The record featured a very energetic type of music that sounded splendidly on the stage. The Black Eyed Peas once again maintained their status of the American leading pop-act after the release of their album Monkey Business (2005). In the end, the hit received Grammy as the Best Rap Performance of a Duo or Group 2005. The same composition was featured in the commercial for NBA. In 2004, the song Let's Get Started, renamed to Let’s Get Retarted, was chosen for John Kerry’s presidential campaign. The Black Eyed Peas became the symbol of the music that erased all the boundaries between races, ages, nationalities and genders. The best evidence of the American band’s success was the nomination for Where Is the Love? to the Best Record of the Year at the forty sixth annual Grammy Award Ceremony. It sold more than seven million copies in the USA and Europe with the hits Where Is the Love?, Shut Up, and Hey Mama finding the everlasting love with the multitudes of music fans from all over the globe. Elephunk saw the light of the day in 2003. The album appeared a colorful and interesting piece, but it was the third record by The Black Eyed Peas that brought them world fame. The making of Bridging the Gap involved a streak of celebrated performers including DJ Premier, Wyclef Jean, Mos Def, De La Soul, Jurassic 5's Chali 2na, and Macy Gray, and the new member of the group, Fergie.
The release of their subsequent studio work took place in 2000. The album collected good reviews from many experts who noticed the confident and revolutionary song-writing approach utilized by The Black Eyed Peas. In 1997 the beginning band made an agreement with Interscope Records and, a year later, issued their first long player, Behind the Front. Around the same time, the group grew to the trio’s size after Taboo joined them, and was renamed to The Black Eyed Peas. However, this company failed to release the debut album by the two musicians and in 1995 they started looking for a new label. The duet performed nicely in Los Angeles and signed a contract with Ruthless Records in 1992. and both decided to form a band under the title Atban Klann. The story of the group started in 1989 after will.i.am met apl.de.ap. The lineup of this LA-based outfit consists of Allen Pineda Lindo, known as apl.de.ap, Jamie Gomez, giving the moniker Taboo, William James Adams, who picked the stage name will.i.am, and the only female member, Fergie. Notable for their skillful mixing such genres as hip-hop, R&B and jazz, and thought provoking, profound lyrics, the American band The Black Eyed Peas are entitled to be one of the best representatives of the world pop-music.
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