The Time (Dirty Bit)

The Black Eyed Peas | Format: MP3 Music
From the Album The Beginning (Deluxe Version)

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 30, 2010
• Release Date: November 30, 2010
• Label: Interscope
• Copyright: (C) 2010 Interscope Records
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• Duration: 5:08 minutes
• Genres:
  • Pop
• ASIN: B004BTGX8E
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,287 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Did a Third Grader Win a "Write Black Eyed Peas Song Lyrics" Contest or Something? December 30, 2010

By P. Colin McGraw VINE™ VOICE

This song continues the Black Eyed Peas recent tradition of writing catchy music on top of lyrics that seem like they were written by an elementary schooler with a drinking problem.

When I hear lines like "Well, baby, now you know now" all I can think of is Austin Powers' awkward "Allow myself to introduce... myself". Someone needs to tell these guys "now" does not rhyme with "now".

Other lines borrow from the cheesiest lines in Ke$ha's "Tik Tok". The original Ke$ha lyrics were bad enough:

"And now the dudes are lining up, 'cause they hear we got Swagger
"but then we kick 'em to the curb unless the look like Mick Jagger"

I was always under the impression that Ke$ha was just desperate for a word that rhymes with "swagger", since I don't exactly think Mick is a looker, but apparently the Black Eyed Peas think he's the man, too:

"All these girls they like my swagger
"They callin' me Mick Jagger"

Huh? I didn't think it was possible to make a lyric even more non-sensical than Ke$ha's rhyme, but there you have it.

Oh, and dramatically yelling lines like:

"Cause I'm...
"Havin'...
"A good...
"Time...
"With you."
"I'm tellin' you"
(chorus covered from 80's song)
"I had the time of my life"

Really? You couldn't have thought of anything more clever or subtle to say?

Seriously the words in this song are mind melting. Apparently The Peas followed their advice in their earlier hit, "Let's Get Retarded" and applied it to their songwriting.

I love the beat and all, but I almost wish I didn't understand English so the song wouldn't feel like I lose brain cells by listening to it.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It is what it's supposed to be....dance music! February 5, 2011

By Josette Belarmino

If you like the Black Eyed Peas because they make songs with a good beat that you can dance to, you will love this album. People looking to find their purpose in life through their lyrics are searching in the wrong places. Get over it, their songs are meant to be played while working out or dancing, not looking for your life's directions.
Enjoy!

34 of 45 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Thank you BEP! January 7, 2011

By Smoking Ace

Thank you Black eyed Peas for helping me with my "Everything that's wrong with Music today" Essay. Without this I would've had to use different examples in my paper. Topics including: Music that is unoriginal, music that uses a sample in the most uncreative way possible, music used only for marketing and the consumption of money, and music that literally drops your I.Q to the level of a chimpanzee. But thanks to The Time (Dirty Bit) I found all of this in one convenient place. I finished my essay in half of the time and got extra credit, out of sympathy, from my teacher. Unfortunately, due to over listening to this song, I have lost an unhealthy amount of brain cells and I have now been placed back to the second grade. Durrp...