THE E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)

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The new album by The Black Eyed Peas is off to a blazing start! The first single from The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies), BOOM BOOM POW was also the Peas' very first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart!

With The E.N.D., The Peas are poised to continue with the success of Elephunk and their fourth release Monkey Business - they have had multiple hit anthems, such as "My Humps" "Pump It" and "Let's Get It Started" along with "Don't Phunk With My Heart" "Where is the Love?" and "Don't Lie".

In the midst of the success of the Black Eyed Peas, FERGIE released her debut solo album, The Dutchess, in 2006. To date the album has sold over six million copies worldwide and spanned five Top 5 hits. Moreover, Fergie became the first female artist in history to have four consecutive #1 singles (Billboard).

Will.i.am is also a Grammy nominated producer - nominated for the Producer of The Year Award in 2007 and nominated again at the 2009 Grammy's. He has lent his services to some of the biggest superstars in the business; Fergie, The Pussycat Dolls, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Ricky Martin, Justin Timberlake, Diddy, Nas, Michael Jackson, Usher, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and U2. Besides his music endeavors, will.i.am is committed to social activism and is an outspoken advocate of progressive political initiatives. His "Yes We Can" video won an EMMY and a Webby Award and has over 19 million views on YouTube to date.

The Black Eyed Peas have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, have won three Grammy awards and have been nominated for 11 total as well as awards won at Teen Choice, MTV, American Music Awards, among many others from around the world!

Product Reviews

(1 stars) - Complete garbage
I got this CD for free when I bought DJ Hero at Target...and now I know why.

Remember when BEP made hip-hop? Yeah, it was pretty sweet. Well those days are gone apparently. This album sounds like a recording of my computer with diarrhea. Seriously. Just horrible. I am embarassed for them.

(4 stars) - The E.N.D. CD
The CD arrived ahead of schedule. It was in excellent condition and the music is great.

(3 stars) - other artists
this album is ok i love there earlier work without fergie.

if you like the black eyed peas you should check out "Choz1n"
this album is hott

(2 stars) - Disappointing
Like others have said, too much audio-tone (or whateveritscalled) in this album. Just kinda feels like they phoned it in, talent-wise. Empty music with some good beats, but lyrically, boring as crap. I liked their older stuff better and I'm glad I only paid $5 for this. Save your $ and buy a few of the songs you like and toss the rest. The whole album isn't worth it.

(4 stars) - Painfully Catchy
Fans of old school, politically minded Black Eyed Peas have given up on these so-called 'sell-outs' for eons, and they'll probably continue to do the same with this latest entry in the Peas discography. Fans of the bands latter albums, particularly Monkey Business, will fall in love with the band all over again with an album literally jam-packed with potential hits that mix some of the sounds of Monkey Business (in particular the sparsity of surprise hit 'My Humps') with other influences including Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Lil Wayne (vocoder much?), and dare I say it...90s cheese-electronica group Vengaboys.

The album, as I've pointed out several times by now, is painfully catchy. Even if the cleverness of the lyrics isn't quite as prominent as on past albums, even if you aren't a big fan of the group's jump into more dance-electronica territory, you still won't be able to get any of these songs out of your head - and that goes for virtually the whole CD. Existing singles 'Boom Boom Pow' and 'I Gotta Feeling' have already been beaten to death, and I'd expect many more to follow suit, including new single 'Meet Me Halfway' - an mix of 80s pop (you can't help but think of Madonna based on Fergie's trilling of "Right at the borderline...") and laid-back rap. "Rock That Body" - destined to be a single - borrows the most from the electronica world with a great hook and chipmunk-esque bridge. "Alive" follows in the same vein with a more upbeat, piano-based hook that feels very much like it came from Will.I.Am's solo album.

"Imma Be" and "Electric City" fits the most with today's general sparse hip hop sound (Chingy or "Drop It Like It's Hot" like). "Missing You", "Showdown", and "Ring A Ling" are both leaning towards electronica with upbeat but not-quite-as-catchy melodies, while "Party All The Time" really seems like "I Gotta Feeling Part 2" in more ways than one. "Out Of My Mind" is Fergie's token solo song, but not nearly as memorable as past entries. People looking for BEP's token social commentary will find it - lightly - on the tracks "Now Generation" (a commentary on our 'I Want It Now!' attitudes, featuring a sample of Veruca Salt of Willy Wonka fame), and the world beat-inspired "One Tribe". The album closes with "Rockin To The Beat", the most overtly Daft Punk-inspired track on the whole thing that fits with the album but probably isn't single material.

Overall this album is very representative of who Black Eyed Peas are and what their fans expect from them - extremely catchy danceable music that makes you feel good. It's missing some of the originality found on 'Elephunk' but it does represent a new (if inspired-by-others) sound for the group that will surely keep them racking up hits for years to come. Also the second bonus disc - if you can track down the deluxe edition still - has some equally fun bonus tracks and six great remixes of previous Peas' hits. Fun!

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