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1.StopHands Up – The Black Eyed Peas 03:35
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2.StopLabor Day (It's a Holiday) – The Black Eyed Peas 03:58
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3.StopLet's Get Retarded – The Black Eyed Peas 03:35
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4.StopHey Mama – The Black Eyed Peas 03:34
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5.StopShut Up – The Black Eyed Peas 04:56
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6.StopSmells Like Funk – The Black Eyed Peas 05:04
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7.StopLatin Girls – The Black Eyed Peas 06:17
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8.StopSexy – The Black Eyed Peas 04:43
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9.StopFly Away – The Black Eyed Peas 03:35
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10.StopThe Boogie That Be – The Black Eyed Peas 05:12
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11.StopThe Apl Song – The Black Eyed Peas 02:54
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12.StopAnxiety – The Black Eyed Peas, Papa ****** 03:38
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13.StopWhere Is the Love? – The Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake 04:34
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14.StopLet's Get It Started [*] – The Black Eyed Peas 07:32
Nominally a rap group, in truth Black Eyed Peas call on so many forms of songwriting and production that slotting them into hip-hop is like slotting Prince into RB -- technically true, but very limiting. Elephunk, the group's third straight winning LP, doesn't have top-notch rapping, but as driven by frontman Will.I.Am, it does possess some of the most boundary-pushing productions in contemporary, (mostly) uncommercial hip-hop -- right up at the level occupied by Common and OutKast. The smart, brassy opening club thump "Hands Up" hits another level with a sly bridge flaunting some heavy metallic slide guitar, while the highly pressurized love jam "Shut Up" features great interplay between Taboo and new member Fergie. Space doesn't allow for description of each track, but suffice to say any Will.I.Am track is going to feature loads of ideas and fresh sounds, not to mention plenty of stylistic change-ups -- from the digital-step ragga of "Hey Mama" (featuring Tippa Irie) to the Latinized, loved-up "Latin Girls." Like a latter-day Digital Underground, Black Eyed Peas know how to get a party track moving, and add a crazy stupid rhyme or two ("bop your head like epilepsy" from the suitably titled "Let's Get Retarded"). [The album was also released with a bonus track, "Let's Get It Started."] John Bush, Rovi
- Genre: Rock, Rap
- Subgenre: Hip-Hop/Urban, Dance
- Category Pop-Rap, Dance-Pop, Pop
- Label: A&M
- Release Date: May 26, 2004
- Artist: Black Eyed Peas
- Additional Artist: Justin Timberlake (Vocals), Debi Nova (Vocals), Tippa Irie (Vocals), Taboo (Vocals), apl.de.ap (Vocals), Jacoby Shaddix (Vocals)
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