black eyed peas i gotta feeling release date

For every hyper-sexualized, by-the-numbers track like the hit single 'Boom Boom Pow,' there are message songs like 'Now Generation,' which begins, in cheerleader fashion, with the lines: 'We are the now generation! We are the generation now!/This is the now generation! This is the generation now!' Led by will.i.am's production, which is continually the best thing about the album, the Black Eyed Peas move even farther away from hip-hop into the type of blandly inspirational dance-pop that has become ripe for advertising and marketing opportunities, including 'I Gotta Feeling' ('I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night') and 'Party All Night' ('If we could party all night and sleep all day, and throw all of our problems away, my life would be ea-say'). Worse yet, they aren't content to be disposable pop stars they also want to write anthemic, vital songs that speak for a new generation. The Black Eyed Peas make effective pop/crossover music, but with all the limitations of the form - vapid lyrics, clumsy delivery, vocals smoothed over by Auto-Tune, and songwriting that constantly strains for (and reaches) the lowest common denominator.

Black eyed peas i gotta feeling release date