I heard a song by a hip hop producer I just discovered (Presto), and heard a singer that really intrigued me. I'm a Vinia Mojica fan (thanks, Blackstar), and so I decided to go see what else Kim Hill has done... Turns out she was a member of the Black Eyed Peas before they made it big. This was news to me, since her singing style doesn't sound like it would match up with the hip-pop sounds of the group. Well, there's good reason for that. There's a divide to be made here. There's before 2000; pre-Elephunk; Kim Hill. There's also post 2000; break out album Elephunk; Fergie. Check out the difference Black Eyed Peas with Kim Hill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tsqExN-zpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8kS7atmTis Black Eyed Peas with Fergie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXKxs8Ge_9g What the hell? It's like night and day. Here I thought I that BEP were so-so, turns out I was listening to the wrong version all along. Here's some of their solo work: Kim Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFuHm3GtymU Fergie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQvcMLll4E ah, you bitch
its sad i used to like BEP before Fergie, i should've mentioned this awhile ago but thankfully someone did, it's a sad thing that happened imho
It's called selling out. I don't think you can blame it all on Fergie. There's a lot of artists/groups that used to be good, but now they make garbage.
I remember when Fergie first joined, Will basically said it was done with the intention to sell more records and be more pop sounding. His experiment paid off, I suppose. But pre Fergie, and if they stayed without her, they were, to me, approaching the A Tribe Called Quest level.
Ok I'll be honest, I was a bit hesitant when you dropped the ATCQ comparison. However I'm halfway through "Grassroots," and I've got to say I'm a believer. BTW that first video doesn't allow embedding I guess, but you can click the link and listen to the song.
Jigga's been pretty much on point throughout the whole thread imo. Yeah I agree with you there, but the real reason you don't like her in that picture is because you're annoyed/etc. by her. If that were some other attractive chick, you'd be making a bunch of excuses for her. To be honest I feel bad for her there. People need to get this Fergie garbage off the mainstream environment though. :/
yup. I'm not too familiar with their work prior to her being involved, but I can't say the blame all goes to her. They had to make a choice to turn into the crap they're making today.
I like this thread, I was a peas fan long before Fergie. "Behind the Front" was a great album I think Head Bobs and Fallin Up are my favorite tracks off that album, check it out. I still remember when they put out Elephunk, with the first single featuring Justin Timberlake, it was all downhill from there. I hope Jurassic 5 doesn't sell out like BEP did.
I had never heard of the BEP before Fergie. Going pop gave them widestream success, earned them money, they are probably happy earning more money and getting fame.
wow! It's worse than I thought [video=youtube;OqFeE7W3yRc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqFeE7W3yRc[/video]
