Name: Elephunk [Explicit Lyrics]
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Elephunk [Explicit Lyrics]

Rating

Album: Elephunk [Explicit Lyrics]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hands Up	More Info...	0:03
2)	Labour Day (It's a Holiday)	More Info...	0:04
3)	Let's Get Retarded	More Info...	0:03
4)	Hey Mama	More Info...	0:03
5)	Shut Up	More Info...	0:05
6)	Smells Like Funk	More Info...	0:05
7)	Latin Girls	More Info...	0:06
8)	Sexy	More Info...	0:04
9)	Fly Away	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Boogie That Be	More Info...	0:05
11)	The Apl Song	More Info...	0:03
12)	Anxiety	More Info...	0:03
13)	Where Is the Love?	More Info...	0:04
14)	Third Eye	More Info...	0:03
15)	Rock My Shit (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:04
16)	What's Goin Down (Bonus Track)	More Info...	0:02

Tracks

1. Hands Up

2. Labor Day (It's A Holiday)

3. Let's Get Retarded

4. Hey Mama

5. Shut Up

6. Smells Like Funk

7. Latin Girls

8. Sexy

9. Fly Away

10. The Boogie That Be

11. The Apl Song

12. Anxiety

13. Where Is The Love?

14. Third Eye (UK Bonus Track)

15. Rock My Sh*T (UK Bonus Track)

Performer Notes

Black Eyed Peas: Will.I.Am (vocals, Wurlitzer piano, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer, programming); Apl.De.Ap (vocals, programming); Fergie, Taboo (vocals).
Additional personnel: Justin Timberlake, Jamie Gomez, Allen Pineda, Dante Santiago, Jacobi Shaddix, Debbie Nova (vocals); Tobin (guitar, bass); George Pajon Jr., J. Curtis (guitar); Elizabeth Ann Lea (trombone); Printz Board (trumpet); Tim Izo Orindgreff (saxophone, flute, horns); Ron Fair (piano); Mike Fratantuno (acoustic guitar, bass, upright bass); Terence Yoshiaki, Dave Buckner (drums); Davey Chegwidden (congas, shaker); Chuck Prada (percussion); Terry Dexter, Noelle Scaggs (background vocals).
Producers: Will.I.Am, Apl.De.Ap, Ron Fair.
Recorded at Stewicha, Los Feliz, California; Record Plant, Hollywood, California; Glenwood Studio, Burbank, California; Velvet One, Sacramento, California.
CD contains 2 bonus tracks.
Personnel: apl.de.ap (vocals, drum programming); John Stephens , Jacoby Shaddix, Justin Timberlake, Taboo, Tippa Irie (vocals); Tobin, J. Curtis, George Pajon, Ray Brady (guitar); Mike Fratantuno (acoustic guitar, guitarron, upright bass); Tim Izo Orindgreff (flute, saxophone, horns); Printz Board (trumpet, horns, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer); Horn Dogs (horns); Sergio Mendez, Ron Fair (piano); Terence Yoshiaki, Travis Barker, Dave Buckner (drums); Davey Chegwidden (congas, shaker); Dante Santiago, Noelle Scaggs (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Tony Maserati .
Recording information: A house in Bodega Bay; Enterprise Studio, Burbank, CA; Glenwood Studio, Burbank, CA; Record Plant, Hollywood, CA; The Stewchia, Los Feliz, CA; Velvet Tone, Sacramento, CA.
Photographers: Indrani; Markus Klinko.
With distinct, cuttingly insightful, yet subtle lyrics fed over consistently catchy beats and eclectic arrangements, L.A.'s Black Eyed Peas have earned a high level of respect within the rap world, significant attention at college radio, and even the occasional crossover hit. Third release ELEPHUNK sees the addition of a fourth member, enchanting female vocalist Fergie (introduced with verve on the dancehall "Hey Mama"), and the continued elevation of their style and skills, as the group journeys all over the map, never falling into a funk of boredom.
ELEPHUNK opens the ears from the outset with the flophouse jazz backbeat of "Hands Up," simultaneously easy-going and infectious, before crashing into the fluorescent, straight-up party anthem "Labor Day" using the familiar JB's "The Grunt" sample as successfully as the Bomb Squad did back in 1988. Then there's the perfectly chiseled but fiery "Shut Up" with its insistent Knight Rider-theme beat and call-and-response. ELEPHUNK closes on an unlikely duet with Justin Timberlake, "Where Is the Love," an earnest state-of-the-world ballad that somehow creates a fitting ending to a solid album from one of hip-hop's most intelligent groups.

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (9/03, p.118) - 4 out of 5 - "...Better partiers than preachers, these Peas have found their pod..."