Monkey Business (album)
Monkey Business is the fourth studio album by American hip hop 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.[1]
The album was certified three times Platinum by the RIAA in the U.S. and has sold over 10 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.[2]
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.[3]
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".[4]
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
The Black Eyed Peas performing on August 24, 2006
Track listings
| 16. |
"Do What You Want" | | |
4:03 |
| 17. |
"If You Want Love" | | |
4:56 |
| 17. |
"If You Want Love" | | |
4:56 |
| 18. |
"Make Them Hear You" | | |
3:18 |
| 17. |
"Pump It (Travis Barker Remix)" | | |
3:36 |
| 18. |
"Dum Diddly (Noisetrip Remix)" | | |
4:06 |
| 1. |
"Pump It" (Video) |
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| 2. |
"Don't Phunk with My Heart" (Video) |
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| 3. |
"Don't Lie" (Video) |
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| 4. |
"My Humps" (Video) |
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| 5. |
"Like That" (Video) |
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- Notes
Personnel
Credits adapted from Monkey Business liner notes:[14]
- William Adams – conceptual design, producer (tracks 1-2, 4-10, 12-15) (also executive), audio mixing (track 14), rap vocals, vocals sung by (All tracks), bass (tracks 1, 4-5, 7, 9-10, 12, 14), drum machine (1, 4-5, 7, 9, 12, 15), drums (15), synthesizer (1, 7, 12, 14), clavinet keyboard (5, 11), organ (5, 9), rhodes piano (8, 11), additional instruments (6)
- Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson - rap vocals, vocals sung by (tracks 1-8, 10-11, 13, 15)
- Allen "apl.de.ap" Pineda - rap vocals, vocals sung by (tracks 1-4, 6-8, 10-12, 14-15), Clavinet keyboard (8), drum machine (8), strings played by (8), producer (8)
- Jaime "Taboo" Gomez - rap vocals, vocals sung by (tracks 1-2, 4, 6-8, 11, 13, 15)
- Marcella Araica - assistant recording engineer, Pro-Tools music editing (track 3)
- Charlie Baccarat - electric violin (track 2)
- Printz Board - Mellotron strings (tracks 2, 7-8), Mellotron keyboards (13), Moog synthesizer (7, 10), synthesizer (8, 13), bass (8, 10), drums (8), drum machine (13), trumpet (9-11, 13), keyboards (10), Rhodes piano (10), producer (8, 13)
- Ray Brady - guitar (tracks 4, 7)
- James Brown - additional lead vocals sung by (track 10)
- Venus Brown – DJ scratching (track 3), background vocals (10), A&R management
- Demo Castelleon - recording engineer (track 3)
- Mino Cinelu - sampled percussion (track 15)
- Fred Davis – legal representation
- Dylan "3-D" Dresdow - vocal recording engineer (track 8)
- Ron Fair – executive producer, additional music producer (track 4), string arrangements (2, 9), strings conducted by (9), harmonica (4)
- Shepard Fairey – album cover and logo designer
- Mike Fratantuono - bass (track 13)
- Seth Friedman – A&R management, cover art director, manager
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Serban Ghenea – audio mixing (tracks 5, 10-12, 15)
- Dennis Gomez – booklet design
- Cee-Lo Green - additional rap vocals (track 6)
- Keith Harris - live drums (track 7), drums (2, 7, 13-14), keyboards (7), Mellotron strings (7), percussion (8)
- Tal Herzberg - recording engineer (tracks 1-2, 4, 9), Pro-Tools music programming (2, 4)
- Julie Hovsepian – product manager
- Ted Howard - recording engineer (track 6)
- Tippa Irie - background vocals (track 7)
- Jack Johnson - guitar played by, additional vocals sung by (track 9)
- Mike Jurkovac – cover art director
- Manu Katche - sampled drums (track 15)
- Kenny Kirkland - sampled keyboards (track 15)
- Talib Kweli - additional rap vocals (track 6)
- Sarah Larkin – business manager
- John Legend - additional vocals sung by (track 6)
- Melvin "Chaos" Lewis - recording engineer (track 11), bass, drum machine (11)
- Jimmy Limon - bass, Clavinet keyboard, organ, drum machine, percussion, guitar (track 12)
- Lor-e – stylist
- Branford Marsalis - sampled soprano saxophone (track 15)
- Edward Martinez – booklet art director and photographer
- Tony Maserati - audio mixing (tracks 3, 7-8, 13)
- Michael Matthews - guitar (track 11)
- Polo Molina – manager
- Osinachi Nwaneri - recording engineer (track 6)
- Tim "Izo" Orindgreff - saxophone (tracks 9-11, 13), flute (13)
- George Pajon Jr. - guitar (tracks 1-4, 8, 10, 13)
- Jack Joseph Puig - audio mixing (track 9)
- Q-Tip - rap vocals (track 6)
- Kevin Rudolf - guitar (track 3)
- Dante Santiago – background vocals (tracks 8, 10-11, 13), additional lead vocals (7), A&R management coordination
- Justin Siegel – A&R management coordination
- Madeleine Smith – music clearance
- David Sonenberg – manager
- Mike "Spike" Stent - audio mixing (tracks 1-2, 4)
- Sting - additional vocals sung by (track 15), sampled bass (15)
- Robert "Mousey" Thompson - bass, Clavinet keyboard, drums, drum machine, organ (track 10)
- Justin Timberlake - additional vocals sung by (track 3)
- Timbaland - additional rap vocals (track 3), all other instruments (3)
- Neil Tucker - recording engineer (tracks 2, 8, 10-11, 13)
- Andrew Van Meter – production manager
- Jason Villaroman - recording engineer (tracks 1, 3-5, 7, 12, 14-15)
- Jeff Watkins - saxophone (track 10)
- Albert Watson – photographer
- Ethan Willoughby - recording engineer, audio mixing (track 6)
- Damon Woods - guitar (track 10)
- Florencio Zavala – album cover and logo designer
- Mike Rotch – Fergie's graphic layout – director
Charts, certifications and sales
| Chart (2005–06) |
Peak
position |
Certification |
Sales |
| Argentinian Albums Chart[15] |
1 |
Platinum[15] |
40,000+ |
| Australian Albums Chart[16] |
1 |
6× Platinum[17] |
420,000 |
| Austrian Albums Chart[18] |
2 |
– |
– |
| Canadian Albums Chart[19] |
1 |
6× Platinum[20] |
600,000 |
| Danish Albums Chart[21] |
3 |
– |
– |
| Dutch Albums Chart[22] |
3 |
– |
– |
| Finnish Albums Chart[23] |
4 |
– |
– |
| French Albums Chart[24] |
1 |
2× Platinum[25] |
439,000 |
| Germany Albums Chart[19] |
1 |
Platinum[26] |
200,000 |
| Greek Albums Chart[27] |
13 |
Gold[27] |
10,000 |
| Italian Albums Chart[19] |
10 |
Platinum[28] |
80,000 |
| Japanese Albums Chart[29] |
3 |
Platinum[30] |
340,000+ |
| Mexican Albums Chart[31] |
1 |
3× Gold[32] |
150,000 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart[33] |
1 |
4× Platinum[19] |
60,000 |
| Norway Albums Chart[34] |
15 |
– |
– |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[35] |
13
|
Platinum |
20,000+[36] |
| Spain Albums Chart[19] |
5 |
Platinum |
150,000+ |
| Swedish Albums Chart[37] |
16 |
Gold |
20,000 |
| Switzerland Albums Chart[38] |
1 |
2× Platinum[39] |
80,000 |
| U.S Billboard 200[40] |
3 |
4× Platinum[41] |
4,272,000[42] |
| UK Albums Chart[19] |
4 |
3× Platinum[43] |
1,065,834 |
| Worldwide |
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10,000,000 + |
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Release history
References
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