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.

## 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
## Release history 
## References