Hip-Hop/Pop Trailblazers Black Eyed Peas Announce 25th Anniversary Vinyl Edition of ‘Bridging The Gap’

Continuing a banner year, six-time Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum Los Angeles-based pop-rap group Black Eyed Peas will unveil the new 25th Anniversary Edition of their seminal second full-length LP, Bridging The Gap, on September 26, 2025.

Pressed on standard-weight 2LP vinyl, it will be available in multiple configurations, including a limited-edition Brown colour variant and standard black vinyl. A special pre-order for Bridging The Gap (25TH Anniversary Edition) is live now on the Sound of VinyluDiscover, and Interscope stores HERE.

Black Eyed Peas originally released Bridging The Gap on September 26, 2000. The 13-track body of work notably boasts staples such as “B.E.P. Empire,” “Weekends” [feat. Esthero], their very first Billboard Hot 100 entry “Request + Line” [feat. Macy Gray], and more.

2025 has seen the group celebrate their 30th anniversary with a series of limited-edition physical reissues. The new vinyl versions of Behind The FrontElephunkMonkey Business, and The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) are all available HERE.

Bridging The Gap (25TH Anniversary Edition) Track Listing:

A1 BEP Empire
A2 Weekends [feat. Esthero]
A3 Get Original [feat. Chali2na]
A4 Hot [feat. Kim Hill]

B1 Cali To New York [feat. De La Soul]
B2 Lil’ Lil’
B3 On My Own [feat. Les Nubians & Mos Def]

C1 Release
C2 Bridging The Gaps
C3 Go Go
C4 Rap Song [feat. Wyclef Jean]

D1 Bringing It Back
D2 Tell Your Mama Come
D3 Request + Line [feat. Macy Gray]