Monkey Barz

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{{Infobox album

| name = Monkey Barz

| type = studio

| artist = Sean Price

| cover = Monkeybarz.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2005|5|31}}

| recorded = 2001–2005

| studio = {{hlist|Missie Ann Studios (Raleigh, NC)|Wax Museum (Brooklyn, NY)|Da Man Studios (New York, NY)}}

| genre = Hip hop

| length = {{Duration|m=54|s=11}}

| label = Duck Down

| producer = {{hlist|Buckshot (exec.)|Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman (exec.)|9th Wonder|Agallah|Ayatollah|Dub.Z|Edward Maximillion III|Justice|Khrysis|Kleph Dollaz|MoSS|P.F. Cuttin'|Phat Babyz|Star.com|Tone Mason|TY Deals}}

| next_title = Jesus Price Supastar

| next_year = 2007

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Monkey Barz

| type = studio

| single1 = Rising To The Top / Spit Game

| single1date = 2002

| single2 = Boom Bye Yeah / 60 Bar Dash

| single2date = July 27, 2004

| single3 = Onion Head

| single3date = 2005

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|last=Cordor|first=Cyril|title=Monkey Barz - Sean Price {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/monkey-barz-mw0000348588|access-date=October 10, 2020|website=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Prefix

| rev2score = 7/10{{Cite web|last=Martinez|first=Rafael|date=April 26, 2005|title=Monkey Barz|url=https://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/monkey-barz/14413/|access-date=October 10, 2020|website=Prefix Magazine}}

| rev3 = RapReviews

| rev3score = 8/10{{Cite web|last=Chan|first=Nin|date=June 14, 2005|title=Sean Price :: Monkey Barz :: Duck Down Music|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2005_06_monkeybarz.html|access-date=October 10, 2020|website=RapReviews}}

| rev4 = Sputnikmusic

| rev4score = 4/5{{Cite web|date=February 14, 2010|title=Sean Price - Monkey Barz (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/35009/Sean-Price-Monkey-Barz/|access-date=October 10, 2020|website=Sputnikmusic}}

| rev5 = The Source

| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite magazine|last=Rodriguez|first=Kenny|date=June 2005|title=Record Report: Sean Price – Monkey Barz|magazine=The Source}}

}}

Monkey Barz is the debut solo studio album by American Brooklyn-based rapper Sean Price of Heltah Skeltah. It was released on May 31, 2005 through Duck Down Records as a part of the label's "Triple Threat Campaign", followed by Buckshot's Chemistry and Tek & Steele's Smif 'n' Wessun: Reloaded. The cover art is based on the Planet of the Apes series. Production was handled by Khrysis, TY Deals, Agallah, 9th Wonder, Ayatollah, Dub Z, Edward Maximillion III, Justice, Kleph Dollaz, MoSS, P.F. Cuttin', Phat Babyz, Star.com and Tone Mason, with Buckshot and Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from fellow Boot Camp Clik members Buckshot, Louieville Sluggah, Rock, Starang Wondah, Steele, Tek, and affiliate Ruste Juxx.

Despite being charted only at number 70 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 46 on the Independent Albums in the United States, the album was met with generally favorable reviews. Its lead single, "Boom Bye Yeah", peaked at number 68 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales.

Music videos were shot for the songs "Peep My Words", "Onionhead", "Heartburn", "Boom Bye Yeah", "Monkey Barz" and "Slapboxing", which were included on Price's DVD Passion of Price. The album's bonus track "Rising to the Top" was included in the soundtrack to 2001 video game Grand Theft Auto III and can be heard on its fictional radio station Game Radio FM.