A Constipated Monkey

A Constipated Monkey
Studio album by Kurious
Released	January 18, 1994
Recorded	1992-1993
Genre	Hip hop
Length	53:08
Label	Columbia
Producer	The Beatnuts, Pete Nice & Daddy Rich, SD50's , Bosco Money
Kurious chronology
A Constipated Monkey (1994) II (2009)
Singles from A Constipated Monkey
"Walk Like A Duck" Released: 1992 "Uptown Shit" Released: 1993

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[2]

A Constipated Monkey is the debut album by rapper Kurious. It was released on January 18, 1994 through Columbia Records and featured productions from The Beatnuts, Pete Nice & Daddy Rich and SD50's. The album peaked at #68 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #31 on the Top Heatseekers and had one charting single "I'm Kurious", which peaked at #38 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales.

The album is also notable for being the debut of MF Grimm (aka Grimm Reaper) on the track "Baby Bust It."^[3]

Track listing

Source: Amazon,^[4] Discogs^[5]

No.	Title	Sample(s)	Length
1.	"Spell It Wit A J (Yes, Yes Jorge)"	"Be Black Baby" by Grady Tate "Darkest Light" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band	5:05
2.	"Top Notch" (feat. Kadi, Psycho Les & Lucien)	"Afro Connections at a Hi-5" by De La Soul (vocals by Posdnuos)	4:04
3.	"I'm Kurious"	"Mysterious Vibes" by The Blackbyrds "Don't Change Your Love" by Five Stairsteps "Curious" by Midnight Star "Come In" by 3rd Bass	3:55
4.	"Uptown Shit" (feat. Kadi & The Omen)	"Mystic Voyage" by Roy Ayers "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Smith	4:36
5.	"Leave Ya' With This"	"Free Soul" by John Klemmer	3:42
6.	"Fresh Out the Box"	"King of Rock" by Run-D.M.C.	5:15
7.	"Walk Like A Duck"	"Get Out of My Life Woman" by Grassella Oliphant "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band "The Soil I Tilled For You" by Shades of Brown "Trying to Make a Fool of Me" by The Delfonics	4:56
8.	"Tear Shit Up"	"Bossa Nova" by Donny Hathaway "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat "Cool V's Tribute To Scratching" by Biz Markie	3:40
9.	"Baby Bust It" (feat. Kadi & Grimm Reaper)	"Don't Cha Hear Me Calling To Ya" by Junior Mance "The Infamous Date Rape" by A Tribe Called Quest (vocals by Q-Tip)	4:30
10.	"Nikole"	"Stoned Soul Picnic" by The 5th Dimension "When The Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin	4:22
11.	"What's The Real" (feat. Casual)	"People Sure Act Funny" by Lonnie Liston Smith "Summertime" by Dizzy Gillespie	4:27
12.	"Jorge Of The Projects"	"Gibraltar" by Stanley Turrentine "Everything I Do Is Gon' Be Funky (From Now On)" by Lou Donaldson	4:34

Amalgam Digital reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"I'm Kurious" (Prime Minister Pete Nice Remix)
14.	"Mansion And A Yacht" (feat. Sadat X and Mike G)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Tiny Mix Tapes review
3. http://ugsmag.com/2002/01/mf-grimm/
4. "A Constipated Monkey". Amazon. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
5. "A Constipated Monkey". Discogs. Retrieved 24 March 2011.