Compared with Elephunk I need to connect my prescribing, Monkey biz is in comparison weaker, especially in the texts, the act now augmented by AS, humps and the like (one knows from other hip-hoppers). The melodies are catchy, and therein lies my second big problem: When Elephunk I initially thought: This is called melody ?? But today, the sounds just there and I can listen for hours to the songs without me getting bored. I fear that that is what is missing at Monkey Business (will be seen over time), which remain in the memory Sounds an equal. I still do not know the first two albums, but will even grow me now a to see whether the assertion that they were better off without fergie, agrees. 3 stars only because I can suffer the guys well and their voices like me. Otherwise, I'm disappointed in Monkey Business. I just hope that they do the next album (it is at all a give ?!) to try harder. Hopefully this was not the beginning of the end of the band with the most beautiful name, I know ...