What happened to the Black Eyed Peas' lyrical imagination?

[meserach.livejournal.com]

Elephunk era Black Eyed Peas:

Shut Up - "How could you trust your private eyes/girl, that's why you won't believe my lies/and quick deceptions"

Let's Get Retarded - "Bop your head like epilepsy"

Latin Girls - "Bring your friends/And bring your cousins cause I know you got dozens of them"

&c &c

The E.N.D-era Black Eyed Peas:

NOT A SINGLE MEMORABLE LINE

(okay, I kinda like "digital spit" and "beat so big I'm stepping on leprechauns", from Boom Boom Pow.)

(okay, okay, there's a few other good lines too but there's still a noticeable decline in quality is my point)

What happened?

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[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(basically this was a BEP album in everything but name seeing as 90% of the tracks featured one or more of the other Peas)