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&nbsp;minute 19&nbsp;seconds of the CD's audio has been destroyed by clipping.

## Charts and certifications
### Weekly charts
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## Release history 
## References 
### Notes