Missy Elliot's new EP marks the long-awaited return of hip-hop’s most innovative, eccentric voice.
is surrounded by a team of dancers playing Double Dutch, using her braids as jump ropes as the rapper pops her gum in unbothered fashion.
Released on Friday with just a few hours’ notice, the EP marks the long-awaited return of hip-hop’s most innovative, eccentric voice. “Throw It Back” and “Cool Off” are woozy, futuristic romps that are core to Elliott and Timbaland’s sonic aesthetic with their distorted bass lines and frenetic production. That these records sound like both an outtake from her 20-year-old gem “Da Real World” and any of the heady trap records dominating Rap Caviar speaks to her uncanny ability to be both ahead of curve and of the moment.
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