Miss E... So Addictive
Studio album by
Missy Elliott
ReleasedMay 15, 2001 (2001-05-15)
Length57:07
Label
Producer
Missy Elliott chronology
Da Real World
(1999) 		Miss E... So Addictive
(2001) 		Under Construction
(2002)
Singles from Miss E… So Addictive
  1. "Get Ur Freak On"
    Released: March 13, 2001
  2. "Lick Shots"
    Released: May 1, 2001
  3. "One Minute Man"
    Released: June 22, 2001
  4. "Take Away"
    Released: November 5, 2001[1]
  5. "4 My People"
    Released: March 25, 2002[2]

Miss E... So Addictive is the third studio album by American rapper and singer Missy Elliott. It was released by The Goldmind Inc. and Elektra Records on May 15, 2001, in the United States. The album spawned the club and R&B/hip-hop hits "One Minute Man", featuring Ludacris and Trina, and "Get Ur Freak On", as well as the international club hit "4 My People" and the less commercially successful single "Take Away".

The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 250,000 copies in its first week.[3] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4] The album garnered two Grammy Awards for "Get Ur Freak On" and the non-single "Scream a.k.a. Itchin'" for Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Female Rap Solo Performance respectively.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic89/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Blender[7]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[8]
The Guardian[9]
Los Angeles Times[10]
NME8/10[11]
Pitchfork8.2/10[12]
Q[13]
Rolling Stone[14]
Spin8/10[15]

Miss E... So Addictive received widespread acclaim from music critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 89 out of 100 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[5] John Bush from AllMusic felt that Elliott was "sounding more assured of her various strengths than at any time since her startling debut" and called "her best album so far." He wrote that it's "a tribute to her incredible songwriting skills and Timbaland's continuing production excellence that she can have it any way she wants it and still come away with a full-length that hangs together brilliantly."[6] Rolling Stone found that Miss E... So Addictive "proclaims unto all the world that Missy (the singer-rapper-songwriter), along with Tim (the producer), is back on top, making the most sonically inventive, rhythmically explosive pop music around. La freak, c'est chic."[14]

The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis found that the album "certainly sounds a little disorientated and spacey" and it "an intriguing album. Packed with unique ideas and brilliantly realised, Miss E... So Addictive is further evidence of Elliott's refusal to play male rappers at their own game and her desire to change the rules entirely. It's an album that sets its own agenda and sounds like nothing else in hip-hop: an incomparable achievement."[9] David Browne from Entertainment Weekly noted that "Elliott spends too much time dissing detractors, but the hooks come as fast as the reefer references, and for the first time since her debut, she sounds as if she's having a blast singing, rhyming, growling, hissing, and purring."[8] The New Yorker called Miss E... So Addictive a "foot-tapping, hip-shaking ride from start to finish. Elliott's long-term producer Timbaland refuses to pad the album with filler, instead making every song count, from the driving hip-hop numbers to the languorous ballads."[16]

Year-end lists

Year-end lists for Miss E... So Addictive
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
The Guardian The 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century 96
[17]
HipHopDX HHDX's Top 20 Albums of 2001 —
[18]
NME Best Albums and Tracks of 2001 26
[19]
Now Top 10 Decade-Defining Discs 9
[20]
Pitchfork The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s 77
[21]
Q Best 50 Albums of 2001 —
[22]
Rolling Stone 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time 7
[23]
Slant Top 10 Albums of 2001 9
[24]
Slant The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s 43
[25]
Village Voice The 2001 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll 24
[26]

Commercial performance

Miss E... So Addictive debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 250,000 copies in its first week.[3] This became Elliott's third US top ten debut.[3] The album ended up spending a total of 43 weeks on the chart.[27] On July 18, 2001, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the United States.[4] As of November 2015, the album has sold 1,767,000 copies in the US.[28]

Track listing

Miss E... So Addictive track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."...So Addictive" (Intro) (featuring Charlene "Tweet" Keys)
0:54
2."Dog in Heat" (featuring Method Man & Redman)
5:01
3."One Minute Man" (featuring Ludacris)
  • Timbaland
  • Big Tank[a]
  • Elliott[a]
4:35
4."Lick Shots"
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
3:53
5."Get Ur Freak On"
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
3:56
6."Scream a.k.a. Itchin'" (featuring Timbaland)
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
3:57
7."Old School Joint"
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
4:00
8."Take Away" (featuring Ginuwine)
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Timbaland
  • Brockman[a]
  • Elliott[a]
4:58
9."4 My People" (featuring Eve)
4:50
10."Bus-a-Bus" (Interlude; performed by Busta Rhymes)
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
1:10
11."Whatcha Gon' Do" (featuring Timbaland)
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
3:14
12."Step Off"
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
3:58
13."X-Tasy"
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
3:35
14."Slap! Slap! Slap!" (featuring Da Brat & Jade)
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
4:05
15."I've Changed" (Interlude) (featuring Lil Mo)
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
1:05
16."One Minute Man" (Remix) (featuring Jay-Z)
  • Timbaland
  • Big Tank[a]
  • Elliott[a]
4:35
Hidden bonus tracks (tracks 17 through 28 are blank)[14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
29."Higher Ground (Prelude)"
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
1:46
30."Higher Ground" (featuring Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary & Tweet)
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Burrell
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
5:02
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Get Ur Freak On" (Bastone & Bernstein Club Mix)
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
  • Bastone & Bernstein[b]
4:11
17."Higher Ground (Prelude)"
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
1:46
18."Higher Ground" (featuring Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary & Tweet)
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Burrell
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
5:02
Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."4 My People" (Basement Jaxx remix)
4:56
17."Higher Ground (Prelude)"
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
1:46
18."Higher Ground" (featuring Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary & Tweet)
  • Elliott
  • Mosley
  • Burrell
  • Timbaland
  • Elliott[a]
5:02

Notes

Sample credits

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Miss E... So Addictive
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[63] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[64] Gold 100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[66] Platinum 317,000[65]
United States (RIAA)[67] Platinum 1,767,000[28]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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