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What the group made sound effortless in the past sounds strained and canned here.
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BlenderWhat initially feels jubilant soon turns grating. [Jul 2005, p.115]
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So safe and sanitised it makes The Fugees sound like NWA.
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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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Entertainment WeeklyA bland meringue. [3 Jun 2005, p.81]
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Los Angeles TimesHurries from one strangely unsatisfying sparkle to the next. [5 Jun 2005]
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MojoThey fare less well when they get ambitious. [Jul 2005, p.112]
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Paste MagazineUndeniably and increasingly danceable. [#16, p.148]
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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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Q MagazineMonkey Business proves that less could have been more. [Jul 2005, p.110]
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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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Monkey Business is just as bright if not quite as fun as Elephunk.
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There's nary an original note on the entire album.
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SpinThe Peas give fun a bad name. [Jul 2005, p.104]
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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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The lyrical inspiration has evaporated.
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The New York TimesPerhaps 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]
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They are to hip-hop what No Doubt was to ska.
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UncutIf anything, though, this pop machine is too tightly drilled. [Jul 2005, p.94]
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It's zany, antiseptic kitsch, like the soundtrack to the ultimate Old Navy commercial.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 97 out of 165
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Mixed: 21 out of 165
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Negative: 47 out of 165
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Oct 25, 2018This album is great. Not the best of the Black Eyed Peas, but still great. 7/10
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Feb 13, 2022
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Nov 25, 2021This album is soooo great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!