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With THIS IS NOT A TEST!, Missy Elliott, Virginia's reigning queen of hip-hop, raises the bar once again. Working with producer and partner-in-crime Timbaland, Elliott continues to develop her signature style, which pays tribute to the hip-hop pioneers of yesteryear, while flying forward into a sonic solar system of her very own. The album's tracks--and skits--effortlessly bounce between genres, styles, and tempos, ranging from dancehall ("Keep It Movin" with Elephant Man) to R&B ("I'm Not Perfect" with the Clark Sisters) to straight-up rap ("Wake Up" with Jay-Z).
However, it is on the up-tempo tracks where Elliott truly shines. On the record's first single, "Pass That Dutch," the freewheeling MC sprays lyrics like a scatterbrained genius. "Pump It Up," featuring Nelly, is a hilarious ode to oversized Southern women. And "Let Me Fix My Weave" is the Elliott/Timbaland super-tandem at its most exhilarating. THIS IS NOT A TEST! is even more proof that Missy Elliott is a pop music marvel.
2003 album featuring the anthem 'Pass That Dutch'. Goldmind.
Personnel includes: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, Elephant Man, Faboluous, Nelly, R. Kelly, Monica, Beenie Man, The Clark Sisters.
Producers: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Timbaland.
Rolling Stone (12/25/03-1/8/04, p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...She still sounds as hungry and driven as ever, refusing to repeat past successes, pushing on to newer and weirder realms...Why anybody would choose to spend their life without a copy of THIS IS NOT A TEST! is a mystery..."
Spin (01/04, p.95) - "...Ridiculously, abstrusely , hyper-generously funky....It's both consistently catchy and consistently weird in all the right ways..." - Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly (11/28/03, p.124) - "...Elliott [is] full of vim and vinegar, especially when she's rapping or singing about sex....[On a couple of tracks] Elliott sets out to compete with the champagne-and-silk-underwear crowd of foxy, urban chanteuses..." - Rating: B
Q (2/04, p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - "The sexiest, most ear-popping, jaw-dropping fusion of old-school rap tribute, sparse R&B, mutant bhangra, and beat innovation..."
Mojo (Publisher) (1/04, pp.96-7) - 3 stars out of 5 - "'Wake Up' is mesmerising....'Push It' and live hip hop deconstruction 'I'm Really Hot', both inject the set's ruthless minimalism with some fresh sonic ingredients." This Is Not A Test! Music | List Price | $7.98 (You save $0.09) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Rap, East Coast Rap | | Label | Elektra | | Orig Year | 2003 | | All Time Sales Rank |  14845  | | CD Universe Part number | 6373110 | | Catalog number | 62905 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 25, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Timbaland
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
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Also: Jay-Z, R. Kelly, Mary J. Blige, Fabolous, Monica, Nelly, Beenie Man, Elephant Man |
Missy Elliott This Is Not A Test! Songs This Is Not A Test! Music This Is Not A Test! Music Review Average Rating: (3.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews it wasent all that!!!
there were only 2 maybe 3 good songs in yhe whole cd.
Submitted by speedynavigator00 (los angeles,ca) 
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 Amazing
ive had this cd for over a year, and i never have stopped listening too it, its awsum. maddest lyrics and duo's.
Missy is a god as this is her best cd by far, buy it, you will not be dissappointed.
Spud xox
Submitted by spudda272 (Ballarat, Australia)
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HOT
This album is off tha chain but not some of Missy's best work,I mean, I like that fact that she's takin hip-hop back to when it was fun but Under Construction was better!
Submitted by travisw (Lowndes County,Al,USA)
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Ebon Bequest Magazine has nominated Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott the 'April Female Artsit Award'. The Queen of Hip Hop, Missy Elliott, continues to build onto the barren foundation of Hip-Hop with her intricate rapping ability and exceptional persona of style. Her album enhances its musical concept of combining old school rhythms, with eerie tones and lyrics of barraging cliches to publicity.
Submitted by Ebon Bequest Magazine(Afila) (Louisiana)
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I like missy elliot as she is and for an artist. and this is why I give this lp. five stars, and I'm trying to get a record deal so I can be a star like her. P.S. hook me up missy, my name is larry and I live in illinois.
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Includes an untitled hidden track at the end of THE LOVE BELOW CD.
Additional personnel includes: Sleepy Brown, Jazze Pha, Jay-Z, Killer Mike, Big Gipp, Ludacris, Rosario Dawson, Norah Jones, Kelis, Cee-Lo, Lil Jon, Mello, Slim Calhoun, Kuhjo Goodie.
SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW won the 2004 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year and for Best Rap Album. "Hey Ya!" won for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. The song was also nominated for Record Of The Year.
Simply put, there is no band that does anything close to what Outkast does. Big Boi & Andre 3000 have consistently managed to maintain mainstream success while obliterating the limits of what is considered to be hip-hop. Frolicking at the outskirts of language, they throw every genre into a blender and make every musical turn sound organic. SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW is actually two solo records fused together, the ...
| | Ludacris Chicken & Beer CD (2003)
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This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
In the year leading up to the release of his third disc, CHICKEN & BEER, Ludacris' distinguished drawl could be heard all over the radio on commanding guest appearance after guest appearance, most notably on Missy Elliott's smash "Gossip Folks." Not that he needed any more airplay--his first two major releases already had the Georgian rapper well established as one of the most accomplished Dirty South crossover acts.
CHICKEN & BEER is an apt title for the ravenously hungry record with few moments of sobriety, as Ludacris unleashes his most gentle of furies. In "Southern Fried Intro," he unabashedly admits to throwing all styles, even pop, into his musical stew, before firing the ...
| | 112 Hot & Wet CD (2003)
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This is Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players.
The four-man group One Twelve began its career as the innocent soul crooners of Puff Daddy's Bad Boy crew. The quartet's first records were inviting slabs of gospel-tinged R&B honey, top-heavy on the ballads; however, with PART III, they shifted gears into an edgier, tougher sound with more frenetic, pulsating dance beats and more suggestive lyrics. (They also slightly re-christened themselves, switching from the numerals 112 to the spelled-out One Twelve.) On the fittingly titled HOT & WET, ...
| | Timbaland Under Construction Part II CD (2003) Parental Advisory
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In the five years prior to 2003, few people had as much of an impact on the direction of hip-hop as Virginia-born producer Timbaland. In late 2002, he crafted a masterpiece with Missy Elliott's UNDER CONSTRUCTION, featuring fresh takes on the trademark swirling and frenetic beats that graced many of the more engaging rap records of the previous years. A sequel of sorts, UNDER CONSTRUCTION PART II officially pairs Timbaland with his frequent partner, the distinct-voiced Magoo, but, ...
| | G-Unit Beg For Mercy CD (2003)
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Queens rapper 50 Cent ascended to the pinnacle of the hip-hop world in 2003, and the latter part of the year saw his crew, G-Unit, drop by with their own ubiquitous single "Stunt 101" and debut record, BEG FOR MERCY. Far from an entourage cashing in on one member's immediate success, the success of both 50 Cent and G-Unit is more of a chicken-and-egg situation. Since 1999, G-Unit's mixtape moments have been among the most sought after on the streets, helping to pump up 50 Cent's status until he exploded onto the mainstream.
Unsurprisingly, BEG FOR MERCY delivers a blistering attack of street rap that survives on its own merits. While 50 Cent opens the show on "Poppin' Them Thangs," he quickly blends into the mix, as G-Unit features two other more-than-able lyricists equal to the task ...
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