{"id":1309,"date":"2018-10-26T15:10:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T21:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2018-12-28T16:11:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T23:11:58","slug":"will-i-am-and-the-black-eyed-peas-career-coming-full-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/will-i-am-and-the-black-eyed-peas-career-coming-full-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Will.I.Am and The Black Eyed Peas: Career Coming Full Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is great to see that Will.I.Am and his group The Black Eyed Peas since the departure of Fergie have come full circle returning to their hip hop roots. Putting out material like \u201cConstant pt.1 pt.2\u201d, \u201cBack 2 Hip Hop\u201d and \u201cDopeness\u201d that is authentic and from the heart found on their new album Masters of the Sun Vol. 1. They are no longer artistically restrained to a formula that is just about mass appeal and commercial success. Now Will.I.Am and the group are in a position to be unique and provide social commentary much like they did when they first started back in 1988 as the group Atban Klann.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Black Eyed Peas \u2013 Constant pt.1 pt.2 feat. Slick Rick<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8o2QWGYCUx8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>The Black Eyed Peas \u2013 \u00a0Back 2 Hip Hop feat. Nas<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vXASz685g50?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>The Black Eyed Peas &#8211; Dopeness feat. CL<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M-p4B6PIRrI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Atban Klann consisted of Black Eyed Peas members Will.I.Am and Apl.De.Ap. The other member was their friend Dante Santiago. Atban Klann caught the eye of Eazy-E and was signed to his label Ruthless Records in 1992. They recorded the album <strong><em>Grass Roots <\/em><\/strong>which was never commercially released due to Eazy\u2019s death in 1995. A single had been released however titled, \u201cPuddles of H2O\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Atban Klann &#8211; Puddles of H20<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0mVS3WoPtRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dante was then replaced by Taboo and would become The Black Eyed Peas. Their first two albums, 1998\u2019s <strong><em>Behind the Front <\/em><\/strong>and 2000\u2019s <strong><em>Bridging the Gap <\/em><\/strong>were highly critically acclaimed.\u00a0 The group performed with live instrumentation and had an alternative sound, going against the grain on what was conventional. Examples of classic tracks from this era were \u201cJoints &amp; Jam\u201d, \u201cWeekends\u201d, and \u201cBEP Empire\u201d produced none other than by DJ Premier.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Black Eyed Peas \u2013 Joints &amp; Jam feat. Ingrid Dupree<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8sbFoDy-emE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>The Black Eyed Peas \u2013 Weekends feat. Esthero<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cnYiQ2FVG8I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>The Black Eyed Peas \u2013 BEP Empire (prod. by DJ Premier)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FqoKEyvdjv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During Black Eyed Peas\u2019s run with Fergie as a\u00a0commercial pop artist act Will.I.Am would produce for other artists outside the camp. On occasion he worked with artists and produced tracks that abandoned the pop electro sound and was authentic hip hop. The first example of this was \u201cKeep It Bouncin\u201d, a track from Too Short\u2019s 2006 album <strong><em>Blow Your Whistle <\/em><\/strong>which also included Snoop Dogg. That same year Will.I.Am would produce several tracks off the Game\u2019s album <strong><em>The Doctor\u2019s Advocate<\/em><\/strong> including \u201cCompton\u201d. The following year he would work with Talib Kweli on the project <strong><em>Eardrum <\/em><\/strong>with the song \u201cHot Thing\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Too Short \u2013 Keep It Bouncin feat. Snoop Dogg &amp; Will.I.Am<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5tj6jVV_JxM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>The Game \u2013 Compton feat. 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