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Let's Get Retarded
"Let's Get It Started" is a song by American group the Black Eyed Peas. It is a clean version of "Let's Get Retarded" from their third studio album, ''Elephunk'' (2003). The album version was originally only reworked for its use in promotion for the 2004 NBA playoffs on ABC in April 2004, and the clean version was released as the fourth and final single from ''Elephunk'' on June 1, 2004, by A&M Records and Interscope Records, also appearing on a reissue of the album. "Let's Get It Started" peaked at number 21 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching the top ten in Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, France and New Zealand. Critically acclaimed, it won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005), and was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rap Song. The song's accompanying music video features the group energetically performing in a nighttime Los Angeles setting. "Let's Get It Started" was remixed for the Black Eyed Peas' fifth stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American musical group formed in Los Angeles in 1995, composed of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo (rapper), Taboo. Fergie (singer), Fergie was a member during the height of their popularity in the 2000s, and left the group in 2018. They have sold an estimated 80 million records, making them one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musical acts of all time, and were ranked 12th on ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard''s 2000s Decade-End Artist of the Decade Chart and 7th on the Hot 100 Artists of the Decade. Originally forming as an Alternative hip-hop, alternative hip hop trio, they signed with Interscope Records to release two albums—''Behind the Front'' (1998) and ''Bridging the Gap (Black Eyed Peas album), Bridging the Gap'' (2000)—before rebranding to a more marketable pop-rap act; their third album, ''Elephunk'' (2003), yielded the group's mainstream breakthrough. Its lead single, "Where Is the Love?" (featuring Justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
47th Annual Grammy Awards
The 47th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2005, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles honoring the best in music for the recording of the year beginning from October 1, 2003, through September 30, 2004. They were hosted by Queen Latifah, and televised in the United States by CBS. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Ray Charles, whom the event was dedicated in memory of, posthumously won five Grammy Awards while his album, '' Genius Loves Company'', won a total of eight. Kanye West received the most nominations with ten, winning three. Usher received eight nominations and won three including Best Contemporary R&B Album for his diamond selling album '' Confessions''. Britney Spears received her first Grammy of Best Dance Recording for her 2004 smash hit "Toxic". Performers Presenters * Gary Sinise and Bonnie Raitt presented Album of the Year. * Sheryl Crow and Lance Armstrong presented Record of the Year. * Stevie Wonder and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Printz Board
Priese Prince Lamonte "Printz" Board (born September 11, 1982) is an American record producer, songwriter, and singer best known for his work with Black Eyed Peas and being a member of the production group Bucky Jonson. In addition, Board has worked with DJ Mustard, Katy Perry, CeeLo Green, Mark Ronson, Fergie, BTS, Smallpools and John Legend, among others. Early life Printz is from Columbus, Ohio but moved to Los Angeles at age 10. Career After moving to Los Angeles, Printz became a member of a band who would eventually go on to become the Black Eyed Peas. Printz's co-wrote the songs "Where Is the Love?", " Don’t Phunk with My Heart", and "Meet Me Halfway". Besides his co-writing for the Black Eyed Peas, he is the musical director commanding the band's live stadium shows. In 2001, Board founded the production company ''Beets & Produce'', Inc., publishing through ''Atlas Music Publishing''. In 2007 Board and his fellow music group Bucky Jonson released the album ''The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Harris (record Producer)
Keith Harris is an American record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harris has worked with several popular recording and live acts in the music industry. Hits "Meet Me Halfway" and " Imma Be" by Black Eyed Peas, "It's My Birthday" by Will.i.am, "American Boy" by Estelle, " Feel Good" by Robin Thicke, "Can't Stop Won't Stop" by Usher, and "Gang Bang" by Madonna, and "Be Okay" and "Let's Rock" by Chrisette Michele are among the songs Harris has contributed to. Early life Harris was born and raised in Chicago's South Side. He began his music career playing with the city's New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church gospel choir. Recalling to ''Modern Drummer'' Magazine how he started: "Harris survived being thrown to the lions thanks in part to how he got his start behind the kit – playing drums in his church’s band. “I come from a Gospel background,” he explains. “Having to learn songs fast is part of the everyday life of a church musician doing Gospel mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noelle Scaggs
Noelle Scaggs (born October 8, 1979) is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, known as the co-lead singer of the pop group Fitz and the Tantrums. Scaggs has also had numerous collaborations with the Black Eyed Peas, Dilated Peoples, Quantic, Mayer Hawthorne, and Damian Marley. In 2008 she became a co-lead singer of the indie pop and neo-soul band Fitz and the Tantrums, and is featured on their 2010 album '' Pickin' Up the Pieces'', which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. She has toured extensively with the band and performed on shows such as ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Ellen, GMA, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'', and ''The Late Late Show with James Corden.'' She has been critically acclaimed for her "powerhouse vocals" and charismatic on-stage presence. Early life Scaggs was born on October 8, 1979, in Denver, Colorado. Her father was a DJ and Scaggs was exposed to his vinyl collection at a youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Santiago
Dante Hauve Santiago (born November 9, 1970) is an American music executive and singer. He is best known for his work with Black Eyed Peas, being a founding member of the group during the early 1990s and as A&R in the 2000s. In 2012, Santiago joined will.i.am as coach advisor on ''The Voice UK'' from seasons 1–5. He also served as executive producer for will.i.am's solo album '' willpower'' (2013). Career Black Eyed Peas, solo artist and A&R In 1988, Santiago began his music career as a singer and dancer. In 1992, he collaborated with rappers will.i.am and apl.de.ap of the Atban Klann, a hip hop group signed to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records. Due to Eazy's death in 1995, Will and Apl left Ruthless, formed a trio with Santiago and changed their name to Black Eyed Peas. After including friend Taboo, they recorded demos and performed at several shows. Later in the year, Santiago left the group. He joined the group Broshigeez in 1998 with Huck Finn, Rawcel and NIU recording their se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fergie (singer)
Stacy Ann Ferguson; born March 27, 1975), professionally known as Fergie, ( ) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, and businesswoman. After earning recognition as a child actress in the 1980s, Fergie achieved international fame as a member of the Black Eyed Peas from 2000 to 2018. During her tenure with the group, she achieved success with her solo music, film and television appearances, and business ventures. As a child, Fergie starred on the children's television series ''Kids Incorporated'' (1984–1989), and voiced Sally Brown in two ''Peanuts'' television specials and in '' The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show'' (1984–1986). She later co-founded the girl group Wild Orchid, and performed on two albums in the 1990s. Fergie joined the hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas in 2002, recording four albums with them to commercial success. Her debut solo album, '' The Dutchess'' (2006), peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200. It spawned the ''Billboard'' H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audio Engineering
Audio most commonly refers to sound, as it is transmitted in signal form. It may also refer to: Sound *Audio signal, an electrical representation of sound * Audio frequency, a frequency in the audio spectrum *Digital audio, representation of sound in a form processed and/or stored by computers or digital electronics *Audio, audible content (media) in audio production and publishing * Semantic audio, extraction of symbols or meaning from audio * Stereophonic audio, method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi-directional audible perspective * Audio equipment Entertainment * AUDIO (group), an American R&B band of 5 brothers formerly known as TNT Boyz and as B5 * ''Audio'' (album), an album by the Blue Man Group * ''Audio'' (magazine), a magazine published from 1947 to 2000 * Audio (musician), British drum and bass artist * "Audio" (song), a song by LSD *"Audios", a song by Black Eyed Peas from ''Elevation'' Computing * HTML audio, identified by the tag See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensuring artists deliver acceptable and quality performances, supervising the technical engineering of the recording, and coordinating the production team and process. The producer's involvement in a musical project can vary in depth and scope. Sometimes in popular genres the producer may create the recording's entire sound and structure. However, in classical music recording, for example, the producer serves as more of a liaison between the conductor and the engineering team. The role is often likened to that of a film director, though there are important differences. It is distinct from the role of an executive producer, who is mostly involved in the recording project on an administrative level, and from the audio engineer who operates the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Media
Streaming media refers to multimedia delivered through a Computer network, network for playback using a Media player (other), media player. Media is transferred in a ''stream'' of Network packet, packets from a Server (computing), server to a client-server model, client and is rendered in real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content. Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet. While streaming is most commonly associated with multimedia from a remote server over the Internet, it also includes offline multimedia between devices on a local area network. For example, using DLNA and a home server, or in a personal area network between two devices using Bluetooth (which uses radio waves rather than Internet Protocol, IP). Online streaming was initially popularized by RealNetworks and Microsoft in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The E
E is the fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. E or e may also refer to: Computing and computation * E (1970s text editor), a text editor developed at the Stanford AI Lab in the 1970s * E (complexity), a set of decision problems solvable by a Turing machine in a specific time * /e/ (operating system), a fork of LineageOS, which in turn is based on Android * E (PC DOS), a text editor * E (programming language), an object-oriented programming language * E (theorem prover), a modern, high performance prover for first-order logic * e (verification language) hardware verification language * Amiga E, a programming language * E or Enlightenment (software), a free software open source manager for X Window System Commerce and transportation * €, the symbol for the euro, the European Union's standard currency unit * ℮, the estimated sign, an EU symbol indicating that the weight or volume of pre-packaged goods is within specific allowable tolerances * E, the country identifier f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
