Missy Elliott mentioned her hit “Get Ur Freak On” was practically left off her album as a result of Timbaland was too drained to maintain producing within the studio.

Missy Elliott practically scrapped her now-iconic anthem “Get Ur Freak On” after producer Timbaland was too drained to maintain working within the studio, the Hip-Hop pioneer revealed in a brand new interview.

In a dialog with Rolling Stone, Missy Elliott defined the 2001 hit nearly didn’t make it onto her third album, Miss E… So Addictive as a result of Timbaland was able to name it quits.

“He just started hitting anything,” Missy Elliott mentioned. “He was bamming on the keyboard ’cause he was ready to go.”

But Elliott pushed again, satisfied the mission wanted one final observe. That’s when magic struck.

“And he hit something and I was like, ‘That’s it right there.’ And he was like, ‘What? What you talking about?’ I just went in the booth and did the record,” music/music-features/missy-elliott-21st-century-greatest-song-get-ur-freak-on-1235443391/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>she mentioned.

As she laid down the lyrics, Elliott envisioned the choreography that might finally outline the track’s visible identification.

“I’ve spent so much time around dancers,” she mentioned. “From my first time on tour, I had 22 dancers… When I’m doing that record, I’m thinking of my dancers. I could just see them moving to it.”

The gamble paid off. In October, Rolling Stone named “Get Ur Freak On” one of the best track of the twenty first century up to now, cementing its place in music historical past.

Elliott, whose final launch was the 2019 EP Iconology, additionally hinted that extra music is on the horizon.

“I have something in the works,” she mentioned. “It’s just different. It’s me being experimental again… I got some stuff coming. Some fire.”

“Get Ur Freak On” was launched in 2001 and stays one among Elliott’s most celebrated tracks.

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