Translation
by The Black Eyed Peas
  • Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: Jun 19, 2020
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 27
  3. Negative: 4 out of 27
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  1. Marcoschalco15
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Excellent tracks, they know how to include hispanic rhythms and create a great album with reggae, latin, dance sounds.
  2. RoxanneKimberly
    Nov 24, 2021
    10
    The Black Eyed Peas are not as great without Fergie but they are still good as hell
  3. EstellaKimberly
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    This was a surprise for me, even without Fergie's powerful voice, The Black Eyed Peas delivers an amazing record
  4. brubruzinha
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    Incredible record!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  5. someonewhocares
    Sep 11, 2022
    7
    Chasing the trends instead of making them, BEP are now down a team member - Fergie, and nothing will ever be the same. Translation is, in its own way, a good album with numerous bangers but the album often feels clunky and slightly empty without the quirky Fergie putting her voice in the mix. Still, the album is the perfect latin workout album and will forever be known to be BEP's biggestChasing the trends instead of making them, BEP are now down a team member - Fergie, and nothing will ever be the same. Translation is, in its own way, a good album with numerous bangers but the album often feels clunky and slightly empty without the quirky Fergie putting her voice in the mix. Still, the album is the perfect latin workout album and will forever be known to be BEP's biggest and most successful experiment to date.… Expand

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Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Variety
    Jun 25, 2020
    80
    If there is any problem with “Translation” — and there isn’t too much, as it is the best overall BEP work since 2003’s “Elephunk” — it’s that, too often, it goes for the big bang, rather than the subtle nudge. ... That said, BEP have found a new sense of adventure, inventiveness and contagion through the modern Latin music prism. They’re almost completely there toward making it totally their own.
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  2. AllMusic
    Jun 25, 2020
    70
    Throbbing and covered in sweat, Translation is unapologetic in its intent and a surprisingly welcome reminder of the Peas' power to lift spirits not through socially conscious bars, but internationally appealing, borderless people-pleasing that unites through dance.
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  3. RapReviews.com
    Jun 25, 2020
    50
    Relentlessly preachy music can be just as obnoxious as the relentlessly vapid, but even pop music can offer more substance than this. If this album was a soda, it would be light and bubbly, yet its sugar free nature would make you crave a Mexican soda in a glass bottle instead.
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