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Black Eyed Peas Album: “Elephunk”
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Release Date:2003-06-24
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap, Pop, Mainstream Rap
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Label:Interscope
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:075021016927
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| 14 |
Let's Get It Started (Spike Mix) |
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| 15 |
Third Eye Video |
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Review - AMG :
Nominally a rap group, in truth Black Eyed Peas call on so many forms of songwriting and production that slotting them into hip-hop is like slotting Prince into R&B -- technically true, but very limiting. Elephunk, the group's third straight winning LP, doesn't have top-notch rapping, but as driven by frontman Will.I.Am, it does possess some of the most boundary-pushing productions in contemporary, (mostly) uncommercial hip-hop -- right up at the level occupied by Common and OutKast. The smart, brassy opening club thump "Hands Up" hits another level with a sly bridge flaunting some heavy metallic slide guitar, while the highly pressurized love jam "Shut Up" features great interplay between Taboo and new member Fergie. Space doesn't allow for description of each track, but suffice to say any Will.I.Am track is going to feature loads of ideas and fresh sounds, not to mention plenty of stylistic change-ups -- from the digital-step ragga of "Hey Mama" (featuring Tippa Irie) to the Latinized, loved-up "Latin Girls." Like a latter-day Digital Underground, Black Eyed Peas know how to get a party track moving, and add a crazy stupid rhyme or two ("bop your head like epilepsy" from the suitably titled "Let's Get Retarded"). ~ John Bush, All Music GuideReview - Yahoo! Music - Dan Leroy :
Artists frequently get grief from critics for not digging deeper than silly love (or lust) songs. Sometimes, though, the best advice comes from Clint Eastwood: "A man's got to know his limitations." Take hip-hop's Black Eyed Peas, for instance. The musical attributes of the group's first two albums were often overshadowed by comparisons to more thoughtful L.A. lyricists like Jurassic 5 and Dilated Peoples. For number three, will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo (plus new female vocalist Fergie) have decided to simply "Get Retarded," and it's a brilliant move. The focus of these silly, horny songs stays strictly on the Elephunk, and the infectious genre-hopping--rocking it up with Papa Roach one minute on "Anxiety," cooling out with samba king Sergio Mendes on "Sexy" the next--makes nearly every track sound like a great summer single. Even when the Peas do try to get deep, on the gorgeously harmonized "Where Is The Love," they wisely draft Justin Timberlake to sugar the pill. Like Dirty Harry said...Review - :
Nominally a {\rap} group, in truth {$Black Eyed Peas} call on so many forms of songwriting and production that slotting them into {\hip-hop} is like slotting {$Prince} into {\R&B} -- technically true, but very limiting. {^Elephunk}, the group's third straight winning LP, doesn't have top-notch rapping, but as driven by frontman {$Will.I.Am}, it does possess some of the most boundary-pushing productions in contemporary, (mostly) uncommercial {\hip-hop} -- right up at the level occupied by {$Common} and {$OutKast}. The smart, brassy opening club thump {&"Hands Up"} hits another level with a sly bridge flaunting some heavy metallic slide guitar, while the highly pressurized love jam {&"Shut Up"} features great interplay between {$Taboo} and new member {$Fergie}. Space doesn't allow for description of each track, but suffice to say any {$Will.I.Am} track is going to feature loads of ideas and fresh sounds, not to mention plenty of stylistic change-ups -- from the digital-step {\ragga} of {&"Hey Mama"} (featuring {$Tippa Irie}) to the Latinized, loved-up {&"Latin Girls."} Like a latter-day {$Digital Underground}, {$Black Eyed Peas} know how to get a party track moving, and add a crazy stupid rhyme or two ("bop your head like epilepsy" from the suitably titled {&"Let's Get Retarded"}). ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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