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One of the best rap LPs of the year.
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BlenderTempering futurism with retro-rap here, [Timbaland and Missy] feed the old through the new and refresh both. [#12, p.142]
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Even with all the drama, Construction is Elliott's sturdiest creation yet.
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With each album, Elliott has grown more confident and individualistic, not to mention more bizarre.
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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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As good overall as the tracks here are, that bit about familiarity breeding contempt rings true.
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MixerClever and catchy at every turn. [Jan 2003, p.74]
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MojoIt'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]
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'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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Strange and wonderful.
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A good record with some incredibly sick production work.
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This is better than anyone could have expected.
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Q MagazineFortunately, Elliott and Timbaland's idea of old school is rather unorthodox. [Jan 2003, p.121]
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Under Construction, uninhibited and unpredictable, is her best yet.
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Missy scores the highest marks in the qualities shared by all gifted rappers: rhymes, flow, cleverness and style.
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In the long shadow of death, Elliott and Timbaland's funky, feisty, infectious music joyously celebrates life.
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UncutWhen she's raised the stakes so high, anything less than the reinvention of music comes as a disappointment. [Jan 2003, p.122]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 39
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Mixed: 4 out of 39
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Negative: 3 out of 39
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Nov 24, 2017
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Aug 9, 2013Everybody loves Missy, but this is her worst work. "Work It" is the summer anthem of the album, and that's the high point. But Missy is very talented.