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| Birth Name(s) : Melissa Arnette Elliott |
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Single
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| Profession:
Rapper, singer, songwriter, MC, record producer |
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Full Missy Elliott Biography
Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), better known as Missy Elliott, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, MC, and record producer. She currently resides in Kinnelon, New Jersey.
Elliott is known for a series of hits including "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", "Hit Em Wit Da Hee", "Hot Boyz", "Get Ur Freak On", "One Minute Man", "Work It", "Pass That Dutch" and "Lose Control".
Elliott and Timbaland continued to work together for other artists, later creating hits for artists such as Total ("What About Us," 1997), Nicole Wray ("Make It Hot," 1998), and Destiny's Child ("Get on the Bus," 1998), as well as one final hit for Aaliyah, "I Care 4 U" before her death in 2001.
A year after Elliott's most successful album to date was released, Elliott felt pressured by her label to release another album, hoping to capitalize on her recent successs. Elliott's singles, "Pass That Dutch" and "I'm Really Hot", from her fifth album, This Is Not a Test! (released November 2003), both rose the urban charts. However, both were not as successful at pop radio in comparison to many of her previous efforts. Elliott has since stated that "This Is Not A Test! came out extremely too quickly for me. I didn't want it to come out when it did."
Also in 2003, Elliott was featured on Wyclef Jean's "Party To Damascus" and Ghostface Killah's "Tush" singles, the latter of which became a minor 2004 dance hit, and had a pivotal role in the motion picture Honey, starring Jessica Alba. The Gap approached Elliott later in the year to co-star in a commercial with Madonna, which received much media attention GAP Advert. Elliott furthered her relationship with the Material Girl by performing the controversial 2003 MTV Video Music Awards show opening alongside Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.
Following her less than usual sales from her previous album, Elliott wanted to "give people the unexpected" by utilizing producers other than Timbaland and a "more to the center" sound not as far left as her other music. Her sixth solo album, The Cookbook was released in July 2005 and debuted at number two on the U.S. charts. Its first single, "Lose Control", which featured Ciara and Fatman Scoop, became a Top 10 hit in the early summer (peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100), and the other album tracks featured guest appearances from Mike Jones, Fantasia, M.I.A., Slick Rick, Mary J. Blige, and Pharrell Williams. The video for "Lose Control" garnered Elliott six 2005 MTV VMA award nominations, ultimately winning two awards in the categories Best Dance Video and Best Hip-Hop Video in August. After the VMA's, Elliott released "Teary Eyed" which never saw chart action although the video charted on MTV's Total Request Live for a few weeks, and BET's 106 & Park for a few days. Teary Eyed is one of the few tracks that showcase Elliott with her talented ability to also sing well. Elliott is known for her dance hits, and is the only female rapper to have six consecutive platinum studio albums.
The album cover shows Missy Elliott riding a Friesian horse with a dark, cloudy background. The M.E. can be understood as either the word 'me', or could be referring to Missy Elliott. "Respect M.E." is also the name of her clothing line produced by adidas.
Elliott trickled back on the music scene for other artists in 2007, producing and guesting on two lead singles for Olivia Longott's first single "Cherry Pop" that features Missy and Keyshia Cole hit "Let It Go", that also features Missy & Lil' Kim. She also appeared the remix of Pretty Ricky's "On The Hotline" with Jim Jones, Timbaland's "Bounce" with Dr Dre & Justin Timberlake from Timbaland Presents Shock Value, Nelly Furtado's "Do It" (Remix) and on the remix of Tambourine by Eve together with Swizz Beatz & Fabolous.
Elliott has been charitable throughout her career, especially with causes close to her heart such as domestic violence and teen obesity.
In mid-June of 2006, Universal Pictures announced they had bought the life story of Elliott and planned to bring it to the big screen. Producers include Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, while the film is being written and directed by Diane Houston. In mid-June of 2007, Elliott said she was still working on the script with Diane Houston in order "to come up with the right stuff cause I don’t want it to be watered down. I want it to be raw and uncut the way my life was" It's currently unclear whether Elliott will be starring in the movie, with some media outlets publishing her as the star of the movie, no official word has been released.
Singles: "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" · "Sock It 2 Me" · "Beep Me 911" · "Hit Em Wit Da Hee" · "She's a Bitch" · "All N My Grill" · "Hot Boyz (Remix)" · "Get Ur Freak On" · "Lick Shots" · "One Minute Man (Remix)" · "Take Away" · "4 My People" · "Work It" · "Gossip Folks" · "Back in the Day" · "Pussycat" · "Pass That Dutch" · "I'm Really Hot" · "Lose Control" · "Teary Eyed" · "We Run This" · |
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