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Paste Magazine

Undeniably and increasingly danceable. [#16, p.148]

E! Online

A disc packed with so many surefire club-ready hits it'll be impossible to avoid these jams over the next year.

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Los Angeles Times

Hurries from one strangely unsatisfying sparkle to the next. [5 Jun 2005]

Rolling Stone

Monkey Business is just as bright if not quite as fun as Elephunk.

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RapReviews.com

You'll keep looking for songs with more depth than "Ba Bump," only to find that they're basically all at that level.

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Uncut

If anything, though, this pop machine is too tightly drilled. [Jul 2005, p.94]

Q Magazine

Monkey Business proves that less could have been more. [Jul 2005, p.110]

Village Voice

It's zany, antiseptic kitsch, like the soundtrack to the ultimate Old Navy commercial.

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Dot Music

So safe and sanitised it makes The Fugees sound like NWA.

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All Music Guide

What the group made sound effortless in the past sounds strained and canned here.

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PopMatters

On track after track, The Black Eyed Peas boast about their prowess to get people dancing better than anyone else. In so doing, The Black Eyed Peas come of as so... unoriginal.

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Entertainment Weekly

A bland meringue. [3 Jun 2005, p.81]

Spin

The Peas give fun a bad name. [Jul 2005, p.104]

Blender

What initially feels jubilant soon turns grating. [Jul 2005, p.115]

The Guardian

The lyrical inspiration has evaporated.

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Slant Magazine

There's nary an original note on the entire album.

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Mojo

They fare less well when they get ambitious. [Jul 2005, p.112]

The New York Times

Perhaps it was inevitable that a group like this would eventually emerge, peddling an energetic but inoffensive variant of hip-hop. But did we have any way of knowing that the results would be so unpleasant? [6 Jun 2005]

Tiny Mix Tapes

They are to hip-hop what No Doubt was to ska.

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

The group's vaunted eclecticism starts to feel random and jittery, the mark of short attention spans and an inability to maintain a cohesive tone. Furthermore, the Peas' lyrics--already their Achilles heel--have somehow managed to devolve even further.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 5.9 (out of 10) based on 117 User Votes

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Alex Lips gave it a9:
Could have been better but still brilliant.

Casey R Dubya gave it a1:
they say the Smiths and Marlyn Manson are know for causing suicides. Try listening to My Humps all the way through. Is Fergie a camel or a whale? You have humps you better go to a doctor. And stay there. And please never make music again. This album is a masterpiece compared to Fergie's record.

SonGoKu 619 gave it a0:
JeeeeZ the two most IRRITATING and ANNOYING TRACKS ON THE ALBUM = Pump it and My Humps. Makes me wanna crack my speakerS!

Charysse B gave it a0:
"These people aren’t musicians, they’re clowns parading around selling things like corporate mascots." - well put and worth repeating.

[Anonymous] gave it an8:
This Album has allot of good songs, and some that are ok, but the album is still pretty enjoyable.

Jordan T gave it a10:
I love this album, the concert was great

e c gave it a9:
brl album

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