Respect M.E.
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Respect M.E.
- Artist: Missy Elliott
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- Release Date: September 11, 2006
- Total Time: 68:18
- Type: Contains explicit content, Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rap
Review
One of the great decade-long singles runs is straightforwardly documented on Respect M.E., a compilation distributed throughout Europe and, unfortunately, not released in the States. From 1997 through 2006, Missy Elliott's work -- often the product of a partnership with producer Timbaland -- was in steady rotation on the radio and on video programs. Nearly every time out, she came up with something fun, inventive, out of this world, and lasting, charting alternate paths for pop music while also projecting the image of a fully empowered plus-size woman in a mainstream populated by females who tended to be anything but. Although each one of Elliott's albums is well worth owning, nothing can deny the need for this release, which includes almost every noteworthy track she released during the period, from "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" through the underappreciated "Teary Eyed." The most significant omissions are "Lick Shots" and "Take Away": hardly deal breakers. An ideal companion release would contain the hits Elliott wrote and/or produced for other artists, such as Aaliyah's "One in a Million," SWV's "Save Me," 702's "Where My Girls At," Nicole's "Make It Hot," Total's "What About Us," Monica's "So Gone," and Tweet's "Oops (Oh My)." During these years, there was no greater force in popular music. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi| Respect Knuckles (2007 Album by The Big Black African) | |
| Respect Me (2009 Album by Lil' Flip) |
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Respect M.E.
For the Lil Flip album, see Respect Me.
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| Greatest hits album by Missy Elliott | ||||
| Released | September 4, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1997–2005 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, R&B, electro | |||
| Length | 68:27 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Missy Elliott, Craig Brockman, Warryn Campbell, Nisan Stewart, Timbaland, Rhemario Webber | |||
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Respect M.E. (Short for Respect Missy Elliott) is the first greatest hits album by American rapper-songwriter Missy Elliott, released by Atlantic Records on September 4, 2006 in Europe, Asia and Australia. It includes a collection of the singles from across all six of her studio albums, released between 1997 and 2005. Speculation about two new tracks on this greatest hits soon began after the announcement that cd was coming. Two tracks called "123" and "Magnifica" were supposed to be on it according to rumours and 123 could even be pre-ordered as a cd-single in the UK musicstore HMV. However, these songs did not make it on the album.
Missing from the collection is the U.S. single "Take Away". This track was omitted as, in most countries in Europe in 2001, the more successful Basement Jaxx dance remix of "4 My People" was released in its place. Another notable omission is the exclusion of the single/video version of "One Minute Man" with Trina and the single remix of "Hot Boyz". There are no new tracks featured on the collection.
Respect M.E. became her second top ten album in the UK and her highest charting album to date, peaking at number seven. According to BPI it has been certified Gold for sales of over 100,000 units in the UK and 500,000 copies world wide. In 2007, the album became available in Best Buy stores in the United States.
Track listing
- "Get Ur Freak On" - 3:57
- "Lose Control" (featuring Ciara & Fatman Scoop) - 3:47
- "4 My People" (Basement Jaxx Remix) - 3:32
- "We Run This" - 3:24
- "Work It" - 4:24
- "Gossip Folks" (featuring Ludacris) - 3:57
- "One Minute Man" (featuring Ludacris) - 4:13
- "I'm Really Hot" - 3:31
- "Pass That Dutch" - 3:41
- "Beep Me 911" (featuring 702) - 4:58
- "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" - 4:06
- "All n My Grill" (featuring Big Boi and Nicole Wray) - 4:32
- "Hit Em wit da Hee" (featuring Lil' Kim) - 4:20
- "Hot Boyz" (featuring Lil' Mo) - 3:36
- "Sock It 2 Me" (featuring Da Brat) - 4:17
- "She's a Bitch" - 4:00
- "Teary Eyed" - 3:40
Notes
- Tracks 10,11,13 and 15 originally appeared on the album Supa Dupa Fly
- Tracks 12,14 and 16 originally appeared on the album Da Real World
- Tracks 1,3 and 7 originally appeared on the album Miss E… So Addictive
- Tracks 5 and 6 originally appeared on the album Under Construction
- Tracks 8 and 9 originally appeared on the album This Is Not a Test!
- Tracks 2,4 and 17 originally appeared on the album The Cookbook
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| German Albums Chart | 40 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 42 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 25 |
| Dutch Mega Albums Chart | 54 |
| UK Albums Chart | 7 |
| NZ Albums Chart | 7 |
| Ireland Albums Chart | 11 |
| Australia Albums Chart | 16 |
| Japanese ORICON Foreign Album Chart | 7 |
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