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Don't Lie by Black Eyed Peas

Artist Biography For Black Eyed Peas

Black Eyed Peas Are An American Hip Hop/pop Group Formed In Los Angeles In 1995. The Group's Current Line-Up Consists Of Will.I.Am Taboo And Apl.De.Ap. Black Eyed Peas Have So-Far Sold An Estimated 56 Million Albums And Singles Worldwide. Black Eyed Peas Went To Centenary State High School And Got Their Start In 1988 When Will.I.Am born 1975 William James Adams Jr. And Apl.De.Ap born 1974 Allan Pineda Began Rapping And Performing Together Around Los Angeles. The Pair Signed To Ruthless Records run By Eazy-E After Catching The Attention Of The Nephew Of Jerry Heller Eazy-E's Manager . Along With Mookie Mook Burning Star Dante Santiago & DJ Motiv8 They Called Their Group A.T.B.A.N. Klann. Their Debut Album 'Grass Roots' Was Not Released Originally Because Ruthless Did Not Consider The Social Themes Reflected In The Group's Music To Be Marketable To Their Audience. A Single "Puddles Of H2O" Was Released In 1994 But No Album Was Released until It Leaked Onto The Internet In The Mid 2000s . After Eazy-E Died Of An AIDS Related Illness In 1995 They Changed Their Name To Black Eyed Peas Will.I.Am Explained On The Front Cover Of The Monkey Business Album That "Black Eyed Peas Are Food For The Soul" Hence The Name. Will.I.Am Has Cited The Red Hot Chili Peppers As An Influence And Said He Named His Band After A Food Like Them. They Replaced Their Original Third Member Mookie With Dante Santiago The Peas Original Singer. Then Taboo born Jaime Gomez Joined The Group. Dante Santiago Took On A Role As A Guest Vocalist In The Band And Featured Frequently On Various Tracks For Their First Four Albums. In 1996 They Produced And Appeared On A Song Entitled "That's Right" For Brian Austin Green's Hip-Hop Album One Stop Carnival. Later They Began Using Kim Hill As A Steady Background Singer. Unlike Many Hip-Hop Acts They Chose To Perform With A Live Band And Adopted A Musical And Clothing Style That Differed Wildly From The "gangsta Rap" Sounds Of Other Los Angeles-Based Hip-Hop Acts At The Time. Through The Mid-'90s They Performed In The Local Club Circuit Alongside Fellow Acts Such As Ozomatli And Jurassic 5. The Group Were Signed To Interscope Records And Released Their Debut "Behind The Front" In 1998. The Album Won The Group and Their Accompanying Live Band The Bucky Jonsons Critical Acclaim. The Album Featured The Single "Joints & Jams" Which Was Included On The Bulworth Soundtrack. Their Second Album "Bridging The Gap" Was Released In 2000 It Featured The Single "Request Line" Featuring Macy Gray. After Replacing Their Female Background Singer With Fergie The Group Released Their Breakout Album "Elephunk" And Their 2005 Album "Monkey Business" Which Featured The Hit Singles "Pump It" "Don't Phunk With My Heart" "Don't Lie" And "My Humps". "The E.N.D. The Energy Never Dies " Their Fifth Album Was Released Worldwide In June 2009 And Has Managed To Sell 5 Million Copies In 8 Months Elephunk 7 Million Monkey Business 10 Million . It Already Spawned 2 Of The Most Downloaded Singles Of All Time "Boom Boom Pow" And "I Gotta Feeling" Both Were Downloaded 5 Million Times Only In The USA. The 3rd Single "Meet Me Halfway" Was Downloaded 2 Million Times And The 4th "Imma Be" Which Was Just Released Already Sold 1 Million. "Rock That Body" Is The 5th Single. Http //

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Don't Lie

"Don't Lie" Is The Second Single From The Black Eyed Peas' Fourth Album Monkey Business. The Single Was Released In 2005. The Song Received A 2006 Grammy Nomination For "Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal". The Song Was Written By Will.I.Am Fergie Taboo Apl.De.Ap C. Peters D. Peters And R. Walters Produced By Will.I.Am And Is Sampled From A Demo Fergie Recorded As A Solo Artist Prior To Her Career With The Black Eyed Peas. The Song's Opening Samples "This Place Hotel" By The Jacksons. The Single Reached A Peak Position Of #14 In The U.S. And #6 In The UK. The Song's Chart Performance In The US Was Impeded Due To The Success Of "My Humps" On The Charts. In Latin America The Single Was Released After The Huge Success Of "Don't Phunk With My Heart" But Was Able To Equal The Success Entering In The Top Ten In Its Fith Week And Peak At #2 In Its 7th Week Staying There For Five Weeks Becoming Their Second Top Two In A Row. Don't Lie Is Black Eyed Peas Biggest Hit To Date In Latin America. The Music Video For The Song Starts Off With A Still Photograph Of All Four Members Of The Black Eyed Peas. The Members Start Moving As The Music Picks Up Pace And Then Dance A Little. The 'photograph' Establishes That The Video Is Set In Brazil By Showing Rio De Janeiro. Later In The Video Other Iconographic Locations Are Shown Such As The Rainforest And The Slums. First Up Will.I.Am Sings His Verse. As He Rides On His Scooter He Suddenly Spots Himself And An Ex-Girlfriend Arguing. He Stops The Scooter And Walks By Them Still Singing His Part. Then We Switch To Fergie Walking In A Bikini-Top And A Sarong-Like Bottom And Singing The Hook. Its Apl's Turn After It He Sings His Verse As We Are Shown Clips Of Him And Taboo Flirting With Some Girls. Again Fergie Sings The Hook. Then Finally Taboo Takes Over For The Bridge/third Verse. And This Time The Wardrobe And The Scenario Changes. All Four Members Of Black Eyed Peas Are Now On-Stage At A Mini-Concert. Taboo Seemingly Sings To A Girl Standing In The Very First Row. Near The End Of His Verse However It Is Shown That There Are Several Versions Of The Girl In Different Outfits All Dancing With Different Men. Could Be An Indication That She Had Already Left Him And He Is "seeing" Her Everywhere Now. Fergie Dances And Sings The Verse. This Goes On Until The End When The Camera Zooms Out On Another Still Photograph Of The Band Posing. Part Of The Music Video Is Set In The Same Building At Parque Lage In Rio De Janeiro That Snoop Dogg's Music Video For "Beautiful" Is. However The Courtyard Actually Contains A Pool Visible In The Snoop Dogg Video That Is Ignored In Computer-Generated Image Composition In The "Don't Lie" Video -- The Partygoers Would Actually Be Falling In The Water. In Real Life The Building Serves As A Community Art School Although It Does Occasionally Hold Intimate Jazz Performances.

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