The trio of Will.i.am, Apl.de.ap and Taboo — whose career began in the 90s — is now joined by J. Rey, who sings on stage some parts of Fergie, who left the group about five years ago, when the BLACK EYED PEAS started a new phase in their path.
THE BLACK EYED PEAS became immensely popular in the early 2000s, especially after the 2005 album “Monkey Business”. hits played constantly on radio and clubs, and sold millions of records around the world. A hiatus followed that interrupted this upward trajectory, while countless other artists rose to the top and the industry underwent significant transformations.
Shortly after returning, Fergie left the band and Will.i.am, Apl.de.ap and Taboo — also rocked by the troubled American political and social current affairs — went back to their hip hop activist roots to build a rap album. serious and consistent, far from the pop and electronic sounds they had adopted in the meantime. However, live, they always preferred to party with the hits and never gave much emphasis to the album released in 2018, “Masters of the Sun Vol. 1″.
Two years later, they returned to the mission of creating more popular singles with the album “Translation” — where they joined many of the names of the moment to conceive themes that exploded in clubs, on digital platforms and on the radio. We’re talking about tracks like “Mamacita” (with Ozuna), “Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)” (with J Balvin) or “Girl Like Me” (with Shakira).
In addition to classic songs like “Pump It”, “Where is the Love” or “Let’s Get It Started”, and songs from the more electronic phase like “Boom Boom Pow”, “I’ve Got a Feeling” and “The Time (Dirty Bit)”. “Scream & Shout” or “This Love”, solo themes by Will.i.am, and the newborn single “Don’t You Worry”.
