Come anticipate Missy Elliott's Block Party album in 2012

I could've started this thread in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011, but was waiting until some actual news.

ACTUAL NEWS

Missy Elliott and Timbaland will both launch new albums this summer, Timbaland told MTV News.

"Me and Missy are both coming out with our albums at the same time, and it will be in June," he said. "Right now, we're just preparing to get both our videos, our first singles shot at the same time. We want to do it as a movement."

While Timbaland has stayed prominent in recent years with solo efforts such as "Shock Value II," Elliott hasn't released an album since 2005's "The Cookbook."

In the interim, she revealed that she'd been diagnosed with Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder.

"I'm 30 pounds lighter because I've been exercising." the MC told People last year. "My thyroid is functioning, so I haven't had to take medication in about nine months. [But] you live with it for the rest of your life."

The dual album release is the latest collaboration in the duo's lengthy musical relationship, which has spawned such hits as "Get Ur Freak On" and Aaliyah's "I Care 4 U."

"People always ask if we're still working together, and the answer is we will always work together," Elliott told Billboard in a previous interview about the new album, then titled "Block Party." "He's always going to be involved, even if it is just on one record. That's my brother. I respect and honor what he says."

i liked the cookbook

I did too!

I don't think she's ever really made a bad album. cautiously optimistic about this

Did you watch her Behind the Music last spring, Shakey? Granted, they were tiny clips, but the new stuff sounded excellent.

does this qualify as actual news?

i'm pretty skeptical about this being that great but obv the world needs more missy regardless

It's more newsy than her Wikipedia page being corrected every year. At least Timbaland is actually saying shit on camera.

missed the Behind the Music, unfortunately

it's because i love missy that i don't want to anticipate this

hopefully she proves me wrong

Love Missy. Excited at the prospect of a new album.

That said, her most recent appearances have been that execrable Katy Perry Remix, etc.

Nervously anticipating, hope it turns out something awesome. It's been too long since we've had some Missy singles floating about. Curious to see where she fits in on the charts in 2012.

huh

http://www.spin.com/articles/missy-elliott-performed-new-song-timbaland-last-night?utm_source=spintwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spintwitter

2 new singles this week, allegedly

I hope so. Really.

In the youtube comments for Lick Shots: "It's crazy my auntie LOOKS EXACTLY like her! everybody tells her. They like twins"

I'm very tempted to write "can i get your auntie email why because she look intersting" in reply.

Snippet of first of the two http://www.missy-elliott.com/blog/9th-inning-snippet-and-official-art-revealed-12151

Baseball nomenclature aside, that's aight.

I don't think she's ever really made a bad album.

― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, February 7, 2012 5:49 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Missy_Elliott_-_The_Cookbook_-_Album.jpg/220px-Missy_Elliott_-_The_Cookbook_-_Album.jpg

I fuck with that snippet.

Cookbook has that great Apache version

The Cookbook is better than This Ain't A Test and about as good as Under Construction imo

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.

I don't think she's ever really made a bad album.

― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, February 7, 2012 5:49 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hope what happens after that snippet ends includes four on the floor.

the last 3 albums are all fine, just on a lower tier than the first 3 imo. i'm probably a little tough on Under Construction but it was very overrated at the time and is more singles+filler-ish than its predecessors

With Missy, like Erykah, the album I tend to rate the lowest now in retrospect is the debut.

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

now that she's been really good on radio hits in the past year or two by J. Cole and Fantasia i kinda wish she'd just do a full-on R&B record with zero Timbaland input, i think that would be so much better than any of that "9th Inning"/"Triple Threat" type shit.

Any day now, you know.

to quote Ronnie Milsap.

Exactly. I would be fine with Missy reworking Ronnie Milsap.

Yes

Exactly. I would be fine with Missy reworking Ronnie Milsap.

― Ned Ragget

I wouldn't have missed it for the world!

She seemed so happy to be there last night. Like, "hi everybody, remember me? No? Well, I'm happy to be here all the same!" (waves) Her stuff sounded so cool compared to Perry product and Kravtiz crap.

Not a football fan, so I only watched a few minutes of the game. I looked in at halftime to see what Katy Perry was wearing. I liked this line from the The Guardian: "Wearing a startling, waist-length hair weave, her salvo of 'Get Ur Freak On,' 'Work It' and 'Lose Control' almost steal the slot from under Perry’s nose: almost 15 years since they were released, these songs still sound like the future."

15 years? pfff - they were the best of times

i read last night that missy has graves disease? i didnt know that. damn girl welcome the fuck back

Yeah, her VH1 'Behind the Music' a few years ago covered that (and was also otherwise great and informative). You should hunt it down.

yeah she started talking about the Graves Disease in 2011 and how that was part of why she hadn't been releasing new music. then she said she was doing better and released two singles in 2012, but they didn't really take off, so now we are 3 years later with still no news about the album. hope she's doing better healthwise.

I thought she denied the Graves Disease thing at some point

Maybe, but articles in recent years keep mentioning it

I don't remember that. I remember Exene saying she didn't have MS after all, so maybe you're mixing up the two?

I thought Missy had lupus.

Oh, wait, Graves it is, but I guess you can have both?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO_3Qgib6RQ

how come "stickin out your tongue" like so slightly off beat? ahh it's driving me mad!

did NOT expect this to be any good!

aaaah no one makes videos like missy tho

this is great!

rules, almost effortlessly, only I know how much hard work goes into seeming effortless

Pharrell seems like an afterthought, but he doesn't fuck it up. Big song, love it!

hot damn this delivers

Great video.

this might be my high point of the day

"pharrell doesn't fuck it up" + "effortless" + "great video" = all otm
i hope this gets huge

Pharrell seems like an afterthought, but he doesn't fuck it up. Big song, love it!

Pharrell is so all over the beats that the song feels like an alternate physical embodiment of him at times, which Missy is holding by the ankles and whirling around her head like it's nbd, this is just her motherfuckin' show

hoverboards fit missy's aesthetic so perfectly

speaking as a huge missy fan this song is not too good, she def sounds like shes been on the shelf for the better part of a decade and pharrells rapping is typically awful

o well

get out

i guess i cldve saved that post for later in the day when ppl had moved on to the forgetting stage of freaking out abt something mediocre then immediately forgetting

this is what extended exposure to Drake and Future is doing to our leaders of tomorrow

dont try to pin this on drake man u know how i feel abt him

i guess i cldve saved that post for later in the day when ppl had moved on to the forgetting stage of freaking out abt something mediocre then immediately forgetting

― lag∞n, Thursday, November 12, 2015 5:10 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

to be fair this did happen with those terrible missy singles a couple of years ago, but i am fairly sure this is legitimately good! we'll wait and see about greatness

this is way better than the previously leaked singles

also pharrell nice of u to send a puppet buddy

i am also not bowled over

This seems like a self-conscious return to form (both song and video), like something that would have fit on "This is Not a Test." Not the best, but definitely welcome, and totally makes my day regardless.

missy sounds pretty good on this but the beat isn't really doing anything for me, it gives me bad "pon de floor" vibes like 5 years after the fact

im trying to figure out where it fits.... this is a little too close to the aborted gwen stefani comeback i think

I am so fine with this.

one way in which it is not like the aborted Gwen Stefani comeback is that Missy doesn't sound like a constipated chimp on this

i'm amazed missy's flow is as good as it is considering how galumphing her voice has been on...everything she's released in the past decade

how come "stickin out your tongue" like so slightly off beat? ahh it's driving me mad!

I hear that falling squarely on 3; what do you mean by "slightly off beat"?

I get the exact same feeling, maybe she's just a tiny bit slow or the way she phrases the syllables makes it sound like another rhythm, not syncopated but another tempo

woah, this is good! sometimes feels a little bit empty, mix-wise - like the vocals are too loud for it just being them and the beat - but i think it works. ok sure, it's a self-conscious return to form, delivering as many rhythmic and vocal surprises as you're hoping to find in a missy record... but those are still good things, and just as enjoyable to the ears as they were a decade ago. it's a first hearing of course, but i'm inclined to say it's her best single since the under construction run?

ok that might be a bit much. i think i like "lose control," "pass that dutch" and "i'm really hot" more when i'm hearing them than when i'm thinking about them.

It's solid and she's just so great to listen to as a performer. Ideas hitting you from every direction. Her voice seems deeper than it used to be? Suits her

i'm 100% on board. no one makes hip-hop 'fun' like Missy.

Missy + Dave Meyers has to be one of the greatest music video director/artist teams of all time.

Missy without Timbaland is like some real Elton John "I'm gonna write my own lyrics now" shit

finally, a timbaland bernie taupin equivalency.

this is great except for the pharrell verse.

Missy without Timbaland is like some real Elton John "I'm gonna write my own lyrics now" shit

v silly opinion given the cookbook

this song slaps

2.2 million watches in under 24 hours and i am only responsible for 30 or so

ahhh yes more than anything I am happy that people are paying attention! Feel like this could have been even bigger if it had happened a little closer to the Superbowl bit she did.

Also I love this obvs even the Pharrell part

love it

v silly opinion given the cookbook

― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Thursday, November 12, 2015 10:29 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

even more accurate opinion given the cookbook

There are a bunch of good tracks on The Cookbook, and they're not the Timbo ones

nice to see Les Twins in the video, that's exactly as it should be.

my fav banger from the Cookbook still sounds great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrI-X4uKDIQ

There are a bunch of good tracks on The Cookbook, and they're not the Timbo ones

^^^

w/e The Cookbook is hands down her worst album and everyone knows this

sure, but even so it's still pretty good overall

"oh wow outkast is back together and they're making Idlewild 2?"

btw fake Timbaland might be preferable to real Timbaland these days.

that is fair

"worst album" is meaningless when four out of your discography's six are straight-up classics and none of them are outright bad, though the cookbook is better than this is not a test by a long way and in general pretty underrated ("bad man"!!!!!)

The Cookbook is her worst *listen to "Meltdown" for seventh time*

TISNAT! is my favorite after the debut. I love the spareness: each song with a single ear-catching beat, some of Missy's best smut and party fodder.

Yeah they're all classics. How is this even in dispute?

"let me fix my weave" and "spelling bee" alone justify TINAT

she really did a great job NOT releasing a terrible album in the decade when she fell off

man, you guys remember that Cookbook shit way more fondly than me. i was so bent out of shape at it

also timbaland is a major hack right now anyway who really wants to hear him produce more music

the two of them did the celebrated comeback thing three years ago and nobody cared about those songs, the entire premise of this conversation is flawed

I liked those songs. Might have been a different story if they had a videos and emerged in the days of SLAAAYYY QUEEEN twitter

Those were sad, sour times.

i was reluctant to listen to this cause she sounded awful to me on that janet feature but this is, perfectly great? can't tell if it will become a smash or if the hook will dig in as deep as the classics but it sounds like good missy elliott music. and yeah this beat is better than any timbo beat in how many years?

Rap Genius seems to think the chorus is about Miley Cyrus

Missy is all too aware of the impact and influence someone of that stature can have on the youth.

I liked those songs. Might have been a different story if they had a videos and emerged in the days of SLAAAYYY QUEEEN twitter

― bricc baby hitlo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, November 13, 2015 3:49 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i feel like it's been the days of SLAAAYYY QUEEEN twitter for more than three years tho?

This has been sneaking up on my brain a lot lately. Pharrell's verse continues to not grow on me though. How's it doing out there in the world?

i heard it on corporate terrestrial radio, it sounded good in my recent-make subcompact sedan driving down a freeway

I never hear the radio, but I know they're using it in a Microsoft commercial.

microsoft commercials are where most children access recent pop releases these days anyway

i have heard it on the radio a couple times, but always in the late after-midnight hours, which is when they tend to play songs by new "unproven" artists :\

i like the single though i continue to loathe pharrell. its the kind of thing i almost expect someone to tell me was produced by a non hip hop producer. or some non-current, non-american, producer. kind of a hark back to under construction. i dont think shes exactly an albums artist, but id rank her albums thus - Miss E... So Addictive, Supa Dupa Fly, Da Real World. not sure about the last three, but the cookbook is prob the worst (though even that has lose control so...).

I haven't heard radio since my vehicle's been out of commision but this is the song I've seen the best reaction to in clubs in the past couple months.

oops pulled this from bookmarks and thought this thread was current oh well

I'm shrugging at this but if it gets us closer to album release then yay

http://pitchfork.com/news/63400-listen-to-missy-elliotts-pep-rally/

oof, I want to like this more than I do but it just kinda keeps going on.

Still better than either of the 2012 singles, so I consider it a win.

Bounce beat gogo! That's been my shit lately.

yyyyyyyyeah, this is a no go for me

I expected worse, but it's okay.

it's a little long and repetitive but it's at least in the BPM range of a Missy song i'd want to listen to, unlike "WTF"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwyPsUd9LAk

Miissy

Going forward, I'm just going to watch the video with the sound off. Far better that way.

hot beat

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.