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Under Construction

EMAILPRINTby Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott reviews
81
8.4 User Score:

Album Info

Label: Elektra/Asylum

Release Date: 12 November 2002

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rap, Dance, Urban

Summary

Missy Elliott reunites once again with super-producer Timbaland on this, her fourth studio album. The lead single is "Work It," a huge success even before the album's release. Guests on the disc include Jay-Z, Ludacris, Beyonce Knowles, TLC and Method Man.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

E! Online

Even with all the drama, Construction is Elliott's sturdiest creation yet.

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100

Blender

Tempering futurism with retro-rap here, [Timbaland and Missy] feed the old through the new and refresh both. [#12, p.142]

90

Salon.com

Missy scores the highest marks in the qualities shared by all gifted rappers: rhymes, flow, cleverness and style.

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90

All Music Guide

One of the best rap LPs of the year.

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83

Entertainment Weekly

With each album, Elliott has grown more confident and individualistic, not to mention more bizarre.

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80

Ink Blot Magazine

Unlike most of her peers, she knows that fun is really the fifth element of hip-hop, and she keeps finding thrilling new ways to make this music danceable and fun.

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80

Q Magazine

Fortunately, Elliott and Timbaland's idea of old school is rather unorthodox. [Jan 2003, p.121]

80

Mixer

Clever and catchy at every turn. [Jan 2003, p.74]

80

The Onion (A.V. Club)

In the long shadow of death, Elliott and Timbaland's funky, feisty, infectious music joyously celebrates life.

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80

Rolling Stone

Under Construction, uninhibited and unpredictable, is her best yet.

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80

Mojo

It's the first time in the history of the Missy-Timbaland team-up where, having delivered the goods early on and earned the space to do whatever theheck they like, they tread water instead of pushing things forward. [Album of the Month, Jan 2003, p.90]

80

Playlouder

This is better than anyone could have expected.

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80

New York Magazine

Strange and wonderful.

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80

New Musical Express

'Under Construction' is stuck all over with shocks and surprises, more than enough to keep the rogue-scientist glitchmasters who mutated 'Get Ur Freak On' in mischief for months.

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72

Pitchfork

A good record with some incredibly sick production work.

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70

Uncut

When she's raised the stakes so high, anything less than the reinvention of music comes as a disappointment. [Jan 2003, p.122]

70

Launch.com

As good overall as the tracks here are, that bit about familiarity breeding contempt rings true.

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60

Dot Music

'Under Construction' isn't a retro album, so much as it's informed by both new and old. But it also isn't beyond question whether this return to roots doesn't conceal a lack of inspiration.

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50

PopMatters

Unfortunately, a talented producer doesn't a great album make, as is the case with the shabby Under Construction.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

d h gave it a4:
I was shocked. The language was perverse. I mean come on its gutter trash.

s M gave it a9:
It took me a while to like this album as a whole. But it's hit.

Joshua K gave it a 10:
This CD is not only hott, but sends a good message! Missy has a great heart and spreads her love as much as possible!

J F gave it a 10:
Missy is a huge ho! I love it!

Jane S gave it a 9:
This album is so good. If I could I would buy 10 more of them. Missy you did it again!

Moustafa A gave it a 9:
Crazy Cd for many reasons: creative, sick sick beats, awesome guests as always with Luda, Jay Z, Method Man, TLC...all around hype-ness.

Wow Like Whoa gave it a 10:
Amazing, Simply Amazing,

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