History Music / TheBlackEyedPeas

* FiveTokenBand: African American will.i.am, Afro-Filipino apl.de.ap, Native American/Hispanic Taboo and Caucasian/Mexican/Native American Fergie. Continued with the addition of J Rey Soul, another Afro-Filipino.

** Also, the alleged reason for Kim Hill's departure from the BEP (and subsequently from the record label) was because of her music not being 'black' enough. She was replaced in the group, of course, by Fergie...who is [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy white]].[[note]]Actually Fergie is of European, Mexican and Native American descent, so ButNotTooWhite.[[/note]]

* BuxomIsBetter: "DOUBLE D'Z", in which J.Rey SOUL sings about how much many men and herself love her breasts.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: The music video for “Where Is The Love?” briefly shows kids playing Postal 2 on a console. The only problem is that Postal 2 is a PC exclusive game and was never released on any console.

Fergie, will.i.am, and Taboo have also branched out into acting careers. Meanwhile, apl.de.ap works to alleviate poverty in the Philippines through a foundation made in his name. will.i.am and apl.de.ap are also both coaches on different national versions of ''The Voice''.

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%%* BlackAndNerdy: Downplayed in the case of will.i.am.

%%* DaysOfTheWeekSong: "I Gotta Feeling"

%% * FourTemperamentEnsemble: will.i.am (phlegmatic), apl.de.ap (sanguine), Taboo (melancholic) and Fergie (choleric).

%%* KidsRock: "Where Is The Love?"

%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Taboo and apl.d.ap.

* {{Mondegreen}}: The cover of the single "Imma Be" depicts a bee, which suggests that they were aware that the [[BrokenRecord constant repetitions]] of "Imma be" can be misheard as "I'm a bee".

* BaldOfAwesome: Taboo, since 2015. The reason why he shaved his long black hair off was due to battling testicular cancer at the time and has since got into remission, which he stated in a November 2016 [[http://people.com/music/black-eyed-peas-taboo-cancer-exclusive/ interview]] with ''People''.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: will.i.am (phlegmatic), apl.de.ap (sanguine), Taboo (melancholic) and Fergie (choleric).

* {{FourTemperamentEnsemble}}: will.i.am (phlegmatic), apl.de.ap (sanguine), Taboo (melancholic) and Fergie (choleric).

%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: will.i.am (phlegmatic), apl.de.ap (sanguine), Taboo (melancholic) and Fergie (choleric).

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: will.i.am (phlegmatic), apl.de.ap (sanguine), Taboo (melancholic) and Fergie (choleric).

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* [[BaldOfAwesome Buzzcut of Awesome]]: Taboo, since 2015. The reason why he shaved his long black hair off was due to battling testicular cancer at the time and has since got into remission, which he stated in a November 2016 [[http://people.com/music/black-eyed-peas-taboo-cancer-exclusive/ interview]] with ''People''.
* BlackAndNerdy: Downplayed in the case of will.i.am.

* DaysOfTheWeekSong: "I Gotta Feeling"

* [[FiveTokenBand Four-Token Band]]: African American will.i.am, Afro-Filipino apl.de.ap, Native American/Hispanic Taboo and Caucasian/Mexican/Native American Fergie.
** Continued with the addition of J Rey Soul, another Afro-Filipino.

* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: The video for "Pump It".
* {{Irony}}: The song the page quote belongs to? It was released in March 2009. Who's two-thousand-and-late again?

* KidsRock: "Where Is The Love?"

* MySisterIsOffLimits: "Tagalog".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wESgcExetso Bebot]], too.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple

* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: "My Humps".

* ThoseTwoGuys: Taboo and apl.d.ap.

* MsFanservice: Fergie.
* MultilingualSong: A few. Most prominently "The Apl Song" whose Filipino-language chorus is borrowed from the 1979 song "Balita" ("News") by folk rock band Asin ("Salt").[[note]]Rough translation: "Come closer, friends, and listen. I bring news from my homeland. I wish to share the stories and events happening in the promised land."[[/note]]

* VocalTagTeam: Both Fergie and will.i.am have had several turns on lead vocals, while apl.de.ap and Taboo sometimes throw in a rap too.

* TakeThat: A possibly unintentional example in the beginning of the music video for Imma Be, where the group has an argument about computerized "AI" music, which acts by inputting one's voice and the lyrics, and the process taking all the soul out of the music. [[{{Music/Vocaloid}} Sounds pretty]] [[{{Music/UTAU}} familiar, huh?]]

---> I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night, that tonight's gonna be a good night, that tonight's gonna be a good night... (repeat 12 times)

* ProtestSong: "Where Is the Love?"

* GenreShift: Compare "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqoKEyvdjv8 BEP Empire]]", released in 2000, to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_eraFWWs My Humps]]", released in 2005. You'd be forgiven if you thought they were from two different projects. Their 2020 album ''Translation'', marks their foray into reggaeton.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Elephunk'', which featured a more radio-friendly pop sound; ''The E.N.D.'', which sees them incorporate dance and techno music; and ''Masters of the Sun Vol. 1'', which sees the group go back to their early sound.

* PantyShot: During their Super Bowl performance. While Fergie was performing with Slash, the camera shifted to a worms eye view, which unintentionally led to a enough of a view up Fergie's skirt to see her black panty-clad butt cheeks.

Fergie, will.i.am, and Taboo have also branched out into acting careers. Meanwhile, apl.de.ap works to alleviate poverty in the Philippines through a foundation made in his name. will.i.am and apl.de.ap are also both coaches on different international versions of ''The Voice''.

* [[FiveTokenBand Four-Token Band]]: African American will.i.am, Afro-Filipino apl.de.apl, Native American/Hispanic Taboo and Caucasian/Mexican/Native American Fergie.
** Continued with the addition of J Rey Soul, another Filipino.

The group took a hiatus from 2012-2014, before resuming work in 2015. In 2018, Fergie departed the group. In the same year, TheVoice Philippines finalist Jessica Reynoso started touring with the group, adopting the stage name J Rey Soul.

Fergie, will.i.am, and Taboo have also branched out into acting careers. Meanwhile, apl.de.ap works to alleviate poverty in the Philippines through a foundation made in his name. will.i.am and apl.de.ap are also both coaches on different international versions of ''Series/TheVoice''.

Fergie, will.i.am, and Taboo have also branched out into acting careers. Meanwhile, apl.de.ap works to alleviate poverty in the Philippines through a foundation made in his name.

* GenreShift: Compare "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqoKEyvdjv8 BEP Empire]]", released in 2000, to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe_eraFWWs My Humps]]", released in 2005. You'd be forgiven if you thought they were from two different projects.