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The Black Eyed Peas make effective pop/crossover music, but with all the limitations of the form -- vapid lyrics, clumsy delivery, vocals smoothed over by Auto-Tune, and songwriting that constantly strains for (and reaches) the lowest common denominator. Worse yet, they aren't content to be disposable pop stars; they also want to write anthemic, vital songs that speak for a new generation. And so comes The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies). For every hyper-sexualized, by-the-numbers track like the hit single "Boom Boom Pow," there are message songs like "Now Generation," which begins, in cheerleader fashion, with the lines: "We are the now generation! We are the generation now!/This is the now generation! This is the generation now!" Led by will.i.am's production, which is continually the best thing about the album, the Black Eyed Peas move even farther away from hip-hop into the type of blandly inspirational dance-pop that has become ripe for advertising and marketing opportunities, including "I Gotta Feeling" ("I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night") and "Party All Night" ("If we could party all night and sleep all day, and throw all of our problems away, my life would be ea-say"). There's also a call for unity titled "One Tribe," which gradually descends into confusion -- and nearly self-parody -- with a line about the dangers of making enemies, rapped this way: "If I had an enemy, then my enemy's gonna try to come kill me 'cuz I'm his enemy -- one tribe y'all." Between tracks, there are also occasional cameos from a narrator, who sounds strangely like Star Trek's Worf, intoning nuggets like these: "There is no longer a physical record store, but we will continue to let the beat rock!" and "The most powerful force on the planet is the energy of the youth/But when this powerful youth becomes activated and stimulated and collectively decides not to buy things, what will happen to the economy?" Granted, there's nothing here as embarrassing as "My Humps," and the production is a shade better than previous material from the group or Fergie solo (although still not as good as will.i.am solo ventures), but The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) is a mess of pop/dance/rap crossover. It certainly won't change the minds of everyone who thinks that the group's pandering approach and clumsy execution make it the worst thing about pop music in the 2000s.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - apl.de.ap, ComposerLyricist - Joe Peluso, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - will.i.am, Producer, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist - Poet Name Life, Producer, Co-Producer - Dylan "3D" Dresdow, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Padraic "Padlock" Kerin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Baptiste, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - Jaime L. Munson, ComposerLyricist - David Guetta, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Knight, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hal Ritson, Guitar, Additional Keyboards, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Funkagenda, Producer, Co-Producer - will.i.am, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist - Jean Baptiste, ComposerLyricist - Adam Walder, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Ginyard Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Harris, Producer - will.i.am, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Harris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - will.i.am, Producer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - apl.de.ap, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Guetta, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Frédéric Riesterer, Producer - Fergie, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - will.i.am, Vocals, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist - Taboo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - Josh Lopez, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Caleb Speir, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - will.i.am, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist - Jean Baptiste, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - George Pajon Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Printz Board, Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - will.i.am, Synthesizer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist - Jean Baptiste, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - Keith Harris, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - will.i.am, Producer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - George Pajon Jr., ComposerLyricist - Printz Board, Producer, Synthesizer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Caleb Speir, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Harris, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Izo Orindgreff, Horn, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - will.i.am, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - BERT BERNS, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - apl.de.ap, Producer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist - DJ Replay, Producer
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - George Pajon Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Harris, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Izo Orindgreff, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - will.i.am, Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - George Pajon Jr., Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Printz Board, ComposerLyricist - Caleb Speir, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - will.i.am, Producer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
William Adams, ComposerLyricist - Allan Pineda, ComposerLyricist - Jaime Gomez, ComposerLyricist - Stacy Ferguson, ComposerLyricist - George Pajon Jr., ComposerLyricist - Printz Board, ComposerLyricist - will.i.am, Producer - The Black Eyed Peas, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Interscope Records
Album review
The Black Eyed Peas make effective pop/crossover music, but with all the limitations of the form -- vapid lyrics, clumsy delivery, vocals smoothed over by Auto-Tune, and songwriting that constantly strains for (and reaches) the lowest common denominator. Worse yet, they aren't content to be disposable pop stars; they also want to write anthemic, vital songs that speak for a new generation. And so comes The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies). For every hyper-sexualized, by-the-numbers track like the hit single "Boom Boom Pow," there are message songs like "Now Generation," which begins, in cheerleader fashion, with the lines: "We are the now generation! We are the generation now!/This is the now generation! This is the generation now!" Led by will.i.am's production, which is continually the best thing about the album, the Black Eyed Peas move even farther away from hip-hop into the type of blandly inspirational dance-pop that has become ripe for advertising and marketing opportunities, including "I Gotta Feeling" ("I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night") and "Party All Night" ("If we could party all night and sleep all day, and throw all of our problems away, my life would be ea-say"). There's also a call for unity titled "One Tribe," which gradually descends into confusion -- and nearly self-parody -- with a line about the dangers of making enemies, rapped this way: "If I had an enemy, then my enemy's gonna try to come kill me 'cuz I'm his enemy -- one tribe y'all." Between tracks, there are also occasional cameos from a narrator, who sounds strangely like Star Trek's Worf, intoning nuggets like these: "There is no longer a physical record store, but we will continue to let the beat rock!" and "The most powerful force on the planet is the energy of the youth/But when this powerful youth becomes activated and stimulated and collectively decides not to buy things, what will happen to the economy?" Granted, there's nothing here as embarrassing as "My Humps," and the production is a shade better than previous material from the group or Fergie solo (although still not as good as will.i.am solo ventures), but The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) is a mess of pop/dance/rap crossover. It certainly won't change the minds of everyone who thinks that the group's pandering approach and clumsy execution make it the worst thing about pop music in the 2000s.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:16
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Black Eyed Peas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Interscope
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2009 Interscope ℗ 2009 Interscope
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