Bridging the Gap (Black Eyed Peas album)

Bridging the Gap
Studio album by Black Eyed Peas
Released	September 26, 2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Genre	Hip hop[1][2]
Length	62:50
Label	Interscope will.i.am
Producer	will.i.am Wyclef Jean apl.de.ap DJ Premier Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis Rhett Lawrence
Black Eyed Peas chronology
Behind the Front (1998) Bridging the Gap (2000) Elephunk (2003)
Singles from Bridging the Gap
"BEP Empire"/"Get Original" Released: August 8, 2000[3] "Weekends" Released: October 3, 2000[4] "Request + Line" Released: February 26, 2001[5]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	(favorable)[1]
Dotmusic	link
HipHopDX.com	link
Q	[6]
RapReviews.com	2000
Robert Christgau	B− link
Rolling Stone	link
Spin	(5/10)[6]
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.

Track listing

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

UK edition
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Magic"	3:45

Collector's edition
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Bridging the Gaps" (Version 2)	4:45

Chart positions

Album

Chart (2000–01)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	82
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9]	18
US Billboard 200[10]	67

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US	US R&B	US Rap
2000	"BEP Empire"	—	—	44
	"Weekends"	—	73	34
2001	"Request + Line"	63	51	2

References

2. Bridging the Gap at AllMusic
3. "BEP Empire [Vinyl]: Black Eyed Peas: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
4. "Weekends [Vinyl]: Black Eyed Peas: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
5. "Request Line: Black Eyed Peas: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
6. Critic Reviews from Metacritic
7. "Australiancharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Bridging the Gap". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Black Eyed Peas – Bridging the Gap" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
9. "Charts.org.nz – The Black Eyed Peas – Bridging the Gap". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
10. "The Black Eyed Peas – Chart history" Billboard 200 for The Black Eyed Peas. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

External links

• Bridging the Gap at Metacritic