Do you know why I like the Black Eyed Peas?
Because Will. I AM, Taboo Apl.de.ap and Fergie do no care what Hip Hop purists and radio thinks about them?
Yesterday, B.E.P. performed the electro flavored Boom Boom Pow on Ellen's show.
While some Hip Hop critics will say that The Peas are making pop music, in essence they are representing the past and the future of Hip Hop.
"Boom Boom Pow" follows in the electro funk past of Afrika Bambaataa and Mantronix in the 80's. And like Kanye West, The Peas continue to push themselves musically, experimenting with different sounds that might bring new fans, while alienating old ones.
In producer Will. I. Am's case, the genesis of The Peas latest album "The End" started when he visited Hip Hop clubs in Australia while making "X-Men Origins: Wolverine".
The Hip Hop clubs in the land down under, moved away from traditional rap and Hip Hop beats and begun to embrace the rhythms of dance and club music.
Although The Peas continue to flex their artistic growth, unfortunately they will probably never be "revered" as a chart topper like Rick Ross, who continues to retread the same tired tales of street life laced swirling old school beats; but truth is, it doesn't matter.
Hip Hop is big enough for the Black Eyed Peas, Rick Ross and underground rappers like Kev Brown.
I think real music fans understand this concept.
But until music programmers and Hip Hop purists understands this thought, there will always be this divide in what is "Real" Hip Hop and what is not.
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