Monkey Business (album)

Monkey Business
Studio album by The Black Eyed Peas
Released	May 25, 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop[1][2][3] hip-pop[4][5] hip hop[4][6]
Length	66:03
Label	will.i.am Interscope A&M
Producer	apl.de.ap Printz Board Nate "Danja" Hills Ron Fair Noize Trip Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley will.i.am
The Black Eyed Peas chronology
Elephunk (2003) Monkey Business (2005) Renegotiations: The Remixes (2006)
Asian special edition
Singles from Monkey Business
"Don't Phunk with My Heart" Released: April 12, 2005 "Don't Lie" Released: July 26, 2005 "My Humps" Released: September 20, 2005 "Pump It" Released: January 17, 2006

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.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9] 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".^[10]

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

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(48/100)[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[11]
The A.V. Club	(unfavorable)[12]
Entertainment Weekly	C[13]
The Guardian	[14]
Paste	(7/10)[15]
PopMatters	[16]
Robert Christgau	[10]
Rolling Stone	[17]
Slant Magazine	[5]
Yahoo! Music UK	[18]

The Black Eyed Peas performing on August 24, 2006

Track listings

Monkey Business – Standard edition CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Pump It"	William Adams Allan Pineda Thomas van Musser Stacy Ferguson Nicolas Roubanis	will.i.am	3:33
2.	"Don't Phunk with My Heart"	Adams Ferguson Printz Board George Pajon, Jr. Full Force Kalyanji Anandiji Indeewar	will.i.am	3:59
3.	"My Style" (featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)	Adams Pineda Ferguson van Musser Timberlake Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley Nate "Danja" Hills	Timbaland Danja^[a]	4:28
4.	"Don't Lie"	Adams Jaime Gomez Pineda Ferguson Chris Peters Drew Peters Ricky Walters	will.i.am Ron Fair^[b]	3:39
5.	"My Humps"	Adams David Payton	will.i.am	5:26
6.	"Like That" (featuring Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, CeeLo Green and John Legend)	Adams Pineda Gomez Kamaal Fareed Talib Kweli Greene Anthony Newley Leslie Bricusse	will.i.am	4:34
7.	"Dum Diddly" (featuring Dante Santiago)	Adams Pineda Ray Brady Board George Bennett Benjamin Brown Lloyd Ferguson Robert Lyn Donat Mittoo Leroy Sibbles Fitzroy Simpson	will.i.am	4:19
8.	"Feel It"	Adams Pineda Ferguson	apl.de.ap Board^[a] will.i.am^[a]	4:19
9.	"Gone Going" (featuring Jack Johnson)	Adams Jack Johnson	will.i.am	3:13
10.	"They Don't Want Music" (featuring James Brown)	Adams J. Brown Ferguson Printz Board Timothy Grindgreff Greg Mays Darryl Barnes	will.i.am	6:46
11.	"Disco Club"	Adams Pineda Jean Baptiste Melvin J. Lewis Michael Matthews Anthony Tidd	Noize Trip	3:48
12.	"Bebot"	Adams Pineda	will.i.am	3:30
13.	"Ba Bump"	Adams Board Larry Blackmon Thomas Jenkins	Printz Board will.i.am^[a]	3:56
14.	"Audio Delite at Low Fidelity"	Adams Pineda Keith Harris Rick James	will.i.am	5:29
15.	"Union" (featuring Sting)	Adams Sting Ferguson George Pajon, Jr.	will.i.am	5:04

Monkey Business – Standard edition CD (International bonus track)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Do What You Want"			4:03

Monkey Business – Standard edition CD (UK bonus track)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"If You Want Love"			4:56

Monkey Business – Standard edition CD (Japan bonus tracks)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"If You Want Love"			4:56
18.	"Make Them Hear You"			3:18

Monkey Business – Asia Special edition (Bonus tracks)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Pump It" (Travis Barker Remix)			3:36
18.	"Dum Diddly" (Noisetrip Remix)			4:06

Monkey Business – Asia special edition (Bonus DVD)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pump It" (Video)
2.	"Don't Phunk with My Heart" (Video)
3.	"Don't Lie" (Video)
4.	"My Humps" (Video)
5.	"Like That" (Video)

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:^[19]

• 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[20] 1 Platinum[20] 40,000+ Australian Albums Chart[21] 1 6× Platinum[22] 420,000 Austrian Albums Chart[23] 2 – – Canadian Albums Chart[24] 1 6× Platinum[25] 600,000 Danish Albums Chart[26] 3 – – Dutch Albums Chart[27] 3 – – Finnish Albums Chart[28] 4 – – French Albums Chart[29] 1 2× Platinum[30] 439,000 Germany Albums Chart[24] 1 Platinum[31] 200,000 Greek Albums Chart[32] 13 Gold[32] 10,000 Italian Albums Chart[24] 10 Platinum[33] 80,000 Japanese Albums Chart[34] 3 Platinum[35] 340,000+ Mexican Albums Chart[36] 1 3× Gold[37] 150,000 New Zealand Albums Chart[38] 1 4× Platinum[24] 60,000 Norway Albums Chart[39] 15 – – Polish Albums (ZPAV)[40] 13 Platinum 20,000+[41] Spain Albums Chart[24] 5 Platinum 150,000+ Swedish Albums Chart[42] 16 Gold 20,000 Switzerland Albums Chart[43] 1 2× Platinum[44] 80,000 U.S Billboard 200[45] 3 4× Platinum[46] 4,272,000[47] UK Albums Chart[24] 4 3× Platinum[48] 1,065,834 Worldwide - - 10,000,000 +

Release history

Country	Date	Edition	Format	Label	Ref.
Italy	May 25, 2005	Standard	CD	Universal	[49]
Japan	May 27, 2005				[50]
Australia	May 29, 2005				[51]
France	May 30, 2005			Polydor	[52]
Germany				Universal	[53]
Portugal					[54]
United Kingdom				Polydor	[55]
Poland	May 31, 2005			Universal	[56]
Denmark	June 1, 2005				[57]
Sweden					[58]
Canada	June 7, 2005				[59]
New Zealand					[60]
United States			CD LP	A&M	[61]
Japan	August 31, 2005	Tour	CD+DVD	Universal	[62]
	September 27, 2006	Standard	CD		[63]
	May 23, 2007				[64]
	November 19, 2008				[65]
	March 4, 2009				[66]
	September 9, 2009		SHM-CD		[67]
	October 17, 2012				[68]

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External links

• listen to Monkey Business at bloson.com at the Wayback Machine (archived April 23, 2010)
• The Black Eyed Peas official site
• PortalBEP.com