Boom Boom Pow Not quite the knockout blow the title might imply, ‘Boom Boom Pow’ sees the Black Eyed Peas cash in on the Kanye-fuelled robot rap trend, injecting a computer beat with their trademark nonsense lyrics and Fergie’s wailing vocals. The result sounds like the stripped-down remix of a remix of something there wasn’t very much of to begin with. At least previously the Peas sang about ‘lovely lady lumps’ with some conviction; Boom Boom Pow is the epitome of cold, clinical, formulaic pop. Too turgid to make it as a club hit, and too sonically toxic to bear private listening.
