Black Eyed Peas

Intro

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• prior to
• follow
• funk
• solo career

• front man
• download
• release
• check out

• reunion tour
• underground

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The album is dead. That’s what Black Eyed Peas front man will.i.am seems to think, anyway. That’s because so many people download songs one at a time from places like iTunes. It’s not as common anymore to buy a complete album. So will.i.am has said that the Black Eyed Peas’ latest release, The E.N.D., is not an album in the traditional sense. Instead, it’s an on-going project that will be changed and added to over time.

Dale has been a fan of the Black Eyed Peas since they first started out. Find out what he thinks about their new album (or non-album).

Dialog

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Marni

Dale

Mari

Marni:  So have you checked out the new Black Eyed Peas album?

Dale:  Absolutely. I’m a huge fan of the Black Eyed Peas.

Marni:  Really?

Dale:  Yeah, I love them. I actually knew them at the beginning. When they first actually started they were an underground group.

Marni:  Prior to Fergie.

Dale:  Prior to Fergie. The one main group member is actually Filipino.

Marni:  Now, is that Will.i.am?

Dale:  No, it’s actually Apl.de.ap. He actually recognized Filipinos in a majority of their songs in the beginning, early stuff. And then I started following them when they went into the Top 40. Been a fan pretty much of their sound…Their sound is extremely original and I really love the funk. They have a lot of energy in their music.

Marni:  That’s interesting. I knew Fergie had done a solo career and I thought maybe they were done, and now look, they’re right back out with a new album.

Dale:  Everybody’s been doing that, just like the New Kids on the Block are coming back with a reunion tour.

Mari:  Well, it’s interesting, we’ll have to see what happens.

Dale:  They always do that. They do something, but they always go back to the original.

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