Musicians, actors, writers, producers, friends, your favorites, aspiring artists and legends around the world talk about the highly innovative, legendary Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott.
As she made her mark with her groundbreaking performance at the 2015 Super Bowl with Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz, let's take a look at the hundreds of artists across the globe who have remained heavily supportive and praiseful of iconic Missy Elliott throughout the years. Listed after the jump is the video (alongside alternate links) and the list of artists who are featured within the video. To find your favorite artists, keep in mind it's in alphabetical order (in case those who have or have not watched the video before - again the video is listed after the jump) - also there's a special surprise at the end of the video; a must-see:
*Diane Haughton (Aaliyah's mom)
*Aaliyah
*Abel Aguilera
*Adam F.
*Adam Lambert
*Adam Levine of Maroon 5
*Afrika Bambaataa
*Aimee Osbourne
*Aja Gordon of Kindred the Soul Family
*Alicia Keys
*Alja "Alju/KaMillion" Jackson
*Alyson Stoner
*Amanda Perez
*Amerie
*Amon Tobin
*Amplify Dot
*Amy Lee of Evanescence
*Amy Winehouse
*Angel Haze
*Angie Martinez
*Ann Peebles
*Ariana Grande
*ASAP Rocky
*Ashanti
*DJ A-Trak
*Azealia Banks
*Beyoncé & Destiny's Child (LaTavia, LeToya, Michelle, Kelly)
*Babe Blue of 1 Life 2 Live
*Bangladesh
*Becky G.
*Bianca Casady of CocoRosie
*Billy B (make-up designer)
*Biz Markie
*Bjork
*Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins
*Blair Perkins (American Idol contestant)
*Blu Cantrell
*Bootz Durango
*Boy George
*Brianna Perry
*Britney Spears
*Brittany Murphy
*Brooke Candy
*Busta Rhymes & Russell Brand
*Cazwell
*Chadd J
*Charli Baltimore
*Child of Lov
*Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional
*Christina Aguilera
*Ciara
*Craig David
*Cui Jian
*Cynthia Horner (hip-hop writer/editor)
*Da Brat
*Damon Albarn of Blur/Gorillaz
*Dan Donahue of Great Lakes
*Danity Kane
*Danny!
*Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels of Run-D.M.C.
*Dave Grohl of Nirvana/Foo Fighters
*Dave Meyers
*David Archuleta
*David Moscow
*Dawn Robinson of En Vogue
*Debbie of Ten Year Vamp
*Deborah "Debbie" Harry of Blondie
*Demi Lovato & Selena Gomez
*Destiny Baltizar (aspiring female hip-hop producer)
*Diamond of Crime Mob
*Diddy
*DJ Dan
*DJ Quik
*Dora Brilliant
*Dorinda Clark of The Clark Sisters
*Dorothy Moore
*DStruct.O
*Dynamo
*E a.k.a. Mark Everett of Eels
*Ed Lover
*Elise Neal
*Ellen DeGeneres
*Eminem
*Erick Sermon
*Essence "Pr3pe" Carson
*Ester Dean
*Eve
*Faith Evans
*Fantasia
*Fatman Scoop
*Fergie
*Fiona Apple
*50 Cent
*G-Dragon
*George Stroumboulopoulos
*Ghostface Killah
*Ginuwine
*DJ Girl Talk
*Godfrey the Comedian
*The Gossip (Beth Ditto, Hannah Blilie)
*Greg Churchill
*Gunnar Eysel of Love Like Blood
*Gwen Stefani
*Hayley Williams of Paramore
*Herbie Hancock
*Hype Williams
*Iggy Azalea
*Ivy Levan
*Ivy Queen
*Izza Kizza
*J. Cole
*J-Doe
*J. Valentine
*Jacki-O
*Jade Novah (viral Keyonce Bowles impressionist)
*Janet Jackson
*Jay-Jay Johanson
*Jay Kay of Jamiroquai & Charlotte Roche
*Jazmine Sullivan
*JD Samson of Le Tigre
*Jenni Rivera
*Jennifer Aniston
*Jeremih
*Jessi Malay
*Jessica Alba
*Jessica Betts
*Jimmy Douglass
*John Legend
*Johnny Jewel of Glass Candy
*JoJo
*Jon Rich
*Joss Stone
*Jo'zzy
*Justin Bieber
*Justin Timberlake & *NSYNC (Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick)
*K. Michelle
*Kalenna Harper of Diddy-Dirty Money
*Kameelah "Meelah" Williams of 702
*Kanye West
*Karen Clark Sheard of The Clark Sisters
*Karen O of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
*Katy B.
*Kay (My Name Is Kay)
*Kele of Bloc Party
*Kelly Clarkson
*Kelly Price
*Kelly Rowland
*Keshia Chanté
*Kip Kubin of Venus Hum
*Kool Keith
*KRS-One
*KT Tunstall
*Kurupt & Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC
*Kyle Field of Little Wings
*Kylie Minogue
*Lady Bunny
*Lady Leshurr
*Lady Saw
*Lady Sovereign
*Ladybug Mecca
*Latonya Swann (winner of Laurieann Gibson's BET program 'Born to Dance')
*Lelee of SWV
*Liev Schrieber
*Lil' Kim
*Lil Mama
*Lil' Mo
*Lil Wayne
*Lily Allen
*Lindsay Lohan
*Lisa Stansfield
*Little Mix
*Ludacris
*Lumidee
*M.I.A.
*Mac Miller
*Madonna
*Maggie Kim
*Magoo
*Mandy Moore
*Margaret Cho
*Mariah Carey
*Marilyn Manson
*Mary J. Blige
*Ma$e
*Matt & Kim
*MC Lyte
*Michelle Rodriguez
*Mick Jagger
*Michael Jackson
*Mike Diamond of The Beastie Boys
*Mike WiLL Made-It
*Misha B.
*Mocha
*Modeselektor
*Monica
*Ms. Dynamite
*Mya
*Natalie "Pumashock" White
*Natasha Bedingfield
*Natina Reed of Blaque
*Nelly
*Nelly Furtado
*Nicole Wray
*Nitty Scott, MC
*Oh My!
*Patricia Field (fashion designer for 'Sex & The City')
*Patricia Elliott (Missy Elliott's mom)
*Patti LaBelle
*Paula Cole
*Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes/N*E*R*D
*Pink (P!nk)
*Playa
*"Prince Charles" Alexander (producer)
*Princess Julia
*Princess Superstar
*Pusha-T of Clipse
*Pussycat Dolls
*Queen Latifah
*Quentin Tarantino
*Radiohead (Thom Yorke, Ed O'Brien)
*Raven-Symoné
*Redman
*Reigndrop Lopes (sister of TLC's Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes)
*Rick Campanelli
*Rye Rye
*Salt-N-Pepa
*Sarah Blasko
*Sarah Jo Martin (ex-fiancé of Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean)
*Sarah McLachlan
*Seamus Heaney
*Sharaya J
*Shawnna
*Sheek Louch of The L.O.X.
*Sheri Sher of The Mercedes Ladies
*Shirley Manson of Garbage
*Shystie
*Siouxsie Sioux of The Banshees
*Sir Mix-a-Lot
*Snoop Dogg
*Snow tha Product
*Souldiggaz
*Spice Girls (Melanie Brown, Melanie C, Emma Bunton)
*Static Major of Playa
*Stephen Malkmus of Pavement/The Jicks
*Steven Stapleton of Nurse with Wound
*Sugababes
*Swizz Beatz
*Sylvia Rhone
*Syron
*Taka Hirose of Feeder
*Tamia
*Tats Cru (Big Pun & Fat Joe's former graffiti gang)
*Taurus (Crunk&B group)
*Tchad Blake
*Teena Marie
*Tessa Pollitt of The Slits
*These Are Powers (Bill "Brenmar" Salas, Anna Barie, Pat Noecker)
*Timbaland
*Tiffany Villarreal
*TLC (T-Boz & Chilli)
*Tonéx (B.Slade)
*Tony Lundon of Liberty X
*Too Short (Too $hort)
*Torrey "T.C." Carter
*Total (Kima, Keisha & Pam)
*Travis Morrison of The Dismemberment Plan
*Trent Reznor
*Tricky
*Trina
*Tweet
*Twitter love (includes Brandy, Coko of SWV, DMX, Grimes, Nicole Richie, Tyler the Creator, Vanessa Hudgens, etc.)
*Unladylike
*Warren Stacey
*Wayne Marshall
*Whitney Houston
*Will "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy" Oldham
*William White (Barbadian-Swiss musician)
*Wyclef Jean
*The xx
*Yelawolf
*Yo Yo
*Zap Mama
***Keep in mind the attached video below is Part One of Four, the remaining links should show up after the video is over or should be listed at the bottom of this page reading "Alternate links"***
[Part 1] Celebrities praise Missy Elliott (Tribute) from Missy Exclusive on Vimeo.
Alternate links: YouTube1 | YouTube2 | YouTube3 | Vimeo | DailyMotion
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"Block Party" (Missy's 7th album) still in the works...
As we all know, we haven't seen a legitimate album release from Missy Elliott since 2005's The Cookbook (excluding 2006 greatest-hits compilation Respect M.E.), but hopefully 2014 will finally mark the year for the release of her long-awaited seventh album, tentatively titled Block Party. Since 2007, Missy has worked heavily on the project; dating back to summer of '07, AOL.com initially listed Missy's seventh album title as The Countdown. Later in the year, media sources indicated that there would be less involvement of Timbaland and more extensive production lead by Swizz Beatz, T-Pain, Danja and DJ Toomp. Missy however shot down the rumors, confirmed that the proposed title was false and ensured that Timbaland would play a big role in the album's production.
By late 2007, Missy was featured in the Doritos Collisions advert to help create buzz for the album. In January 2008, Missy released a snippet of the Step Up 2: The Streets soundtrack single "Ching-a-Ling" via her MySpace page. The song would later be granted a 3-D music video alongside remixes featuring Busta Rhymes, Ciara, Precious Latoye, Kid Capri and Boot Camp Clik member Buckshot. The song would later become eligible for honorary positions on Rolling Stone's "100 Best Songs of 2008" and BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008.
In February 2008, following appearances on BET's 106 & Park and MTV's TRL, Missy hosted a contest via her official website where she gave fans the opportunity to name her album. She later decided against the idea and named the album FANomenal, in reference to the fans who have stuck with her since day one. Missy then had plans to release the now-leaked "Act a Fool" as the album's lead single, however plans were quickly scrapped and the Danja-produced "Best, Best" was chosen its place, where it managed to spend one week on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at #94.
In June 2009, Missy Elliott revealed to Elle Magazine that she renamed the album to its current tentative title Block Party primarily because it emphasized the album's "upbeat" direction. In 2010, Missy revealed to MTV that she had plans to release the Souldiggaz-produced "Blow Ya Whistle" as a leading single, however the song was never released as promised. Instead, in September 2012, two Timbaland-produced singles "Triple Threat" and "9th Inning" were released exclusively to iTunes. Because of the lack of extensive promotion and no music video, the songs only managed to chart on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs at #34 and #43 respectively.
Aside from recording Block Party, Missy Elliott continued to keep busy with productions and features since 2007 - she has worked with Keyshia Cole, Monica, Jennifer Hudson, TLC, Fantasia, Danity Kane, Pussycat Dolls, K. Michelle, Ginuwine, Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Queen Latifah, J. Cole, M.I.A., Busta Rhymes, DJ Khaled, Trina, Janet Jackson, Eve, Omarion, Ester Dean, Demi Lovato, Ciara, Ruslana, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, G-Dragon, Brenmar, Little Mix, alongside protégées Jazmine Sullivan and Sharaya J.
Missy Elliott has also continued to break records. Since 2007, Missy has added more gold (Little Mix - 'How Ya Doin') & platinum (Keyshia Cole - 'Let It Go') certifications to her award list - expanding her total to over 20 gold & platinum certifications as a producer and artist. She has also attained 10 more Grammy Award nominations - bringing her total to 5 Grammy wins & 33 Grammy nominations - practically tying her with Mariah Carey. But despite all of the recent success, the world hasn't seen much of Missy as a leading artist. Missy's last solo single was 2012's "9th Inning"/"Triple Threat" (featuring Timbaland) which managed to chart on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs, but since then Block Party has remained under the shadows.
In early February 2014, Missy was interviewed on Yahoo!'s "The Yo Show" about the progress of Block Party. Missy stated that she wanted to give fans "100% game-changing records [not] throw out 'microwave' records." She also stated that she needed time to "refresh [because] your brain is like a computer" and "being inspired by things is what I'm grabbing for because music is different now [...] I'm just trying to make sure that what I give is 100% because I know the expectations is high for my fans and myself" - a similar response was echoed in Missy's Hot 97 interview back in September 2012.
So with Missy being on the hush about the album's release date and a new single, we can only hope that new solo Missy singles will see the light of day this year. In the meantime, Missy promised the fans and public that 2014 will be the mark of new produced-records for Monica, Faith Evans, K. Michelle, protégée Sharaya J and Kat Dahlia - on whose debut ('My Garden') Missy will be co-producing several tracks with partner-in-crime Timbaland. Listed after the jump is a number of tracks that have so far been recorded for Missy's Block Party album:
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"Act a Fool" (produced by Souldiggaz) - leaked in late 2009 under the name 'Touch My Body'
"All 4 U" (featuring Lil Wayne) (produced by Souldiggaz)
"Best, Best" (produced by Danja)
"Blow Ya Whistle" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Souldiggaz)
"Bounce It Up and Down" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Timbaland)
"Ching-a-Ling" (produced by The Arktitects)
"Fire" (featuring T-Pain) (produced by Hit-Boy)
"Flashing" (produced by Timbaland) - speculated to be fanmade due to it being a 33-second instrumental repeat
"Hip Hop Don't Die" (featuring Jazmine Sullivan) (produced by T. Gooch)
"Lay It Down" (with Timbaland) - likely to appear on Timbaland's Textbook Timbo
"Let's Do It Again" (featuring & produced by Timbaland) - speculated to be fake; appeared as an initial edit on Wikipedia back in 2007 with no reference or citation supporting the track's existence
"Love" (produced by Timbaland) - described by critics as being reminiscent of Missy's 'She's a Bitch', Jay-Z's 'Jigga What, Jigga Who' & Justin Timberlake's 'My Love'
"Milk and Cookies" (produced by Point Guard) - long rumored to feature Melanie B. of Spice Girls
"Murder She Wrote" (featuring Lil' Kim & Eve) (produced by Timbaland)
"9th Inning" (featuring Timbaland) (produced by Missy Elliott, Timbaland & Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon)
"Patty Cake" (produced by Timbaland)
"Pin the Tail" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Timbaland)
"Pre Madonna/Prima Donna" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Timbaland)
"Put It on Ya" (featuring Teyana Taylor & Pharrell Williams) (produced by The Neptunes)
"Rather" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Lamb)
"Real Hip Hop" (produced by Timbaland)
"School Bell Ring" (featuring & produced by Timbaland) - rumored to appear on both Block Party & Timbaland's Textbook Timbo (formerly known as Shock Value III)
"Shake Your Pom Pom" (produced by Timbaland, co-produced by Missy Elliott & Lamb)
"Take Ur Clothes Off" (featuring & produced by Timbaland) - Timbaland confirmed this song wasn't meant to be on any album but instead used to promote his website Timbaland Thursdays
"Talk a Lotta Trash" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Alicia "4Bia" Cherry)
"Talk That Shit" (featuring Lil Wayne, Timbaland, T-Pain & Akon) (produced by Timbaland)
"This Track Is Stoopid" (with Timbaland, featuring Magoo & Pusha T of Clipse) - originally recorded in 2012, leaked in 2013 as a snippet featuring Pusha T; remains unconfirmed as of yet if Missy's vocals will be kept for the final version on either Block Party or Textbook Timbo
"Trainwreck" (produced by Danja) - demo leaked by Danja in 24 January 2013
"Triple Threat" (featuring Timbaland) (produced by Timbaland & Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon)
"Wake Up '08" (Demo) (produced by Timbaland) - leaked under the name 'Click Clack' in January 2009; may be fanmade due to sample of "Beep Me 911" (Timbaland Remix) however remaining vocals from the demo appear to be 'new'
"Warped" (featuring Sebastian, Timbaland & Magoo) (produced by Timbaland) - both Missy & Timbaland stated the song would be released depending on how big the demand is via Twitter; to request, you must tweet them @MissyElliott @Timbaland with the hashtag: #WeWantWarped or #WeStillWantWarped
Untitled Track featuring Amy Winehouse
Untitled Track featuring Busta Rhymes
Untitled Track featuring Danny!
By late 2007, Missy was featured in the Doritos Collisions advert to help create buzz for the album. In January 2008, Missy released a snippet of the Step Up 2: The Streets soundtrack single "Ching-a-Ling" via her MySpace page. The song would later be granted a 3-D music video alongside remixes featuring Busta Rhymes, Ciara, Precious Latoye, Kid Capri and Boot Camp Clik member Buckshot. The song would later become eligible for honorary positions on Rolling Stone's "100 Best Songs of 2008" and BET's Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008.
In February 2008, following appearances on BET's 106 & Park and MTV's TRL, Missy hosted a contest via her official website where she gave fans the opportunity to name her album. She later decided against the idea and named the album FANomenal, in reference to the fans who have stuck with her since day one. Missy then had plans to release the now-leaked "Act a Fool" as the album's lead single, however plans were quickly scrapped and the Danja-produced "Best, Best" was chosen its place, where it managed to spend one week on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at #94.
In June 2009, Missy Elliott revealed to Elle Magazine that she renamed the album to its current tentative title Block Party primarily because it emphasized the album's "upbeat" direction. In 2010, Missy revealed to MTV that she had plans to release the Souldiggaz-produced "Blow Ya Whistle" as a leading single, however the song was never released as promised. Instead, in September 2012, two Timbaland-produced singles "Triple Threat" and "9th Inning" were released exclusively to iTunes. Because of the lack of extensive promotion and no music video, the songs only managed to chart on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs at #34 and #43 respectively.
Aside from recording Block Party, Missy Elliott continued to keep busy with productions and features since 2007 - she has worked with Keyshia Cole, Monica, Jennifer Hudson, TLC, Fantasia, Danity Kane, Pussycat Dolls, K. Michelle, Ginuwine, Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Queen Latifah, J. Cole, M.I.A., Busta Rhymes, DJ Khaled, Trina, Janet Jackson, Eve, Omarion, Ester Dean, Demi Lovato, Ciara, Ruslana, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, G-Dragon, Brenmar, Little Mix, alongside protégées Jazmine Sullivan and Sharaya J.
Missy Elliott has also continued to break records. Since 2007, Missy has added more gold (Little Mix - 'How Ya Doin') & platinum (Keyshia Cole - 'Let It Go') certifications to her award list - expanding her total to over 20 gold & platinum certifications as a producer and artist. She has also attained 10 more Grammy Award nominations - bringing her total to 5 Grammy wins & 33 Grammy nominations - practically tying her with Mariah Carey. But despite all of the recent success, the world hasn't seen much of Missy as a leading artist. Missy's last solo single was 2012's "9th Inning"/"Triple Threat" (featuring Timbaland) which managed to chart on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs, but since then Block Party has remained under the shadows.
In early February 2014, Missy was interviewed on Yahoo!'s "The Yo Show" about the progress of Block Party. Missy stated that she wanted to give fans "100% game-changing records [not] throw out 'microwave' records." She also stated that she needed time to "refresh [because] your brain is like a computer" and "being inspired by things is what I'm grabbing for because music is different now [...] I'm just trying to make sure that what I give is 100% because I know the expectations is high for my fans and myself" - a similar response was echoed in Missy's Hot 97 interview back in September 2012.
So with Missy being on the hush about the album's release date and a new single, we can only hope that new solo Missy singles will see the light of day this year. In the meantime, Missy promised the fans and public that 2014 will be the mark of new produced-records for Monica, Faith Evans, K. Michelle, protégée Sharaya J and Kat Dahlia - on whose debut ('My Garden') Missy will be co-producing several tracks with partner-in-crime Timbaland. Listed after the jump is a number of tracks that have so far been recorded for Missy's Block Party album:
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"All 4 U" (featuring Lil Wayne) (produced by Souldiggaz)
"Best, Best" (produced by Danja)
"Blow Ya Whistle" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Souldiggaz)
"Bounce It Up and Down" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Timbaland)
"Ching-a-Ling" (produced by The Arktitects)
"Fire" (featuring T-Pain) (produced by Hit-Boy)
"Hip Hop Don't Die" (featuring Jazmine Sullivan) (produced by T. Gooch)
"Lay It Down" (with Timbaland) - likely to appear on Timbaland's Textbook Timbo
"Love" (produced by Timbaland) - described by critics as being reminiscent of Missy's 'She's a Bitch', Jay-Z's 'Jigga What, Jigga Who' & Justin Timberlake's 'My Love'
"Milk and Cookies" (produced by Point Guard) - long rumored to feature Melanie B. of Spice Girls
"Murder She Wrote" (featuring Lil' Kim & Eve) (produced by Timbaland)
"9th Inning" (featuring Timbaland) (produced by Missy Elliott, Timbaland & Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon)
"Patty Cake" (produced by Timbaland)
"Pin the Tail" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Timbaland)
"Pre Madonna/Prima Donna" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Timbaland)
"Put It on Ya" (featuring Teyana Taylor & Pharrell Williams) (produced by The Neptunes)
"Rather" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Lamb)
"Real Hip Hop" (produced by Timbaland)
"School Bell Ring" (featuring & produced by Timbaland) - rumored to appear on both Block Party & Timbaland's Textbook Timbo (formerly known as Shock Value III)
"Shake Your Pom Pom" (produced by Timbaland, co-produced by Missy Elliott & Lamb)
"Take Ur Clothes Off" (featuring & produced by Timbaland) - Timbaland confirmed this song wasn't meant to be on any album but instead used to promote his website Timbaland Thursdays
"Talk a Lotta Trash" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Alicia "4Bia" Cherry)
"Talk That Shit" (featuring Lil Wayne, Timbaland, T-Pain & Akon) (produced by Timbaland)
"This Track Is Stoopid" (with Timbaland, featuring Magoo & Pusha T of Clipse) - originally recorded in 2012, leaked in 2013 as a snippet featuring Pusha T; remains unconfirmed as of yet if Missy's vocals will be kept for the final version on either Block Party or Textbook Timbo
"Trainwreck" (produced by Danja) - demo leaked by Danja in 24 January 2013
"Triple Threat" (featuring Timbaland) (produced by Timbaland & Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon)
"Warped" (featuring Sebastian, Timbaland & Magoo) (produced by Timbaland) - both Missy & Timbaland stated the song would be released depending on how big the demand is via Twitter; to request, you must tweet them @MissyElliott @Timbaland with the hashtag: #WeWantWarped or #WeStillWantWarped
Untitled Track featuring Amy Winehouse
Untitled Track featuring Busta Rhymes
Untitled Track featuring Danny!
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