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Bridging the Gap (Black Eyed Peas album)

Bridging the Gap
Black Eyed Peas - Bridging the Gap - CD cover.jpg
Studio album by Black Eyed Peas
Released September 26, 2000
Recorded 1999–2000
Genre Hip hop
Length 62:50
Label
Producer
Black Eyed Peas chronology
Behind the Front
(1998)		 Bridging the Gap
(2000)		 Elephunk
(2003)
Singles from Bridging the Gap
  1. "BEP Empire"/"Get Original"
    Released: August 8, 2000
  2. "Weekends"
    Released: October 3, 2000
  3. "Request + Line"
    Released: February 26, 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 74/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The A.V. Club (favorable)
Dotmusic 4/5 stars link
HipHopDX.com 4/5 stars link
Q 3/5 stars
RapReviews.com 6.5/10 stars 2000
Robert Christgau B− link
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars link
Spin (5/10)
Wall of Sound (68/100) link

Bridging the Gap is the second studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, released on September 26, 2000. This is their last album as Black Eyed Peas, before they changed their name to The Black Eyed Peas.

The album had three official singles: "BEP Empire/Get Original", "Weekends" and "Request + Line", the last featuring Macy Gray. The song "Weekends" was later remixed and renamed "Another Weekend" for the Deluxe Edition of their fifth studio album, The E.N.D. Singer Kim Hill left the group during the year of this album but she is featured on the song "Hot", seen in the "Weekends" video and is the background singer in "Tell Your Mama Come". The album received favorable reviews, and holds a score of 74 on Metacritic.


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