Missy Elliott

Never hesitant to take risks (after all, we met her in a space-age garbage bag), Ms. Misdemeanor was in an especially experimental mood on her third album, trying her hand at seduction ("One Minute Man"), ecstasy (or, well, comparing herself to X) and, of course, bhangra (aw, you know which one we're talking about). Yes, "Freak" is a freaking great song. But there are many, many more reasons to love this album, on which Missy shows off her pipes, makes Timbaland's beats work for her like never before and sounds completely at ease in that sassy tomboy flow of hers.

Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" is the weirdest, loudest, funkiest and just plain best single of
the summer so far, a sonic orgasmatron of Indian tablas and Dirty South future-shock funk.
When Missy joy rides her big mouth all over Timbaland's crunkadelic beats, the word freak
barely hints at the trouble these two get into: The music is all alien percussion, working
into every crevice of your body that knows how to wiggle. Missy even wears a... More >