Black Eyed Peas

Black Eyed Peas: Behind The Front (Interscope) ****

Review by Robin Bresnark, Melody Maker, 12 September 1998

EVERY ONCE in a while, some little sweetie in Hiphopsville receives one too many Valentines and gets all gooey on our asses. People generally think ...

Black Eyed Peas: Mean Fiddler, London WC2

Live Review by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 21 April 2001

NOW THAT hip-hop is a global lingua franca, anyone with the slimmest of credentials can lay claim to authenticity. ...

Black Eyed Peas: Give Peas Peas A Chance

Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 12 December 2003

HOW THEIR ANTI-WAR SONG AND A FAMOUS FRIEND HELPED BLACK EYED PEAS HIT THE JACKPOT. BY GAVIN MARTIN ...

Black Eyed Peas: Hammersmith Apollo, London

Live Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 2 February 2005

CAN IT ONLY be 18 months since the Black Eyed Peas were jostling each other for space on the tiny stage of the 400-capacity Jazz ...

Black Eyed Peas: Brixton Academy, London ***

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 9 May 2005

ALMOST ALONE among hiphoppers, the Black Eyed Peas have a sense of humility, so they must cringe at their label's hype. Whoever decided this amiable LA fourpiece ...

Will.i.am: Peas In Our Time

Interview by Angus Batey, The Times, 10 August 2007

The Black Eyed Peas' frontman Will.i.am tells our correspondent how "happy" music took him from the ghetto to the Top Ten ...

The Black Eyed Peas: The E.N.D. (Polydor) **

Review by Andy Gill, The Independent, 12 June 2009

THE TITLE apparently stands for "The Energy Never Dies", will.i.am's response to what he perceives as the end of a music industry "paradigm", but which ...

The Black Eyed Peas: The Beginning

Review by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 26 November 2010

Welcome to spinal rap ...

Never Mind The Balearics: The Ibiza-ification Of Pop

Comment by Simon Reynolds, The Guardian, 14 April 2011

From Black Eyed Peas to Taio Cruz, much recent pop looks to Ibiza for inspiration. And yet for all the hands-in-the-air moments, this music is ...