The Confusing Greatness of The Black Eyed Peas

Hey everybody! Hope you enjoyed this video about The Black Eyed Peas. Their story from start to finish is pretty unbelievable. From the early days of Will.I.Am. and ATBAN Klann // Behind the Front // Bridging the Gap -- to the transformation with Fergie to Elephunk // Monkey Business -- to the robotic, inauthentic, perfectly made pop music of The END and The Beginning -- back to wokeness with Masters of the Sun Vol. 1. A weird, weird story that I hope you liked.

[maculka]

They've made enough money so now they can go back and write music they enjoy without struggling financially. Must be a liberating feeling to be honest.

[ItsMylo]

Kinda genius, they secured the bag and are now chilling making music they enjoy and don't gotta worry about low sales

[samgray__]

when he said Uno and Apricot i was like oh yea that’s right i remember them

[elenariosvigil]

You completely skipped the whole Era that landed them on the lable with the original female vocalist Kim Hill

[Fillup]

When they wanna rap they rap. When they wanna make money they make money. It's not that confusing.

[retrothevaporlord]

I ain't even blink when he said uno and apricot 😂

[galicsmile]

You left out Kim Hill. The original female vocalist in the group Black Eyed Peas.

[Samuel_]

APL DE AP will always be in Filipinos hearts. mans made a whole song dedicated to being Filipino

[nameisamine]

William doesn’t get the respect he deserves imo. As a producer he completely tapped into a sound that dominated the late 2000s/early 2010s remember OMG, Scream & Shout, he anticipated the EDM wave hitting America. That’s why the END album was such a big deal.

[vofse]

“Y’all don’t wanna hear me, you just wanna dance” - André 3000

I think that’s the sad truth here too

[brad]

They were socially conscious, went pop, paid their bills for the rest of their life and then went back to being conscious again.

[FelicityGemini]

to say "meet me half way" is soulless? i digress, the message in this song is so powerful, same with "where is the love" fergie has a way with her vocals. very convincing. I met BEP half way and im glad I did.

[itspricila]

as a 2000’s kid, the black eyed peas were always playing on the radio

[theheathuman]

" Name the members of the Black Eyed Peas"
Me: Yeah you got William, Fergalicious, Andrea 3000, Paul McCartney, Questlove, Donald Glover, and Childish Gambino

[joeymossman]

“I Gotta Feeling” embedded itself into my high school years. Apricot forever

[hate]

gotta go start my rap carreer as "uno" now

[loppydop]

1990's BEP: critic acclaim and 1 money
2000's BEP:weak acclaim and 3 money

[andrewnibbi]

I knew there was a guy named Apple, so when he said Apricot I’m like “oh I guess I got the fruit wrong”

[joseryanquiatchon]

The best thing about these guys is that the original members still going strong as friends. loyal and reselient

[gravitytwins]

I think the black eyed peas are mad impressive, the whole team is clearly really talented and very goal driven. They made the money they needed so they could keep preaching because they knew they had the talent to get it.