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Sounding more assured of her various strengths than at any time since her startling debut, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott broke in several directions for 2001's Miss E...So Addictive. At the same time, she's a sexed-up rapper demanding respect from men, a loved-up club diva leading the charge of rappers into the brave new world of dance culture, and a sensitive female spreading syrup over a few great ballads. It's a tribute to her incredible songwriting skills and Timbaland's continuing production excellence that she can have it any way she wants it and still come away with a full-length that hangs together brilliantly. She definitely starts out hardcore, with a pair of self-explanatory titles ("Dog in Heat," "One Minute Man") featuring Elliott cooling down on a trio of rappers (Redman, Method Man, Ludacris) and definitely getting the best of them. By "Get Ur Freak On," the lead single, she's changed angles and become a new-millennium diva straddling the worlds of hip-hop and commercial dance with bumping club tracks like "Scream a.k.a. Itch" and "4 My People." But before listeners can reconcile Elliott the club kid, special guest Ginuwine takes the album into love-ballad territory with "Take Away," a half-step ballad with an irresistible plucked-string production from Timbaland. Though Miss E...So Addictive is undeniably Elliott's affair, Timbaland's production really stretches out and pulls the album together. He's less reliant on his oft-copied trademarks, and more willing to experiment with left-field samples and seemingly odd bridges that always work despite the audio high-wire act. Though it fails to come up with anything to top her big singles hit, "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)," Miss E...So Addictive is her best album so far. ~ John Bush, Rovi

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Miss E… So Addictive
Studio album by Missy Elliott
Released May 15, 2001 United States
Recorded 2000–2001
Genre Hip hop
Length 57:07 (without silences)
Label Goldmind/Elektra
Producer Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Craig Brockman, Nisan, D-Man, Big Tank
Missy Elliott chronology
Da Real World
(1999)		 Miss E… So Addictive
(2001)		 Under Construction
(2002)
Singles from Miss E… So Addictive
  1. "Get Ur Freak On"
    Released: March 6, 2001
  2. "One Minute Man (Remix)"
    Released: June 22, 2001
  3. "4 My People"
    Released: August 16, 2001
  4. "Take Away"
    Released: November 14, 2001

Miss E… So Addictive is the third studio album by American rapper by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott. The album spawned the massive club and R&B/hip-hop hits "One Minute Man", featuring Ludacris and Trina, and "Get Ur Freak On", as well as the international club hit "4 My People" and the less commercially-successful single "Take Away".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "...So Addictive (Intro)" (featuring Charlene "Tweet" Keys)- 0:54
  2. "Dog in Heat" (featuring Method Man & Redman)- 5:01
  3. "One Minute Man" (featuring Ludacris)- 4:35
  4. "Lick Shots"- 3:32
  5. "Get Ur Freak On"- 3:56
  6. "Scream a.k.a. Itchin'"- 3:57
  7. "Old School Joint"- 4:00
    Contains a sample from "Pop It" by One Way
  8. "Take Away" (featuring Ginuwine)- 4:58
  9. "4 My People" (featuring Eve)- 4:48
  10. "Bus-a-Bus Interlude" (featuring Busta Rhymes)- 1:10
  11. "Whatcha Gon' Do" (featuring Timbaland)- 3:14
  12. "Step Off"- 3:58
  13. "X-Tasy"- 3:35
  14. "Slap! Slap! Slap!" (featuring Da Brat & Ms. Jade)- 4:05
  15. "I've Changed (Interlude)" (featuring Lil' Mo)- 1:05
  16. "One Minute Man (Remix)" (featuring Jay-Z)- 4:35
2002 International Release Bonus Tracks
  1. "4 My People" (Basement Jaxx Remix)
  2. "Higher Ground (Prelude)" (featuring Tweet)
  3. "Higher Ground" (featuring Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cola, Mary Mary & Tweet)
Japanese Release Bonus Tracks
  1. "Get Ur Freak On" (Bastone & Bernstein Club Mix)
  2. "Higher Ground (Prelude)"
  3. "Higher Ground"

Alternate tracks

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Drowned In Sound (10/10)[2]
Entertainment Weekly B+[3]
Pitchfork Media (8.2/10)[4]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[5]
Slant 4/5 stars[6]

Critical response to the album has been unanimously positive. According to Metacritic, the album holds a score of 89/100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 16 reviews.[7] The album is also ranked thirty-first on the site's list of best-reviewed albums.[8]

Charts

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 2
U.S. Billboard Top R&B Albums 1
Top Canadian Albums 8
UK Album Chart 10

References

  1. ^ Bush, John. "Miss E... So Addictive: Missy Misdemeanor Elliott". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r531889. 
  2. ^ Ansell, Rachelle. "Missy Elliott: Miss(e)...so addictive". Drowned In Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2589/reviews/1203-. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  3. ^ Browne, David (2001-05-25). "Miss E...So Addictive (2009)". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,256538,00.html. Retrieved 2009-12-21. 
  4. ^ Kilian, Dan. "Miss E: So Addictive". Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17440/Missy_Elliott_Miss_E_So_Addictive. Retrieved 2009-12-21. 
  5. ^ Sheffield, Rob. "Missy Elliott: Miss E...So Addictive". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/missyelliott/albums/album/202317/review/6067560/miss_eso_addictive. Retrieved 2009-12-21. 
  6. ^ Cinquemani, Sal. "Miss E...So Addictive". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=64. Retrieved 2009-12-21. 
  7. ^ "Miss E... So Addictive: by Missy Elliott". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/elliottmissy/misse?q=missy. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  8. ^ "All-Time High And Low Scores". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 

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