitled Renegotiations: The Remixes exactly on March 28, 2006
- For proper radio broadcasting, their song entitled as “Don’t Phunk With My Heart” was changed into “Don’t Mess With My Heart” the same with their song “Let’s Get Retarded” which turned out to be “Let’s Get It Started”
- Their music really hit the industry as their song “Hey Mama” played in an iPod commercial and even included in the movie soundtrack of films like “Along Came Polly” and “Garfield”
- Their latest single, “Pump it” was also chosen and actually appeared on the big screen in the movie “Big Mama’s House 2”
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