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Recorded
  
2004

Artist
  
The Black Eyed Peas

Label
  
A&M Records

Length
  
66:03

Release date
  
25 May 2005

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Released
  
May 25, 2005 (2005-05-25)

Producer
  
apl.de.ap Printz Board Nate "Danja" Hills Ron Fair Noize Trip Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley will.i.am

Monkey Business (2005)
  
Renegotiations The Remixes (2006)

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Pop music, Contemporary R&B, Pop-rap, Dance-pop

Awards
  
NRJ Music Award for International Album of the Year

Similar
  
The Black Eyed Peas albums, Hip hop music albums

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Monkey Business is the fourth studio album by American group, The Black Eyed Peas. It was released on May 25, 2005, by the will.i.am Music Group and A&M Records. It was recorded in "two and three-month spurts" throughout 2004 while the group was on tour.

Contents

The album was certified three times Platinum by the RIAA in the U.S. and has sold over 11 million copies worldwide. The Canadian Recording Industry Association (or CRIA) has certified Monkey Business 6x Platinum, with sales of over 600,000 copies. The Australian Recording Industry Association (or ARIA) has also certified Monkey Business 6x Platinum, denoting sales of over 420,000 copies. The album's tracks earned the group four 2006 Grammy Award nominations and they also won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Don't Phunk with My Heart". According to IFPI, over 2 million copies have been sold in Europe.

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Critical reception

Initial critical response to Monkey Business was mixed to negative. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 48, based on 20 reviews. The most favourable review was Robert Christgau's, who gave the album a 3-star honorable mention, saying: "What all pop might be—so much brighter and kinder than it is".

Singles

  • "Don't Phunk with My Heart" was the lead single from The Black Eyed Peas' second album since band member Fergie joined the group. The single became the group's first top 5 single, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and their second top 10.
  • "Don't Lie" was the album's second single, however it failed to duplicate the success of "Don't Phunk with My Heart", partly due to the rising success of the then-unreleased-single "My Humps". "Don't Lie" did manage to crack the top 20 in the United States, peaking at No. 14 on the Hot 100.
  • "My Humps" was the third single from the album and was released in the summer of 2005. The song was released after it became an unsolicited hit on mainstream radio across the United States. The track, even with lack of promotion, surpassed the highly promoted track "Don't Lie". "My Humps" became one of the biggest songs of 2005, despite an incredible amount of criticism, with some labeling the song "tasteless".
  • "Pump It" was released as the fourth and final single from the album, and was the final song from the album to chart on the Hot 100

    • Track listing

    Notes
  • ^a signifies a co-producer
  • ^b signifies an additional producer
  • "My Humps" includes a hidden track "So Real".
  • "Audio Delite at Low Fidelity" includes a hidden track "Change".
  • "Pump It" samples "Misirlou" by Dick Dale.
  • "Don't Phunk With My Heart" interpolates "I Wonder If I Take You Home" by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam and samples "Ae Naujawan Sab Kuchh Yahan" and "Yeh Mera Dil Pyaar Ka Diwana", both sung by Asha Bhosle.
  • "Don't Lie" samples "The Ruler's Back" by Slick Rick.
  • "My Humps" interpolates "I Need a Freak" by Sexual Harassment and samples "Wild Thing" by Tone Lōc and "It's Automatic" by Freestyle.
  • "Like That" samples "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" by Astrud Gilberto.
  • "Dum Diddly" interpolates "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth and "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles.
  • "Feel It" interpolates "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson.
  • "Gone Going" interpolates and samples "Gone" by Jack Johnson.
  • "They Don't Want Music" interpolates "Mind Power" by James Brown.
  • "Ba Bump" interpolates "Candy" by Cameo.
  • "Audio Delite at Low Fidelity" samples "All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls.
  • "Union" samples "Englishman in New York" by Sting.

    • Personnel

    Credits adapted from Monkey Business liner notes:

    Songs

    1Pump It3:35
    2Don't Phunk With My Heart4:00
    3My Style4:28

    References

    Monkey Business (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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