Supa Dupa Fly [PA] - Missy \"Misdemeanor\" Elliott

Advantages: A lot of oringal sounding hip-hop music.
Disadvantages: Timbaland's 'grunts' become a little irritating after a while.

...the first listening. I bought Supa Dupa Fly about two years ago and I am still listening to it constantly. Having gone platinum in America, it features big hip-hop artists such as Busta Rhymes, Lil' Kim, Da Brat, Aaliah, Ginuwine, 702 and of course her partner in crime Timbaland. Although I like his music in general, I was not overly impressed by Busta Rhymes' contributions to the intro or the outro (having said this, I find these a little pointless ...
...Youth chorus of 'Pass The Dutchie' and successfully updates it - this is one of the highpoints of the album. Unfortunately, the album is somewhat marred by 'They don't wanna f*** wit me', with lyrics such as "get it off your chest, you know who's the best". This, quite frankly, is getting a little tedious since every rapper seems to be saying that they are the best. Timbaland is noted as featuring in just two of the tracks but this is little credit ... Read review

Advantages: Colourful video, risque lyrics
Disadvantages: Gets boring toward the end, not a patch on the orioginal version

...nothing to do with flies, supa dupa or otherwise. Since hearing the Missy Elliott version of the song, I have of course realised it's by her. I've also seen the video, which is fine, with the blow-up black bin liner outfit, and plenty of body parts seeming to undergo a strange blow-up process at the drop of a hat. It's all a little surreal, with a bright coloured (stark primary colours especially) Teletubbies-style landscape. I got a little bit ...
...sure if it was the video, the song, or both. The lyrics are a tiny bit rude, but, to be honest, only a tiny bit - things like "can we get kinky tonight?" and "when I play my yoyo". Funny that, I've read a lot about Missy being a sexually-upfront feminist icon, but "can we get kinky tonight" sounds a little on the polite, even perhaps a little submissive, side. Maybe that's just my take on it. So, overall, The Rain (Super Dupa Fly) is not my kind ... Read review