Black Eyed

I Gotta Feeling
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Got it to add to my black eyed peas songs that i have.
It's an overplayed song what can I say. But catchy. That is all. Nice price.

Black Eyed Peas - Secret Photo T-Shirt - Medium
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Eden Organic Canned Peas, Black Eyed, 15-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)
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Eden Organic Canned Peas, Black Eyed, 15-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)

THE E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)
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After a couple playthroughs of the Album I still haven't figured out what direction B.E.P was trying to take with this, and I honestly don't think they knew either. They have always been diverse in their music, but its apparent in this CD that it is a bit disoriented.

Part of this is no doubt to Fergie and Will.i.am going independent with their own work and being quite successful with it. However it just doesn't fit into what is supposed to be the crew that we were expecting for a group album, they should have left the sidework as just that before they got together for this album. Don't get me wrong, they both do what they do best; due to my electro-fascination I definitely found a few gems here like "Alive" and "Rock Your Body" (Auto-Tune haters will be disappointed though). Will.i.am takes control in most of these tracks, but Fergie's contributions here (especially in "Missing You") are some of the best I've heard from her.

That's where my enjoyment ends though; the hip-hop side of the album is definitely not up to the level it should be, and while tracks like "One Tribe", "I gotta Feeling", and "Now Generation" are not bad, they feel more like campside music rather than whatever they were trying to aim for. While their older work managed to keep consistent themes, I feel like there were three or four themes thrown together (and not exactly representative of each group member) which makes it impossible for most people to enjoy the album in it's entirety, had they kept it more consistent like their previous work. It has been years since the group came together for another collabo, and I feel like too much irrelevant production from will.i.am/Fergie's own side-work, as well as the current mainstream made it into the album.

Also, note while there is no explicit label present, there is a good amount of explicit language and I feel this was another failure on the RIAA's part. Although I do prefer my music on the cleaner side, I'm not going to knock B.E.P for another company's mistake, and I don't mind as much if it's in good taste. The problem here is that it isn't; While F-words are censored (which I noticed in the preview, which led me to believe that the entire CD would be clean) that is definitely not the case; expect forced S-words, N-words, and too much reference to the male anatomy. "Ring-A-ling" could have been a great track if it wasn't so immature; B.E.P is too old to still be pushing out that kind of music.

All that being said I think it's still a decent album, just know what you're getting. The Energy Still Lives here, but I feel like some things definitely have died.