This Is Not A Test! - Missy Elliott
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

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Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

  • Summary: Missy Elliott reunites with producer Timbaland for her fifth album, which features vocal contributions from Nelly, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Fabolous and R. Kelly.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. 100
    If last year's Under Construction was a little weird, then This Is Not a Test! is barking mad--in the greatest way.
  2. This is what she does, really: talk clever, talk dirty, talk funny and, with Timbaland's dedicated assistance, annually expand the possibilities of what pop music can sound like.
  3. There's less space to breathe in 'This Is Not A Test!' than ever before - the beats are so relentless that just like the fiercest of the nu-prog bands it leaves you physically exhausted afterwards.
  4. 60
    Thematically thin and, consequently, lyrically disappointing. [Jan 2004, p.96]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. AndreaB
    10
    i love it
  2. ronw
    10
    one time a truck ate my dad
  3. j.
    8
    'pass the dutch' carries this. had it not been included, i would've given this a 3. had this been a test, missy would've failed.
  4. christiang
    7
    While not as good as "Under Construction" and "Miss E... so addictive" is still an interesting and clever effort form the hip hop queen

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