Discover the story behind the Black Eyed Peas’ iconic album “Monkey Business”, a record that redefined pop and hip-hop fusion. Packed with global hits, unforgettable collaborations, and groundbreaking sound, this behind-the-scenes journey explores how the group created one of the most influential albums of the 2000s.
00:00I originally wrote my humps for Nicole and the Pussycat Dolls and then I
00:03realized it was a smash and I kept that shit. You know what I'm saying? Like, nah.
00:09Yo, what's up? It's Will.i.am, Tabula Washer, and we're the Black Eyed Peas, and we're gonna
00:19be unboxing Morky Business, inspired by Hanuman, which is a god that keeps things together.
00:27Thank you, Barshini, for inspiring this. Both of these records,
00:31Ella Funk and Monkey Business, were heavily inspired by Indian music, Bollywood.
00:37Singles from this are Pump It, Don't Funk With My Heart, which samples Asha Boastin,
00:47Don't lie. Don't lie. Huge in freaking Brazil and South America. My Humps.
01:01My Hump, My Hump, My Hump. My Hump, My Hump, My Hump. My Hump, My Hump, My Hump, My Hump, My Hump, My Hump, My Hump.
01:06Union was recorded with Black Eyed Peas and Thing. We recorded in the studio in Germany. And I remember,
01:12they were asked, what kind of mic did we want to record in? And Sting asked, because it was a historic German studio that they used for broadcasting during the Nazi parties. And they couldn't close the studio down. So Sting asked if they had, you know, the original Neumann mics. So Sting's like, yo, let's sing in that. Let's change the vibration of that mic on a song like this called Union. Beautiful memories when it comes to this album.
01:40We lived in London. We lived in London making this. Every time I think of these songs, I think of our time in London.
01:51We went to Sting's house. We slept over Sting's house. Then we took a helicopter from Sting's house to play Glastonbury.
01:56We got all of our heroes on this record, like Q-Tip on a song called Like That. We shot a video for that.
02:02So Pump It was a video. Don't Funk With My Heart was a video. Don't Lie has a video. My Humps has a video. Like That has a video.
02:10And Union has a video. Union has a video that we shot when we went to open up Soweto and Johannesburg to launch Nelson Mandela's university.
02:23Black Ad Beers is in the house. And you're back with 3Talk with Nolene.
02:29They're currently in South Africa to launch their first international Peapod Foundation, which will aid disadvantaged children nationwide.
02:36This is a special thing for us. Coming to South Africa, performing in front of 40,000 people, a free concert, people in poverty-stricken areas.
02:45You know, it's very important to me to be able to give back to what was given to me.
02:49There's kids out there that have no way out of the situation. Maybe they need to be surrounded by people that made their dreams come true.
02:56Debo has a video.
03:027 videos. 7 singles from this project. And we recorded with James Brown on a song called They Don't Want Music.
03:15Dumb Diddly has a performance.
03:17And it was the first time that we had the Black Eyed Peas tour, the Honda Civic tour, right?
03:23Yeah, we had a Honda Civic tour.
03:24Monkey business.
03:25Yeah.
03:26You know what I'm saying?
03:27Couldn't afford a Honda Civic.
03:28Growing up.
03:29Growing up.
03:30So we eventually did that Honda Civic tour and in Pump It! video, you see us driving
03:35in that Honda Civic, kicking it off.
03:43We would aim our songs at life events.
03:46We need another breakup song, like Shut Up and Love Won't Wait, so we did Don't Lie.
03:53No, no, no, no, no, baby, no, no, no, no, don't lie.
03:58We aimed our creativity at life moments.
04:02So songs like My Humps were like, yo, let's make a song in response to, you know, the Ying
04:07Yang Twins, Where Do You See My Dick?
04:09So I'm like, don't you pull on my hands, boy.
04:12You ain't my man, boy.
04:14I'm just trying to dance, boy.
04:16And move my humps.
04:17My humps.
04:18Like, you know?
04:19You can look, but you can't touch it.
04:20If you touch it, I'ma start some drama.
04:23You don't want no drama.
04:24I was writing from my cousin's perspective.
04:27My cousin Mimi is beautiful.
04:28She look like Beyonce, naturally.
04:30Yeah, and to hear the demo when he first wrote the song and he's doing the female part,
04:34the whole song, it's just hilarious.
04:36Yeah, I'm like...
04:44Like I said, when I heard it, I'm like, Fergie, you gotta sing this.
04:47She was like, I don't rap.
04:48I'm like, yo, you rapping?
04:49And on Boogie That B, sing this one.
04:52So, got her to do my humps.
04:55And the rest is history.
05:12This is really Fergie's, like, standout.
05:15This record.
05:16This is Fergie's real coming and being a part of the group.
05:20Thank you, Fergie.
05:22Once again, Fergie.
05:27So, to Varsini, thank you so much for inspiring us.
05:30Thank you, Asha Bosley.
05:32Thank you, Indian Music.
05:34Thank you, everybody responsible for this.
05:37And then again, Where's the Love was with Justin Timberlake,
05:40and then JT came back again with Timberlaine on a song called My Style
05:45The Way of the Red.
05:47It's the final.
05:48It's beautiful.
05:49Art.
05:50And again...
05:51Shepard Ferry.
05:52Thank you, Shepard Ferry, for this artwork.
05:54Pump it louder!
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06:00Pump it louder!
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06:03And sing!
06:04Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
06:06Turn up the radio, blast your stereo right now.
06:12Pump it louder!
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06:15Pump it louder!
06:16Pull it louder!
06:17Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
06:20footer!
06:21Pfall it louder!
06:22If you don't do it, there's no surprise if itmovages.
06:24Fiflar!
06:25One骸.
06:26Yeah, it's half a heat that way.
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