Black Eyed Peas Finishing Up New Album
Posted by Daniel Wilcox on 10.10.2008
The E.N.D. is near...
The Black Eyed Peas are due to complete their fifth album, The E.N.D., in London next week. "I'll be finishing the record Oct. 15," producer and group member will.i.am tells Billboard.com. Recording sessions have been taking place at Metropolis Studios in London.
The album title is not an indication that it's intended to be the hip-hop outfit's final record. "No, no -- it stands for 'The Energy Never Dies,'" explains will.i.am. The album will be the follow up to 2005's Monkey Business, which sold over four million copies in the US.
As for a release date, nothing is set in stone but the band want to put it out this year as they will.i.am predicts this will be the last year CDs will be in stores.
"For the last remaining stores that sell CDs, this is the last Christmas that CDs will be in stores," he predicts. "It's f*cking scary."
However, he the Black Eyed Peas are embracing online music delivery; following the successful viral campaign for will.i.am's "Yes We Can" song backing Barack Obama's Presidential campaign.
