ʻO ka Black Eyed Peas kahi hui hip-hop ʻAmelika mai Los Angeles, mai ka makahiki 1998 i hoʻomaka ai e lanakila i nā puʻuwai o ka poʻe hoʻolohe a puni ka honua me kā lākou hits.
Mahalo i kā lākou ʻano hana hoʻokalakupua i nā mele hip-hop, hoʻoulu i ka poʻe me nā mele manuahi, ʻano maikaʻi a me ka leʻaleʻa leʻaleʻa, ua loaʻa iā lākou nā mea pā a puni ka honua. A ʻo ke kolu o ka album, ʻo ʻElephunk, ua ʻoi loa me kona puʻupuʻu i hiki ʻole ke hoʻōki i ka hoʻolohe ʻana iā ia.
ʻEleʻele Peas: pehea i hoʻomaka ai?
Hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo o ka hui i ka makahiki 1989 me ka hui ʻana o Will.I.Am lāua ʻo Apl.de.Ap, i ke kula kiʻekiʻe. I ka ʻike ʻana he manaʻo maʻamau kā lākou e pili ana i ke mele, ua hoʻoholo nā kāne e hui pū i nā pūʻali e hana i kā lākou duet ponoʻī. Ua hoʻomaka koke lākou i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pahu like ʻole a me nā hui ma LA, e kāhea ana i kā lākou duo Atbam Klann.
I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, i ka makahiki 1992, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka poʻe mele i kahi kuʻikahi me Eazy-E, ʻo ia ke poʻo o ka inoa ʻo Ruthless Records. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokuʻu i kekahi o kā lākou album me ia. Ua hoʻomau ka ʻaelike a hiki i ka make ʻana o Eazy-Z, i make i ka makahiki 1994 o ka maʻi AIDS.
I ka makahiki 1995, ua hui pū ʻo Taboo lālā o Grassroots ma Atbam Klann. No ka mea aia ka hui i kēia manawa i kahi laina hou, ua hoʻoholo lākou e hele mai me kahi inoa hou, a no laila ua huli ka Black Eyed Peas a ʻaʻole koke i loaʻa i ka trio hou i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, i kēia manawa me Interscope Records.
A i kēia manawa, i ka makahiki 1998, ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i kā lākou album mua Behind the Front, i loaʻa i nā loiloi maikaʻi mai nā mea hoʻohewa. Ua ukali ʻia e ka album aʻe i ka makahiki 2000 - Bridging the Gap.
A laila ʻo kā lākou album ʻoi loa, ʻo Elehunk, i hoʻolauna ʻia ma 2003 me kahi leo leo hou i kapa ʻia ʻo Fergie, hānau ʻia ʻo Stacey Ferguson, ʻo ia ka mea ma mua o ka hui pop kaulana ʻo Wild Orchid. Ua lilo ʻo ia i pani no ka mea mele hope ʻo Kim Hill, ka mea i haʻalele i ka hui ma 2000.
Album "ELEPHUNK"
Ua komo ʻo "Elephunk" i ka mele anti-war Where Is The Love?, ka mea i lilo i ko lākou paʻi nui mua, e piʻi ana ma ka helu 8 ma ka US Hot 100. ʻO ia hoʻi i poʻokela i nā papa kiʻi kokoke i nā wahi āpau, me ka UK, kahi i #1 no ka ma kahi o ʻeono pule. ma nā papa mele a lilo i mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa o 2003.
ʻO ia ka manawa i hānau ʻia ai kēia mele, a laila ua ulu ka manaʻo e hoʻopaʻa i kēia mele me Justin Timberlake. Ma hope o ka lohe ʻana i ka mea demo, kāhea ʻo Will.I.Am iā Justin a hoʻolohe iā ia i ke mele ma ke kelepona. "Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i koʻu hopu ʻana i kēia mele a me kēia mau huaʻōlelo," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Timb, "ua ʻike koke ʻia kahi mele ma koʻu poʻo!".
Akā, he pilikia liʻiliʻi ko BEP. Ua pāpā ke alakaʻi o Timberlake i ka hui mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka inoa o ka hōkū a me ke kiʻi ʻana iā ia no ke wikiō no kēia mele. Akā, ua lilo ka mele i mea ʻoluʻolu a me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolaha ʻana ua hāʻule i loko o nā ʻuhane o nā miliona o ka poʻe hoʻolohe.
Ma hope o kēlā, lanakila ka lanakila iā lākou! Ua lilo koke lākou i mea wehe no Christina Aguilera a me Justin Timberlake. ʻOiai ua maopopo i nā mea a pau ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Black Eyed Peas ka hui ola maikaʻi loa e pāʻani ana i ke ʻano hip-hop. Ua hoʻomaka nā kāne e kono ʻia e hoʻokani i nā ʻaha mele hanohano loa (MTV European Music Awards, Brit Awards, Grammy, etc.).
Makemake pū kekahi i nā mele e like me "Hands Up," he rap wikiwiki, ʻo Louis Armstrong's growling "Smells Like Funk." He ʻokoʻa loa ka hui, ʻaʻole makaʻu lākou e hōʻike i nā ʻano hou, e hoʻāʻo i nā leo hou no ke mele a hoʻohui pū me nā mele ʻoluʻolu.
Aia ke talena o Will.I.Am i kona hiki ke hoʻohui i nā mea kani ola, nā laʻana a me nā mīkini pahu i hoʻokahi leo. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kūlana mele ākea a hōʻike ʻo Elehunk i kēia ma mua o ka wā.
Nā hana Maluhia kōkua ʻeleʻele
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Monkey Business, ka album ʻehā o ka hui i ka wā e huakaʻi huakaʻi ana ka hui no ʻElephunk. He mea lapaʻau kēia album no ka hui holoʻokoʻa, ua hōʻuluʻulu a hoʻoikaika i nā lālā.
ʻO ia ka album mua a ka quartet i kākau ai a hana ʻia pū. Hōʻike nā mele i nā kumumanaʻo hohonu a ʻoi aʻe ka manaʻo e noʻonoʻo ai ʻoe. Ua puka hou ʻo Timberlake ma ka album me ke mele "My Style".
Ua hāʻawi pū ʻo Singers Sting, Jack Johnson a me James Brown i ka album. Ua paʻi ka mele "Do not Phunk With My Heart" i ka #3 ma ka Billboard Hot 100, ʻo ia ka mea kiʻekiʻe o kā lākou mele a pau ma US a hiki i kēia lā. Ua hoʻomaka ka album ponoʻī ma #2 ma ka pakuhi Billboard.
I ka makahiki 2005, ua loaʻa i ka Black Eyed Peas ka makana Grammy no ka Best Rap Performance no "Let's Get It Started". Ma kahi mea hoʻopuka nūpepa kaulana, ua haʻi ʻo will.i.am, "Manaʻo wau ʻo ka leʻaleʻa wale nō mākou me ke mele ʻo ia ke kumu e holo ai nā mea a pau.
Makemake mākou i nā mele, nā mele a ʻaʻole hoʻāʻo e ʻokoʻa mai nā mea pā maʻamau o kā mākou mele. He maʻalahi loa ia."
Ma waho aʻe o ka hana ʻana i kahi mea kūʻokoʻa i ke mele, komo nā lālā o ka hui i nā papahana he nui. I ka makahiki 2004, i ka huakaʻi ʻahamele ma Asia, he moʻolelo mai ke ola o apl. Ua kapa inoa ʻia ʻo de.ap ma nā pale TV.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi pāʻani kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo "Do You Think You Can Remember?" (Ke Manaʻo ʻoe e hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomanaʻo?), kahi i nānā ai ka protagonist i kona wā kamaliʻi ma ke ʻano he ʻohana ʻilihune ma Philippines, kona hānai ʻana a neʻe i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Eia kekahi, ua hana ʻo ia ma kahi album me nā rap ma Tagalog a me English. Ke hana nei ʻo Fergie ma kāna album ponoʻī i hana ʻia ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ka hui.
Ma Los Angeles, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Taboo i kahi papahana ma hope o ke kula ma ka ʻoihana kaua a me ka hula haʻihaʻi, a ke hana pū nei hoʻi ʻo ia ma kāna album solo, i hui pū ʻia ka rap Spanish a me English me reggaeton. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo Will.i.am i kahi laina lole a hoʻokuʻu i nā album no nā mea pena ʻē aʻe.
Ma hope o ke kai eʻe i ka makahiki 2004 ma Asia, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i nā kōkua aloha a hele i nā wahi o Malaysia e kōkua i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i nā hale o ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia. ʻAʻole lākou i kamaʻilio wale e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, akā ua hoʻāʻo lākou i nā ala āpau e hoʻoikaika ai, e kōkua i ka poʻe e pono ai.
Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomau ʻia kēia ʻano a e hopu pū ka poʻe pōloli mele i ka nalu o ka maikaʻi a hahai i kēia ala.
He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka moʻomeheu hip-hop ke mele mele a me ka breakdancing, akā i ka makahiki 90, ua uhi ʻia kēia mau mea e ka ʻike gangster hardcore a me nā mele ʻeleʻele akā koi ʻia o nā hui komohana e like me NWA. Eia naʻe, ʻoiai kēia mau mea, ʻo ka Black Eyed Ua hoʻokō ʻo Peas i ka wā e haki ai.
ʻO nā mea hoihoi e pili ana i ka Black Eye Peace
• Ua hānai piha ʻia ʻo Will.i.am a me kona mau kaikunāne ʻekolu e ko lākou makuahine i ka haʻalele ʻana o kona makuakāne i ka ʻohana. No laila, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻōlelo i kekahi mea e pili ana i kona makuakāne, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hālāwai me ia.
• Ua hoʻomaka ʻo William i kāna ʻoihana mele i kona wā i ka papa 8.
• Ua hoʻololi ʻo William i ka inoa o ka hui i ka Black Eyed Pods a laila i ka makahiki 1997 i ka Black Eyed Peas, ʻo ia ka will.i.am, aple.de.ap a me Taboo.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou album ʻelua ʻo Bridging the Gap i ka makahiki 2000 a ʻo ka "Request + Line" me Macy Gray i lilo i ko lākou komo mua ma ka Billboards Hot 100.
Ua manaʻo ʻo Will e pono ka hui i nā kaikamahine kūikawā. No laila, i ka wā i puka mai ai ʻo Fergie, ua kau inoa ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lālā mau o ka hui ma hope o ka hoʻololi ʻana iā Nicole Scherzinger. ʻO nā mele 'Shut Up' a me 'My Humps' mai 'Elephunk' me kona leo hele i viral.
• Ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i ʻekolu album - Monkey Business (2005), The End (2009) a me The Beginning (2010). Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo "Monkey Business" triple platinum e ka RIAA a ua kūʻai aku ma luna o 10 miliona mau kope a hiki i kēia lā.
• Ua hōʻea ʻo William's album #willpower i ka helu 3 ma nā palapala kiʻi UK a ua hōʻoia ʻia i ke gula (BPI) a me ka Platinum (RMNZ). ʻO ka THE (The Hardest Ever) me Jennifer Lopez lāua ʻo Mick Jagger i piʻi i ka helu 36 ma ka Billboard Hot 100.
• He kanaka hana aloha o Will.i.am nona ka I.Am.Angel foundation e kokua i ka hoonaauao ana i na opio mai na kaiaulu pilikia e hiki ai ia lakou ke paio no na hana maikai e hiki mai ana. ʻO kāna papahana hoʻolālā "I.Am Steam" e pili ana i nā robotics, 3D Experience Labs, hāʻawi iā ArcGIS (Geographic Information Systems).
• 'O Fergie he kanaka pena ki'i ho'okahi. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album mua ʻo The Dutchess i Kepakemapa 2006 a hele i triple platinum ma US. A haʻalele koke ʻo ia i ka hui.
