{"id":6093,"date":"2015-05-01T18:43:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T17:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=6093"},"modified":"2015-05-02T10:22:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T09:22:15","slug":"my-epic-missy-elliott-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=6093","title":{"rendered":"My Epic Missy Elliott Obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post has absolutely nothing to do with knitting or any of the other themes that normally dominate on this blog but I am in the clutches of <em>an epic fan-girl phase<\/em> and I feel compelled to share it with you. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6094\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6094\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT-1-of-1.jpg?fit=950%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MISSY ELLIOTT  (1 of 1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT-1-of-1.jpg?fit=950%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT-1-of-1.jpg?resize=950%2C534\" alt=\"MISSY ELLIOTT  (1 of 1)\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6094\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today we are going to do my current Favourite Thing and talk about Missy Elliott.<\/p>\n<p>When I am not talking about Missing Elliott I am reading about Missy Elliott, watching Missy Elliott videos or &#8211; best of all &#8211; <em>listening to Missy Elliott records<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6096\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6096\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_.jpg?fit=950%2C950&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,950\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_.jpg?fit=713%2C713&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_.jpg?resize=713%2C713\" alt=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_\" width=\"713\" height=\"713\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_.jpg?resize=713%2C713&amp;ssl=1 713w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_.jpg?resize=700%2C700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love to line up her first six albums and play them back to back in order &#8211; Supa Dupa Fly; Da Real World; Miss E&#8230; So Addictive; Under Construction; This Is Not a Test!; and The Cookbook.<\/p>\n<p>My Missy Elliott obsession started many years ago when &#8220;I can&#8217;t stand the rain&#8221; was released. I don&#8217;t know how I found out about the release or saw the video but I recorded the track onto a favourite minidisc, and the spectacle of Missy Elliott posturing into a fish-eye lens wearing a giant black inflatable bin bag was &#8211; for me &#8211; GAME CHANGING.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"950\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHcyJPTTn9w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is a bit embarrassing to admit but in my late teens and early twenties I had not really found myself. I was experimenting a lot, largely chasing after boys and putting lots of energy into looking attractive to the opposite sex. I feel very far away from that former self, as though I was not yet me but a semi-formed me exploring the roles doled out to my gender in fairytales, in pink toy shop aisles and in music videos where the main message is that women are above all supposed to be beautiful and alluring like princesses in towers. <\/p>\n<p>Seeing Missy Elliott looking so big and funny and POWERFUL in &#8220;I can&#8217;t stand the rain&#8221; SLAYED this nonsense. She was up there killing all the tropes: instead of dancing around in a bikini trying to draw the attention of the men, she was in a giant black outfit declaring her magnificence into a fish-eye lens. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Me I&#8217;m supa fly<br \/>\nSupa dupa fly<br \/>\nSupa dupa fly <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6097\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6097\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-2.jpg?fit=950%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-2.jpg?fit=950%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-2.jpg?resize=950%2C675\" alt=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-2\" width=\"950\" height=\"675\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6097\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This gave me a huge thrill. In my head it was like, if Missy Elliott can do that then I can shave my head and start inventing pirate songs on accordion. <a href=\"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=1119\" target=\"_blank\">Which is what I did<\/a>. I switched out chasing boys for solid friendships with amazing women, I ditched frilly dresses for fat stripy jumpers, and I began making field recordings and educating myself on recording equipment and experimental music. I painted murals to raise the cash to fly to New York City by myself, to interview my art hero, <a href=\"http:\/\/volksboutique.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christine Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Me I&#8217;m supa fly<br \/>\nSupa dupa fly<br \/>\nSupa dupa fly <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I started to feel like <em>me<\/em> and the examples set by Bj\u00f6rk and Missy Elliott didn&#8217;t hurt a bit. I don&#8217;t do anything on the scale or in the same vein as either of these epic women and their music is wildly different. But both these artists have built significant creative legacies, and have shaped the cultural landscape of pop music. I love the playful and imaginative nature of their work, the limitless nature of the version of womanhood represented in their influential imagery and sounds. Sometimes what you need to lift up your own dreams is posters on your wall, reference points that empower your hopes and dreams; legends who inspire you. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=4577\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/stripes.jpg?fit=950%2C711&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,711\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"stripes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/stripes.jpg?fit=950%2C711&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/stripes.jpg?resize=950%2C711\" alt=\"stripes\" width=\"950\" height=\"711\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/stripes.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/stripes.jpg?resize=935%2C700&amp;ssl=1 935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Missy Elliott is an amazing antidote to the crap ideas that prevail about what it means to be a woman. Her music is full of ideas and different types of creativity but key themes include frequent proclamations of her own wealth, success, desirability and general amazingness. Whatever one&#8217;s moral position on self-aggrandizement and conspicuous consumption, nobody can argue that it is fresh and exciting to hear such confidence and entitlement rolling from the lips of a woman.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6098\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6098\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-3.jpg?fit=950%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,479\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-3.jpg?fit=950%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-3.jpg?resize=950%2C479\" alt=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-3\" width=\"950\" height=\"479\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6098\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m really, really hot<br \/>\nEverytime my records drop<br \/>\nRadio says I won&#8217;t stop<br \/>\nCus&#8217; I&#8217;m killin&#8217; em&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"950\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYExg7T-MCM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But Missy Elliott is also very funny&#8230; <em>who else would swallow a Lamborghini in a music video?<\/em> And who can deny the mischief and talent of her guest appearance on Gina Thompson&#8217;s &#8220;The things that you do&#8221; track? I cannot get enough of that brief interlude where Missy is dancing outside of the car, rapping &#8220;hee hee hee hee haw, hee hee hee hee haw&#8221; over the top of the vocal and then riding in the car with Puff Daddy, dropping her characteristic direct stare on us. Missy appears at around 02:20 with a ton of amazing vocal sounds and a shiny tracksuit and <em>it&#8217;s brilliant<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"950\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VDd6HtU6JHg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I is what I is and what I am is like my mammy<br \/>\nand I don&#8217;t mean to sound to petty<br \/>\nbut they used to call me fatty<br \/>\ntill I got with puff daddy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"950\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FPoKiGQzbSQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And it would seem that I am not alone in my massive admiration for the image that Missy Elliott represents; I was super interested to read in <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/interviews\/9582-the-invisible-woman-a-conversation-with-bjork\/\" target=\"_blank\">this pitchfork interview with Bj\u00f6rk<\/a> that a photo of Missy Elliott at a mixing desk was also important for <em>her<\/em>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When people don\u2019t credit me for the stuff I\u2019ve done, it\u2019s for several reasons. I\u2019m going to get very methodical now! [laughs] One! I learned what a lot of women have to do is make the guys in the room think it was their idea, and then you back them up. Two! I spend 80% of the writing process of my albums on my own. I write the melodies. I\u2019m by the computer. I edit a lot. That for me is very solitary. I don\u2019t want to be photographed when I\u2019m doing that. I don\u2019t invite people around. The 20% of the album process when I bring in the string orchestras, the extras, that\u2019s documented more. That\u2019s the side people see. When I met M.I.A., she was moaning about this, and I told her, \u201cJust photograph yourself in front of the mixing desk in the studio, and people will go, \u2018Oh, OK! A woman with a tool, like a man with a guitar.\u2019\u201d Not that I\u2019ve done that much myself, but sometimes you\u2019re better at giving people advice than doing it yourself. I remember seeing a photo of Missy Elliott at the mixing desk in the studio and being like, a-ha!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> &#8211; Bj\u00f6rk<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6100\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6100\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-4.jpg?fit=950%2C710&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,710\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-4.jpg?fit=950%2C710&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-4.jpg?resize=950%2C710\" alt=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-4\" width=\"950\" height=\"710\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-4.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-4.jpg?resize=937%2C700&amp;ssl=1 937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6101\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6101\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-5.jpg?fit=950%2C710&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,710\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-5.jpg?fit=950%2C710&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-5.jpg?resize=950%2C710\" alt=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-5\" width=\"950\" height=\"710\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-5.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-5.jpg?resize=937%2C700&amp;ssl=1 937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>My mind was literally blown<\/em> and it reinforced for me the importance of thinking about how we represent ourselves, and what it does when we reveal ourselves to be defined by what we <em>do<\/em> rather than what we <em>look like<\/em>. What is funny is that the image of Bj\u00f6rk stamping around on the beach with an 8-track recorder was one of the images which inspired me to start recording sounds in the landscape. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2468\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=2468\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/felix-recordist.jpg?fit=950%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"950,632\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"felix-recordist\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/felix-recordist.jpg?fit=950%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/felix-recordist.jpg?resize=950%2C632\" alt=\"felix-recordist\" width=\"950\" height=\"632\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Pitchfork interview with Bj\u00f6rk is one of the things that sparked the latest resurgence in my Missy Elliott obsession, because there was a long gap between seeing the video for &#8220;I can&#8217;t stand the rain&#8221; and the current Missy Elliott cultural binge&#8230; but I realised when I read the Pitchfork interview that while I had held up Missy Elliott as an amazing role model for years, <em>I hadn&#8217;t put the time in to really exploring her work<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6103\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6103\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-7.jpg?fit=978%2C950&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"978,950\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-7.jpg?fit=734%2C713&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-7.jpg?resize=734%2C713\" alt=\"MISSY ELLIOTT_-7\" width=\"734\" height=\"713\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-7.jpg?resize=734%2C713&amp;ssl=1 734w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-7.jpg?resize=721%2C700&amp;ssl=1 721w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-7.jpg?resize=950%2C923&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MISSY-ELLIOTT_-7.jpg?w=978&amp;ssl=1 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So here I am with my six Missy Elliott albums lined up, listening <em>hard<\/em>. At the moment I am basically listening to Missy Elliott, field recordings, Bj\u00f6rk and the occasional gobby Streets track. I don&#8217;t relate to all the themes in Missy Elliott&#8217;s music but I am dancing around my house and I cannot deny the affirmative power of belting out &#8220;I&#8217;M REALLY, REALLY HOT&#8221; along with the record. And I cannot think of a better track than &#8220;Get ur freak on&#8221; for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisgirlcan.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">This Girl Can campaign<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"950\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aN7lt0CYwHg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have more to say. There&#8217;s so much more to say about collaborations, the business empire, the beats, the lyrics&#8230; but I thought before I go deep into ALL THINGS MISSY ELLIOTT I should at least give you a heads up. <\/p>\n<p>This. Is. A. Missy. Elliott. 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