Come anticipate Missy Elliott's Block Party album in 2012

it was very overrated at the time and is more singles+filler-ish than its predecessors

otm. The debut and This is Not a Test! get the most play these days.

This Is Not A Test only avoids that fate because its singles sound like filler.

lol seriously

i kind of don't like this but i'm happy that it doesn't have those timbaland drums on it

lol i know exactly which ones you mean

this is going to be bad. really bad

No one is ever as uncool as they are a decade after their peak.

Other ways in which ILM is useful: there are a bunch of dudes that, if they don't like a record, it's almost guaranteed that I will.

Whether or not the new album is good or bad I'm overwhelmed with happiness that she's back making music

oh helllllllll no. That album had it's moments for sure but it was a mess overall. I still don't understand how peeps around here underrate Under Construction so much.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 02:39 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

man i remember ilx being all over under construction back in the day

being all over under construction work it, you mean

I remember Rollie Pemberton being all down on Under Construction in the worst possible way.

It was a bad time for the Empire ILX.

No one is ever as uncool as they are a decade after their peak.

Except for Tom Waits and a bunch of other folks.

it true its hard to pick a precise moment of peak tom waits uncoolness

cookbook had some jams

tho departing from the 100% tim production model seemed kinda whats the point

i will rep for cookbook, if only for "can't stop".

"Meltdown" is the only one besides "Lose Control" whose memory I can still summon.

you don't remember "We Run This"?

Under Construction is probably my favorite album of hers. The Cookbook isn't amazing, but it isn't bad, there's way too many good songs on it.

I just scanned the track list and remembered "On & On."

The one with Slick Rick was dope

^^^

Grand Puba track is great too

How is her health?

when she revealed the Graves disease a few months ago it sounded like her condition had improved to the point that she was all good to resume her career

http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/missy-elliott-9th-inning-triple-threat/

Streaming now, iTunes midnight.

TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT TRIPLE THREAT OMG OMG OMG OMG

yeah. timbo beats that sound like timbo beats!

big pimpin interpolations!

etc!

not really lovin it myself

"9th Inning" is the lesser of the two but still a lot better than I expected from that clip.

yeah. timbo beats that sound like timbo beats!

― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Monday, September 17, 2012 4:00 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

but w/o sounding like nostalgia for Timbo beats

These songs will sound so massive on club speakers.

she sounds like jay on 9th inning

i like both of these. 9th inning does sound way better & triple threat is pretty cool. kinda funny to see them doing the houston thing (pimp c quoting, still tippin nodding) but it sounds pretty unique

Gahhh, am at work and can't hear these yet. So excited.

xp keep in mind that Timbo produced the song he quotes!

Triple Threat is good. 9th Inning, not so good.

I'm not exactly blown away by either of these, but if you have a problem with them you're a fucking asshole

goddamn, Triple Threat

Triple Threat is good. 9th Inning, not so good.

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:08 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cautiously enthusiastic about these, i think the direction is welcome and she sounds way less clunky than on anything else she's done since the cookbook, but i don't feel like they're quiiiiiiite at the level that i can really really get hyped. something still a bit effortful about them.

timbaland's verse on "9th inning" is so unwanted

basically i kind of feel like both of these are on the level of say "on & on", which is...fine, i like it, nothing against it, but it's hardly peak missy

who is this comeback for exactly

It is for me. All for me.

(And the fact that she's working with MikeQ is proof.)

timbaland's verse on "9th inning" is so unwanted

― lex pretend, Tuesday, September 18, 2012 1:42 AM Bookmark

Ha, no. Tim coming back on some "Can I talk my shit again?" is so much better than...well, whatever the hell else he's been doing lately.

http://i.imgur.com/IU3pj.gif

it's not peak missy clearly, but that's a pretty unfair measure. good rap music tho.

whatever happened here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=8VjE4RHZAaI

sounds like it would be a really good production for a straight r&b song but nothing about it is grabbing me. Great video though.

deepest sigh

see u all this time next year when it is pet shop buoyed up to 21st place on ilm 77 2017

k, later skater

her visuals are sooooo good

this song is so mediocre

yeah this video is great and the song is doing absolutely nothing

Ditto

bleh

there's really nothing to add here, everyone has already said it

yeah :(

video is awesome, beat is awesome, song is close enough to awesome that I'm fine rounding up and calling it awesome

I really like it

"i got food in my dining room" is a good fit for rap banality thread

Yeah, it feels like she's trying too hard to make something on-trend instead of something reflective of her artistic persona.

Visuals great, verses aren't bad I think but the hook is sooooo boring that it's hard to get motivated to listen to it again to where the details of what Missy is doing would actually sink in and stick with me.

Much improved version (in terms of interesting production): https://soundcloud.com/airmax97/missy-im-better-air-max-97-retread

...

haha

wooboy @ that remix
still loving WTF in 2017 btw

imagine if Missy released that remix as the official version

right? granted i wish that version had a little more space in it, but i would love for Missy to make a Yeezus-esque record with best producers from the edges of dance music.

Supposedly she was working with MikeQ a few years back

dig the original, remix loses the tension / restraint & scribbles all over the vocals

Listening to Supa Dupa Fly this afternoon (which came out 20 years ago!) and it still sounds so good, both the songs and the production. For all her great singles and songwriting, I don't think she ever made a better album -- but that's not a knock, it's just that I love SDF so much.

http://www.factmag.com/2017/01/27/missy-elliott-im-better-interview/

Good interview.

Who else have you been working with?

Timbaland, of course, and then the guy Lamb. I kinda keep my circle small because there’s not a lot of people who think crazy or weird like Missy. I’m sure there is, but I haven’t ran across ones that think weird like me. When it comes to working with outside producers, it’s very small.