History Trivia / TheBlackEyedPeas

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** According to Music/WillIAm on an episode of ''Series/BehindTheMusic'', when they first decided to go into a more pop-oriented sound (i.e. when they brought in Music/{{Fergie}}), they originally offered the lead singer position to Nicole Scherzinger (later of the Music/PussycatDolls.) Her boyfriend (Nick Hexum of Music/ThreeEleven) advised her against it, since she wanted to be a solo artist.
** On ''Elevation'', "Filipina Queen" was originally supposed to feature guest vocals from Music/BellaPoarch, but it's possible her vocals were cut and replaced by new ones from J. Rey Soul.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: "The APL Song" is a brief autobiographical tale of apl.de.ap's early life in the Philippines prior to co-founding the Peas with will.i.am, and return to his home country after a decade, culminating in a line referring to his younger brother Arnel who [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]], where he lamented how he "wish he could have helped him out".

* BreakthroughHit: "Where is the Love?"

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: "Let's Get Retarded" from ''Elephunk'' was replaced with the radio edit "Let's Get It Started" on streaming services, much to the chagrin of those who saw a DoubleStandard in [[EverythingIsRacist censoring]] an abelist slur while letting violent references, sex, materialism and [[NWordPrivileges reappropriated yet still-stigmatic terms]] for Black people slip through.
* OldShame: "My Humps". The band have apparently, retired the song and will not play it live anymore. Music/WillIAm said that "it got to the point where we didn't want to play "My Humps" no more. You know, 'cause, "I met a girl down at the disco", I just didn't want to say that no more, lyrically..."
* ThePeteBest: Kim Hill was the female vocalist when they released their debut album in 1998. By 2000, however, she left and in 2001 she was replaced by Music/{{Fergie}}. Only the more dedicated fans remember Kim Hill, especially seeing as she wasn't on any of the album covers.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: "Just Can't Get Enough" is ''not'' a cover of the Music/DepecheMode song of the same name.

** On ''Elevation'', "Filipina Queen" was originally supposed to feature guest vocals from Bella Poarch, but it's possible her vocals were cut and replaced by new ones from J. Rey Soul.

* ThePeteBest: Kim Hill was the female vocalist when they released their debut album in 1998. By 2000, however, she left and in 2001 she was replaced by Music/{{Fergie}}. Very few people remember Kim Hill.

** According to Music/WillIAm on an episode of ''Behind The Music,'' when they first decided to go into a more pop-oriented sound (i.e. when they brought in Music/{{Fergie}}), they originally offered the lead singer position to Nicole Scherzinger (later of the Music/PussycatDolls.) Her boyfriend (Nick Hexum of Music/ThreeEleven) advised her against it, since she wanted to be a solo artist.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Music/WillIAm on an episode of ''Behind The Music,'' when they first decided to go into a more pop-oriented sound (i.e. when they brought in Music/{{Fergie}}), they originally offered the lead singer position to Nicole Scherzinger (later of the Music/PussycatDolls.) Her boyfriend (Nick Hexum of Music/ThreeEleven) advised her against it, since she wanted to be a solo artist.

* CreatorKiller: The critical mauling of their 2010 album ''The Beginning'', along with their poorly-received UsefulNotes/SuperBowl halftime performance and the failure of their video game ''The Black Eyed Peas Experience'', badly damaged their career and led to them going on hiatus in 2011. Since then, will.i.am has had success and failure as a solo artist, falling into obscurity in his native US but remaining popular outside it due to his involvement as one of the four coaches in the UK and Australian versions of ''Series/TheVoice''. There were two songs featuring everyone but Fergie in 2015 and "#WheresTheLove", a reworked version of "Where is the Love?" (which did have Fergie back and had several featured artists), but a follow-up album wouldn't be released until 2018, to very little fanfare, though it was well-received by critics for its RevisitingTheRoots sound for the group.

* OldShame: "My Humps". The band have apparently, retired the song and will not play it live anymore. Will.i.am said that "it got to the point where we didn't want to play "My Humps" no more. You know, 'cause, "I met a girl down at the disco", I just didn't want to say that no more, lyrically..."
* ThePeteBest: Kim Hill was the female vocalist when they released their debut album in 1998. By 2000, however, she left and in 2001 she was replaced by Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson. Very few people remember Kim Hill.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to will.i.am on an episode of ''Behind The Music,'' when they first decided to go into a more pop-oriented sound (i.e. when they brought in Fergie), they originally offered the lead singer position to Nicole Scherzinger (later of the Music/PussycatDolls.) Her boyfriend (Nick Hexum of Music/ThreeEleven) advised her against it, since she wanted to be a solo artist.

* OldShame: "My Humps". The band have apparently, retired the song and will not play it live anymore. Will.i.am said that "it got to the point where we didn’t want to play 'My Humps' no more. You know, ’cause, ‘I met a girl down at the disco,’ I just didn’t want to say that no more, lyrically..."

* WriteWhatYouKnow: "The APL Song" is a brief autobiographical tale of apl.de.ap's early life in the Philippines prior to co-founding the Peas with will.i.am, and return to his home country after a decade, culminating in a line referring to his younger brother Arnel who [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]], where he lamented how he "wish he could have helped him out".

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Malaysia]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to will.i.am on an episode of ''Behind The Music,'' when they first decided to go into a more pop-oriented sound (i.e. when they brought in Fergie), they originally offered the lead singer position to Nicole Scherzinger (later of the Music/PussycatDolls.) Her boyfriend (Nick Hexum of Music/ThreeEleven) advised her against it, since she wanted to be a solo artist.

* OneOfUs: will.i.am, 'twould appear, largely due to his role in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and the {{Transformers}}-esque mecha in the video for "Imma Be". He also composed the theme to Samurai Jack

* OneOfUs: will.i.am, 'twould appear, largely due to his role in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and the {{Transformers}}-esque mecha in the video for "Imma Be".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to will.i.am on an episode of ''Behind The Music,'' when they first decided to go into a more pop-oriented sound (i.e. when they brought in Fergie), they originally offered the lead singer position to Nicole Scherzinger (later of the Music/PussycatDolls.) Her boyfriend (Nick Hexum of Music/ThreeEleven) told her not to, since she wanted to be a solo artist.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to will.i.am on an episode of ''Behind The Music,'' when they first decided to go into a more pop-oriented sound (i.e. when they brought in Fergie), they originally offered the lead singer position to Nicole Scherzinger (later of the Music/PussycatDolls.) Her boyfriend (Nick Hexum of [[ThreeEleven 311]]) told her not to, since she wanted to be a solo artist.

* OneOfUs: will.i.am, 'twould appear, largely due to his role in ''Film/XMen Origins'', and the {{Transformers}}-esque mecha in the video for "Imma Be".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to will.i.am on an episode of ''Behind The Music,'' when they first decided to go into a more pop-oriented sound (i.e. when they brought in Fergie), they originally offered the lead singer position to Nicole Scherzinger (later of the Pussycat Dolls.) Her boyfriend (Nick Hexum of [[ThreeEleven 311]]) told her not to, since she wanted to be a solo artist.

* ThePeteBest: Kim Hill was the female vocalist when they released their debut album in 1998. By 2000, however, she left and in 2001 she was replaced by Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson. Very few people remember Kim Hill.