On her 1997 solo debut, Supa Dupa Fly, she diverged from the often stiff beats-and-rhymes template of the time for a sound that concentrated funk, soul, and late-20th century R&B into a surrealist sonic masterpiece, as weird as it was refreshingly palatable. Since transitioning from Fayze into the quartet Sista - whose New Jack Swing–indebted 1994 debut, 4 All Da Sistas Around the World, was never officially released but is now available on streaming services - Elliott has always put one foot ahead of the rest. It’s the type of genius that never got bigger than itself, eccentric and outrageous yet easily accessible, yielding mind-melding confections that challenged the notion of what mainstream pop music could be. Alongside partner-in-rhyme Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley, the Virginia Beach native has bridged gaps across genre lines, proffering a sort of creativity that gave us a glimpse of the sound of the future before it even happened. which one of these historical guys is Marcus Aurelius again?, what are this book’s takes on 18th century Parisian Salons (good? bad? pointlessly spoiled? Scones?) I wasn’t really looking out for pop culture references.From the start of her career as one-third of the long-defunct rap trio Fayze, Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott has not just redefined pop music - she’s consistently reinvented it. What do you think? I was so busy last read trying to keep Pythagoras=Adrakhones. Who) references, so I think it’s legit a pop-culture reference. It’s right after the Spock and (can’t tell if Hulk or Dr. I’ve never met a Gen-X dude who wasn’t totally in love with Missy Elliott’s “Work It” whether they’re normally hip-hop fans or not, and Neal fits that category. (the last line of the chorus is just the rewind of the middle line, way clearer in the song than transcription) (ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i)”* I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it, Which sounds a bit like a melody that goes, *”Is it worth it? Let me work it, Erasmas has a dream about Orolo just before shit goes down, wakes up in that post-dream out-of-body state, describes the Apert bells as “a melody reversed, flipped upside-down and turned back on itself in a particular way.”
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