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Black Eyed Peas at Bumbershoot Day #3
Set 9 2009, 12h05
I figured I'd give the Black Eyed Peas their own Bumbershoot journal entry solely based on the magnitude of their popularity today. I remember back in 1998 like it was yesterday when a homie of mine at Interscope sent me an advance cassette (don't laugh) of their first album Behind The Front and needed some help finding a venue for them to perform their first ever show in San Francisco. They freestyled on the college show I was dj'ing for and packed the venue of my weekly party with cuts like "
Joints & Jam" and "Fallin' Up." I was an immediate fan.
Fast forward to 2009 and a lot has changed with this group since 1998. They've since added a fourth member, Fergie, and instead of filling up 300 capacity venues, they're now selling out arenas around the world. I'm not mad personally, because at the end of the day, it's business. They could have kept it "real" and struggled to sell albums and deal with the possibility of getting dropped, or tweak their sound a bit to sell more records. I can't say I'm a fan of their music now, but I can respect how far they've come to achieve the level of success they're at today.
With that said, let me move on. I'm tempted to hold a contest of sorts for the best Fergie caption below:
I caught will.i.am staring at me for a minute. I'm pretty sure he was thinking, "Yo Mike, remember when I used to mash down Hollywood Blvd. in that red Dodge Neon? Well I still have that Dodge Neon sucka, but now I accessorize with fuzzy felt hats and dress like an evil elf with purple trim now."
I'm not mad at Apl.de.ap at all. He's a positive brotha and he's opened some doors for other Asian-American artists.
I don't think Taboo gets his props. Heads see him as the fifth Beatle, but he's probably the illest dancer out of the group and he's a decent hype man with some lyrics to go:
"Yo, but did you really tell Fergie that fit looked cool? You cold blooded man!"
"Yeah man, I hid her wardrobe son! She gonna kill us backstage, lookin' like Fran from Dodgeball! "You are the one that stares at me. Why is this?"
And here's Fergie grabbing her...err...ehh...uhh...forget it:
Fergie in action, either bustin' one of her classic fierce raps, possibly "Fergalicious" or maybe one of her soulful tunes that makes all dogs howl like "Big Girls Don't Cry."
The Peas gettin' "retarded." No pun intended, they kept it real and performed the original version of the song, not that soft, sissyfied, sell-out "Let's Get It Started" arena jock jam crap.
In all honesty, the Peas put on a good show for the kids. I saw babies dancin' and teenagers going crazy for them. There was even an adult at a comedy show later that said he was in attendance because of the BEP. Of course, that person was then clowned on for the next five minutes for admitting that, but I digress.
More to come from Day #3 soon...
Joints & Jam" and "Fallin' Up." I was an immediate fan.Fast forward to 2009 and a lot has changed with this group since 1998. They've since added a fourth member, Fergie, and instead of filling up 300 capacity venues, they're now selling out arenas around the world. I'm not mad personally, because at the end of the day, it's business. They could have kept it "real" and struggled to sell albums and deal with the possibility of getting dropped, or tweak their sound a bit to sell more records. I can't say I'm a fan of their music now, but I can respect how far they've come to achieve the level of success they're at today.
With that said, let me move on. I'm tempted to hold a contest of sorts for the best Fergie caption below:
I caught will.i.am staring at me for a minute. I'm pretty sure he was thinking, "Yo Mike, remember when I used to mash down Hollywood Blvd. in that red Dodge Neon? Well I still have that Dodge Neon sucka, but now I accessorize with fuzzy felt hats and dress like an evil elf with purple trim now."
I'm not mad at Apl.de.ap at all. He's a positive brotha and he's opened some doors for other Asian-American artists.
I don't think Taboo gets his props. Heads see him as the fifth Beatle, but he's probably the illest dancer out of the group and he's a decent hype man with some lyrics to go:
"Yo, but did you really tell Fergie that fit looked cool? You cold blooded man!"
"Yeah man, I hid her wardrobe son! She gonna kill us backstage, lookin' like Fran from Dodgeball! "You are the one that stares at me. Why is this?"
And here's Fergie grabbing her...err...ehh...uhh...forget it:
Fergie in action, either bustin' one of her classic fierce raps, possibly "
Fergalicious" or maybe one of her soulful tunes that makes all dogs howl like "Big Girls Don't Cry."The Peas gettin' "retarded." No pun intended, they kept it real and performed the original version of the song, not that soft, sissyfied, sell-out "
Let's Get It Started" arena jock jam crap.In all honesty, the Peas put on a good show for the kids. I saw babies dancin' and teenagers going crazy for them. There was even an adult at a comedy show later that said he was in attendance because of the BEP. Of course, that person was then clowned on for the next five minutes for admitting that, but I digress.
More to come from Day #3 soon...
