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Monkey Business (0761141847)
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| As with their last hit, Elephunk, Black Eyed Peas' new disc Monkey Business is a joyful cross-genre journey with musical props to hip-hop, rock, folk, funk, and pop. The reason the Black Eyed Peas have audience appeal that crosses over many styles is because the band members are such obvious fans of diverse music. Nowhere is this more apparent than on Monkey Business's high-profile guest list. After Justin Timberlake's contribution to the massive "Where Is the Love" breakout hit from Elephunk, their inclusion of big names once again was a smart, respectful move on the part of the band as well as their guests. "My Style" is Timberlake's BEP foray number two; while the song is funky pop fun, those looking to hear Justin in the forefront are likely to be disappointed, as his vocals are mixed evenly, no sweet soulful solos this time. Other guests of note are Jack Johnson, who cowrote the bling-bashing "Gone Going," Sting on "Union" (sonically inspired by the former Police-man's "Englishman in New York"), while funk legend James Brown contributes to a scorching soul track dubbed "They Don't Want Music." The contribution of female vocalist Fergie--who joined the band partway through their last CD--has raised up considerably on the band's fourth disc, their second as a quartet. Sassily fronting her way through songs like "My Humps," the "Hey Mama"-esque "Dum Diddly" and the first single "Don't Phunk With My Heart," Fergie's melodic contributions make for a record that will likely be heard by wider audiences than ever, making this a truly accessible `hip-pop' CD. --Denise Sheppard Recommended Black Eyed Peas Discography
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Author: Guest
What an outrageous group, how can anyone like this rubbish. Maybe an horde of brainless people. How I feel happy in being intelligent ,living my life with things of absolute quality and not consuming this kind of food for mediocres. How said Romans, "it's just bread and circus to the poors". Give to people what they deserve, rubbish! It's because you mediocre people that buy this, that this kind of people, the members of this group, get money and laughs behind the scenes about how dumb people can be. It's the same horde that buy, Beyonce, Spears, Madona, and other outrageous poor music.
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Author: Guest
This is one of my most favorite CD'S ever!!! I love the music, beat, and lyrics for every song!!!!
The cd is kinda a crazy cool cd because they write and produce what they feel... totally me!
I have got to give a shout out to the BEP'S... keep producin' and I'll keep buyin'!
Whoever hates this CD is just hatin' on good music!!! (end.)
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Author: Guest
I don't know why there are so many negative reviews about this album. The truth is that it's really good.
Pump It - Great way to start off...catchy
Don't Phunk With My Heart - Overplayed but was great when it first came out
My Style - Hot!
Don't Lie - Catchy lyrics, Fergie is really good in this one
My Humps - Stupid but fun! This is not supposed to be a serious song people!
Like That - Great rhymes an great beat, one of the best songs on the album
Dum Diddley - My personal favorite, good beat
Feel It - One of the weaker tracks, not bad tho
Gone Going - Meaningful and catchy
They Don't Want Music - Another ok track, not my favorite
Disco Club - Weak but listenable
Bebot - Great beat! Lyrics are in another language but not bad
Ba Bump - Ok song, cool beat
Audio Delite At Low Fidelity - Very catchy,
Union - Meaningful lyrics and great beat
In conclusion, this is one of the only CD's I can listen to without having to skip any songs. The beats are great and the lyrics are meaningful. This is real music people, not the other kind of crap the music industry is cranking out today.
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Author: Guest
BEP was one of my favorite hip-hop acts of the late 90's. Their Debut album "Behind the Front" and even their Sophomore album "Bridging the Gap" continued a musical approach and ideology more akin to Tribe Called Quest, Talib Kweli, De La Soul, and the Roots than the current Gangster Rap trend.
After this however, BEP apparently figured out that they can make more money with intellectually depraved dance tracks than they can with original music. And it's a shame.
Money Business is a perfect example of an album crafted from bottom to top for pop appeal. In 2004 (with Elephunk) BEP left the Artistic music community and joined the commercial music community. It was sad to see them go.
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Author: Guest
But every other song is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. Like That is great though...too bad they had to sell out so badly, they were going places.
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