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Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
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Melissa Arnette Elliott Born July 1 1971 In Portsmouth Virginia Better Known By Her Stage Name Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Is An American Grammy Award Winning Rapper Singer Producer Actress And Former Member Of The R&B Group Sista. With Sales Of Over Seven Million In The United States Alone She Is The Only Female Rapper To Have Six Albums Certified Platinum By The RIAA And Has Worked Extensively As A Producer For Many Other Artists Along With Her Childhood Friend Timbaland. She Released Her Debut Album Supa Dupa Fly In 1997 And Has Since Released 1999's Da Real World 2001's Miss E… So Addictive 2002's Under Construction 2003's This Is Not A Test! And 2005's The Cookbook. She Has Been Working On Her Seventh Studio Album Block Party Since 2007. Elliott Is One Of The First Female Hip Hop Superstars Known For A Long Series Of Hits Including "The Rain Supa Dupa Fly " "Hit 'Em Wit Da Hee" "Get Ur Freak On" "One Minute Man" "Work It" And "Lose Control". In Addition She Has Received Recognition As One Of The Most Successful Songwriters Of The Modern Music Era Having Crafted A Number Of Hit Records For Artists Such As Aaliyah 702 Total Ciara Nicole Wray And Tweet Often With Production-Partner And Childhood Friend Timbaland. She Was The Third Female Rapper To Ever Go Platinum Behind Lil' Kim And Da Brat. Born In Portsmouth Virginia She Began Her Career In The All-Girl R&B Group Sista In 1993. Eventually The Band Folded And Elliott Began Her Career As A Solo Rapper. Since The Early 1990's Elliott Has Won Six Grammys Recently Scoring One For Her Video Of "Lose Control." Other Releases Are 'Teary Eyed' And 'We Run This' And The Last Of These Two Songs Will Be The Main Single Of The New Greatest Hits Album Titled 'Respect M.E. Best Of' Featuring 17 Tracks From Her Six Albums.
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"Get Ur Freak On" Is A Hip Hop Song Written By American Rapper/singer Missy Elliott And Her Producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley For Elliott's Third Studio Album Miss E... So Addictive 2000 . Released As The Album's First Single In 2001 The Track Reached #7 In The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 On June 30 2001 Becoming Missy Elliott's Fifth Most Successful Single To Date. The Song Was Her First Top Ten Hit In The UK Peaking At #4 There Spending Six Weeks Inside The Top 20. A Remix Of The Song Featuring Nelly Furtado Was A Dance Club Hit During This Period. The Song's Beat Is Based On Bhangra A Popular Music And Dance Form From The Punjab State Of India.
The Six-Note Base Of The Song Is A Bengali Melody Made By The Indian Stringed Instrument "ektara". This Tune Was Also Utilized In Bubba Sparxx's Debut Single "Ugly" In Which Elliott Makes A Cameo In The Video.
After The Lyrics "Let Me Show You Some" The Hindi Words "aaj Mujh Ko" Appear. Translated Into English This Means "today To Me..."
The Japanese In The Song Reads Kore Kara Minna De Mechakucha Odotte... Sawagou Sawagou Which Translates As "Everyone Start Dancing Together Wildly Now... Let's Make Some Noise Let's Make Some Noise." The Japanese At The End Of The Song Is "Ichi Ni San Shi" - 1 2 3 4.
Number 16 On VH1's 100 Greatest Songs Of Hip Hop.
The Song Also Lists At #7 On Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 Songs Of The 2000's."
Get Your Freak On Is One Of The Songs Featured On The 2005 Comedy Film The 40-Year Old Virgin.
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Melissa Arnette Elliott Born July 1 1971 In Portsmouth Virginia Better Known By Her Stage Name Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Is An American Grammy Award Winning Rapper Singer Producer Actress And Former Member Of The R&B Group Sista. With Sales Of Over Seven Million In The United States Alone She Is The Only Female Rapper To Have Six Albums Certified Platinum By The RIAA And Has Worked Extensively As A Producer For Many Other Artists Along With Her Childhood Friend Timbaland. She Released Her Debut Album Supa Dupa Fly In 1997 And Has Since Released 1999's Da Real World 2001's Miss E… So Addictive 2002's Under Construction 2003's This Is Not A Test! And 2005's The Cookbook. She Has Been Working On Her Seventh Studio Album Block Party Since 2007. Elliott Is One Of The First Female Hip Hop Superstars Known For A Long Series Of Hits Including "The Rain Supa Dupa Fly " "Hit 'Em Wit Da Hee" "Get Ur Freak On" "One Minute Man" "Work It" And "Lose Control". In Addition She Has Received Recognition As One Of The Most Successful Songwriters Of The Modern Music Era Having Crafted A Number Of Hit Records For Artists Such As Aaliyah 702 Total Ciara Nicole Wray And Tweet Often With Production-Partner And Childhood Friend Timbaland. She Was The Third Female Rapper To Ever Go Platinum Behind Lil' Kim And Da Brat. Born In Portsmouth Virginia She Began Her Career In The All-Girl R&B Group Sista In 1993. Eventually The Band Folded And Elliott Began Her Career As A Solo Rapper. Since The Early 1990's Elliott Has Won Six Grammys Recently Scoring One For Her Video Of "Lose Control." Other Releases Are 'Teary Eyed' And 'We Run This' And The Last Of These Two Songs Will Be The Main Single Of The New Greatest Hits Album Titled 'Respect M.E. Best Of' Featuring 17 Tracks From Her Six Albums.
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"Get Ur Freak On" is a hip hop song written by American rapper/singer Missy Elliott and her producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley for Elliott's third studio album Miss E... So Addictive (2000). Released as the album's first single in 2001, the track reached #7 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on June 30, 2001, becoming Missy Elliott's fifth most successful single to date. The song was her first top ten hit in the UK, peaking at #4 there, spending six weeks inside the top 20. A remix of the song featuring Nelly Furtado was a dance club hit during this period. The song's beat is based on bhangra, a popular music and dance form from the Punjab state of India.
The six-note base of the song is a Bengali melody made by the Indian stringed instrument "ektara". This tune was also utilized in Bubba Sparxx's debut single "Ugly", in which Elliott makes a cameo in the video.
After the lyrics "Let me show you some", the Hindi words "aaj mujh ko" appear. Translated into English, this means "today, to me..."
The Japanese in the song reads Kore kara minna de mechakucha odotte... sawagou, sawagou which translates as "Everyone start dancing together wildly now... let's make some noise, let's make some noise." The Japanese at the end of the song is: "Ichi ni san shi" - 1 2 3 4.
Number 16 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
The song also lists at #7 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000's."
Get Your Freak On is one of the songs featured on the 2005 comedy film The 40-Year Old Virgin. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.