In the world of the Black Eyed Peas, the recession doesn’t exist, will.i.am and Bob Dylan are on the same level, Fergie is someone who should be taken seriously, and living the “good life” is the only worthy source of lyrical inspiration. “Imma Be,” which is allegedly the second single from the band’s forthcoming album The E.N.D., continues the band’s tactic of flinging relentlessly back-slapping boasts.
Its first half is threaded through a beat that’s seemingly inspired by the titular insect. But then there’s the backend of the track, which–as long as you can ignore the boasts about them being on “next level shit,” which may be true musically but certainly isn’t the case when it comes to their verbal acuity–transports shiny disco to what may actually be the year 3008. I daresay that this song taking over the No. 1 spot from “Boom Boom Pow” before the first day of summer, and not relinquish that place for far, far too long. And I kind of won’t mind too much, as long as some brave soul out there extends the last half of the track into something that stretches on forever, and kicks the group’s ever-annoying vocalists to whatever the equivalent of a curb might be out there in space.
Black Eyed Peas – Imma Be [YouTube; HT New Music Freak]
First half of this song: Oh hey, another “A Milli” that is way less fucking good! We so needed this again in the world!
Second half: Oh shit I can’t feel my face.
Wish I could have a version of this consisting entirely of the second half. I could enjoy that, third-rate rapping and all.
Even the second half is barely passable. This really is worse than I expected.
I can see why people are digging the second half of the song…it IS a bit better, but I’m with Lucas on this one. I don’t know how anybody can listen to music with such horrible, pointless lyrics.
@MayhemintheHood: And don’t forget zero hooks.
Was surprised to kinda like “Boom Boom Pow” on first listen (that was it). Imma Be very afraid of this one.
It seems that the world according to the BEP you describe sounds very similar to hell on earth…
The lyrics get significantly better when you’re imagining they’re about a Bee named Imma.
Still… urgh.
Doesn’t The-Dream’s album make all of this the third shit it is? If I make a crappy mafia film tomorrow, I still have to contend that Goodfellas did it best. One assumes.
@Defenestrated: I’m just picturing them all dressed in bee costumes as they sing “I’m a bee”.
Also, the second half is a bit better, but I don’t know how much of an improvement a fourth-rate Basement Jaxx filler track is over a bad Prince rap track from the early 1990s.
I almost pissed my pants Fergie style when I heard this track . . just kidding, I laughed my ass off.