Miss E... So Addictive
by Missy Elliott
Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. The Wire
    100
    A thousand times more exciting in every way than most everything in the air at the moment.... Timbaland's production is frontier staking stuff... [#208, p.58]
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  2. Ink Blot Magazine
    100
    She has conjured the dirty rawness of funk and the smooth, hyper-articulation and commanding, ass-shakin' beats of hip hop and coated them with her own strange, space-age gloss. It is brilliant.
  3. Sonicnet
    90
    Miss E... So Addictive shows another side of Missy Elliott, yet unlike the calculations of other artists who morph themselves mainly as a marketing scheme, her dancing-sex-queen moves come through more like revelation than reinvention.
  5. Dot Music
    90
    It's hard to believe a better advertisement for music's capacity to be simultaneously adventurous and entertaining, funny and moving, leftfield and mainstream will be released all year.
  6. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    90
    What's most exciting about Miss E is its sense of playfulness: It's the rare hip-hop album in which unabashed joy -- rather than acquisitiveness or grimacing gangsterism -- is the main ingredient.
  7. Wall of Sound
    87
    Miss E is a Top 40 radio breakthrough waiting to happen, while staying solid and true to its hip-hop roots.
  8. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Elliott spends too much time dissing detractors, but the hooks come as fast as the reefer references, and for the first time since her debut, she sounds as if she's having a blast... [25 May 2001, p. 80]
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  9. E! Online
    83
    Elliott keeps her sharp raps relatively slow-moving over the space-age production and allows room for the long list of guests like Ludacris, Busta Rhymes and Da Brat to shine.
  10. Pitchfork
    82
    Opens with a six-track attack that's rare for any genre, especially contemporary R&B.
  11. Rolling Stone
    80
    Miss E is a mess, of course, and not all the experiments work as brilliantly as the single. But if you prefer risky messes to tidy formula, tracks like "Scream a.k.a. Itchin' " and "Step Off" will freak you up something fierce.
  12. Spin
    80
    A kind, weird club crunker, Ecstasy references included. [Jul 2001, p.128]
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  13. Blender
    80
    "Get Ur Freak On," the frenetic lead single, relies on boilerplate hip-hop braggadocio, but the beats are something else: head-snapping electro-funk spiced with tablas that herald Missy and [Timbaland's] return as the rulers of the hip-hop avant-garde. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.106]
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  14. Armchair DJ
    80
    Now if only the duo could deliver an LP that's consistently rather than merely frequently brilliant, we could stop fast-forwarding through the second-string tracks and soggy ballads that clutter up side B.
  15. The A.V. Club
    80
    Like its predecessors, the disc drags in spots but generally delivers, proving that emotionally and artistically, contentment suits Elliott just fine.
  16. Playlouder
    80
    It's not so much her actual rapping skills but her keen ear for a devastatingly simple track structure that makes her stuff so satisfying.
  17. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    It's a blessing that the surrogate mum to the hip-hop youth of America is out there pushing for sounds as deranged, commercial, newly kinetic, and socially risque as those licking your ears in 'X-tasy' and 'Slap! Slap! Slap!'.

Awards & Rankings

5
#5 Best Album of 2001
26
#26 Most Discussed Album of 2001
45
#45 Most Shared Album of 2001

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 85 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 85
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 85
  3. Negative: 7 out of 85
  1. brashadcarr23
    Nov 10, 2018
    9
    this album is amazing. her ability to sing and rap is adorable. nicki minaj is a whack version of her. she is the most accomplished femalethis album is amazing. her ability to sing and rap is adorable. nicki minaj is a whack version of her. she is the most accomplished female rapper ever. bow down to the thrown… Full Review »
  2. BIGMAN22
    Mar 1, 2016
    10
    Missy Elliot has an ear for production and knows how to make music you can boogie to. this here is another fine piece of work by an awesomeMissy Elliot has an ear for production and knows how to make music you can boogie to. this here is another fine piece of work by an awesome artist that knows how to get down. fine production work by Timbaland.… Full Review »
  3. All_ButTrU4
    Apr 21, 2022
    7
    Still as satisfying and fresh as the day it dropped. Miss E is a solid if not great rap record stacked with career defining hits andStill as satisfying and fresh as the day it dropped. Miss E is a solid if not great rap record stacked with career defining hits and highlights. There's an electric edge to these songs that bubble with an infectious confidence like the "4my people " or a blatant humor like "one minute man". It's a snapshot of an artist at their best and a halcyon experience of a bygone era.… Full Review »
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