Bridging the Gap (Black Eyed Peas album)

Bridging the Gap
Studio album by
Black Eyed Peas
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
GenreHip hop[1][2]
Length62:50
Label
Producer
Black Eyed Peas chronology
Behind the Front
(1998) 		Bridging the Gap
(2000) 		Elephunk
(2003)
Singles from Bridging the Gap
  1. "BEP Empire"/"Get Original"
    Released: August 8, 2000[3]
  2. "Weekends"
    Released: August 29, 2000[4]
  3. "Request + Line"
    Released: January 30, 2001[5]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. Club(favorable)[1]
Dotmusic link
HipHopDX.com link
Q[7]
RapReviews.com 2000
Robert ChristgauB− link
Rolling Stone link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Spin(5/10)[7]
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 where they are credited as Black Eyed Peas, until the release of Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 in 2018.

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 was deeply involved in making the album, but left the group after it was released.

The album received favorable reviews, and holds a score of 74 on Metacritic.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Black Eyed Peas: Bridging the Gap". The A.V. Club.
  2. ^ a b Bridging the Gap at AllMusic
  3. ^ "BEP Empire [Vinyl]: Black Eyed Peas: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  4. ^ "Weekends [Vinyl]: Black Eyed Peas: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  5. ^ "Request Line: Black Eyed Peas: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  6. ^ a b "Bridging the Gap Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and more at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved on May 28, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Critic Reviews from Metacritic". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  8. ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Black Eyed Peas". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 77. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.