Elephunk

Elephunk is the third studio album by American hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas. It was released on June 20, 2003, by the will.i.am Music Group and A&M Records. Although the album is the group's third album it is also the groups first in many ways; it was the first album to feature R&B singer Fergie and was the first album of the group to be billed as "the Black Eyed Peas".

Critical reception

 Track listings 

Personnel
The Black Eyed Peas
 will.i.am – vocals on all tracks except 11; backing vocals on track 11; Moog synthesizers on tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13; drum programming on tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10; clavinet on tracks 12 and 13; drums and piano on track 2; Wurlitzer electric piano on track 4; synthesizer on track 10; executive production; production; engineering on tracks 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12 and 14; mixing on tracks 10 and 14
 apl.de.ap – vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13; drum programming and production on track 11
 Fergie – vocals on all tracks except 6, 7 and 12
 Taboo – vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 13; guitar
Main session musicians
 George Pajon, Jr. – guitar on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13 and 15
 J. Curtis – guitar on tracks 5, 7, 11 and 13
 Mike Fratantuno – bass on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 14 and 15; guitarrón on track 7; double bass and acoustic guitar on track 13
 Dante Santiago – backing vocals on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6 and 10; vocals on track 7
Other contributors

 Printz Board – horns on track 2; trumpet on track 7; Moog synthesizer and clavinet on track 13
 Tim Orindgreff – horns on track 2; saxophone and flute on track 7
 Terence Yoshiaki – drums on tracks 3 and 7
 Noelle Scaggs – backing vocals on tracks 3 and 6
 Tippa Irie – vocals on track 4

 Ray Brady – guitar on tracks 5 and 9
 Terry Dexter – backing vocals on track 6
 Travis Barker - drums on track 15
 Davey Chegwidden – percussion on track 7
 Chuck Prada – percussion on tracks 7 and 14
 Debi Nova – vocals on track 7
 Sérgio Mendes – piano on track 8

 John Legend – vocals on track 10
 Jacoby Shaddix – vocals on track 12
 Tobin Esperance – bass on track 12
 Jerry Horton – guitar on track 12
 David Buckner – drums on track 12
 Justin Timberlake – vocals on track 13

Main production personnel
 Ron Fair – executive production; production on track 13; additional vocal production on track 5; piano on track 7
 Dylan Dresdow – engineering on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 and 15; additional vocal engineering on track 3
 Christine Sirois – engineering assistance on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 13
 Tony Maserati – mixing on all tracks except 10 and 12
 Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering

Additional production personnel
 Tal Herzberg – additional engineering on tracks 5 and 13
 Jun Ishizeki – engineering on track 10
 Jason Villaroman – engineering on track 11
 Chris Lord-Alge – mixing on track 12

The album is considered a victim of the Loudness war, with the worst possible ranking in the Hall of CD Clipping Shame, as 1 minute 19 seconds of the CD's audio has been destroyed by clipping.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts
 Chart (2003) Peakposition Canadian Albums (Jam!) 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 6 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 10

Year-end charts
 Chart (2003) Position Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 47

Certifications
CountriesCertificationSalesArgentinaGold50,000Australia4× Platinum280,000BrazilDiamond500,000Canada7× Platinum700,000FinlandGold23,541France4× Platinum413,000GermanyPlatinum200,000IndonesiaGold45,000JapanGoldJapanese Sales and Certification (in Japanese)100,000Canada7× Platinum700,000Europe2× Platinum2,000,000MexicoPlatinum100,000SpainPlatinum100,000SwitzerlandPlatinum40,000SwedenGold30,000UK5× Platinum1,500,000US2× Platinum3,190,000

 Release history 
 Country Date Edition Label Canada June 24, 2003 Standard Universal Germany July 1, 2003 United Kingdom August 7, 2003 Polydor United States May 26, 2004 Re-issue A&M

 References 

 Notes 

Category:2003 albums
Category:Black Eyed Peas albums
Category:Hip hop albums
Category:Funk albums
Category:R&B albums
Category:Interscope Records albums
Category:A&M Records albums