Bridging the Gap (Black Eyed Peas album)

Bridging the Gap
Studio album by Black Eyed Peas
Released	September 26, 2000
Recorded	1999-2000
Genre	Alternative hip hop, Hip hop
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 "Weekends" Released: October 3, 2000 "Request + Line" Released: February 26, 2001

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
HipHopDX.com	link
RapReviews.com	2000
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Bridging the Gap is the second studio album by american hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, released on September 26, 2000. 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 & renamed as "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 & is the background singer in "Tell Your Mama Come". The album had favorable reviews, and currently holds a score of 74% on metacritic.

This was their final album as Black Eyed Peas, before they changed their name to The Black Eyed Peas.

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' Pajon Jr.	will.i.am	4:47
6.	"Lil' Lil'"	Adams, Pineda, 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, Pajon Jr., John Collins, Bill Withers	apl.de.ap	4:56
10.	"Go Go"	Adams, Pineda, Fratantuno, Arthur Baker, John Robie, Afrika Bambaata, Robert Allen, Ellis Williams, Ralf Rutter, Emil Schultz	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, Pajon Jr.	will.i.am	3:14
14.	"Request + Line" (featuring Macy Gray) (Hidden track "Empire Strikes Back" begins at 3:53)	Adams, Pineda, Fratantuno, Pajon Jr., Rhett Lawrence, Natalie Hinds	Rhett Lawrence, will.i.am	9:21

United Kingdom bonus track
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Magic"

Collector's Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Magic"
16.	"Bridging the Gaps" (Version 2)

Singles Chart Positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
2000	"BEP Empire"	-	-	#44
	"Weekends"	-	#73	#34
2001	"Request + Line"	#63	#51	#2