La historia de The Black Eyed Peas se remonta a mediados de la década de 1990, cuando los talentosos músicos will.i.am (William Adams) y apl.de.ap (Allan Pineda Lindo) se conocieron en Los Ángeles. Ambos compartían una pasión por la música hip-hop y rápidamente comenzaron a colaborar. La primera alineación se completó con Taboo (Jaime Luis Gómez) y Kim Hill como corista.
Inicialmente, el grupo fue conocido como Atban Klann y firmaron un contrato con Ruthless Records, una discográfica fundada por el legendario Eazy-E. Sin embargo, después de la prematura muerte de Eazy-E en 1995, el álbum que habían grabado fue archivado y el grupo cambió su nombre a The Black Eyed Peas.
En 1998, The Black Eyed Peas lanzó su álbum debut titulado Behind the Front, con la colaboración de la cantante Macy Gray. El álbum fue bien recibido por la crítica y ayudó a establecer una base de fans leal. Su segundo álbum, Bridging the Gap, lanzado en 2000, continuó en la misma línea y aumentó su reconocimiento en la industria.
A pesar de su creciente popularidad, Kim Hill decidió dejar el grupo, lo que llevó a la incorporación de Fergie (Stacy Ann Ferguson) en 2002. Esta incorporación marcó un hito en la carrera de la banda, elevándolos a nuevas alturas.
Con Fergie en la formación, The Black Eyed Peas lanzó su tercer álbum, Elephunk, en 2003. Este álbum fue un éxito internacional,
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Taboo:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
You're about to witness
Something you never seen before
If you ain't got it, you gotta get it
Ayo, Ryan… Let's go
Ryan Key:
Gotta get it now, gotta get it now
gotta get it now, I'm gonna take you down
what you waiting for?
what you waiting for?
what you waiting for?
Try and stop me now
Taboo:
Drop it, drop it, rock it
Tabmagnetic ain't no stopping
This is how, this is how I rock when I roll
This is how I rock when I rock my show
Don't stop, get it, get it
Let me put some feeling in it
Movin' up the charts so fast
You could put that speed ahead
Drop this, drop that
No time to turn back
Keep movin on you can't stop that
What the hell are you waitin for
You asked for it so I gave you more
Whatcha gotta say Ryan? (get it now)
Imma keep on shining
Bounce to the rhythm of the bass keeps runnin
The bass keeps runnin, and I keep runnin
Ryan Key:
You can't stop me it's now or never
I'll keep running on forever
You can't stop me cuz it gets faster
I'll keep fighting for what I'm after
Gotta get it now, gotta get it now
gotta get it now, I'm gonna take you down
what you waiting for?
what you waiting for?
what you waiting for?
Try and stop me now
Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh
Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh
Taboo:
(pick it up, pick it up… let's go)
I'm a modern day Robin Hood
I take from the bad
And I give to the good
Look out for a family
You know these can't handle me
Senoritas, (que?) … Hermanos (que?)
This is how it's supposed to be
Easy just like 1, 2, 3
And none of y'all can come close to me
Cuz I'm on top where I'm 'posed to be
T-A-B- the double 'O' that's me
Straight from a group called B-E-P
That's Black Eyed Peas, down with speed
Watch to the T- to the O-N-Z
Now would never gettin chased
So don't ever think about stoppin me
Ryan:
You can't stop me it's now or never
I'll keep running on forever
You can't stop me cuz it gets faster
I'll keep fighting for what I'm after
Gotta get it now, gotta get it now
gotta get it now, I'm gonna take you down
what you waiting for?
what you waiting for?
what you waiting for?
Try and stop me now
Gotta get it now, gotta get it now
gotta get it now, I'm gonna take you down
what you waiting for?
what you waiting for?
what you waiting for?
Try and stop me now
Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh
Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh, Oh ooohoh
Taboo:
That's right y'all
TabMagnetic, Black Eyed Peas
We got a collabo'
My man, Ryan (what you waiting for?)
Yellowcard ya'll (what you waiting for?… try and stop me now)
Woman:
Come on Sweetie … Let's go …
(Cheering)
Everybody loves speed …