''One Monkey Don't Stop No Show'' is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Goodie Mob. It was released on June 29, 2004, via Koch Records. The album was produced by Speedy, Ray Murray, Mark Twayne, Bread and Water, Cool & Dre, DJ Paul, Jasper Cameron, and J. Wells. It features

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s from Witchdoctor, Big Rube, Bone Crusher, Gator Boy, Jasper Cameron, Kurupt, Mario Simpson, Melanie "Melbo" Smith, Oozie, and

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. The album peaked at number 85 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 15 on the

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, number 10 on the Top Rap Albums and number 4 on the

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in the United States.

Background

The album does not include one of the group's former frontmen, CeeLo Green, because he broke away to pursue his solo career. That left Khujo,

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and

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to hold up the album. Released in 2004 under independent record label, Koch, after the critical failure of '' World Party'', the crunk and pop experiment, which sold more than any of their other albums. The condensed Goodie Mob returns more to its socially conscious form of its first two releases, ''

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'' and '' Still Standing''. The song "Play Your Flutes" was released as the only single off the album.

Critical reception

''One Monkey Don't Stop No Show'' was met with generally favourable reviews from

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. At

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 61, based on nine reviews. James Corne of ''RapReviews'' found "Goodie Mob sounds newly rejuvenated, almost vivified by the tremendous odds they faced coming back instead of impeded by it".

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's David Jeffries wrote: "uneven, especially compared to their earlier records, and less ambitious than the "bring it on" misinterpretation of the title might make you think". Dorian Lynskey of ''

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'' concluded: "on their own terms, at least, they deliver".

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2004 albums E1 Music albums Goodie Mob albums MNRK Music Group albums Albums produced by DJ Paul Albums produced by Cool & Dre