{"product_id":"the-black-eyed-peas-bridging-the-gap","title":"Black Eyed Peas - Bridging The Gap (25th Anniversary) [2LP]","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBridging the Gap is the Black Eyed Peas album from before everything changed, and this 25th anniversary 2LP is a chance to hear who they were when they were still a hip hop group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eReleased in 2000, this was the trio's second record, will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo trading verses over live instrumentation, backed by an actual band, years before stadium pop and a permanent fourth member rewrote the whole project. They came up in the LA underground alongside Jurassic 5 and Dilated Peoples, and this album is where their conscious, jazz-leaning approach found its widest audience without compromising much. Listening now, the gap in the title reads differently: it turned out to be the last stretch of road before the pivot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWeekends brings in Esthero for a hook that floats over a genuinely lovely bassline, while Request + Line pairs them with Macy Gray at her scratchy best, the closest thing here to a proper single. BEP Empire is the hardest cut on the album, all boom bap swagger and posturing that they earned, and Cali to New York enlists De La Soul for a coast-to-coast handshake that never sounds like a favour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFor anyone who only knows what came after, this is the other Black Eyed Peas, and they were very good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"mySite","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50549557985473,"sku":"602475387879","price":37.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0871\/7529\/9265\/files\/Black_Eyed_Peas-Bridging_The_Gap_25th_Anniversary_2LP.jpg?v=1788246119","url":"https:\/\/boutique-vinyles.fr\/products\/the-black-eyed-peas-bridging-the-gap","provider":"Boutique Vinyles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}