Black Eyed Peas ndi gulu la hip-hop la ku America lochokera ku Los Angeles, lomwe kuyambira 1998 linayamba kukopa mitima ya omvera padziko lonse lapansi ndi kugunda kwawo.
Ndi chifukwa cha njira yawo yopangira nyimbo za hip-hop, zolimbikitsa anthu okhala ndi nyimbo zaulere, malingaliro abwino komanso malo osangalatsa, zomwe zapeza mafani padziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo chimbale chachitatu, Elephunk, chikuboola kwambiri ndi kamvekedwe kake kotero kuti ndizosatheka kusiya kuyimvera.
Kabayifa wamaso akuda: zinayamba bwanji?
Mbiri ya gululi imayamba mu 1989 ndi msonkhano wa Will.I.Am ndi Apl.de.Ap, omwe anali adakali kusekondale. Pozindikira kuti ali ndi masomphenya ofanana okhudza nyimbo, anyamatawo adaganiza zolumikizana kuti apange duet yawo. Posakhalitsa adayamba kukwapula m'mabala ndi makalabu osiyanasiyana ku LA, akutcha awiri awo Atbam Klann.
Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, mu 1992, oimbawo adasaina mgwirizano ndi Eazy-E, yemwe ndi mkulu wa gulu la Ruthless Records. Koma, mwatsoka, iwo sanathe kumasula aliyense wa Albums awo ndi iye. Mgwirizanowu unagwirabe ntchito mpaka imfa ya Eazy-Z, yemwe anamwalira mu 1994 ndi AIDS.
Mu 1995, membala wakale wa Grassroots Taboo adalumikizana ndi Atbam Klann. Popeza gululi tsopano lili m'gulu latsopano, adaganiza zobwera ndi dzina latsopano, ndipo Black Eyed Peas idatulukira ndipo posakhalitsa atatu omwe adangopangidwa kumene adalandira mgwirizano watsopano, tsopano ndi Interscope Records.
Ndipo tsopano, kale mu 1998, adatulutsa Album yawo yoyamba "Behind the Front", yomwe inalandira ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kwa otsutsa. Izi zidatsatiridwa ndi chimbale chotsatira chazaka za m'ma 2000 - Bridging the Gap.
Kenako chimbale chawo chopambana kwambiri, Elephunk, chomwe chidayambitsidwa mu 2003 ndi woyimba watsopano wotchedwa Fergie, wobadwa ndi Stacey Ferguson, yemwe kale anali mugulu lodziwika bwino la Wild Orchid. Adalowa m'malo mwa woyimba wakumbuyo Kim Hill, yemwe adasiya gululi mu 2000.
Album "ELEPHUNK"
"Elephunk" inaphatikizapo nyimbo yotsutsa nkhondo ya Where Is The Love?, yomwe inakhala yoyamba kugunda kwambiri, ikufika pa nambala 8 pa US Hot 100. Idakwezanso ma chart pafupifupi kulikonse, kuphatikiza UK, komwe inali # 1 ya. pafupifupi masabata asanu ndi limodzi.
Inali pamene kugunda uku kutangobadwa kumene, ndiye lingaliro linabwera kuti lijambule nyimboyi pamodzi ndi Justin Timberlake. Atamva za demo, Will.I.Am adamuyimbira Justin ndikumulola kuti amvetsere nyimboyi pafoni. “Ndikukumbukira kuti nditangomva nyimbo imeneyi ndi mawu ameneŵa,” akukumbukira motero Timb, “nthawi yomweyo nyimbo inatuluka m’mutu mwanga!”.
Koma ma BEP adakumana ndi vuto laling'ono. Akuluakulu a Timberlake adaletsa gululi kugwiritsa ntchito dzina la nyenyeziyo komanso kujambula kanema wanyimboyi. Koma nyimboyo idakhala yabwino kwambiri kotero kuti ngakhale popanda kutsatsa idamira m'miyoyo ya mamiliyoni a omvera.
Pambuyo pake, kupambana kunawagunda! Mwamsanga adakhala gawo loyamba la Christina Aguilera ndi Justin Timberlake. Ngakhale pamenepo zinali zomveka kwa aliyense kuti Black Eyed Peas amaonedwa kuti ndi gulu labwino kwambiri lomwe limasewera mumayendedwe a hip-hop. Anyamatawa anayamba kuitanidwa kuti achite nawo mwambo wapamwamba kwambiri wa mphoto za nyimbo (MTV European Music Awards, Brit Awards, Grammy, etc.).
Komanso kukonda nyimbo monga "Hands Up," rap yothamanga kwambiri, Louis Armstrong akufuula "Smells Like Funk." Gululo ndi lapadera kwambiri, sachita mantha kuwonetsa masitayelo atsopano, yesani mawu atsopano a rhythm ndikuphatikiza ndi mawu abwino.
Luso la Will.I.Am lili mu kuthekera kwake kuphatikiza zida zamoyo, zitsanzo ndi makina a ng'oma kukhala mawu amodzi. Nthawi zonse amakhala ndi nyimbo zambiri ndipo Elephunk amawonetsa izi kuposa kale.
Zochita za Black Aid Peace
Monkey Business, chimbale chachinayi cha gululi, chidajambulidwa pomwe gululi likuyendera Elephunk. Chimbale ichi chidali chothandiza kwa gulu lonse, chidachita chidwi ndikupangitsa mamembala kukhala amphamvu kwambiri.
Inali nyimbo yoyamba yomwe quartet idalemba ndikupangira limodzi. Nyimbozi zimasonyeza mitu yozama, yokhwima yomwe imakupangitsani kuganiza. Timberlake adawonekeranso pa chimbalecho ndi nyimbo "My Style".
Oimba Sting, Jack Johnson ndi James Brown nawonso adathandizira nawo nyimboyi. Nyimbo ya "Don't Phunk With My Heart" idagunda #3 pa Billboard Hot 100, yomwe ili pamwamba pa nyimbo zawo zonse ku US mpaka pano. Nyimboyi idayamba pa # 2 pa chartboard ya Billboard.
Mu 2005, Black Eyed Peas idalandira Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best Rap Performance ya "Tiyeni Tiyimbe". M'manyuzipepala wodziwika bwino, will.i.am adagawana nawo, "Ndikuganiza kuti tikungosangalala ndi nyimbo ndichifukwa chake zonse zimayenda bwino.
Timakonda nyimbo, nyimbo ndipo sitiyesa kukhala osiyana ndi mafani wamba a nyimbo zathu. Ndizosavuta kwenikweni."
Kuwonjezera pa kupanga china chapadera mu nyimbo, mamembala a gulu amatenga nawo mbali mu ntchito zambiri. Mu 2004, paulendo wamakonsati ku Asia, nkhani ya moyo wa apl. de.ap's adatchulidwa pazithunzi za TV.
Sewero lapadera la mutu wakuti “Kodi Mukuganiza Kuti Mumakumbukira?” linatulutsidwa. (Kodi Mukuganiza Kuti Mukukumbukira?), Pamene protagonist adayang'ana ubwana wake monga banja losauka ku Philippines, kulera kwake ndikusamukira ku United States.
Kuonjezera apo, adagwira ntchito pa album yokhala ndi rap mu Tagalog ndi Chingerezi. Fergie anali akugwira ntchito pa chimbale chake yekha chomwe chinali m'ntchito asanalowe gululo.
Ku Los Angeles, Taboo adayambitsa masewera omenyera nkhondo komanso kuvina atamaliza sukulu, komanso anali kugwira ntchito pa chimbale chake chomwe chidasakaniza rap ya Chisipanishi ndi Chingerezi ndi reggaeton. Will.i.am wakhala akupanga mzere wa zovala ndikutulutsa ma Albums kwa ojambula ena.
Pambuyo pa tsunami ya ku Asia ya 2004, adakonza zachifundo ndikupita kumadera ena a Malaysia kuti akathandize kumanganso nyumba za anthu omwe anakhudzidwa. Iwo sanangolankhula za mmene angapangire dziko kukhala malo abwinopo, koma anayesa m’njira iliyonse zotheka kulisonkhezera, kuthandiza awo ofunikira kutero.
Zikuyembekezeka kuti izi zipitilira komanso kuti mafani okonda nyimbo nawonso agwira zabwino ndikutsatira njira iyi.
Nyimbo za rhythmic ndi breakdancing ndizofunikira kwambiri pa chikhalidwe cha hip-hop, koma m'zaka za m'ma 90 zinthuzi zidasokonezedwa kwakanthawi ndi masomphenya olimba a zigawenga komanso mawu akuda koma olimbikitsa a magulu akumadzulo akugombe monga NWA. Nandolo adatha kudutsa, ndikulowa mdziko lanyimbo mutu uli mmwamba!
Zochititsa chidwi za Black Eye Peace
• Will.i.am ndi azichimwene ake atatu adaleredwa mokwanira ndi amayi awo pamene abambo ake adasiya banja. Choncho, sanena chilichonse chokhudza bambo ake, sanakumanepo naye.
• William anayamba ntchito yake yoimba pamene adakali giredi 8.
• William adasintha dzina la gululo kukhala Black Eyed Pods kenako mu 1997 kukhala Black Eyed Peas, lomwe panthawiyo linali will.i.am, aple.de.ap ndi Taboo.
• Gululi lidatulutsa chimbale chawo chachiwiri Bridging the Gap mu 2000 ndipo nyimbo imodzi "Request + Line" yokhala ndi Macy Gray idakhala gawo lawo loyamba kulowa Billboards Hot 100.
• Will ananena kuti gulu likufunika atsikana apadera. Chifukwa chake, pamene Fergie adawonekera, adasindikizidwa kukhala membala wokhazikika wa gululo atalowa m'malo mwa Nicole Scherzinger. Nyimbo za 'Shut Up' ndi 'My Humps' zochokera ku 'Elephunk' ndi mawu ake zidafalikira.
• Anapitiliza kutulutsa ma album atatu, Monkey Business (2005), The End (2009) ndi The Beginning (2010). "Monkey Business" yatsimikiziridwa ndi platinamu katatu ndi RIAA ndipo yagulitsa makope oposa 10 miliyoni mpaka pano.
• Chimbale cha William #willpower chinafika pa nambala 3 m'ma chart aku UK ndipo adatsimikiziridwa ndi Gold (BPI) ndi Platinum (RMNZ). The (The Hardest Ever) yokhala ndi Jennifer Lopez ndi Mick Jagger idafika pa nambala 36 pa Billboard Hot 100.
• Will.i.am ndi wogwira ntchito zothandiza anthu amene maziko ake a I.Am.Angel amathandiza kuphunzitsa achinyamata ochokera m'madera ovutika kuti athe kupikisana ndi ntchito zabwino zamtsogolo. Pulogalamu yake ya "I.Am Steam" imaphatikizapo ma robotics, 3D Experience Labs, amapereka mapulogalamu a ArcGIS (Geographic Information Systems).
• Fergie ndi wochita bwino payekha. Album yake yoyamba yotchedwa The Dutchess inatulutsidwa mu September 2006 ndipo inapita ku platinamu katatu ku US. Ndipo posakhalitsa anasiya gululo.
