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New Direction for Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas are slated to release The END in March, and they are telling fans to expect more of a “music diary” than a conventional album. The Peas’ will.i.am told Billboard.com that the album’s title stands for “The Energy Never Dies,” which describes his concept for a project that will be constantly evolving: “It’s a diary ... of music that at any given time, depending on the inspiration, you can add to it. When it comes out, there’ll be 12 songs on it, but the next day there could be 100 songs, 50 sketches, 1,000 blogs all (online) around The END so the energy really, truly never dies.” The artist/producer/songwriter has been promoting the soundtrack for Madagascar 2 recently (which he co-scored with Hans Zimmer) as well as his Barack Obama victory song, “It’s a New Day.”

will.i.am. and the rest of the Peas have been working on the upcoming album, which is the follow-up to 2005’s Monkey Business, throughout the year. The frontman told Billboard.com, “I’m trying to break away from the concept of an album. What is an album when you put 12 songs on iTunes and people can pick at it like scabs. That’s not an album. There is no album anymore.” The Peas will embark on a tour in May or June and will.i.am. said Fergie was fired up, telling him that “our show needs to be f***in’ ridiculous this time. We need to put together a monster show.’ So I’m gonna hold her to that and we’re gonna follow her lead and really knock ’em out.”

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