A Constipated Monkey

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{{Infobox album

| name = A Constipated Monkey

| type = studio

| artist = Kurious

| cover = A Constipated Monkey (Kurious album - cover art).jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1994|1|18}}

| recorded = May 1992–April 1993

| studio = {{hlist|Chung King Studios (New York City, New York)|Rampant Recording Studio (New York City, New York)|LGK Studios (Leonia, New Jersey)}}

| genre = Hip hop

| length = 53:08

| label = {{hlist|Columbia|Sony Music}}

| producer = {{hlist|Pete Nice (also exec.)|the Beatnuts|John Gamble|Geeby Dajani|Dante Ross|DJ Richie Rich|Bosco Money}}

| next_title = II

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{Singles

| name = A Constipated Monkey

| type = studio album

| single1 = Walk Like a Duck

| single1date = 1992

| single2 = Uptown Shit

| single2date = May 1993

| single3 = I'm Kurious

| single3date = March 1994

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-constipated-monkey-mw0000622562|title=A Constipated Monkey Kurious|last=DiBella|first=M.F.|date=|website=AllMusic|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 3, 2018}}

|rev2 = RapReviews

|rev2score = 8/10{{Cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_constipatedmonkey.html|title=Kurious A Constipated Monkey HoppoH Recordings/Columbia Records|last=Jost|first=Matt|date=September 18, 2007|website=www.rapreviews.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 3, 2018}}

|rev3 = The Source

|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite magazine|last=Barbee|first=Todd "The Derelict Todd B."|title= Kurious – A Constipated Monkey|department=Record Report|date=February 1994|issue=53|magazine=The Source|page=74|location=New York}}

}}

A Constipated Monkey is the debut studio album by American rapper Kurious. It was released on January 18, 1994, through Hoppoh Recordings/Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment.{{cite magazine |last1=Aaron |first1=Charles |title=Unsung: The 100 Greatest Bands You've (Probably) Never Heard |magazine=Spin |date=Aug 2009 |volume=28 |issue=8 |page=72}} The recording sessions took place in New York at Chung King Studios, Rampant Recording Studio, and LGK Studios. The album was produced by the Beatnuts, Stimulated Dummies, Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich of 3rd Bass, and Bosco Money of Downtown Science. It features guest appearances from Casual, MF Grimm, Psycho Les, Kadi and the Omen. The album peaked at No. 68 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 31 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States. A Constipated Monkey produced three singles: "Walk Like a Duck", "Uptown Shit" and "I'm Kurious".