that they are just that, offering a different style of hip-hop to contrast with the gangsta style. Whoever digs that vibe, get your hands up." Evan Serpick Entertainment Weekly gave Elephunk a less favorable review, stating: "They try dancehall ('Hey Mama'), salsa ('Latin Girls'), even nu-metal ('Anxiety' with Papa Roach), but the biggest offense for a once smart-sounding rap collective is 'Where Is the Love?', the horrifyingly trite single. It's enough to make longtime fans wonder, 'Where are the Peas?'". Ernest Hardy criticized the album's final two tracks, "in which cliched observations, preachy lyrics and MTV-ready posturing float atop meticulously detailed production". Writing for Blender, Joseph Patel labeled the album "too simple for its own good", criticizing its repetitive refrains. Nathan Rabin from The A.V. Club said the album "gets off to a discouraging start, with non-starting dance tracks like "Hands Up," "Labor Day (It's A Holiday)," and the dancehall-flavored "Hey Mama," which sound busy and cluttered without being infectious or catchy. It picks up around its halfway point, though, as the pace gets less frantic and the production becomes smoother, subtler, and more refreshingly sophisticated." Writing for the Canadian publication Exclaim!, Del F. Cowie criticized the album by saying: "With the breadth of music the group attempts to cover, the dumbed-down lyrics now merely function as a means to get from one catchy chorus to another." Bob Waliszewski from the fundamentalist Protestant publication Plugged In objected to the album's sexual themes and profanity. Accolades |- ! scope="row"| 2003 | Billboard Music Award | Mainstream Top 40 Track of the Year | rowspan="7"| "Where Is the Love?" | | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2004 | rowspan="2"| Grammy Award | Record of the Year | | rowspan="2"| |- | Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | |- ! scope="row"| 2004 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award | Favorite Song | | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2004 | rowspan="2"| MTV Video Music Award Japan | Best Group Video | | rowspan="2"| |- | Breakthrough Video | |- ! scope="row"| 2004 | Teen Choice Award | Choice Music – Hip-Hop/Rap Track | | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="3"| 2004 | rowspan="3"| MTV Video Music Award | Best Dance Video | rowspan="3"| "Hey Mama" | | rowspan="2"| |- | Best Hip-Hop Video | |- | Best Choreography in a Video | | |- ! scope="row"| 2004 | MTV Europe Music Award | Best Album | Elephunk | | |-