THE BLACK EYED PEAS
Must Party Starters
NAMES/AGES Fergie, 34; will.i.am, 34; Taboo, 34; apl.de.ap, 34
WHY THEM The Peas' pop-rap has always sounded good on dance floors, but for their fifth album, The E.N.D., they gave themselves a new goal: Craft a series of up-tempo electro jams that hit every bit as hard as the records spun by the hottest club DJs. ''In 1992, you were sitting down, trying to write dope-ass quotables and punchlines,'' says will.i.am. ''Now you're making sets to peak the crowd, like, 'I know they're gonna freak out when I flip this!'''
ON FERGIE'S MUST LIST Kid Cudi. ''We did a ['Boom Boom Pow'] remix with him, and I can't wait to see what else he comes up with.''
