Da Real World [PA]

Performer: Missy Elliott
Artist: Eminem; Redman; Aaliyah; Lady Saw; Da Brat; Lil' Mo; Beyonce; Lil' Kim; Juvenile; B.G.; Nicole; Big Boi
Engineer: Senator Jimmy D; Jimmy D; Dave "DasKyz" Hummel
Producer: Timbaland
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel includes: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Eminem, Aaliyah, Lil' Mo, Lady Saw, Lil' Kim, Da Brat, Gina Thompson, Nicole Wray, Redman, Juvenile, B.G., Beyonce, Timbaland, Big Boi (rap vocals); Darryl Pearson (guitar); Dante Nolan (bass). Recorded at Master Sound Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia. DA REAL WORLD was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel includes: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Eminem, Aaliyah, Lil' Mo, Lady Saw, Lil' Kim, Da Brat, Gina Thompson, Nicole Wray, Redman, Juvenile, B.G., Beyonce, Timbaland, Big Boi (rap vocals); Darryl Pearson (guitar); Dante Nolan (bass). Recorded at Master Sound Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia. DA REAL WORLD was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Missy Elliott (vocals); Eminem, Big Boi (vocals); Darryl Pearson, Bill Pettaway (guitar); Craig Brockman (strings); Dante Nolen (bass guitar); Gina Thompson, Nicole Wray, Timbaland (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Timbaland; Jimmy Douglass. Recording information: Master Sound Studios, Virginia Beach, VA. Photographer: Fritz Kok. It's really not that difficult to hurdle the sophomore blues provided you're an excellent songwriter and performer, that you have the same, equally excellent producer behind the scenes who contributed to the first album, and most importantly, that you haven't tampered with the hit-making formula from the first. Thankfully, Da Real World is clearly a Missy Elliott album in most respects, with Timbaland's previously trademarked, futuristic-breakbeat production smarts laced throughout. The churchgoing Elliott has often remarked that she wishes she didn't need profanity to get attention, and the album accordingly includes satirical nods to other clich�d notions of hip-hop -- the single "She's a Bitch" is the best example, wherein Elliott reappropriates the insult to refer to strong females. She also takes on the cartoonish Eminem for "Bus a Rhyme," a track that turns out to be one of the best on the album. Da Brat and Aaliyah make repeat appearances, and Redman and OutKast's Big Boi also contribute to this excellent follow-up. ~ Keith Farley With her debut album, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott proved that she could do it all--rap, write, sing, and produce. With her sophomore album, DA REAL WORLD, Elliott shows that she can do it again--and do it all just as well. Her singing talent adds R&B flavor to a great, bouncy hip-hop album. Elliott describes herself on the lead-off single, "She's A B*tch." She uses the term "bitch" in a positive way, redefining it as a strong woman who knows what she wants. The mellower "All N My Grill" boasts an empowered chorus of "why you all in my grill / can you pay my bills?" It is sure to be the next anthem adopted by Elliott's sisters. Backed by super-producer Timbaland, Elliott delivers the beats and rhymes like no other rapper. DA REAL WORLD also finds Elliott teaming up with some of hip-hop's most unique performers, including Eminem, Redman, and Juvenile.

Rolling Stone (7/8-7/22/99, p.152) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...[DA REAL WORLD's] high-paced hip-hop dance joints and slower, funk-soul-inspired pieces course with ominous sounds - it all comes off like a soundtrack for a dark future where humanoids escape the pressures of intergalactic war by unwinding to hip-hop funk..." Rolling Stone (7/8-7/22/99, p.152) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...[DA REAL WORLD's] high-paced hip-hop dance joints and slower, funk-soul-inspired pieces course with ominous sounds - it all comes off like a soundtrack for a dark future where humanoids escape the pressures of intergalactic war by unwinding to hip-hop funk..." Spin (8/99, p.150) - 8 (out of 10) - "...A young black woman is trying to define herself here...her off-the-cuff flow speaks loudest on fun-lovin' tales of getting pissy drunk, high off funk, and wide-open over jeep-drivin' hot boyz..." Spin (8/99, p.150) - 8 (out of 10) - "...A young black woman is trying to define herself here...her off-the-cuff flow speaks loudest on fun-lovin' tales of getting pissy drunk, high off funk, and wide-open over jeep-drivin' hot boyz..." Entertainment Weekly (6/25-7/2/99, p.130) - "...DA REAL WORLD marks steps in several right directions - both for rap and for understanding the neverending battle of the sexes..." Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly (6/25-7/2/99, p.130) - "...DA REAL WORLD marks steps in several right directions - both for rap and for understanding the neverending battle of the sexes..." Rating: A- Q (1/00, p.84) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999." Q (8/99, p.103) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...[Missy] sets out boldly to reclaim the world 'bitch' as a description of a strong woman....Not only living up to her first album but surpassing it - Missy Elliot has good reason to smile." Q (1/00, p.84) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999." Q (8/99, p.103) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...[Missy] sets out boldly to reclaim the world 'bitch' as a description of a strong woman....Not only living up to her first album but surpassing it - Missy Elliot has good reason to smile." Muzik (1/00, p.70) - Ranked #15 in Muzik's "Albums Of The Year '99" Muzik (8/99, p.79) - 5 stars (out of 5) - "...17 tracks of the sexiest, sharpest, most stylish and sussed music imaginable�.beats, rasping effects and sly rhymes jump out at you from welcome unexpected angles....Save yourself from being left behind by seizing this album 'toute de suite'..." Muzik (1/00, p.70) - Ranked #15 in Muzik's "Albums Of The Year '99" Muzik (8/99, p.79) - 5 stars (out of 5) - "...17 tracks of the sexiest, sharpest, most stylish and sussed music imaginable�.beats, rasping effects and sly rhymes jump out at you from welcome unexpected angles....Save yourself from being left behind by seizing this album 'toute de suite'..." Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, p.30) - Ranked #33 in Mojo Magazine's "Best of 1999" Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, p.30) - Ranked #33 in Mojo Magazine's "Best of 1999" NME (Magazine) (6/19/99, p.33) - 7 out of 10 - "...a hard man's hip-hop LP for the laydeez....[Missy & Timbaland's] creative giftage towers above the tired saps of black US pop..." NME (Magazine) (6/19/99, p.33) - 7 out of 10 - "...a hard man's hip-hop LP for the laydeez....[Missy & Timbaland's] creative giftage towers above the tired saps of black US pop..."

Missy Elliott is a multi-faceted career woman. Not only a ground-breaking producer whose work spans the pop market (Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, TLC, Da Brat), Elliott is also a skilled MC. Her 1997 debut trademarked Elliott's cartoon-styled videos and stop-start beats (aided by partner Timbaland). Elliott also runs her own label/production company, the Gold Mind, which nurtured R&B singer Nicole into a gold-selling debut. Through the late '90s into the next millennium, Elliott continued turning out skillfully produced, sexually charged albums, winning Grammys left and right. While she remained in Timbaland's orbit, she expanded to work with other producers as well, continuing to broaden her sound.

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