Masters of the Sun Vol. 1

Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 is the seventh studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas. The album was Black Eyed Peas' first in eight years, and their first album released after Fergie had left the group earlier in 2018. It is also their first where they are credited as Black Eyed Peas since Bridging the Gap (2000). It was released on October 26, 2018, and it is the last Black Eyed Peas album with longtime label Interscope Records.

Reception

Masters of Sun Vol.1 generally received positive reviews by the music critics.

Track listing

Notes
 signifies a producer for part 1
 signifies a producer for part 2
 signifies an additional producer
 signifies a co-producer
All track titles are capitalised, except for "pt.1 pt 2" in tracks 5 and 9, and "pt.1 pt.2 pt.3" in track 11. For example. "Ring the Alarm pt1. pt.2 pt.3" is stylised as "RING THE ALARM pt.1 pt.2 pt.3"

 Personnel 
Black Eyed Peas
 will.i.am – vocals on all tracks, piano, keyboards, programming, turntables
 apl.de.ap – vocals on all tracks except 15 [Japan edition], turntables 
 Taboo – vocals on all tracks except 14 [Japan edition] and 15 [Japan edition], turntables

Additional musicians
 J. Rey Soul – vocals on all tracks except 3, 7, and 14 [Japan edition].
 CL – vocals (track 6)
 Lauren Evans – co-writer (tracks 3, 5); vocals (track 3) 
 Ludacris – associate producer (track 7)
 Ali Shaheed Muhammad – bass guitar (track 7) 
 Nas – vocals (track 1)
 Phife Dawg – vocals (track 7) 
 Posdnuos – vocals (track 7) 
 Karlina Covington – vocals (track 7) 
 Nicole Scherzinger – vocals (track 10)
 Slick Rick – vocals (track 5)
 DJ Motiv8 – co-producer (track 11) 
 Mooky Mook – co-writer (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 13 [Japan edition])

 Charts 
 Chart (2018) Peakposition Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 94Japanese Albums (Oricon)118 UK Album Downloads (OCC) 72 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Sales (Billboard) 35

 Release history 
 Country  Date  Format  Label  Catalogue  Australia October 26, 2018  Interscope  1439145773 Australia November 9, 2018 CD 360391 Japan December 5, 2018  CD Universal Music Japan 

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Citations

Other websites
 Official website of The Black Eyed Peas

Category:2018 albums
Category:Black Eyed Peas albums
Category:Hip hop albums