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.''
Image Credit: PHOTOGRAPH BY WILLIAMS + HIRAKAWA
12 Stars from EW's Music Must List
Black Eyed Peas, Brad Paisley, and Robert Pattinson are just a few shining bright this year; see what's on their personal Must Lists here, and get their full stories and the complete Must List roster in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on sale now
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