Missy Elliot: "Work It"

God, this song sounds dated now.

Contrarianism

can we ban the word 'dated'? thanks

And discover how hard I obtained to work venette of neppa

Roffles was this the proto "I obtain much hard one"? =)

Missy's best of comp is currently £3 in Fopp, people.

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Everything that's massively popular and of its time sounds dated

lol @ snrub

i don't even know what dated means in this context.

I would like to hope that, somewhere out there in the world, a prospective employer is googling poor Josiah Barley's name and learning of his enhanced penis.

this song sounds so five years old you guys omg

now having a big 'wtf five years? i need a lie down' fit

hi missy!

holy shit five years!

I'd just finished middle school

ugh i was in college :(

I was on ILM.

In my mind this thread is the peak of ILM, actually - I'm not going to read it back and check this of course. It was probably the time the enthusiasm feedback loop between "OMG New Song" and "Must Post" worked best anyway.

i was in high school and i listened to this song six times a day

Ax-post -- All that and it started a meme. Can't go wrong.

Ax post? I like that.

hi missy? wassup fools

five years! unbelievable.

where has it gone, all our freshness of youth

I used to not like this song, but it's pretty good now that I listen to it again

where has it gone, all our freshness of youth

-- strongohulkington, Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:30 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

louisojagginton

seems like longer

WTF, everything since summer '03 happened in like the last 45 minutes. So this song only came out 9 monhts ago.

i like to downlode

old people be senile

it'll happen to you, etc.

I will weep for the lost days of my youth 8 years from now, when Lindsay Lohan completes her inevitable transformation into Genesis P Orridge

Five years ago, I was at the same job in the same city doing the same shit.

YOU CHILDREN ARE ALL CHILDREN

SOME OF US HAVE EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, DAN

I didn't like Missy very much in 7th grade; this was probably my Lifehouse stage.

hahahaha Lifehouse

i still know all the words off by heart :)

RFI: The sample at the beginning - "DJ, please/ Pick up your phone/ I'm on the request line"

zhane - request line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w174E3pa9OM

Thanks, but are you sure that isn't a cover of the sampled tune? The sample has male voices, too, and the female voices sound different.

Ethan's wrong the original is by Rock Master Scott

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jPM8H95Sjg

U R AWESOME

I only know it cuz its on some Grandmaster Flash mixtape thing I have

The original is hot 'cause it's fly.

OMG eminem is so hot missey u rock ya we still write here u loozer pimp juice u are not a pimp!!!!!!!!!! so dont try!!!!!! i just wanted to say hi to racheal my best friend luv ya !! and my couzin kirsten hey was up i am coming up this summer!max u are a fag!!!seriousley stocking isnt your thing em u are a good singer and missey eliot u are so kool!!!elias who cares wat ppl say about u and me luv ya natalya and michelle yo was up phone me k .chetty u are a tard he dident call me a slut u f*** well i am going to listen to work it so talk to u later!!!!!!!!!!
racheal u are my best friend .i wont change my friends for a guy trust me tal!!!kirk talk to u later
p.s. tal dosent stuff and u know who i am talking to

caitlyn ck 4 life elias i luv u bye missy

-- caitlyn lees, Saturday, April 12, 2003 9:56 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

wtf caitlyn lees

Imagine the child of Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliott.
-- Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 6 September 2002 12:07 (4 years ago) Link

hey who remembers when busta rhymes was groundbreaking???

-- Jordan Sargent, Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:24 AM (9 months ago) Bookmark Link

i think this is one of my first posts ever

I can't believe it's already been 9 months.

i know right

Check out the first twenty or so posts on this thread. Has ILM ever been that collectively excited upon hearing a new song for the first time? It makes me smile.

I remember hearing the song and being all "ho hum, I guess she won't top Get Ur Freak On" and then being kind of surprised by this thread a few days later.

I was having a Pete Rockist moment at the time this came out.