will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo pay tribute to their hip-hop roots by referencing some old school records including those from N.W.A, Wu-Tang Clan and Beastie Boys.
- Jul 18, 2015
AceShowbiz - Black Eyed Peas has returned with their new single "Yesterday" sans Fergie a.k.a. Stacy Ferguson on the 20th anniversary of their debut. will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo, pay tribute to their hip-hop roots by referencing some old school records including N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton", Wu-Tang Clan's "Killa Bees" and Beastie Boys' "Paul Revere".
The music video features will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Taboo in a record store, promoting the vinyl for sale. As they select some classic hip-hop album covers, they recreate the artworks almost by magic. "We're paying homage to the folks that inspired Black Eyed Peas," will.i.am told Zane Lowe on Beats 1 of the music video. "The video is a visual version of [the song]."
Black Eyed Peas will release their new album later this year. "Yesterday" is the first new song to be released in five years since their last album "The Beginning". Will.i.am said back in January, "We're going to have new music. We'll have a bunch of new experiences. I don't want to call them albums, but we'll have some experiences and a bunch of stuff to get the Pea Bodies and the folks that supported us and got us to this point. We'll make music for them and we'll just reflect on the dream. The initial dream we had, June 1995."
