Monkey Business (album)

Monkey Business is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group, Black Eyed Peas. It was released on May 25, 2005, by the will.i.am Music Group and A&M Records. It was the groups second album to feature R&B singer Fergie as a member.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(48/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2.5/5 stars[2]
The A.V. Club(unfavorable)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC[4]
The Guardian2/5 stars[5]
Paste(7/10)[6]
PopMatters5/10 stars[7]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)
Rolling Stone3/5 stars[8]
Slant Magazine2/5 stars[9]
Yahoo! Music UK5/10 stars[10]
Monkey Business
Studio album by
Black Eyed Peas
ReleasedMay 25, 2005
RecordedJune–December 2004
Studio
    • Amerycan
    • Henson
    • Record Plant
    • The Stewchia (Los Angeles)
    • Daddy's House
    • Sony (New York City)
  • Glenwood (Burbank)
  • Morning View (Malibu)
  • Smart (Madison)
  • The Brothel (Philadelphia)
  • Osi and Calvin (Washington, D.C.)
  • Hit Factory Criteria (Miami)
  • Metropolis (London)
  • Unnamed location (Berlin)
  • Bullet Train (Japan)
  • The Peas Tour Bus
  • will.i.am Protools Rig
Genre
Length66:03
Language
Label
Producer
Black Eyed Peas chronology
Elephunk
(2003)		 Monkey Business
(2005)		 Renegotiations: The Remixes
(2006)
Singles from Monkey Business
  1. "Don't Phunk with My Heart"
    Released: April 5, 2005
  2. "Don't Lie"
    Released: June 29, 2005
  3. "My Humps"
    Released: September 20, 2005
  4. "Pump It"
    Released: January 16, 2006

Track listings
Monkey Business – Standard edition CD
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Pump It"  
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)
  • Timbaland
  • Danja
 4:28
4. "Don't Lie"  
  • Adams
  • Jaime Gomez
  • Pineda
  • Ferguson
  • Chris Peters
  • Drew Peters
  • Ricky Walters
  • will.i.am
  • Ron Fair
 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
 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
 3:56
14. "Audio Delite at Low Fidelity"  
will.i.am 5:29
15. "Union" (featuring Sting)
  • Adams
  • Sting
  • Ferguson
  • George Pajon, Jr.
will.i.am 5:04
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)  

Personnel

Credits adapted from Monkey Business liner notes:[11]

  • 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

Release history
Country Date Edition Format Label Ref.
Italy May 25, 2005 Standard CD Universal [41]
Japan May 27, 2005 [42]
Australia May 29, 2005 [43]
France May 30, 2005 Polydor [44]
Germany Universal [45]
Portugal [46]
United Kingdom Polydor [47]
Poland May 31, 2005 Universal [48]
Denmark June 1, 2005 [49]
Sweden [50]
Canada June 7, 2005 [51]
New Zealand [52]
United States
A&M [53]
Japan August 31, 2005 Tour CD+DVD Universal [54]
September 27, 2006 Standard CD [55]
May 23, 2007 [56]
November 19, 2008 [57]
March 4, 2009 [58]
September 9, 2009 SHM-CD [59]
October 17, 2012 [60]

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