Tag Archives: Missy Elliott
Best Songs of 2013
For the third year in a row, I felt like this was a better year for individual songs and singles than it was for albums. I suppose it makes a certain kind of sense in a digital era that the … Continue reading
Timbaland – ‘Hands In The Air’
My thoughts on Timbaland’s “Hands In The Air.”
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Best of the Rest: Playa’s Birthday
Choosing an album track to highlight from the Playa catalog is stupid hard. They literally have not recorded a single thing that I haven't loved. I initially wanted to highlight an unreleased song, LUST, which surfaced on Black's 2004 solo … Continue reading
Best of the Rest: Missy Elliott & Beyonce’s Crazy Feelings
Crazy Feelings, from Missy Elliott’s criminally underrated sophomore album Da Real World, is the first great Beyonce vocal performance. It is one of only three instances where Beyonce shows she has some emotive instincts (the other two being Speechless and … Continue reading
My Tribute to Static Major – R.I.P.
Another underrated, on-the-verge of blowin up black artist has passed away way too soon – Static Major. On Monday, February 25, 2008, Stephen “Static” Garrett, died in Louisville, KY at age 33. Cause of death is unknown. I’m more upset … Continue reading