Personnel: Hal Ritson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); George Pajon (guitar); will.i.am (piano, synthesizer, drum programming); Printz Board (keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, drum programming); Adam Walder (keyboards).
Audio Mixers: Joe Peluso; Dylan Dresdow.
Audio Remasterers: Chris Bellman; Brian "BC" Catena.
Arranger: will.i.am.
Black Eyed Peas, the hip-hop crossover juggernaut that propelled singer Fergie and producer Will.I.Am to superstardom, have, since 2003's ELEPHUNK, been audaciously plugging away at their bombastic but lighthearted style of rap-cum-dance pop--an effort that has translated to a run of successful chart-topping singles including "My Humps," "Pump It," and "Don't Phunk with My Heart." Eager to follow up on the platinum-selling success of 2005's MONKEY BUSINESS, Black Eyed Peas have returned with THE E.N.D. (an acronym for "Energy Never Dies"), their third studio effort. Combining Will.I.Am's thumping 808 kick drum-infused beats with production assistance from a host of collaborators (including vocoder-loving Torontoians MSTRKRFT and French house veteran David Guetta), BEP's infectious party-time rhymes are an easy match for the album's Ed Banger-style of electro rapping and Auto Tune jamming, especially on lead-off single and sure-fire 2009 summer anthem "Boom Boom Pow."
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.72) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'Rock That Body' tosses up everything from huge kick drums to synth figures that sound like crow caws to a famous Rob Base sample..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.60) - "[W]hen the group's glitchy future-funk beats sync up with Fergie's unabashedly feminine melodies, as on the sweetly insidious 'Meet Me Halfway,' they find pure Top 40 nirvana..." -- Grade: B
Billboard (p.36) - "15 high-powered rave-rap jams that rarely lack for melodic hooks or rhythmic thrust."
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– Customer review on 04/07/2009
This a very good cd, at first I was dissapointed with it, but It really dose grow on you. The standout tracks would have to be the US 1# Hits I Gotta Feeling and Boom Boom Pow. But their are also other great tracks like Rock That Body, Imma Be, Alive, Out of my Head and Rockin to the Beat. So if you like dance music, then this is the cd for you!
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– Customer review on 03/06/2010
This is a good item with all the relevent recordings. With this style of music u can relax and enjoy the sound of the beat. u can buy this item any where u go online and at this price u cant beat it i give the album 8 out of 10 with all thumbs up black eye peas are are good band.
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