THE BLACK EYED PEAS (with The Ringer's Rob Harvilla)
Pop Pantheon
DJ Louie XIV
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2024
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
Ringer music critic and host of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s Rob Harvilla returns to Pop Pantheon to discuss one of the most derided – and successful – pop acts of the 21st Century, The Black Eyed Peas. Louie and Rob trace the group’s roots as an optimistic, politically progressive “conscious rap” crew, starting with their first two pre-Fergie records, 1998’s Behind The Front and 2000’s Bridging the Gap. Then they tackle the Peas’ reinvention as a garish, craven, operatically tacky band peddling radio pop on 2003’s Elephunk and their doubling down on big-tent pop maximalism on 2005’s Monkey Business. Next, Louie and Rob chart the Peas’ ride into the rising EDM wave on 200’s The E.N.D., their break-up, re-assembly and post-Fergie output. Finally, they rank the Black Eyed Peas in the Official Pop Pantheon.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pop Pantheon, the podcast where we completely overanalyze all of your favorite |
| 0:15.2 | pop stars and then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon. |
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| 0:45.6 | This week's episode was so fabulous. |
| 0:47.4 | Pitchforks Anna Gatha came onto the show, and we were reflecting on Duolipa's future nostalgia. |
| 0:52.9 | On the eve of new Duolipa music, we were sitting down to reflect on this record that made Duolipa's future nostalgia on the eve of new Duolipa music. |
| 0:54.7 | We were sitting down to reflect on this record that made Duolipa a superstar. |
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| 1:12.5 | My Queer Pop Party has upcoming installments in both New York and Los Angeles. |
| 1:17.6 | We will be in Brooklyn at the Sultan Room on February 3rd. |
| 1:21.2 | And then we will be at Los Globos in Silver Lake in Los Angeles on February 17th. |
| 1:26.7 | Links to buy tickets to both of those parties will be in the show notes of this episode. |
| 1:30.8 | I can't wait to see some of you there. |
| 1:33.2 | All right. |
| 1:33.5 | So today we're kicking off a double header about the Black Eyed Peas and Furgy. |
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