Missy Elliott - Miss E...So Addictive
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Rolling Stone Rating: 4
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 Motorhead T-shirt in the video, and not even Lemmy could explain that one. "Get Ur Freak On" is a triumphant comeback for the dynamic duo from Virginia, especially since Missy and Timbaland have both looked like they were slipping lately; Tim produced Aaliyah's excellent single "Try Again" last year, but it sounded like it could have been anybody. On the other hand, "Get Ur Freak On" doesn't sound like anybody, including him. And...
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