FERGIE

By: Amber Gaines
Mr. Siegmund
Lit/Comp 11
FERGIE
Fergie born, as Stacy Ferguson, is a native born Californian and is known for being in the group Black- Eyed Peas she was the replacement for another female singer. But once they heard how angelic her voice was they knew they were ready to hit the studio up. And they blew up the charts with their first hit "Where is the love" featuring Justin Timberlake, and next came their other hit song "Shut-Up" and then came their song that was played at ALL NBA GAMES "Lets get it started" Which was originally called Lets get retarded. But after they were finished with their number one NBA song they came out with the summers hottest hit "My Humps" and that’s when Fergie thought she would try out her solo career.

"How Come Every time I come around my London London Bridge wanna go down"? But the real question is who was this goddess voice singing this song? FERGIE! Who shocked everyone with her first single LONDON BRIDGE? Then came her next hit FERGALICIOUS with former band member Will.I.Am. And after that Fergie came out with her #1 song "GLAMOROUS" and now making it’s was to the top of the chart is her next single "BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY".

Fergie’s music sounds different it’s not your ordinary music you hear when you get into your car or when you’re putting on your favorite C.D. Others have your ordinary bass and a beat then they’re singing. With Fergie it was another thing she actually made music because with Fergie you get a little bit more piano or drum before you actually hear the song. Fergie also separates herself from most other female r and b singers. Fergie takes her music seriously some r and b singer just sing for the money that’s why they make one song and they are done with the whole singing career. But not Fergie, she made one song being a solo artist just to see how it was going to take an effect on her life and once she saw that the fans loved her music she continued on with it. She may sing about her personal life in maybe one or two of her songs but she is most likely to be singing about REALITY, things that are actually going on something that you wouldn’t get from most other r and b singers.

Fergie’s clothing style ranges differently from others she is just normal life female who likes to relax when she’s not working hard she likes to dress in the normal jeans and t- shirt. When she knows she is about to be seen in front of millions of her fans she goes to her favorite designers from Dolce and Gabana to Emilo Pucci and Fendi. She always says that when she’s not working, she likes to just be comfortable in her regular jeans and t- shirt even though her jeans may be designer because her favorite ones are True Religion and Seven Jeans. She still feels that she doesn’t have to be in designer clothes every day even though she doesn’t mind hiding her face behind her Dolce and Gabana shades.

When you hear Fergie’s voice sometime it makes you wonder. Why doesn’t most singers’ sound like this? The answer is because Fergie vocalizes to keep her voice in tack. She likes to go in to the studio, and harmonize just a little bit; sometimes she may even use them in some of her songs. Fergie isn’t you typical high note type of singer. When you hear fergie sing you can tell that she is no Mariah Carey. Fergie likes to keep her music mellow she likes for her music to be soothing like "BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY" something that you could listen to while just sitting in your room. Even though she may have her upbeat music.

I think that Fergie has led a wonderful life from being in a group to making it out on her own with her solo career. She is showing everybody that when bands break apart or maybe even separate that they can make it on their own have a backbone something to fallback on. And if a solo career isn’t working for them then maybe they could take up other things. I don’t think that Fergie is going to just do the solo thing I think that we should look forward to maybe even seeing her on the big screen. We may never know!!!