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. Production was handled by Speedy, Ray Murray, Mark Twayne, Bread and Water, Cool & Dre, DJ Paul, Jasper Cameron and J. Wells. It features guest appearances from Witchdoctor, Big Rube, Bone Crusher, Gator Boy, Jasper Cameron, Kurupt, Mario Simpson, Melanie "Melbo" Smith, Oozie and Sleepy Brown. The album peaked at number 85 on the Billboard 200, number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 10 on the Top Rap Albums and number 4 on the Independent Albums in the United States.
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| Released | June 29, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003–2004 | |||
| Genre | Southern hip hop | |||
| Length | 1:07:28 | |||
| Label | Koch | |||
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Background
editThis 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, T-Mo and Big Gipp 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, Soul Food and Still Standing. The song "Play Your Flutes" was released as the only single off the album.
Critical reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 61/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| HipHopDX | 3.5/5[3] |
| Now |   [4] |
| RapReviews | 8/10[5] |
| Robert Christgau |  [6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 61, based on nine reviews.[1]
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".[5] AllMusic'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".[2] Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian concluded: "on their own terms, at least, they deliver".[7]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Synopsis" (featuring Big Rube) | Speedy | 1:22 |
| 2. | "God I Wanna Live" (featuring Witchdoctor) | Ray Murray | 4:56 |
| 3. | "123 Goodie" | DJ Paul | 4:56 |
| 4. | "Shawty Wanna Be a Gangsta" | Ray Murray | 5:18 |
| 5. | "In Da Streets" (featuring Jasper Cameron) | Jasper Cameron | 4:21 |
| 6. | "One Monkey" | Ray Murray | 3:12 |
| 7. | "Dead Homies" | Cool & Dre | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Introducing: Gator Boy (Skit)" (featuring Gator Boy and Oozie) | Speedy | 2:23 |
| 9. | "Grindin" (featuring Bone Crusher) | Speedy | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Goodiadvice" | Bread and Water | 4:28 |
| 11. | "We Back" | Mark Twayne | 4:19 |
| 12. | "It Ain't Nothin for Us" | Mark Twayne | 3:38 |
| 13. | "High & Low" (featuring Mario Simpson) | Speedy | 5:48 |
| 14. | "Big City" | Speedy | 4:56 |
| 15. | "What You See" (featuring Witchdoctor and Melanie "Melbo" Smith) | Speedy | 3:52 |
| 16. | "Play Your Flutes" (featuring Kurupt and Sleepy Brown) | J. Wells | 5:23 |
| Total length: | 1:07:28 | ||
Charts
edit| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[9] | 85 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] | 15 |
| US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[11] | 10 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12] | 4 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Critic Reviews for One Monkey Don't Stop No Show - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Jeffries, David. "Goodie Mob - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ Tindal, Kennith B. (July 26, 2004). "Goodie Mob - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show". HipHopDX. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ Flanagan, Nick (July 29, 2004). "NOW Discs: ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP NO SHOW - GOODIE MOB (KOCH)". NOW Toronto. Archived from the original on 2004-12-13. Retrieved December 13, 2004 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b Corne, James (July 20, 2004). "Goodie Mob :: One Monkey Don't Stop No Show – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (July 6, 2004). "Consumer Guide: Squirt You". Village Voice. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ a b Lynskey, Dorian (June 25, 2004). "Goodie Mob, One Monkey Don't Stop No Show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ "Goodie Mob Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "Goodie Mob Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "Goodie Mob Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "Goodie Mob Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
External links
edit- Goodie Mob – One Monkey Don't Stop No Show at Discogs (list of releases)