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Work It by Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Artist Biography For Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette Elliott Born July 1 1971 In Portsmouth Virginia Better Known By Her Stage Name Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Is An American Grammy Award Winning Rapper Singer Producer Actress And Former Member Of The R&B Group Sista. With Sales Of Over Seven Million In The United States Alone She Is The Only Female Rapper To Have Six Albums Certified Platinum By The RIAA And Has Worked Extensively As A Producer For Many Other Artists Along With Her Childhood Friend Timbaland. She Released Her Debut Album Supa Dupa Fly In 1997 And Has Since Released 1999's Da Real World 2001's Miss E… So Addictive 2002's Under Construction 2003's This Is Not A Test! And 2005's The Cookbook. She Has Been Working On Her Seventh Studio Album Block Party Since 2007. Elliott Is One Of The First Female Hip Hop Superstars Known For A Long Series Of Hits Including "The Rain Supa Dupa Fly " "Hit 'Em Wit Da Hee" "Get Ur Freak On" "One Minute Man" "Work It" And "Lose Control". In Addition She Has Received Recognition As One Of The Most Successful Songwriters Of The Modern Music Era Having Crafted A Number Of Hit Records For Artists Such As Aaliyah 702 Total Ciara Nicole Wray And Tweet Often With Production-Partner And Childhood Friend Timbaland. She Was The Third Female Rapper To Ever Go Platinum Behind Lil' Kim And Da Brat. Born In Portsmouth Virginia She Began Her Career In The All-Girl R&B Group Sista In 1993. Eventually The Band Folded And Elliott Began Her Career As A Solo Rapper. Since The Early 1990's Elliott Has Won Six Grammys Recently Scoring One For Her Video Of "Lose Control." Other Releases Are 'Teary Eyed' And 'We Run This' And The Last Of These Two Songs Will Be The Main Single Of The New Greatest Hits Album Titled 'Respect M.E. Best Of' Featuring 17 Tracks From Her Six Albums.
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Missy-Elliott - Under Construction
"Work It" Is A Hip Hop Song Written By American Rapper/singer Missy Elliott And Her Producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley For Elliott's Critically Acclaimed Fourth Studio Album Under Construction. The Song's Musical Style And Production By Timbaland Were Heavily Inspired By Old School Hip Hop From The 1980s And Includes A Portion Which Samples Run-D.M.C.'s "Peter Piper". The Beginning Of The Song Samples Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three's "Request Line". Released As The Album's First Single In The Fall Of 2002 The Track Reached The Number Two Position On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Becoming Missy Elliott's Most Successful Single To Date. The Single Spent Ten Consecutive Weeks At Number Two On The Billboard Hot 100 In The United States Behind Eminem's Huge Hit "Lose Yourself" About This Elliott Confessed "I Just Wanted To Die Those Ten Weeks I Mean It Wasn't Cool" And Reached Number One For Five Weeks On Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. The Song Is Tied With Foreigner's 1981 Hit "Waiting For A Girl Like You" As The Longest-Running U.S. Number-Two Single That Did Not Reach Number One. "Work It"'s Music Video Was Directed By Dave Meyers. A Remix Of This Song Features 50 Cent. The End Of The Song Samples "Peter Piper" By Run-DMC And The Synth Pattern In The Rhythm Track Samples The Intro To "Heart Of Glass" By Blondie.
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Melissa Arnette Elliott Born July 1 1971 In Portsmouth Virginia Better Known By Her Stage Name Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Is An American Grammy Award Winning Rapper Singer Producer Actress And Former Member Of The R&B Group Sista. With Sales Of Over Seven Million In The United States Alone She Is The Only Female Rapper To Have Six Albums Certified Platinum By The RIAA And Has Worked Extensively As A Producer For Many Other Artists Along With Her Childhood Friend Timbaland. She Released Her Debut Album Supa Dupa Fly In 1997 And Has Since Released 1999's Da Real World 2001's Miss E… So Addictive 2002's Under Construction 2003's This Is Not A Test! And 2005's The Cookbook. She Has Been Working On Her Seventh Studio Album Block Party Since 2007. Elliott Is One Of The First Female Hip Hop Superstars Known For A Long Series Of Hits Including "The Rain Supa Dupa Fly " "Hit 'Em Wit Da Hee" "Get Ur Freak On" "One Minute Man" "Work It" And "Lose Control". In Addition She Has Received Recognition As One Of The Most Successful Songwriters Of The Modern Music Era Having Crafted A Number Of Hit Records For Artists Such As Aaliyah 702 Total Ciara Nicole Wray And Tweet Often With Production-Partner And Childhood Friend Timbaland. She Was The Third Female Rapper To Ever Go Platinum Behind Lil' Kim And Da Brat. Born In Portsmouth Virginia She Began Her Career In The All-Girl R&B Group Sista In 1993. Eventually The Band Folded And Elliott Began Her Career As A Solo Rapper. Since The Early 1990's Elliott Has Won Six Grammys Recently Scoring One For Her Video Of "Lose Control." Other Releases Are 'Teary Eyed' And 'We Run This' And The Last Of These Two Songs Will Be The Main Single Of The New Greatest Hits Album Titled 'Respect M.E. Best Of' Featuring 17 Tracks From Her Six Albums.
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"Work It" is a hip hop song written by American rapper/singer Missy Elliott and her producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley for Elliott's critically acclaimed fourth studio album Under Construction. The song's musical style, and production by Timbaland, were heavily inspired by Old school hip hop from the 1980s, and includes a portion which samples Run-D.M.C.'s "Peter Piper". The beginning of the song samples Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three's "Request Line". Released as the album's first single in the fall of 2002, the track reached the number two position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Missy Elliott's most successful single to date.
The single spent ten consecutive weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States behind Eminem's huge hit "Lose Yourself" (about this Elliott confessed: "I just wanted to die those ten weeks, I mean, it wasn't cool"), and reached number one for five weeks on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song is tied with Foreigner's 1981 hit "Waiting for a Girl Like You" as the longest-running U.S. number-two single that did not reach number one. "Work It"'s music video was directed by Dave Meyers. A remix of this song features 50 Cent. The end of the song samples "Peter Piper" by Run-DMC, and the synth pattern in the rhythm track samples the intro to "Heart of Glass" by Blondie. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.