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The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) is a mess of pop/dance/rap crossover.
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There are some fun songs on The E.N.D., but the Peas would've been better served by putting a little more thought into the words that ride the beats.
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Black Eyed Peas, at this point, have left the socially-conscious party raps of their past completely behind, in favor of club hits and the type of radio fodder that’s going to be filling the airwaves all summer long. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, if that’s what you want.
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Whatever made this a substantive and interesting group a decade ago has been completely lost in the process, but if all you care about is dancing and partying then take their word for it.
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Tere is only so much will.i.am can do to buoy a group that, lyrically, does an end-zone dance for successfully counting back from 10 and operates musically on an even playing field with this guy.
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Th Peas keep it exuberantly funky.
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Many of these electro-pop-rap tracks sound as though they were recorded with DJs in mind, rather than fans.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 90 out of 162
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Mixed: 31 out of 162
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Negative: 41 out of 162
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ixatSOct 11, 2009
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Oct 11, 2010
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DZSep 12, 2009Boom Boom Pow steals its lyrics from the Flight of the Conchords' song (she's so hot) Boom, which was making fun of this kind of crap.