The Black Eyed Peas also took inspiration from Atban Klann, an early 1990s hip hop group that involved a teenage will.i.am and apl.de.ap the group often envisioned what their teenage selves would have written about the world today. Musically, the album is a return to the group's hip hop and boom bap style from Behind the Front and Bridging the Gap, their first two albums released in 19, respectively. will.i.am allegorizes the album's lyrical themes to a GPS, feeling that the "world wants some direction." The group stuck to a general philosophy of "art, smart, and heart" during the creative process, aiming to depict their philanthropic career through their music, in contrast to their earlier production-centric albums, and challenging themselves to constantly re-write lines to make them better. 1 is a political album that addresses social issues such as gun violence, police brutality, race relations, and the effects of social media. and The Beginning, to the dismay of the group's record label Interscope. will.i.am was adamant about departing from the pop-centric sound of The E.N.D. The novel's adaptation for augmented reality devices featured a downbeat jazz and soul soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer, which inspired the "mood" of the next Black Eyed Peas album. The band purposed the remake as a " for calm" that asked "to stop the hate and violence that has resulted in many lives lost." In 2017, the Black Eyed Peas collaborated with Marvel Comics to release Masters of the Sun, a science fiction superhero graphic novel that references social issues and street culture in Los Angeles. In August 2016, the band released a remake of " Where Is the Love?", with updated lyrics and numerous featured artists, addressing topics such as the Black Lives Matter movement, gun violence in the United States, the Syrian civil war and refugee crisis, and terrorism in Europe. The deteriorating political and social climate in the United States towards the end of Obama's presidency caused concern in the band, with deaths by law enforcement and the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri inspiring the band to write "Ring the Alarm" in 2014. The band had intended to return to the studio to create their seventh studio album soon after the release of The Beginning, though frequent delays and Taboo's diagnosis with testicular cancer in 2014, along with his subsequent treatment and recovery, led to the project being put on hiatus. had sold over eleven million copies worldwide, while The Beginning had sold over two million copies worldwide.
The track became the best-selling digital song of all time until it was surpassed by Pharrell Williams' " Happy" in 2014. The band's most commercially successful single during this period, " I Gotta Feeling", was inspired by the band's perception of being "in the center of a ginormous change in America". The band welcomed Obama's election will.i.am had recorded and released " Yes We Can", a single that promoted Obama's election campaign during the Democratic Party primaries, and often claims the song had helped Obama get elected. and The Beginning in 20, following the 2008 election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. 1 was released on Octoand it is the last Black Eyed Peas album with longtime label Interscope Records.ĭescribed by will.i.am as "party album", the Black Eyed Peas released the electronic dance-influenced The E.N.D. Preceded by numerous singles and music videos, Masters of the Sun Vol. Rey Soul as an official member, following the departure of Fergie in early 2018. The album was Black Eyed Peas' first in eight years, and their first credited as Black Eyed Peas (without a 'the' prefix) since Bridging the Gap in 2000 The album also marks the first appearance of J. and The Beginning, marking a return to the group's hip hop and boom bap style of their early career. A political album loosely inspired by the graphic novel of the same name and the contemporary social climate of the United States, it is a departure from The Black Eyed Peas' electronic dance and pop-influenced albums The E.N.D. 1 is the seventh studio album by American musical group Black Eyed Peas.
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