Missy Elliott’s ‘Iconology’ reminds us why she’s one of the all-time greats. Read our review
in 2005, Missy quietly stepped out, for health reasons. She kept a low profile until the epochal moment when Katy Perry brought her out as a surprise guest at the Super Bowl, and Missy got to see how bad the world had been fiending for her. She’s dropped a few loosies since then — “W.T.F. ,” “Pep Rally,” “I’m Better” — and they’ve been prime, along with her excellentis a welcome return.
She re-teams with Timbaland for the superbly titled “DripDemeanor,” an R&B slow jam in the “Pussycat” tradition: “I open up my candy shop, my panties drop.” It ends all too soon with the Fifties soul of “Why I Still Love You.” The a cappella reprise doesn’t hold up, but song-wise she goes 4 for 5, a fairly typical Missy winning percentage.is only 15 minutes of music, so it leaves you hungry for more.
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