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'''''Elephunk''''' is the third studio album by American group [[Black Eyed Peas|the Black Eyed Peas]]. It was released on June 24, 2003, by [[A&M Records]], [[Interscope Records]] and [[will.i.am Music Group]].
The production of ''Elephunk'' commenced in August 2001, and was affected by the [[September 11 attacks]], which both caused anxiety to the group members and inspired the songwriting. During the process, [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] joined the group as the female vocalist, replacing [[Kim Hill (soul musician)|Kim Hill]], who departed the group in 2000. The recording sessions went on to be extended until May 2003, which caused its release to be postponed multiple times. The first album to have the group credited as ''The'' Black Eyed Peas, ''Elephunk'' is a [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
''Elephunk'' was met with critical polarity upon its release, directed towards its variety of genres and lyrical content. The Black Eyed Peas' breakthrough album, it was a [[sleeper hit]], debuting at number 33 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and peaking at number 14 after its 2004 reissue. It was certified [[RIAA certification|double platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), selling over three million units in the United States. Internationally, it peaked atop the charts in Australia and Switzerland, reaching the top ten in nearly every other country. One of the best-selling albums of 2004, the album has sold over nine million copies worldwide. Despite a mixed critical reception, several of the songs were received favorably garnered the album six [[Grammy Award]] nominations and one win.
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==Music and lyrics==
[[File:Justin Timberlake by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Justin Timberlake]] co-wrote and was featured on "[[Where Is the Love?]]".]]
''Elephunk'' is a [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
"Fly Away" is a rock-influenced hip hop track which encourages a former lover to leave, while "The Boogie That Be" is a "vintage early 1980's [[electro-funk]]" song.<ref name="rr"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Black-eyed-peas-fly-away-lyrics|title=Black Eyed Peas – Fly Away Lyrics|website=[[Genius (website)|Genius]]|accessdate=January 3, 2023}}</ref> Electric guitar-driven ballad "The Apl Song" features [[apl.de.ap]] rapping–partly in [[Filipino language|Filipino]]–about a [[ghetto]] in the Philippines where he once lived.<ref name="omh"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Black-eyed-peas-the-apl-song-lyrics|title=Black Eyed Peas – The Apl Song Lyrics|website=[[Genius (website)|Genius]]|accessdate=January 3, 2023}}</ref> "Anxiety", featuring [[Papa Roach]], is a [[rap metal]] track in which the protagonist seeks "self-control amidst stressful paranoia".<ref name="pm"/><ref name="pi"/> ''Elephunk'' closes with its [[lead single]] "[[Where Is the Love?]]", featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]. Although initially intended as a vessel to post-[[September 11 attacks]] anxiety, the song discusses many issues, including terrorism, [[Federal government of the United States|US government]] hypocrisy, racism, gang crime, pollution, war and intolerance, with the call for love in the chorus as the element tying these together. The lines "Overseas, yeah, we try'na stop terrorism / But we still got terrorists here living / In the USA, the big [[CIA]] / The [[Bloods]] and the [[Crips]] and the [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]]" suggests those organizations being terrorists as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Black-eyed-peas-where-is-the-love-lyrics|title=Black Eyed Peas – Where Is the Love? Lyrics|website=[[Genius (website)|Genius]]|accessdate=January 3, 2023}}</ref> It also alludes to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] and its [[Rationale for the Iraq War|casus belli]] with the lyric "A war's going on but the reason's undercover" in the bridge. [[will.i.am]] laid the track's main rhythm over the [[chord progression]], which he claimed to be inspired by human heartbeat: "I was like, 'this song needs a heartbeat.' I just liked the pull and the call of response of the human heart – a beat, a rhythm that we hear everyday subconsciously, without paying attention to it."<ref name="tdt">{{Cite news|last=Vincent|first=Alice |title=Will.i.am on the making of Where is the Love: 'We weren't trying to make a hit'|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=May 4, 2018|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/william-making-love-werent-trying-make-hit/|accessdate=January 2, 2023}}</ref>
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