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- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
We just love international music. We love the climate of that sound, it's that pulse that we just have to appreciate.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am glad to see K-pop really pop off and it's cool to see how it's become an international craze.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if we are 50 or 60 years old, if we can do it we will continue to create content that pushes the envelope.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a predominantly Asian and Mexican community, and because I did breakdance and poplock and all that, I did get a lot of criticism: 'You're Mexican, why are you doing that?'
- Creative Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time we come out, there's a hunger for creative expression or creative ways to put out content that isn't duplicated from our last run. Whether it's technology, messaging, visual… we're always pushing the envelope.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brazilian music has always been a part of us, but it's even more valuable now because of the sentiment or the theme of the actual song. So I feel like 'Street Livin'' is paying homage to what we started and it's touching on a lot of serious themes to DACA, immigration reform, prison control... all the things we address in the video.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't get concerned with stuff like pressure. We just do what makes us feel good.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Vietnam, we can go and get big audiences, and we've been going there for so long. A lot of other hip-hop groups don't even go.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a global audience… we travel, and our name travels.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
They didn't tell me what type of cancer I had. They didn't tell me what stage I was in. They just told me, 'Mr Gomez, you have cancer.' My life flashed before my eyes. I thought about my kids, I thought about my wife. Nothing prepares you for the shock of someone telling you you have that horrible disease.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about Black Eyed Peas is we're very humorous. All we do is laugh all day.
- Life Is Too Short
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is too short to be serious.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're best friends that get to travel the world and create a movement. That's what's special about Black Eyed Peas.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we're going to be on this futuristic 3008 vibe, we need to step up our performance.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
Zumbao' is a word that is not commonly used in mainstream America or even mainstream Latino America. For me, I needed a word that describes me as a performer, as an artist and that is just me wilding out and being crazy. I'm Zumbao.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to being on stage, I might be on stage one minute and the next minute I might be in the audience, dancing and lifting people's spirits.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
My name is Gomez, that's my last name.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as you're having fun and being positive and progressive, I'm going to say you're living a Zumbao lifestyle.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our first major hit was 'Where Is the Love.' That was what best represented us bringing people together, no matter what walk of life, and no matter what culture or creed.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I went to Standing Rock, it opened my mind, as did going to Indian reservations and speaking to kids about music and arts.
- Celebrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's powerful when you're able to celebrate your culture, but also bring the arts and music to the masses.
- Common Ground
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- Nov 07, 2020
Apl, my bandmate, is from the Philippines. He came to America in 1989, and the first person he met was Will.i.am. And then, I met them when we were 17. Our common ground was music.
- Birds
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- Nov 07, 2020
At home, I'm daddy and a husband. There's no Superman's cape. I'm changing diapers, giving my kids baths, and coloring 'Angry Birds' and playing games with them.
- Fresh Air
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did something that's a no-no in the music industry. I cut my hair. For years, my hair was my stamp. 'Oh, that's the long-haired guy from the Black Eyed Peas.' But when I did it, it was like a breath of fresh air.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of my career, people have the misconception about me as being threatening and scary, and having an intense look, but that's not the real me.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Apl has a lot of songs that are paying homage to his native tongue. He's from the Philippines. He has songs inspired by his culture.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have songs that are inspired by the Latin side. We have songs that are inspired by rock, African rhythms. Whatever country we go to usually inspires us.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that being in the entertainment business… my first son, I had to sacrifice being away, being on tour a lot and I wasn't really present.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was touring with Peas, I was able to make the crowd feel the energy. When I said: ‘put your hands up or make some noise,' they just did it.
- Individual
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to really brand myself as an individual.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I see children in New Delhi, babies walking around in no diapers and their mother is in a corner putting up bricks, it gives you a sense of being grounded.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Peas is the mothership you always go to. But when you able to bring something new to the table, it makes you stand out as an artist. I am not chasing the same things as Fergie or Will.i.am.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people have a misconception about artists, that they're invincible, you know, they're on a different plateau. But I'm just a human being.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a normal person just like everybody else. I just may have a different job. But I have kids, wife. I bleed, I went through cancer.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cancer - there's no prejudice. There's no age limit. It can happen to anybody.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're getting chemotherapy, you feel so alone, even when your family is there, or your friends are there with you. Sometimes it's just you, feeling like you're in a fight against something that you can't control.
- Half
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm half Native American and half Mexican and I support all native peoples around the world.
- Indigenous
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm connected with my indigenous roots.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
When they told me I had cancer, I thought I was going to die.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm building my own brand outside of the Peas. It's not Black Eyed Peas, it's Zumbao. Zumbao is different from the Peas because it's all on me and I can't feed off of anybody other than me.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a b-boy for life. I'm a dancer, I started with free style dancing and b-boying during the ‘80s and I always said to myself that when I get the chance to do my own thing, I will always have the b-boy element and the dance element because that's where I come from.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before we had Fergie, it was me, will.i.am, and apl, and we were showcasing our dance moves in our videos.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Eyed Peas music appealed to everybody and that's why we incorporated EDM influences, dance influences, house influences, and we mashed it up with the Black Eyed Pea melodic pop sensibility that still has bounce to it.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now that I'm older, I appreciate my culture and I appreciate Spanish. I feel bad I didn't pick up on it earlier.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up listening to a lot of hiphop music and R'n'B. Bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Down Productions, Cypress Hill, New Edition, Bob Marley, Prince, Stevie Wonder, and a lot of Spanish music.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in a group called Pablo, while Will.i.am and apl.de.ap were a part of the Atban Klann. They signed to Ruthless Records with Easy-E. When Easy-E passed away in 1995 they changed their name to the Black Eyed Peas and asked me if I wanted to be a part of it. The rest is history.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My personal music style is very Latin and very soulful. It's dance meets hip-hop.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm happily married; I love to spend time with my wife going to movies, restaurants and travelling.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm also a martial-arts practitioner, so it was an easy transition to go do 'Street Fighter,' which is action-packed and let me showcase my acting and martial-arts capabilities.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I was going to play any video game, it'd be things like 'Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!,' 'Street Fighter' and 'Mortal Kombat.'
- Fame
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not into fame and ego.
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
I emptied the trash and wiped down tables. But my job that I remember the most was picking up horse manure for the Electrical Parade.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to be a deadbeat dad, so I said, ‘OK, my mission is to provide for my son in the future,'
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just being in the industry that I'm in, you get people building up your ego - 'Oh, you guys are the best, you guys are gods.' So I started believing the hype - 'Yes, I am a god!'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You really need to stop and appreciate what you have, the love you have from your family, your friends, the love that you have for yourself.
- Greatest
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the greatest writer or the great rapper.
- Humble
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- Nov 07, 2020
Apl is very humble, but he's humongous in the Philippines.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
Will.i.am is the genius of the group. He's the one that keeps everything together creatively.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the performer of the group. My thing is like, every time I come on stage, I always bring it 120 percent, 150 percent.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were just going for growth, bigger sound, just a spectrum of people. More global. That's how we decided to do a song like 'Where is the Love' - it allowed us to tap into a broader audience, because the message means a lot to us.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're a positive type group, not a preachy group, but we want to be able to let the people know that we are conscious about what's going on in the world.
- Nov 07, 2020
We're able to blend and rock any crowd. If you put us on a tour with Garth Brooks, we'll take his crowd too.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the beauty of Black Eyed Peas, we don't pigeonhole ourselves into just one category. We're the chameleons of hip-hop.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order to maintain your longevity, you have to know the business. It's not about just rapping and performing.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was great to have my son see if you chase your dreams sometimes they become reality.
- Hip-Hop
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're a direct mirror of the audience, and that shows how hip-hop has expanded. It's no longer just an urban thing, and it's no longer just an American thing, either. It's a universal thing.
- Negativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's face it - negativity sells records.
- Canada
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hip-hop is huge in Canada, in Australia - everywhere.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
From alternative to Brazilian to hip-hop to old R&B, that's what we listen to. And we don't just listen to it only if somebody plays it. We actually go out and buy these types of things and support different forms of music because we love them.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
We grew up with break-dancing and MCing, the old school, that whole era of just having a good time and knowing that the music was good.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020