:: Missy Elliott - Respect M.E.

Missy Elliott

In this Greatest Hits album, we are reminded of the best, and most popular side, of Missy Elliott. She collaborates with rappers and well known names like Ciara and Fat Man Scoop in Lose Control, Ludacris in the funky, screeching Gossip Folks and One Minute Man and Lil Kim and Mocha in Hit Em Wit Da Hee. Even Basement Jaxx throw in their remix of 4 My People. Missy lovers - picture all those songs that you love so conveniently placed on the one CD called Respect M.E. Let’s take a walk down Missy Memory Lane - Work It, Get Your Freak On, Lose Control, and Pass That Dutch. Still more, Sock It To Me, I’m Really Hot, and One Minute Man. Plenty of others too, infact you may as well know that Beep Me 911, The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly), Hot Boyz and She’s a B**ch. A good thing about this album is that it’s nice to hear Missy’s original versions of songs like Lose Control and Get Your Freak on without all the token remix reminders, you know the obligatory and repetitive cries of , ….”Remix!! … This is the remix.” If Aretha Franklin was the queen of soul, then Missy Elliot could take the title of hip hop queen. This album reminds of Missy’s fearless rhythm and infectious suave beats, … how could anyone keep their feet still while listening to Pass The Dutch? Yet, never be intimidated by Missy - despite her assertive war cries, she is a pint sized diva who worries about her weight, and what people say about it as well, evident in gossip, folks.