Question: Which American songwriter is best known as a founding member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, Aretha Franklin or Will.i.am?
Context: "Fergalicious" is a song recorded by American singer and rapper Fergie for her debut studio album, "The Dutchess" (2006).  The title is a portmanteau of "Fergie" and "delicious".  It was written by Fergie and The Black Eyed Peas groupmate will.i.am, who also produced the song as well as providing the instrumentation and additional vocals.  The song was slated as the second single from the album and released for airplay on October 23, 2006.  "Fergalicious" is an dance, electro and hip hop song with R&B characteristics.  It contains compositional samples of "Supersonic", a song written by Dania Maria Birks, Juana Michelle Burns, Juanita A. Lee, Kim Nazel, and Fatima Shaheed and performed by J. J. Fad, and "Give It All You Got", a song written by Derrick Rahming and popularized by Afro-Rican.  The song's bridge contains an interpolation of "Night Train" by Jimmy Forrest and James Brown.  The critical reception of "Fergalicious" was positive, with many praising it as a catchy and danceable track.  Some music critics compared the song to "My Humps" (2006), a single released by The Black Eyed Peas from their fourth studio album "Monkey Business" (2005). William James Adams (born March 15, 1975), better known by his stage name will.i.am (pronounced "will-i-am"), is an American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, DJ, record producer, entrepreneur, actor, and philanthropist.  He is best known as a founding member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas (often abbreviated as "BEP"). Jaime Luis Gomez (born July 14, 1975), better known by his stage name Taboo, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and DJ, best known as a member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas. Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter.  Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at the church of her father, minister C. L. Franklin's church.  In 1960, at the age of 18, Franklin embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but only achieving modest success.  Following her signing to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin achieved commercial acclaim and success with songs such as "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Spanish Harlem" and "Think".  By the end of the 1960s decade she had gained the title "The Queen of Soul". The Dutchess is the debut studio album by American singer Fergie.  It was released on September 23, 2006 through A&M Records and the will.i.am Music Group as her first solo album since the break from her band The Black Eyed Peas.  The album was recorded between The Black Eyed Peas' tour in 2005, and the songs were written throughout the last eight years that preceded its release.  While developing the album, Fergie wanted to create an autobiographical album that would be more intimate between her and the listener.  By doing so, the album experiments with different music genres, including pop, hip hop, R&B, reggae, punk rock and soul.  Lyrically, "The Dutchess" has themes about love and critics, while also dealing with her drug abuse and addiction. "Pump It" is a 2005 song by The Black Eyed Peas.  It was released as the fourth and final single from The Black Eyed Peas' 2005 album "Monkey Business".  This song was also remixed for the deluxe edition of the group's fifth studio album "The E.N.D" as "Pump It Harder".  "Pump It" heavily incorporates music from Dick Dale's 1962 surf version of the song "Misirlou" (known by many for being featured in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film "Pulp Fiction").  "Miserlou" (sometimes rendered "Misirlou") is a popular folk song of Eastern Mediterranean origin, with an Egyptian version dating back to 1919, and a Greek version of 1927 which is believed to have been written by Tetos Dimitriadis, the arrangement of which is credited to Nicholas Roubanis for his 1941 released jazz version. The Black Eyed Peas (originally simply Black Eyed Peas) are an American group, consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie.  Originally an alternative hip hop group, they subsequently changed their musical sound to pop and dance-pop music.  Although the group was founded in Los Angeles in 1995, it was not until the release of their third album "Elephunk" in 2003 that they achieved high record sales.  Since that time, the group has sold an estimated 76 million records (35 million albums and 41 million singles), making them one of the world's best-selling groups of all time.  According to Nielsen SoundScan, The Black Eyed Peas were the second-best-selling artist/group of all time for downloaded tracks, with over 42 million sales as of the end of 2011. Jeffrey E. Cohen is an American R&B, soul and funk songwriter and record producer who is best known for the collaboration with prolific singer-songwriter, record producer and drummer Narada Michael Walden.  Together, they wrote for numerous artists like Jermaine Stewart, Patti Austin, Aretha Franklin, Shanice, Stacy Lattisaw, George Benson, Gladys Knight, Angela Bofill, Regina Belle, actor-singer Eddie Murphy and Clarence Clemons.  As a solo songwriter, he wrote songs for Ryuichi Sakamoto, Herbie Hancock, Rick Astley and Santana.  He's won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song along with Narada Michael Walden, for their work "Freeway of Love" by Aretha Franklin.  Their songs have been sampled by some hip hop/R&B artists, such as Kris Kross ("Live and Die for Hip Hop", which is sampled no. 1 R&B hit "Baby Come to Me" by Regina Belle), Faith Evans ("Live Will Pass You By", which is sampled "Gotta Make It Up to You" by Angela Bofill), Mariah Carey ("Heartbreaker", which is prominently sampled "Attack of the Name Game" by Stacy Lattisaw). 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 as "Black Eyed Peas", before they changed their name to "The Black Eyed Peas". Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo is the second studio album by American singer songwriter, Aretha Franklin, released on February 27, 1961 by Columbia Records.  The album is Aretha's first release for Columbia, and is also known under its working title "Right Now It's Aretha" and sometimes simply as "Aretha".  Following in the footsteps of her close friend Sam Cooke, Aretha was "discovered" by famed Columbia Records producer John H. Hammond, who on the cover notes of the 1973 edition of "The Great Aretha Franklin: The First 12 Sides" mentions, that she was in fact recommended by the composer Curtis Reginald Lewis.  With the support of her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Aretha ventured out to New York City's Columbia Record Studios to record her debut album for the label.  Hammond paired Aretha Franklin with Ray Bryant, and combo and arranger J. Leslie McFarland, while taking charge of the album's production, which was received to mixed reviews.
Answer: William James Adams