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Hey Mama by Black Eyed Peas

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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 //www.Blackeyedpeas.Com

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Hey Mama

Hey Mama Is A Song By The American Hip Hop Band Black Eyed Peas. It Reached #23 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The 2004 Single Is The Third One Taken From Their 2003 Album Elephunk. * Played In The First "silhouette" Television Commercial For The IPod. * Played In The 2004 Films Along Came Polly And Garfield The Movie. * Played In A 2006 Episode Of Laguna Beach The Real Orange County. "Hey Mama" Was Released As The Album's Third Single In 2004 And Was A Moderate Hit. The Single Was Played In The Original Television Commercial For The IPod And Was Also Played In The Movie Garfield The Movie. "Hey Mama" Has Reached #3 In Switzerland #4 In Australia Austria And New Zealand. It Has Also Reached #6 In The UK Becoming Their Third Top Ten Hit. "Hey Mama" Also Reached #9 In Canada And #23 In The US Becoming Another Success For The Group. The Song Was Also Featured In 2007 In Konami's Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3 On The Xbox Gaming System. "Hey Mama" Was Black Eyed Peas's First Song To Chart On The Latin America Top 40 Tied With "Shut Up" Which Debuted The Same Week At #28. It Debuted And Peaked In The Week That The Chart Was Created At #35 Mostly Because The Chart Was Created After Its Peak In Latin-American Countries. The Single Was Also Sampled For Their 2006 Hit "Mas Que Nada". The Music Video Features 3 Main Locations The First Shown Being A Psychedelic Limbo Where The BEP Does Breakdancing And The Main Verse Of The Song Is Sung. Hey Mama This That Beat That Make You Move Mama . The Color Scheme Is Mostly Yellow Red Brown And Off-White. The Second Is The Vertically-Black-And-White Striped Canvas-Room. A Few Parts Are Sung In Here But The Main One Is The One Featuring Fergie. The Third One Is The Club Dance Scene Which Has Lots Of Background Characters Dancing. The Music Video Features The Edited Version Of The Song. "We Drop Bombs Like We In The Middle East" Has Been Replaced By "We Drop Bombs Cuz We Shake It To The Beat" And The Words "tits" Is Replaced With A Short Female Moan. "This The Shit That Make You Move." Is Replaced With "This The Beat That Make You Move". "No Need To Carry Nine Millimeter Clips Dont Wanna Squeeze Trigger Just Wanna Squeeze Tits" Is Replaced With "I Dont Discriminate I Please Chicks. Asian Caucasian Black I Squeeze Moan " And The Word "niggas" Is Replaced With "people".

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