My music magazine

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My music magazine

• Presented by
• Brittany Pinet

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Table of contents

• Black Eyed Peas (biographie 3 to 17)
• P.18 Top 10 of the month
• P.19 Interview
• P.23 The CDs they made
• P.24 Their New CD
• P.25 Lyrics of the Song My Hump
• P.34 References

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Black Eyed Peas
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Biographie

• They've transcended their vigilant hip-hop roots
  and have become a global phenomenon, the likes of
  which the music world has rarely seen.
  Ever-curious and ever-confident, that group is
  The Black Eyed Peas, and after energizing crowds
  'round the globe with the monster-stomp of
  Elephunk, it's time for the quartet William,
  Fergie, apl.de.ap and Taboo to get down to
  business Monkey Business, that is.

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2003s Elephunk was a breakthrough album for The
Black Eyed Peas, vaulting them to a level of
success unparalleled by any other hip-hop group.
The accolades are quick to recite 7.5 million
albums sold worldwide, 4 Grammy nominations, 1
Grammy award, and an unforgettable performance on
the 2005 broadcast. But fitted with loose rhymes,
buoyant anthemic funk and an ebullient live
spirit, the album also heralded a new sound for
the modern age one that is inspired by hip-hop,
eschews boundaries and inhibitions, and cuts
across ages, races and backgrounds. It is a sound
that can be described only as One Nation Under A
Black Eyed Peas Groove.
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• But if Elephunk was the group being crowned
  prince of the castle, then Monkey Business, their
  fourth album, is The Black Eyed Peas conquering
  the throne to become King. It is an album that
  further intensifies their passion for making
  music together, for connecting with their
  audience through the most fundamental ways
  making people have a good time. It is a credo
  that has inspired the group since they formed in
  the late 1990s, earning their keep in the
  nurturing environment of Los Angeles' vibrant
  hip-hop underground. Even then, the group
  possessed a magnetic spirit that helped them
  establish a worldwide following through their
  first two albums, 1998's Behind The Front and
  2000's Bridging The Gap.

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• In many ways, Monkey Business is a direct
  descendant of its predecessor. The success of
  Elephunk kept the group touring around the globe
  for nearly 18 months. "In going on the road for
  so long, we got an idea of what kind of music we
  wanted to play and make," explains will.i.am.
  "Monkey Business is very much about the types of
  songs we play live. It's about a party. It's
  layered differently and has energy to it that
  reflects how we tour from the beats to the
  types of instruments we used to how we interact
  with the audience. It's very much about us and
  the crowd on this record."

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• Monkey Business was literally produced and
  recorded during The Black Eyed Peas everlasting
  road trip. "I was in Brazil doing some CD
  shopping," will.i.am recalls. "I came across this
  compilation and I thought it was one thing but it
  turned out to be something else. The Dick Dale
  song 'Miserlou,' was on it. At first I was angry
  this isn't what I wanted to buy," he laughs.
  "But then, really, that song is hot. I said, 'we
  should do a song like this.' I jump-started the
  computer and made some beats on the train. Then
  we had to fly to Tokyo and I tightened up the
  beat on the plane. Then I recorded vocals in this
  park in Tokyo. And that's how we recorded the
  song, 'Pump It.'"

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• The song, a jump-up party anthem, is one of the
  featured tracks on Monkey Business and made its
  debut in a commercial for Best Buy electronics.
  "It's the beauty of technology now you can
  record anywhere, anytime, any which way. And I
  love that song because it feels like our live
  shows, it has that energy."

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• Monkey Business also furthers the bond the group
  forged as friends during the making of Elephunk.
  Before recording that album, the three original
  members of The Black Eyed Peas will.i.am,
  apl.de.ap and Taboo had been ensnared by
  personal demons. "I remember that we were each
  talking about the things that were haunting us
  and seemed to be crippling us," recalls
  will.i.am. Adding the vocal talents of singer,
  Fergie, the group used music as a therapeutic
  vehicle. Making music with that near-desperate
  fervor also is maintained on Monkey Business,
  says will.i.am. "You're always challenged not to
  go back to those bad habits in life," he says.
  "When you're comfortable living, you sometimes
  think that, well, I beat it once so I can do it
  again. But you never really escape the things
  that haunt you."

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• Thus, making Monkey Business became an effort put
  forth by all the members of the group the first
  the foursome co-wrote together and the more
  sophisticated songwriting the layered grooves of
  the record and its fulfilled spirit reflect that.
  "This was really about all of us building a house
  together," says will.i.am.

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• "Don't Phunk With My Heart" is a gripping soulful
  serenade that will.i.am describes as a sequel to
  The Black Eyed Peas song, "Shut Up." "Not
  sonically but in subject matter," he clarifies.
  "When you're on bad terms with a significant
  other, you don't want to break up. You tell her
  things and at the time you really mean them. But
  she's saying, stop fing with me."

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• If it sounds like the personal lives of the
  members infiltrated their songwriting, it is
  mostly because it did. "Don't Lie," is a song
  will.i.am says was born of true experience of
  deceptively bending the truth to an
  ex-girlfriend. "It's a song about owning up and
  apologizing and realizing your faults. It's about
  being a man or a woman an adult and
  confronting situations honestly."

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• Singer Justin Timberlake joins the group again
  for the song, "My Style." He first sang on the
  song, "Where Is The Love?," the breakout single
  from Elephunk. "We get along real well," says
  will.i.am, "and he sees music in a very similar
  way. Plus, he's just a good dude." The song was
  produced by famed beat-maker Timbaland. "I like
  experiencing things I've never experienced
  before," will.i.am says. "It brings you out of
  your comfort zone and that can be creatively
  inspiring. And Timbaland is an incredible
  talent."

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• Other collaborators join The Black Eyed Peas on
  this album, too, like Sting on "Union." Neo-folk
  singer, Jack Johnson is sampled on the song,
  "Gone Going." The Peas also got to live something
  of a dream when they hooked up with the Godfather
  of Soul, James Brown, for the song, "They Don't
  Want Music."

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• "That was just stupid, man," will.i.am says.
  "Being a fan of hip-hop and knowing that the
  music's backbone is based entirely on James Brown
  the concept of hitting the beat on the "one,"
  it's an otherworldly experience." The Black Eyed
  Peas remain one of only a handful of select
  groups that have been able to collaborate with
  Funk's inventor. "We met in the UK, at the Mojo
  Awards, and we talked about working together. I
  remember when we recorded I played him the beat
  all nervous and everything. We all sat in the
  room and he nodded his head and grunted in
  approval."

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• That song is reflective of the Peas' fluid funk
  that can run from generation to generation and
  is one of the reasons why the group is beloved
  and respected worldwide. "I think the fact that
  we just have fun with music is the reason why it
  works for us," says will.i.am. "We love music and
  melodies and don't try to distinguish ourselves
  from regular music fans. It's really that
  simple."

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Top 10 of the month

• Smack ThatAkon
• FergaliciousFergie
• Say It RightNelly Furtado
• IrreplaceableBeyoncé
• ListenBeyoncé
• You Don't KnowEminem
• Let Me Talk To You/My LoveJustin Timberlake
• IllegalShakira
• Lips Of An AngelHinder
• White NerdyWeird Al Yankovic

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Interview

• Black Eyed Peas, Will.I.Am, nouvel album
• Les préparatifs vont bon train pour le nouvel
  album des Black Eyed Peas. Ce tant attendu opus,
  encore sans titre, connaîtra probablement le même
  succès que son prédécesseur, Monkey Business
  (2005).

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• Selon Will.I.Am, l'album est presque terminé et
  sera probablement dans les bacs vers le quatrième
  trimestre de 2007. Nous avons déjà 12 titres et
  30 à 40 autres viendront s'y ajouter , rassure
  le chanteur, en signalant toutefois que beaucoup
  de choses peuvent encore changer. Tout comme
  celle de Monkey Business , les Peas ont puisé
  leur inspiration tout au long de leur tournée,
  incluant la Chine. Et ils comptent continuer dans
  ce sens pour tout boucler une fois ladite tournée
  terminée, soit entre janvier et août.

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• Côté feeling, la bande est toujours fidèle à
  elle-même et Will a même tenu à rassurer qu'il
  s'agit d'un album qui parlera un peu de tout en
  passant par le social et la politique tout en
  restant fun . Toujours selon Will, il est
  encore très tôt pour annoncer les guests ainsi et
  les éventuelles collaborations. Mais ce nouvel
  effort n'aurait rien à envier à ses
  prédécesseurs, aussi bien à Monkey Business
  (disque de platine) qu'à Elephunk (2003).
  Toutefois, Will préfère rester modeste là-dessus,
  en rappelant que l'humilité et le zèle ont
  toujours été les mots d'ordre de sa bande. Et
  il faut toujours avoir la motivation et la
  détermination même après avoir connu des succès
  , a-t-il souligné.

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• Les BEP viennent récemment de sortir leur DVD
  interactif baptisé Live From Sidney to Vegas ,
  incluant leurs concerts en Australie et aux
  Etats-Unis. Ils sont également sur le point de se
  préparer pour le Pea Pod Event', l'évènement
  célébré cette année en l'honneur de Jimmy Iovine
  (Interscope Records). Le groupe est en lice pour
  un Grammy best pop pop performance duo ou
  groupe tandis que Will est nominé dans cinq
  catégories, incluant le prix du producteur de
  l'année.

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The CDs that they made.

• Pictures

CD3
CD1
CD2
CD5
CD4
CD6
CD7
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The new CD
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My Hump (lyrics)

• "My Humps"What you gon' do with all that
  junk?All that junk inside your trunk?I'ma get,
  get, get, get, you drunk,Get you love drunk off
  my hump.My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my
  hump,My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little
  lumps (Check it out)

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• I drive these brothers crazy,I do it on the
  daily,They treat me really nicely,They buy me
  all these ices.Dolce Gabbana,Fendi and
  NaDonnaKaran, they be sharin'All their money
  got me wearin' flyBrother I ain't askin,They
  say they love my ass n,Seven Jeans, True
  Religion's,I say no, but they keep givin'So I
  keep on takin'And no I ain't takenWe can keep
  on datin'I keep on demonstrating.

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• My love (love), my love, my love, my love
  (love)You love my lady lumps (love),My hump, my
  hump, my hump (love),My humps they got
  you,She's got me spending.(Oh) Spendin' all
  your money on me and spending time on me.She's
  got me spendin'.(Oh) Spendin' all your money on
  me, up on me, on me

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• What you gon' do with all that junk?All that
  junk inside that trunk?I'ma get, get, get, get,
  you drunk,Get you love drunk off my hump.What
  you gon' do with all that ass?All that ass
  inside them jeans?I'm a make, make, make, make
  you screamMake you scream, make you scream.Cos
  of my hump (ha), my hump, my hump, my hump
  (what).My hump, my hump, my hump (ha), my lovely
  lady lumps (Check it out)

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• I met a girl down at the disco.She said hey,
  hey, hey yea let's go.I could be your baby, you
  can be my honeyLet's spend time not money.I mix
  your milk wit my cocoa puff,Milky, milky
  cocoa,Mix your milk with my cocoa puff, milky,
  milky riiiiiiight.

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• They say I'm really sexy,The boys they wanna sex
  me.They always standing next to me,Always
  dancing next to me,Tryin' a feel my hump,
  hump.Lookin' at my lump, lump.You can look but
  you can't touch it,If you touch it I'ma start
  some drama,You don't want no drama,No, no
  drama, no, no, no, no dramaSo don't pull on my
  hand boy,You ain't my man, boy,I'm just tryn'a
  dance boy,And move my hump.

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• My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump,My hump, my
  hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump.My
  lovely lady lumps (lumps)My lovely lady lumps
  (lumps)My lovely lady lumps (lumps)In the back
  and in the front (lumps)My lovin' got
  you,She's got me spendin'.(Oh) Spendin' all
  your money on me and spending time on me.She's
  got me spendin'.(Oh) Spendin' all your money on
  me, up on me, on me.

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• What you gon' do with all that junk?All that
  junk inside that trunk?I'ma get, get, get, get
  you drunk,Get you love drunk off my hump.What
  you gon' do with all that ass?All that ass
  inside them jeans?I'ma make, make, make, make
  you screamMake you scream, make you scream.What
  you gon' do with all that junk?All that junk
  inside that trunk?I'ma get, get, get, get you
  drunk,Get you love drunk off this hump.What you
  gon' do wit all that breast?All that breast
  inside that shirt?I'ma make, make, make, make
  you workMake you work, work, make you
  work.(A-ha, a-ha, a-ha, a-ha) x4

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5 QUESTIONS

• Q1How many CDs did the Black Eyed Peas make?
• Answer 7 cd
• Q2What was the best song of the year?
• Answer My Hump
• Q3What words did they use most of the time in
  the song my Hump?
• Answer My Hump et My lovely lady lumps
• Q4What is the name of the girl in Black Eyed
  Peas?
• Answer Fergie
• Q5 What is Fergies real name?
• Answer Stacy Fergason.

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References

• http//www.blackeyedpeas.com/home/bio
• http//ca.music.yahoo.com/
• http//www.rap2k.com/news-rap-34285-black-eyed-pea
  s-preparent-un-nouvel-album-en-2007.html
• http//www.youthink.ca/reviews/cds/06MayCDs/Black
  20Eyed20Peas.jpg
• http//www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/blackeyedpeas/myhum
  ps.html