Black Eyed Peas return to their Hip Hop roots with a new album titled Masters Of The Sun Vol. 1. The LP is their first project without Fergie since 2000’s Bridging The Gap.
Will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo’s seventh album includes 12 tracks. Nas, Slick Rick, Posdnuos, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Nicole Scherzinger and the late Phife Dawg make guest appearances.
Check out BEP’s Masters Of The Sun Vol. 1 stream, cover art and tracklist below.
1. Back 2 Hip Hop f. Nas
2. Yes or No
3. Get Ready
4. 4Ever
5. Constant Pt. 1 Pt. 2 f. Slick Rick
6. Dopeness f. CL
7. All Around the World f. Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Posdnuos
8. New Wave
9. Vibrations Pt. 1 Pt. 2
10. Wings f. Nicole Scherzinger
11. Ring the Alarm Pt. 1 Pt. 2 Pt. 3
12. Big Love
[This post has been updated. The following was originally published by Kyle Eustice on September 12, 2018.]
Black Eyed Peas have announced a new album called Masters Of The Sun, which is expected to arrive on October 12. To coincide with the announcement, will.i.am, Taboo and apl.de.ap have dropped the single “Big Love.”
Written by the Black Eyed Peas and produced by will.i.am, the track is heavier on the pop side than their previous releases “Ring The Alarm” and the Slick Rick-assisted “Constant Part 1 & 2,” which find the trio heading back to their boom bap roots.
“Big Love” broaches several topics, including gun violence, police brutality, the social media disconnect, race relations in America and our current political uncertainty, while simultaneously reminding the world the importance of love.
Masters Of The Sun serves as BEP’s first album in eight years and follows their 2010 platinum-selling album The Beginning.
Listen to “Big Love” below. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Looking forward to this. The singles prior to Big Love have a vingtate B.E.P. updated for today. Hopefully the majority of the album sticks to that.
I have messed with the Peas since Behind the front. Although thier had some great songs to get your club on, I have greatly missed this version of the Peas. First day purchase.
Exactly! Teletran1, I have been a fan since “Behind the Front” as well. I have high hopes for them when “Where is the Love” went mainstream but after that song all their albums became these pop records with no substance. So I haven’t bought any of their music since the first two albums. But I will definitely support this album. I’ve been waiting almost 20 years for them to get back to this level.
What the world needs now is some garbage ass pop billshit. We do t have enough of that. Sarcasm.
well jesus Christ it Is about time isn’t it?
I was watching Oprah show don’t judge me haha and Black Eyed Peas got the whole show on a Hip Hop wave Oprah going hard OooH!We Easy E has done it again !
Yeah. If Operah is feeling it… SMH
They’re trying to suck back themselves to the hiphop community so hard.
It’s sad. They’re officially on some Corney old man status. I’m shocked they didn’t have Drake, Kendrick and Taylor Swift on this shit. That is what their “fans” were hoping for.
Fergie is out, true hiphop comes back. This will be one of the greatest album in 2018. I hope Kim Hill coming back.
Fergie was the worst thing about that group, I might just give them a listen now that the untalented eye candy is gone. Plus I heard she gave herpes to everybody.
‘Bout time they made some real hiphop again…….
Yeah. That time is in the future. Nothing real here. BTW, Uoure obviously not Eklips from AWR/MSK. You should rethink your handle buddy. He wouldn’t semi co-sign this bullshit. If you have no clue who he is, that explains tons about your opinion on this being “real hip-hop.”
Lol at people who still say “real hip hop” in 2018.
Too little, too late guys. Maybe 10 years ago that window was still open…these pop tarts think throwing Nas and Slick Rick on some shit, then doing some break beat name shoutouts for all the real MCs and DJs from back in the day, will get the Hip-Hop heads back on board? Not happening. Will ran his stupid mouth too much. Back when Dilated, J5 and BEP were all doing shows together, they were dope. They lamed out long ago… you turned your backs on the people who made you famous. Get with. Justin Bieber or Selena Gomes and have Calvin Harris make some beats. You might chart again. This shit is going wood. You can’t go EDM/Pop billshit then think you’re hopping back into the Hip-hop crowd you snubbed out for money like, tadaaaa!
Absolute FACTS. I was a fan back in the day but they turned their back on us. And saying to younguns like Tyler and Earl that they should sell out? Disgraceful.
This is almost as sad as Mugs’ lame albums with boring ass beats, where he pays dope modern MCs to make the worst music of their respective careers.
Ewww. I just realized that the title indicates there might be another volume to this garbage fire.
As bland as most of Tribe’s comeback album
Except…Tribe’s album was WAY better than this…and not bland
Tribes comeback album was…bland?
I thought it was…grand.
Comparing BEP to Tribe is like comparing weasel piss to wine…fact.