Tag: Black Eyed Peas

New Year’s Eve Was Live and Wild

Posted by Kat – January 3, 2010

One of the best and most thrilling parts of ringing in the New Year is the multitude of major bands front-lining and performing at venues all over the world. After all, we all love to party, and the best way to do that is with the hottest voices and musicians all over. So, 2010 was rung in wonderfully, but I’m sure you’re wondering by who. Well, Billboard had their own Fox live show, on top of the normal line-ups by all sorts of networks, so let’s take a look.

Allison Iraheta was one of the best acts of the night with her stunning performance and her kick-ass and take names later attitude. She was part of the Billboard performance on Fox, but she certainly wasn’t the only performances out there making people rock.  During Dick Clark’s New Year’s Bash done every year, the Black Eyed Peas made one of their best performances with “Imma Be” off of their album, The E.N.D., and had people rocking and rolling while they waited for the ball to drop.

Also, not to let her newfound confidence and “General badassery” go by the wayside, Rihanna was a frontliner on NBC’s New Years Eve celebration hosted by Carson Daly. Wearing a white coat and a black stylish top hat, she was rocking along and bringing in the New Year with everyone else, performing “Hard”.

Jennifer Lopez looking fantastically hot in a black outfit that seemed a unique combination of nude bodysuit and sheer black, showing that she was more than prepared to make a celebration happen. Green Day was another front-liner for the night, but one of their best performances was knowing that they made their way to the end of the night, ushering in the New Year with “21 Guns,” the perfect wind-down to a fantastic night.

How The E.N.D. Transforms The Black Eyed Peas

Posted by Kat – December 2, 2009

It’s no surprise that with studio album number five that the Black Eyed Peas are here to stay. But did anyone really expect the sudden change from their previous album, Monkey Business, to the much more futuristic hip-hop feel of The E.N.D.? Maybe, maybe not. After all, Kanye West did it before them, as did T-Pain, but now the Black Eyed Peas seem to have solidly landed in that niche of futuristic hip-hop and constructed an entire album from start to finish that exemplifies the genre.

While some fans have so far criticized the new album, most of the criticism seems to be coming from fans who do not like the futuristic style and prefer the mash-up of styles that has made Black Eyed Peas one of the most likeable hip-hop groups around the world for the last decade or so. But does nailing down one niche to create an album that is solid from start to finish such a bad thing? Personally, I wouldn’t say so at all.

The E.N.D. brings something new to the table. Especially in tracks like “Rocking the Beat,” where you can hear a clear homage to the work of Daft Punk, who really helped bring futuristic techno to the foreground with their groundbreaking “Discovery” album some years before. This album also brings a sense of unity to the Black Eyed Peas’ sound that seemed to be lacking in some of their previous albums, which may just mean that after their monumental success that the group has decided to take a different tactic to their music. After all, Fergie has broken out with a solo album, and will.i.am’s career has changed in such a way that at this point, Black Eyed Peas can do anything, it seems, or take any genre to a new level.