I love Sean Price. He is one of my all time favorite hip hop artists. His passing was a big blow to the hip hop community, especially for underground artists.
What I love most about Sean Price’s music is the sense of humor. He had a hilarious way of getting his point across. The first time I heard the “turkey sandwich” line on Spliff-N-Wessun I thought I was going to pee myself from laughter.
Sean was a true independent and commonly had words for mainstream artists. He understood that hard work and quality projects were supreme over mainstream gimmicks and industry.
Today I wanted to share with you some facts I have learned about Sean Price’s Monkey Barz. Like most people, this album was my first introduction to Sean Price’s solo music.
While I love Sean’s entire catalogue, Monkey Barz will always have a place in my heart. The album gives me nostalgia of bar hopping and hip hop shows in my early 20s.
9 Facts About Sean Price’s Monkey Barz
- Monkey Barz is the first solo album released by Sean Price. Prior to this album, Sean “Ruck” Price was in a group called Heltah Skeltah with Jahmal “Rock” Bush. The duo were also a part of the hip hop super group Boot Camp Clik.
- The album was released on Duck Down Records, a label that publishes other fantastic hip hop artists such as Torae, 9th Wonder, Pharoahe Monch, and Guilty Simpson. Monkey bars was a part of the labels “Triple Threat Campaign” in 2005.
- Six music videos were made for this album. The songs included: Peep My Words, Onion Head, Heartburn, Boom Bye Yeah, Monkey Barz, and Slap boxing.
- Monkey Barz comes in at just under an hour (54:11).
- Many producers came together to make the beats on this album, including 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Agallah, Tone Mason, P. F. Cuttin’ and Ayatollah.
- Sean Price’s Monkey Barz peaked at 70th on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart. It peaked at position 46 on the US Independent Albums chart.
- Monkey Barz had an official release date of May 31, 2005.
- The album cover for Monkey Barz shows Sean Price in an astronaut suit fighting a back of gorillas. The cover is done in comic book style with the album title and artist name contained in speech bubbles and narration boxes. The cover art for Monkey Barz is also a nod to The Planet of the Apes.
- Monkey Barz contains one bonus track called “Rising to the Top”. It was produced by Agallah. The song was also featured in the Rockstar video game “Grand Theft Auto III“.
Sean Price – Monkey Barz Track Listing
- Peep My Words
- One Two Yall
- Onion Head
- Fake Neptune
- Heartburn
- Shae Down
- Mad Mann
- Brokest Rapper You Know
- Boom Bye Yeah
- I Love You (Bitch)
- Bye Bye
- Spliff-N-Wessun
- Jail Shit
- Monkey Barz
- Slap Boxing
- Rising to the Top (bonus track)
†Further Reading
Sean Price’s Monkey Barz on Wikipedia
Check Out Monkey Barz on Duck Down Records
Monkey Barz on Genius
Get Your Own Copy of Monkey Barz
Monkey Barz is available for purchase on Amazon.
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