The hip-hop nation may not already be familiar with this Los Angeles trio, but they soon will be. Not since early Jungle Brothers, De La Soul or A Tribe Called Quest has the...
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Black Eyed Peas bring some positivity and fun back into hip-hop. Musically there is almost no realm this group does not touch -- right from the jump, the stylistic innocence...
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Is this the real thing or a substitute? In 1998, Black Eyed Peas released their debut, Behind the Front, and by most accounts, it snugly filled a hole left behind by the...
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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...
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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 --...
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Black Eyed Peas bring some positivity and fun back into hip-hop. Musically there is almost no realm this group does not touch -- right from the jump, the stylistic innocence...
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Hip-hop artists with commercial aspirations need never appear pandering to their audience, since a tough, defiant stance -- aka keeping it real -- is exactly what will draw...
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