Dec 31, 2020This the same guy who made boom boom boom?
Dec 31, 2020·3 repliesBlack Eyes Peas were the Drake for the millennial gen in terms of popularity
Dec 31, 2020·2 repliesBIGSTEPPERDISNEYI agree, but Will.I.Am could’ve easily directed the BEP’s direction to more pro black lyrics if he really was concerned about how the group would be viewed
Or we could just celebrate success for people who look like us
- Dec 31, 2020mr get dough
Or we could just celebrate success for people who look like us
Veryyyy true
Dec 31, 2020I don’t understand how he’s surprised by this
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They replaced Kim Hill with Fergie not sure what he expected
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JRAlthough Will.i.am was the backbone of the group, Fergie being their lead singer changed all the perception of the group. Especially with the kind of music they were making at their peak.
This too
Dec 31, 2020·editedBIGSTEPPERDISNEYBlack Eyes Peas were the Drake for the millennial gen in terms of popularity
Facts you couldn’t go anywhere in 2009-2011 without hearing a BEP song
edit: forgot to say pump it and let’s get it started were f***ing huge in the mid 2000s as well
- Dec 31, 2020BIGSTEPPERDISNEY
Black Eyes Peas were the Drake for the millennial gen in terms of popularity
Made their music as accessible as possible to every demographic, which is not a bad thing at all, but don’t be surprised when white America doesn’t respect your intentions
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early black eyed peas before fergie was on some whole other s***
Dec 31, 2020They had a crazy run with that one album
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HURRY UP THOMI’m trying really hard to even come up with the name of a prominent white Jazz musician
John Klemmer
- Dec 31, 2020HURRY UP THOM
I’m trying really hard to even come up with the name of a prominent white Jazz musician
chet baker you damned poseur
proper 🔩Dec 31, 2020HURRY UP THOMI’m trying really hard to even come up with the name of a prominent white Jazz musician
Chet baker
Dec 31, 2020·2 repliesidk what he expects. They blew up when they added a non-black female lead.
Was he feeling this way during the success? Cus we weren't considering them a black group then either
- proper 🔩Dec 31, 2020·1 replyBIGSTEPPERDISNEY
Black Eyes Peas were the Drake for the millennial gen in terms of popularity
Drake was the drake for millennials tho
millennials are like mid 20s-late 30s bro
- Dec 31, 2020YANDHI
idk what he expects. They blew up when they added a non-black female lead.
Was he feeling this way during the success? Cus we weren't considering them a black group then either
My thoughts as well. They still sold millions of albums and played at the Super Bowl. I never really looked at them as a black or white group honestly.
Dec 31, 2020·edited·2 repliesJRThey didn't kick her out. She left because they were purposely trying to go commercial and do the pop thing, and she wasn't.
And Fergie at the time was doing background vocals on the Jungle Brothers' albums before she met them.
This is correct she (Kim hill) chose to leave cuz she was tired of "losing herself"
She has talked about having to grow up in both black and white environments where she had to code switch and was ashamed of it
Her mother once called her out saying "where are you" which haunted her even in her BEP days
BEP chose to go a route that was uncomfortable for her (she would have to play the sexy singer role and be more "mainstream" ) and chose Fergie to do so which made them more appealing to mainstream at the time (2000s pop music is characterized by a heap of white stars taking rnb/hiphop elements to sell to the general public)
Fergie def helped them get into the mainstream door with the help of interscope records who believed in them
Kim doesn't harbor any ill feelings towards Fergie and has never met her (she honestly dgaf and is very zen about it)
BEP knew what they were doing (selling out their sound and their image) to the mainstream and now act dumb as to why they're not considered hip hop ?
Gee maybe cuz y'all had a white woman cosplaying (from the makeup to the lyrics they wrote for her) as a black rnb singer like how they ushered in pink...
- Dec 31, 2020proper
Drake was the drake for millennials tho
millennials are like mid 20s-late 30s bro
I’m a millennial man & BEP’s were everywhere from 2003-2011.. Drake reign didn’t start until 2011
Dec 31, 2020·2 replies
Dec 31, 2020!https://youtu.be/qxNiHh3EZdMGlockiMusic sxn anthem
Dec 31, 2020·1 replyBEP made pop party music and had a white woman as their lead singer. Ofc White America wouldn't see them as a black group.
