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		<title>The Black Eyed Peas killed music</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Billboard charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Eyed Peas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boom Boom Pow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Gotta Feeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Black Eyed Peas now hold the record for consecutive weeks at #1 by a group. Music hates me.


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<p><em>If your life depended on music sales and a group holding the #1 spot for consecutive weeks&#8230;would you call on the Black Eyed Peas?</em><em> </em></p>
<p>Music, You are dead to me.  Why? because you and the collective American public have allowed the Black Eyed Peas, known for such lyrical masterpieces as &#8220;<em>Don&#8217;t Phunk Wit My Heart&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Hey Mama&#8221;</em> to not only have a #1 record in the first place (first mistake) but to set the record for most weeks at #1 by a group (music hates me.)</p>
<p><em>WTF. </em></p>
<p>From <a href="http://new.music.yahoo.com/black-eyed-peas/news/black-eyed-peas-set-record-for-most-weeks-at-no-1--61990407">Yahoo! Music</a>,</p>
<blockquote><p>This week the foursome, who have had their share of critics, will have topped Billboard&#8217;s Hot 100 singles charts for 20 consecutive weeks, the most ever by an act. &#8220;Boom Boom Pow&#8221; and the song that dislodged it, &#8220;I Gotta Feeling,&#8221; have been at the top of the charts for 12 and eight weeks, respectively.</p>
<p>Though the band has had big hits over the years, &#8220;Boom Boom <span id="lw_1250705242_2">Pow</span>&#8221; was their first No. 1 single. Will.i.am says he&#8217;s surprised how successful the song became.</p>
<p>&#8220;I knew that `Boom Boom Pow&#8217; would be big in the clubs, but I didn&#8217;t know it would be that potent with the world, outside of the club. So that my accountant&#8217;s aunt would be like: Black Eyed Peas, I love `Boom Boom Pow!&#8217;&#8221; he laughed. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know it was going to be that. I didn&#8217;t know that teachers would say I like `Boom Boom Pow.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Boom Boom Pow&#8221; and &#8220;I Gotta Feeling&#8221; have sold 3.8 million and 2.1 million digital downloads, respectively, according to <span id="lw_1250705242_3">Nielsen SoundScan</span>. The band&#8217;s CD, &#8220;The E.N.D.,&#8221; is nearly platinum, selling over 900,000 units since its June release.</p></blockquote>
<p><em>WTF.</em></p>
<p>Seriously? Did this really just happen?  I haven&#8217;t even had the <em>pleasure</em> of listening to &#8220;I Gotta Feeling&#8221; but <em>I&#8217;m sure its worthy of its 8 weeks at #1 status</em>.  With all of these great musicians throughout the course of history; Michael, Elvis, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Prince, pre-crack Whitney Houston&#8230;did America really just choose to honor a group where the girl R&amp;B singer drops the best rap verse on the whole song?!?</p>
<blockquote><p><em>I like that Boom, Boom, Pow/Those chickens jockin my style/they try to copy my swagga/I&#8217;m on that next shit now/I&#8217;m so 3008, you&#8217;re so 2000 and late/I got that Boom, Boom, Boom, that future Boom, Boom, Boom</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Everyone in that group recognized that the verse was so good in comparison that they repeat it twice in the song&#8230;Does no one see anything wrong with this?</p>
<p>Lets go inside the head of one of the non-Fergie Black Eyed Pea members.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Damn&#8230;Fergie is an R&amp;B singer. And her rap verse is shitting on mine. </em></p>
<p><em>SHITTING ON MINE. </em></p>
<p><em>Did I really just say &#8220;Cybertron&#8221; then basically copy what Kanye says in that &#8220;Stronger&#8221; song? Did I write that? Damn. </em></p>
<p><em>Oh shit son! Did Fergie just say &#8220;I&#8217;m so 3008, you&#8217;re so 2000 and late!&#8221; AWW Snap. Fergie is going to get us a rap grammy if she keeps spitting like this.<br />
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<p><em>Ah&#8230;we set the record for most weeks at number 1 by a group? Nice. I know they couldn&#8217;t have done it without me. I be contributing up in this bitch&#8230;.&#8221;I&#8217;m so 3008, you&#8217;re so&#8230;&#8221; Man, that line always gets stuck in my head. Damn your catchy lyrics Fergie!<br />
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<p><em>&#8230;Hmm&#8230;I wonder if Fergie can ghost write for me for our next album?<br />
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<p>And the worst part is they used to actually rap&#8230;</p>
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