Home > Music > B > Black Eyed Peas > Discography

Albums | Compilations | Singles | Videos | Other

Black Eyed Peas Elephunk Release Date: 2003 06 24 Label: A&M Rating:

Nominally a rap group, in truth Black Eyed Peas call on so many forms of songwriting and production that slotting them into hip-hop is like slotting Prince into R&B -- technically true, but very limiting. Elephunk, the group's third straight winning LP, doesn't have top-notch rapping, but as driven by frontman Will.I.Am, it does possess some of the most boundary-pushing productions in contemporary, (mostly) uncommercial hip-hop -- right up at the level occupied by Common and OutKast. The smart, brassy opening club thump "Hands Up" hits another level with a sly bridge flaunting some heavy metallic slide guitar, while the highly pressurized love jam "Shut Up" features great interplay between Taboo and new member Fergie. Space doesn't allow for description of each track, but suffice to say any Will.I.Am track is going to feature loads of ideas and fresh sounds, not to mention plenty of stylistic change-ups -- from the digital-step ragga of "Hey Mama" (featuring Tippa Irie) to the Latinized, loved-up "Latin Girls." Like a latter-day Digital Underground, Black Eyed Peas know how to get a party track moving, and add a crazy stupid rhyme or two ("bop your head like epilepsy" from the suitably titled "Let's Get Retarded"). John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Hands Up	Pajon, May, Adams, Fratantuno, Baptiste, Pineda, Gomez	3:35
2	Labor Day (It's a Holiday)	Brown, Collins, Van Musser, Collins, Griggs, Adams, Pineda	3:58
3	Let's Get Retarded	Pajon, Adams, Fratantuno, Yoshiaki, Pineda, Gomez	3:35
4	Hey Mama	Henry, Adams	3:34
5	Shut Up	Pajon, Curtis, Adams, Gomez	4:56
6	Smells Like Funk	Pajon, Adams, Fratantuno, Pineda	5:04
7	Latin Girls	Pajon, Curtis, Adams, Nova, Pineda, Gomez	6:17
8	Sexy	De Moraes, Jobim, Adams	4:43
9	Fly Away	Ferguson, Adams, Brady	3:35
10	Boogie That Be	Van Musser, Will I Am, Stephens	5:12
11	Apl Song	Adams, Pineda	2:54
12	Anxiety	Adams, Papa Roach, Pineda	3:38
13	Where Is the Love?	Curtis, Pajon, Adams, Fratantuno, Timberlake, Board, Pineda, Gomez	8:28

Other Releases:

Elephunk [Bonus Track] Release Date: 2004 Label: A&M/Will.I.Am

Elephunk [Bonus CD] Release Date: 2004 Label: A&M

Elephunk [UK Bonus Tracks] Release Date: 2003 Label: A&M/Interscope

Browse More Music:
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z