Black Eyed Peas Debuts "Meet Me Halfway" Video

The Black Eyed Peas (BEP) have had a tremendous chart run for an unprecedented 26 consecutive weeks this year, and hit No.1 for the first time on the albums chart with "The E.N.D." and with the two singles "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling". Since their album "Elephunk" in 2003, the group's hip hop/dance-oriented style has sold an estimated 20 million albums worldwide and 13 million singles. The biggest aspect of their success this year is not simply good, danceable music, but the ethereal aspect of it. The hip hop group is back and smash launched a CGI-filled (unembeddable) video for "Meet Me Halfway," the third official single from their awesome latest 5th studio album "The E.N.D.".
Entertainment Weekly writes that "When the group's glitchy future-funk beats, plagiarized shamelessly from Novaspace's 2002 hit single Time After Time sync up with Fergie's unabashedly feminine melodies, as on the sweetly insidious "Meet Me Halfway", they find pure Top 40 nirvana. Prefix magazine also gave the song a positive review, stating, "Meet Me Halfway" is notable mostly for being better than a new-wave-y ballad by the Black Eyed Peas has any right to be.
The music video was directed by Ben Mor (director of "I Gotta Feeling"), and was released onto the iTunes Music store on October 13. The video features the four members of the Hip-hop group being separated in different places and going on a quest to find each other. Stacy Ferguson aka Fergie rolling around in a pretty risque nude dress in some sort of jungle, while Taboo is an astronaut flying in the outer space near the sun. Apl takes out a map and will.i.am uses a compass to search for a path to the other members. All the members use the gateway, turn into shooting stars, and land on the planet, with the road in the middle of the desert. The "Meet Me Halfway" video is reminiscent of "Lord of the Rings", with its animal and earth themes, but the effects and galactic setting are more "I Am Legend".

Flipsyde's 'A Change' Of Album 'State of Survival'

Flipsyde is a rap rock band from Oakland, California. The band consists of singer guitarist Steve Knight, guitarist Dave Lopez, rapper Jinho "the Piper" Ferreira, and recently singer Chantelle Paige. The single, "Someday" was chosen as NBC's theme song for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games held in Torino, Italy, and once again, their song "Champion" was chosen as the theme for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Recently it was announced through their MySpace that they had started touring with Akon, promoting their second studio album, "State of Survival," produced by Akon and Konvict Muzik, and set to be released in 2009. Based on ChantelleDaily.com, that unfortunately the album "State of Survival" is also the last album with Cherrytree Records (Lable mate), after Flipsyde’s mgt informed them that they were on a list of possible “drops” at Interscope, and it likely that they won’t be touring next month as planned, but they will remain friends who continue to support each other! This is going to be a shock to many friends and fans, but lets just remember that Flipsyde have had an amazing time working and touring together and will carry on supporting each other. Lets wish the guys the best of luck for the future and thank them for there amazing talent and for sharing there music with us.
I would like to share with you Flipsyde's single "A Change," which is the second official single off "State Of Survival" and was released on August 15. The song is written by Flipsyde and Red One. It’s also produced by Red One. To be honest, "A Change" sounds like any other pop song with very less signs of the original Flipsyde. Nevertheless, Steve and Piper save "A Change" from being a below average affair. The music video for song was shot in East LA in an old juvenille correction facility on June 17. In the video, the members of Flipsyde refurbish an old classroom for use. It's a powerful message to affect change in your local community. They are great spirits and the shoot was really inspiring. The video was exclusively premiered on Cherrytree Records site July 10.

Black Eyed Peas Top US And UK Singles Charts With "I Gotta Feeling"

The Black Eyed Peas is an American four-piece hip hop/pop group based in LA, who have broken a new record after scoring the longest successive stay at the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with 17 straight weeks(12 with the single "Boom Boom Pow" and 5 for "I Gotta Feeling") in total by a duo or group. Both singles come off their 5th new studio album "The E.N.D."(Energy Never Dies) The record was previously held by Boyz II Men, who had 16 weeks at the top spot. As for the longest consecutive number one by a solo artist, that record is taken by Usher, who enjoyed 19 straight weeks on top of the charts.
The LA-based quartet have also knocked JLS's "Beat Again" off the top of the UK's Official Singles Chart with their latest release "I Gotta Feeling", matching their same accomplishment in the US.

The official music video was released on June 2 on Dipdive and on June 16 on iTunes. The video first starts out with some scenes in Hollywood Blvd. Then it shows will.i.am combing his hair and Fergie putting on makeup wearing lingerie. It also shows Taboo and apl.de.ap getting ready for the party. Then it cuts to the party as the first verse starts. In the uncensored version, two woman are kissing at the two minute mark, at which point the lyrics "Let's take it...off!" are heard, and a hand grabs the top of the dress of one of the women, and pulls it down, exposing her breasts. All members of the Black Eyed Peas are shown dancing. Later, they are dancing with their faces and hands painted with phosphorescent paint. The video ends with a large sign with human-sized letters that reads "The E.N.D."

Timbaland & OneRepublic | "Apologize"(Remix)

"Apologize" is a song written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder for the Colorado band's 2007 debut album "Dreaming Out Loud". The remix of "Apologize" was produced and mixed by Timbaland (born March 10, 1971 in Virginia), and featured on Timbaland's studio debut album, "Timbaland Presents Shock Value". The song explores the personal pain of multiple relationships gone awry and the necessity of moving on.

The official video associated with the remix was filmed on today, and will release in early October. In this video, Timbaland is shown remixing the song while the camera circles OneRepublic as they perform. Other my favorite singles from OneRepublic are "Hearing Voices" and "Say All I Need". Find more on their Official Artist Page on iLike and MySpace.