Monkey Business (Album)
Monkey Business is the fourth album by the American hip hop band The Black Eyed Peas. It was released in 2005. The German translation of the album title is crooked tour or monkey business. On the cover of the four members of the band and a monkey can be seen ( a Monkey).
Album Title
The album title " Monkey Business " translates roughly as much as " crooked tour " or " monkey business ".
The enclosed booklet of the album to choose the title following two explanations:
" Definition 1: With success, people treat you differently. They can go from viewing you like a person viewing to you like a product. And that's one definition of Monkey Business. "
To German: If you succeed, you treat people differently. You can consider yourself as a person, to a product. And that is a definition of Monkey Business.
" Definition 2: Elephants have nothing to do with PHUNK and Monkey have nothing to do with business ... or do they? Our Business is PHUNKIN MUSIC. "
To German: elephants have nothing to do with Phunk and monkeys have nothing to do with shops, right? Our business is phunkin music.
Commercial success
Monkey Business is the hitherto best -selling album of the Black Eyed Peas. Worldwide, more than 10.2 million copies were sold. In Germany it went platinum for more than 200,000 units sold.
In the U.S., it was awarded with triple platinum for more than three million units sold in Canada, and Australia, it was 6x platinum, which means that it has sold over 600,000 and 420,000 respectively there time. Furthermore, were sold over two million units in Europe, of which alone over a million records in the UK.
Tracklist
Standard Edition
- Contains hidden track " So Real "
- Contains hidden track "Change"
Bonus Tracks
Asia Special Edition
In addition to the standard edition, there was an Asia Special Edition, which contained the following bonus tracks and a DVD.
B-sides
- Bend Your Beck - 3:43 (on Do not Phunk with My Heart )
- Shake Your Monkey - 3:55 (on Do not Lie )
- So Real - 2:55 (on My Humps )