Title: Monkey Business (album) Content: 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 the groups second album to feature R&B; singer Fergie as a member. == Track listings == ==Personnel== Credits adapted from Monkey Business liner notes: * 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==