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Funk
Funk is an American music genre that originated in the late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B; into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the...
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Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow
Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow is the second studio album by American funk band Funkadelic, released in July 1970 on Westbound Records. The inspiration for this album was, according to George Clinton, an attempt to "see if we can cut a...
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- 1970
Cosmic Slop
Cosmic Slop is a 1973 album by Funkadelic, released on Westbound Records. While it has been reevaluated by critics long after its original release, the album was a commercial failure, as it produced no charting singles and did not make the Billboard...
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- 1973
Hardcore Jollies
Hardcore Jollies is an album by the funk band Funkadelic. Released in 1976 by Warner Bros. Records, it was the group's first album to be issued on a major label. It is dedicated to "the guitar players of the world." Originally, the first side of the...
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- Sep 26, 1976
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Tales of Kidd Funkadelic
Tales of Kidd Funkadelic is a 1976 album by the band Funkadelic, released on the Westbound record label. It was actually released after Funkadelic had left the label, in order to capitalize on Funkadelic's new-found fame. The tracks were outtakes...
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- 1976
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Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Standing on the Verge of Getting It On is a 1974 album by Funkadelic, released on Westbound Records.
On this album, the lyrics generally take a backseat to the music and the jamming. It is one of the most popular Funkadelic albums among fans, and...
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- 1974
One Nation Under a Groove
One Nation Under a Groove is the tenth studio album by American funk and rock band Funkadelic, released in September 1978 on Warner Bros. Records. Recording sessions took place at United Sound Studio in Detroit, Michigan, with one song recorded live...
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- Oct 1978
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- 3,531.827 s (58.86378 min )
The Electric Spanking of War Babies
The Electric Spanking of War Babies is the twelfth studio album by American funk band Funkadelic, released in 1981 on Warner Bros. Records. The title is an allusion to the Vietnam War and baby boomers. It features many relative newcomers to the P...
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- 1981
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Funkadelic
Funkadelic was the debut album by the American funk band Funkadelic, released in 1970 on Westbound Records. The album showcased a strong bass and rhythm section, as well as lengthy jam sessions, future trademarks of the band. The album contains two...
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- 1970
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Austin Powers in Goldmember, released in 2002, is the third film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The movie was directed by Jay Roach, and co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles...
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- Jul 16, 2002
Lovesexy
Lovesexy is an album by Prince, released in 1988. Lovesexy was issued as a substitute record after the release of the infamous Black Album had been suddenly canceled. The Black Album and Lovesexy almost act as companion pieces, sharing the song ...
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- May 10, 1988
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- 2,705.533 s (45.09222 min )
Why Can't We Be Friends?
Why Can't We Be Friends? is a recording by War, recorded in 1974 and released in June 1975. It reached #6 on Billboard's Hot 100.
The year after this album was released, "Why Can't We Be Friends?" and "Low Rider" were nominated for the Grammy Awards...
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- Jun 1975
Spirit of the Boogie
Spirit of the Boogie is a highly successful album released in 1975 by Kool & the Gang. It can be seen as a follow-up to "Wild And Peaceful" (1973); The instrumental "Jungle Jazz" uses the same basic rhythm track heard in "Jungle Boogie", but lets...
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- Aug 1975
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Superfly
Super Fly is the third studio album by American soul and funk musician Curtis Mayfield, released in July 1972 on Curtom Records. It was released as the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film of the same name. Widely considered a classic of 1970s...
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- Jul 1972
Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life is an album by American musician Stevie Wonder, released on Motown on September 28, 1976 (see 1976 in music). It was the last of five consecutive albums widely hailed as his "classic period" along with Music of My Mind,...
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- Sep 28, 1976
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- 2,569.227 s (42.82045 min )
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band is the debut funk album by Bootsy's Rubber Band, released in April 1976 (see 1976 in music). The album was released by Warner Bros. Records. The album was recorded around the same time as Parliament's ...
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- Apr 1976
No Jacket Required
No Jacket Required is the third solo album by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released on 25 January 1985. The album was named after an incident at The Pump Room in Chicago, where Collins was denied admittance to the establishment because of...
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- Jan 25, 1985
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- 3,047.773 s (50.79622 min )
Remain in Light
Remain in Light is the fourth studio album by American New Wave band Talking Heads, released on 8 October 1980 on Sire Records. It was recorded at locations in the Bahamas and the United States between July and August 1980 and was produced by the...
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- Oct 8, 1980
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- 2,410.827 s (40.18045 min )
Pleasure Principle
Pleasure Principle is the debut album by the female P-Funk spin off group Parlet. The album was released in 1978 by Casablanca Records and was produced by P-Funk leader/producer George Clinton. Parlet consisted of Mallia Franklin, Debbie Wright, and...
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- 1978
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Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers
Invasion of the Booty Snatchers is the second studio album by the P-Funk spin off group Parlet. Released in 1979, the album saw the exit of Mallia Franklin (she recorded 3 songs) and the entrance of Janice Evans (she recorded the last 2 songs). It...
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- 1977
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Play Me or Trade Me
Play Me or Trade Me is the third and final studio album by the P-Funk spin off act Parlet. The album was released by Casablanca Records in 1980 and was produced by George Clinton and Ron Dunbar. Like many albums released by the label during this...
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- 1980
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The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One
The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One is a 1999 solo mix album by Liam Howlett of The Prodigy (the latter was used as a moniker in this case), and it was initially produced for BBC Radio 1's mix show The Breezeblock.
There are 48 tunes from many...
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- Feb 22, 1999
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- 3,088.067 s (51.46778 min )
Thriller
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall. Thriller...
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- Nov 30, 1982
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- 2,547.507 s (42.45845 min )
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (usually shortened to HIStory) is a double (and the ninth) album by Michael Jackson, released on June 16, 1995. The first disc is his first hits collection, whereas the second is his studio album. HIStory is...
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- Jun 16, 1995
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- 4,300.933 s (71.68222 min )
Blood on the Dance Floor
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Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix is a remix album by Michael Jackson. The album is made up of eight remixes from Jackson's previous studio album HIStory, and five new songs. Jackson was heavily involved with the production of the new...
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- May 20, 1997
Sandinista!
This article is about the punk album. For information about the political organisation see, Sandinista National Liberation Front.
Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the punk rock band The Clash. It was released in 1980 as a triple album...
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- Dec 12, 1980
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- 8,668 s (144.5 min )
"Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic is the eponymous debut album by American parodist Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic. Mostly recorded in March 1982, the album was released as an LP and on Compact Cassette in 1983 by Rock 'n Roll Records, and on Compact Disc on...
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- Apr 26, 1983
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- 1,979.827 s (32.99712 min )
How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?
How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent? (How Late Do You Have To Be Before You Are Absent?) is a double album by George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars, released September 6, 2005 on Clinton's label The C Kunspyruhzy. The album also featured release in...
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- Sep 6, 2005
One Nite Alone... Live!
One Nite Alone... Live! is a live album box set by Prince, containing live recordings from the intimate One Nite Alone... tour performances. The album was released in 2002 but many of the tracks were new arrangements of songs dating from more than...
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- Dec 17, 2002
Hot Buttered Soul
Hot Buttered Soul was Isaac Hayes' second studio album. Released in 1969, it is recognized as a landmark in soul music.
Hot Buttered Soul broke radically away from the standard three-minute song format, and instead consisted of just four tracks—two...
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- 1969
1999
1999 is the fifth album by Prince, released on October 27, 1982. It was his first top ten album on the Billboard 200 charts in the United States (peaking at number 9) and became the fifth best-selling album of 1983. 1999 was Prince's breakthrough...
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- Oct 27, 1982
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- 4,236.4 s (70.607 min )
Super Freak
"Super Freak" is a 1981 hit single produced and performed by Rick James for the Motown label. The song, co-written by James and Alonzo Miller, was first released on James' album Street Songs and became one of James' signature songs. It features...
Stankonia
Stankonia is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo OutKast, released October 31, 2000 on La Face Records. The album reached number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart , selling over 530,000 copies the first week of its release. Stankonia received...
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- Oct 31, 2000
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- 4,399.893 s (73.33155 min )
Notorious
Notorious is the fourth album by Duran Duran. Released in November 1986, it peaked at #16 in the UK and #12 in the US. The singles "Notorious" and "Skin Trade" demonstrated a Duran Duran reaching for funk, heavy on bass and brass. The gap between...
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- Nov 18, 1986
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- 2,819.973 s (46.99955 min )
Young Americans
Young Americans is an album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1975.
With this LP, Bowie made a sudden and jolting step in a new direction, shedding his glam rock past and exploring Philadelphia soul with backing...
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- Mar 7, 1975
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- 2,434.027 s (40.56712 min )
Station to Station
Station to Station is the tenth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1976. Commonly regarded as one of his most significant works, Station to Station is also notable as the vehicle for Bowie's last great ...
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- Jan 23, 1976
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- 2,290.56 s (38.176 min )
Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast
Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast is the first OutKast greatest hits album, released on LaFace/Arista Records in 2001. The compilation consists of five tracks from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, one from ATLiens, and three each from the break-out...
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- Dec 4, 2001
The Velvet Rope
The Velvet Rope is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released October 6, 1997 by Virgin Records. Prior to the album's release, Jackson renewed her recording contract with Virgin Records for unprecedented $80 million...
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- Oct 7, 1997
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- 4,536.027 s (75.60045 min )
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, released November 21, 1970 on Epic Records. It includes all of the singles from the albums Dance to the Music (1968), Life (1968), and Stand! (1969), and all of their...
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- Nov 21, 1970
There's a Riot Goin' On
There's a Riot Goin' On is the fifth studio album by American funk and soul band Sly & the Family Stone, released November 20, 1971 on Epic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place primarily throughout 1970 to 1971 at Record Plant...
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- Nov 20, 1971
Emancipation
Emancipation is a 1996 triple-CD album by Prince (then known as ). The title refers to Prince's freedom from his contract with Warner Bros. Records, with whom he had a contentious relationship. The album was Prince's third to be released that year ...
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- Nov 19, 1996
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson is the self-titled debut album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released in 1982 by A&M; Records. Jackson's career as a recording artist was established by her father and manager Joseph Jackson, who arranged her recording...
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- Sep 21, 1982
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- 2,337.76 s (38.9627 min )
Damita Jo
Damita Jo is the eighth studio album (eleventh overall) by American R&B-pop; singer–songwriter Janet Jackson, released in the United States on March 30, 2004 by Virgin Records. The album takes its title from Jackson's middle name. This is Jackson's...
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- Mar 30, 2004
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- 3,912.893 s (65.21488 min )
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul is the third studio album by soul singer Otis Redding, released September 15, 1965 on Stax Records. Recording sessions took place in April and July 1965 at Stax Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The album is...
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- Sep 15, 1965
The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny
The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny is a tape-only album by Mr. Bungle released by Ladd-Firth Productions and mixed by Trey Spruance during the Easter of 1986. Today it is a rare collector's item.
On this record one can hear Mr. Bungle's original...
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- 1986
The Very Best of Prince
The Very Best of Prince is a Best of compilation album by Prince, released in 2001. It contains most of his commercially successful singles in their radio edits, including the U.S. #1's "Let's Go Crazy", "When Doves Cry", "Kiss" and "Cream".
The...
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- Jul 31, 2001
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- 4,401.96 s (73.366 min )
Diamonds and Pearls
Diamonds and Pearls is Prince's thirteenth album, which was released in 1991. It was the first Prince album to be officially co-credited with the The New Power Generation, and spawned many hit singles, including "Gett Off", "Cream", "Money Don't...
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- Oct 1, 1991
Dance to the Music
Dance to the Music is the second studio album by funk/soul band Sly & the Family Stone, released April 27, 1968 on Epic/CBS Records. It contains the Top Ten hit single of the same name, which was influential in the formation and popularization of...
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- Apr 27, 1968
Fresh
Fresh is the sixth album by American funk/soul/rock band Sly & the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records on June 30, 1973 (see 1973 in music). Written and produced by Sly Stone, Fresh is more upbeat than its predecessor, the landmark There's a...
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- Jun 30, 1973
Small Talk
Small Talk is the seventh album by Sly & the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in 1974. This album was the final LP to feature the original Family Stone, which broke up in January 1975.
Small Talk's singles were "Time For Livin'" (the band...
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- Jul 1974
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Are You Gonna Go My Way is the third studio album by American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on March 9, 1993 by Virgin Records America. It was recorded at Waterfront Recording Studios, Hoboken, New Jersey. It became Kravitz's first Top 20...
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- Mar 9, 1993
Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby was Terence Trent D'Arby's debut album. It was released in July 1987 on Columbia Records, and became an instant number-one smash in the UK, selling a million copies within the first three...
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- 1987
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- 2,833.227 s (47.22045 min )
Commodores
Commodores is a self-titled album released in 1977 by the Commodores. The band employed a variety of musical stylings for the album, highlighted by the popular sex anthem "Brick House". With Walter Orange's squeaking/growling voice on the lead, and...
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- Mar 1977
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (Southern Playalistic Cadillac Muzik) is the debut album of hip-hop duo OutKast, released April 26, 1994 on LaFace Records. Recorded at D.A.R.P. Studios, Purple Dragon, Bosstown and Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia...
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- Apr 26, 1994
Elephunk
Elephunk is the third studio album by American hip hop band The Black Eyed Peas. Released on June 24, 2003, the album charted at number 14 on the American Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry...
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- Jun 24, 2003
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- 3,579.373 s (59.65622 min )
N.E.W.S
N.E.W.S is a 2003 instrumental jazz fusion/funk album by Prince containing four tracks of fourteen minutes duration each. Recorded at Prince's Paisley Park Studios over a single day, the album was initially available through Prince's NPG Music Club...
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- Jul 22, 2003
Love Symbol
The fourteenth album by Prince, officially titled as the unpronounceable symbol , was released as a double vinyl or single CD, on October 13, 1992. The album has been referred to as the The Love Symbol Album, Symbol or as O(+>, an ASCII...
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- Oct 13, 1992
The Black Album
The Black Album is a Prince record that was originally planned for release on December 7, 1987, as the follow-up to Sign o' the Times. Referred to as The Funk Bible by preceding press releases, and in a hidden message within the album itself, the...
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- Nov 22, 1994
One Nite Alone...
One Nite Alone... is a Prince album featuring Prince on piano and vocals with a few embellishments here and there. It was released online in 2002 through the NPG Music Club and was never available in stores. Many fans have only heard the album...
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- 2002
Monkey Business
Monkey Business is the fourth album by the Black Eyed Peas in their crossover from soul to pop, released in various countries in late May to early June 2005 (see 2005 in music).
The album was certified three times Platinum by the RIAA in the U.S....
