| Bridging the Gap | ||||
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| Studio album by Black Eyed Peas | ||||
| Released | September 26, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999-2000 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop, Hip hop | |||
| Label | Interscope, will.i.am | |||
| Producer | will.i.am, Wyclef Jean, apl.de.ap, DJ Premier, Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis, Rhett Lawrence | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |
| HipHopDX.com | link |
| RapReviews.com | 2000 |
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Bridging the Gap is the second studio album by Black Eyed Peas, released on September 26, 2000. It contained the single "Request + Line", featuring Macy Gray. "Weekends" was remixed & renamed as "Another Weekend" for the Deluxe Edition of their fifth studio album The E.N.D.. Kim Hill left the group during the year of this album but she is featured on the song "Hot" seen in the "Weekends" video & is the background singer in "Tell Your Mama Come". The album had favorable reviews, and holds a score of 74% on metacritic.
This was their final album as Black Eyed Peas, before they changed their name to The Black Eyed Peas.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producers | Length |
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| 1. | "BEP Empire" | William Adams, Allan Pineda, C. Martin, Jaime Gomez | DJ Premier | 4:39 |
| 2. | "Weekends" (featuring Esthero) | Adams, Pineda, Gomez, Tony Butler, Sylvester Stewart | will.i.am | 4:46 |
| 3. | "Get Original" (featuring Chali2na) | Adams, Pineda, George Pajon Jr., Chali 2na, Clifford Smith, Aldane Browne | will.i.am | 2:52 |
| 4. | "Hot" (featuring Kim Hill) | Adams, Pineda | apl.de.ap | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Cali to New York" (featuring De La Soul) | Adams, Kelvin Mercer, Dave Jolicoeur, Daisey Age' Pajon Jr. | will.i.am | 4:47 |
| 6. | "Lil' Lil'" | Adams, Pineda, Pajon Jr., Michael Fratantuno | will.i.am | 4:10 |
| 7. | "On My Own" (featuring Les Nubians and Mos Def) | Adams, Pineda, Helene & Celia Faussart, Dante Smith, Kim Hill | will.i.am | 3:52 |
| 8. | "Release" | Adams, Pineda, Gomez | apl.de.ap | 5:07 |
| 9. | "Bridging the Gaps" | Adams, Pineda, Pajon Jr., John Collins, Bill Withers | apl.de.ap | 4:56 |
| 10. | "Go Go" | Adams, Pineda, Fratantuno, Arthur Baker, John Robie, Afrika Bambaata, Robert Allen, Ellis Williams, Ralf Rutter, Emil Schultz | will.i.am | 4:53 |
| 11. | "Rap Song" (featuring Wyclef Jean) | Adams, Pineda, Wyclef Jean, Gomez, James Brown, Charles Bobbit, Bob Byrd | Wyclef Jean | 3:33 |
| 12. | "Bringing It Back" | Adams, Pineda | will.i.am | 3:36 |
| 13. | "Tell Your Mama Come" | Adams, Pineda, Gomez, Pajon Jr. | will.i.am | 3:14 |
| 14. | "Request + Line" (featuring Macy Gray) (Hidden track "Empire Strikes Back" begins at 3:53) | Adams, Pineda, Fratantuno, Pajon Jr., Rhett Lawrence, Natalie Hinds | Rhett Lawrence, will.i.am | 9:21 |
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| 15. | "Magic" | ||||||||
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| 15. | "Magic" | ||||||||
| 16. | "Bridging the Gaps" (Version 2) | ||||||||
| Year | Song | Chart positions | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles | |||
| 2000 | "BEP Empire" | - | - | #44 | |
| "Weekends" | - | #73 | #34 | ||
| 2001 | "Request + Line" | #63 | #51 | #2 | |
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