Hill left the band while producing the album, but was still featured on the album tracks for "Hot" and "Tell Your Mama Come" as well as in the video for "Weekends".Ģ002–2005: Addition of Fergie and Elephunk Their second album, Bridging the Gap (2000), produced the singles " Weekends" featuring Esthero and " Request + Line" featuring R&B singer Macy Gray. Singer Sierra Swan appeared as a guest on the 1998 song "Fallin' Up". One of the singles from the album was " Joints & Jam", and was featured on the Bulworth soundtrack. After being signed to Interscope Records and releasing their debut, Behind the Front (1998) the group (and their accompanying live band) earned critical acclaim. Unlike the " gangsta rap" sounds of Los Angeles-based hip hop acts at the time, the trio performed with a live band and adopted a conscious musical and appearance style. In 1995 will.i.am and apl.de.ap – former members of Atban Klann – formed a new group named as Black Eyed Pods (after renamed as The Black Eyed Peas) with Jaime Gomez ( Taboo), and Kim Hill, a singer who featured on a selected number of their tracks.
History 1995–2001: Behind the Front and Bridging the Gap
Although the group was founded in Los Angeles in 1995, it was not until the release of their third album, Elephunk, in 2003, that they achieved high record sales.īlack Eyed Peas' first major hit was the 2003 single " Where Is the Love?" from Elephunk, which topped the charts in 13 countries, including the United Kingdom, where it spent seven weeks at number one and went on to become Britain's biggest-selling single of 2003. Originally an alternative hip hop group, they subsequently refashioned themselves as a more marketable pop-rap act. Black Eyed Peas (also known as The Black Eyed Peas) is an American musical group consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and J.