Bridging the Gap (Black Eyed Peas album)

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Bridging the Gap
Black Eyed Peas - Bridging the Gap - CD cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
Genre Hip hop [1] [2]
Length62:50
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: 2000
  2. "Weekends"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Request + Line"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club (favorable) [1]
Dotmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg link
HipHopDX.comStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg link
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
RapReviews.comStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg 2000
Robert Christgau B− link
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Spin (5/10) [4]
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 where they are credited as Black Eyed Peas, until the release of Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 in 2018.

Contents

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 was deeply involved in making the album, but left the group after it was released.

The album received favorable reviews, and holds a score of 74 on Metacritic. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."BEP Empire" DJ Premier 4:39
2."Weekends" (featuring Esthero)
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gomez
  • Tony Butler
  • Sylvester Stewart
will.i.am4:46
3."Get Original" (featuring Chali2na)
will.i.am2:52
4."Hot" (featuring Kim Hill)
  • Adams
  • Pineda
apl.de.ap4:04
5."Cali to New York" (featuring De La Soul)
  • Adams
  • Kelvin Mercer
  • Dave Jolicoeur
  • Daisey Age
  • Pajon, Jr.
will.i.am4:47
6."Lil' Lil'"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Pajon, Jr.
  • Michael Fratantuno
will.i.am4:10
7."On My Own" (featuring Les Nubians and Mos Def)
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Helene & Celia Faussart
  • Dante Smith
  • Kim Hill
will.i.am3:52
8."Release"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gomez
apl.de.ap5:07
9."Bridging the Gaps"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Pajon, Jr.
  • John Collins
  • Bill Withers
apl.de.ap4:56
10."Go Go"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Fratantuno
  • Arthur Baker
  • John Robie
  • Kevin Donovan
  • Robert Allen
  • Ellis Williams
  • Ralf Hütter
  • Emil Schult
will.i.am4:53
11."Rap Song" (featuring Wyclef Jean)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
3:33
12."Bringing It Back"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
will.i.am3:36
13."Tell Your Mama Come"
  • Adams
  • Pineda
  • Gomez
  • Pajon, Jr.
will.i.am3:14
14."Request + Line" (featuring Macy Gray) (Hidden track "Empire Strikes Back" begins at 4:52)
  • Rhett Lawrence
  • will.i.am
9:21

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2000–2001)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 37
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA) [8] 15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 82
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [10] 18
US Billboard 200 [11] 67
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [12] 40

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [13] Gold7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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