Missy Elliot: "Work It"

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(cf why noreaga is a genius)

― bob zemko (bob), Monday, 7 October 2002 17:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Hell, a couple weeks later it's worn down. But I still turn up the radion when it comes on.

― Dan I., Monday, 7 October 2002 20:05 (twenty-three years ago)

this is the best song that has come out recently. it has a bangin beat and it great to dance to at the club.

― india hayes, Wednesday, 9 October 2002 04:48 (twenty-three years ago)

they say that she says something backwards and really freaky when she says

Its your femme nepa venyakama

― Sprinkles Goldenhorn, Thursday, 10 October 2002 20:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Missy's 'Street Team' were working Oxford Street yesterday! There was a woman with headphones, a DAT machine and a mic trying to get vox pops about something (I assume "Work It") - she was stopping people and going "Hey, you like Missy dont you?". I tried to catch her eye but failed because I do like Missy. "Missy who?" said the woman she was trying to interview.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 11 October 2002 09:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I have scientifically confirmed when you take the backwards sample and make it play forwards she says "Orange Julius was better when it had an egg in"

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 11 October 2002 13:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Has anyone seen the video yet? That too is genius, if only for the bees and Prince.

― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 11 October 2002 13:11 (twenty-three years ago)

AAAAAAARGH. I missed "Making The Video" last week. I NEED TO SEE IT.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 October 2002 13:19 (twenty-three years ago)

You will love it, Dang! I guarantee.

― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 11 October 2002 13:21 (twenty-three years ago)

PEOPLE PEOPLE!!!!!!!! IM NOT A HUGE MISSY FAN, BUT I DO LIKE THE SONG..BUT ISN'T OBVIOUS FOR ALL YOU "TRUE" FANS.......SOUND IT OUT..IT'S "I PUT THING DOWN FLIP IT AND REVERSE" BACKWARDS DON'T TRY TO SOUND IT OUT AS SEPARATE WORDS BUT ALL AS ONE WORD...........TRUST ME!!!!! reversdnapilfnwodgnihttupI (THE SMART ONES WILL GET IT~

― Rose, Saturday, 12 October 2002 11:51 (twenty-three years ago)

The other backwards bit about 2 minutes in is "Don'y you like how Missy does it backwards".

― Graham (graham), Saturday, 12 October 2002 12:02 (twenty-three years ago)

video is a slightly new mix than what got released on the Internet - when she says "picture Black Sam sayin 'yessuh massah'" now there's a big "NO!!" shouted out by some background vocalists.... just to make it clear I guess...

and apparently the word "chocha" is too dirty for MTV!! it's blanked out! in general the video is grebt if not exceptional... continues her spooky/odd thing and i admire them for trying to actually literalize Missy's oddball lyrics

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 13 October 2002 03:41 (twenty-three years ago)

i love that on the radio they replace "chocha" with "chacha"

― dave k, Sunday, 13 October 2002 11:10 (twenty-three years ago)

YO WHATS UP I LIKE THE PART IN MISSY'S SONG WHEN SHE SAY'S "IF YOUR A FLY GURL GET UR NAILZ DONE GET A PEDICURE GET UR HAIR DID" . THAT WAS HOTT

― LEAKIA STUDMIRE, Monday, 14 October 2002 14:59 (twenty-three years ago)

oy or boy isa good to know ya

― Darw, Monday, 14 October 2002 15:25 (twenty-three years ago)

What's even funnier in the video is that they edit "Go downtown and eat it like a vulture" by cutting out "eat it," as apparently those are offensive words to MTV. Odd.

― Nick A., Monday, 14 October 2002 15:49 (twenty-three years ago)

isnt't the sample at the end from " rock the bells?!!!!"
good song. have to turn it up every time!!

― DAVEB, Monday, 14 October 2002 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

its also about time someone rapped giving positive reflection to shaving one's cho-cha!! i mean ladies,, please!!!!

― daveb, Monday, 14 October 2002 16:24 (twenty-three years ago)

okay.. i'm hearing

"it's your friend, my nipples vignette"

anyone???

― Laurie, Saturday, 19 October 2002 13:53 (twenty-three years ago)

i love the song. anyone got the lyrics?

― tiana, Sunday, 20 October 2002 01:08 (twenty-three years ago)

scroll up, tiana

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 20 October 2002 01:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Taking sides: "It's your fremme neppa venette" vs "It's your friend, my nipples vignette" FITE!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 20 October 2002 11:23 (twenty-three years ago)

what?

― nancy nuttter, Sunday, 20 October 2002 20:32 (twenty-three years ago)

that's not my real name

― , Sunday, 20 October 2002 20:35 (twenty-three years ago)

any body got her web site because i heard that if you know the lyrics
backwards then you can get something!!!!!!!!!!!!

― quanda, Monday, 21 October 2002 23:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Can these be real?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 03:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I am still get it backwards(FREMME NEPPA VINETTE)WHAT IS IT REALLY SAYING BACKWARD?ANYONE SMART ENOUGH THAT KNOW,TELL ME PLEASE.

― , Tuesday, 22 October 2002 03:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Wow.

― Jody Beth Rosen, Tuesday, 22 October 2002 03:29 (twenty-three years ago)

I want to believe.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 03:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Hey wat up to all my homies out there I like to say that Missy is the best...and her song is the best too....I would love to meet her.....I love you Missy

― April Lyn Marie Lethom, Tuesday, 22 October 2002 16:10 (twenty-three years ago)

boy.. you guys really like to read only PART of a thread, don't you?? anyway.. her web site doesn't say anything about the new album or single at all.. i don't think it's been updated in a while.

― Laurie, Wednesday, 23 October 2002 14:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Missy Elliot and Eve to record album together

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 19:31 (twenty-three years ago)

in the chorus missy says "i put my thang down flip it and reverse it" (backwards)2 times and in a later verse she says "watch the way missy like to take you backwards" 1 time

― Matthew Thomas, Sunday, 27 October 2002 03:46 (twenty-three years ago)

I pinched a great cardboard poster for this single off a lamppost in Wigmore St, which is just behind Oxford Circus.

'Work It' out in the UK on Nov 4th.

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Sunday, 27 October 2002 16:21 (twenty-three years ago)

the album is out on nov 18th and i will be reviewing it for uncut.

― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 28 October 2002 09:18 (twenty-three years ago)

i love missy, i think she's the best..she's got good songs..anyone has the lyrics for "Work it"

― marie rodriguez, Tuesday, 29 October 2002 20:51 (twenty-three years ago)

I just saw the video for this last night. MISSY IS DEMENTED. The Halle Berry riff is GENIUS, as is the little breakdancing girl.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 29 October 2002 20:57 (twenty-three years ago)

FIRST & FOREMOST MISSY ELLIOT & TIMBALAND ARE THE SHIT,,,,YOU BEST BELIEVE THAT ON ALL THE ALBUMS THAT THEY HAVE MADE,,,THERE IS AT LEAST 5 SONGS ON EACH ALBUM IS A HIT,,,,FURTHERMORE,,,ANY SONG THAT TIMBALAND OR MISSY PERFORMS FOR OTHER ENTERTAINERS IS ALSO THE SHIT,,,,BUBBA SPARKS,,,FAITH,,,AALYAH,,,GENUINE,,,ETC HAVE THE FUNKIEST PARTY BEATS EVER,,,APPRECIATE DON'T HATE,,,,,(JUST LIKE BUSTA RHYMES WITH HIS HITS) WHO CARES ABOUT THE LYRICS THE BEATS ARE THE SHIT!!!!!(JUST MY OPINION) PARTY BEATS!!!!

― veronica, Wednesday, 30 October 2002 02:27 (twenty-three years ago)

i find the video lackluster

― chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 02:32 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm with you totally, Chaki; the video made me like the song considerably less than before.

― Clarke B., Wednesday, 30 October 2002 05:53 (twenty-three years ago)

I think the single edit is cheesy -- they really have to bleep "chocha"? That's not even English!

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 05:59 (twenty-three years ago)

it's on the radio right now, only 2nd time i ever heard it, it rules rules rules!

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 07:50 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't know, the part where the Prince imitator is drooling over her is pretty classic. Also, HALLE BERRY!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 13:52 (twenty-three years ago)

So, I finally heard/saw the vid for this, and I must admit.....it's fucking great. Oh were that all contemporary Hip Hop artists this imaginative and inventive!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 15:06 (twenty-three years ago)

that guy doesnt even look like prince. i wanted monsters and sick ass shit. its just yer run of the mill hype williams thang.

― chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 16:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I think he was supposed to be more the suggestion of Prince than anything else. Besides, bee-covered DJs are always great, and that little girl was CUTE. Plus the forwards-backwards stuff is the best use of that particular trick since Roni Size's "Brown Paper Bag" video.

And don't forget HALLE BERRY!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Does the video explain the meaning of FREMME NEPPA VENETTE?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 16:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes -- it says, "Please call Tim Finney collect for this information." ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Missy,can you give out the lyrics to your whole song so I can try to figure out all of the words

― Deneisha Harrell, Wednesday, 30 October 2002 19:55 (twenty-three years ago)

What is "fremme neppa venette"???? My friend and I have obsessed through two weeks as to what it means!! HELP US!!!

― Natane Racine, Wednesday, 30 October 2002 22:07 (twenty-three years ago)

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