Real Music People

Timbaland got married on a private island in Aruba last weekend but don’t think that the rapper and mega producer went all out with the fancy stuff. Spies at the wedding site says that the music mogul’s wedding, which the hotel called the code name of ‘Heaven on Earth’, actually featured open mic karaoke and $50,000 worth of flowers. If you compare that to Mariah’s weddings, it’s practically peanuts. Oprah, Madonna, Missy Elliott, Beyonce, Jay-Z and Prince were said to be invited but there’s no official word on just who actually showed. What, Justin Timberlake wasn’t invited? I was kind of imagining him as the wedding singer.

Missy Elliot is coming out with her long-awaited new album ‘Block Party’ later this summer. You don’t have to wait that long to see what her album’s like though as her first single has recently dropped. ‘Best, Best’ is and R&B tune with Missy trading her trademark rapping skills for singing. The song was produced by Timbaland’s protégé, Danja. I like it but I don’t love it. Here’s the thing, it’s Missy’s first single in a good while and she’s singing, which isn’t what she’s known for nor is it her forte. If you ask me, she should have come out with a party-sounding rap song and then just came out with this single as her second release just to shock people.

When you hear pretty much the same thing from a certain artist over and over again, you get tired of it. But that’s not the case with Missy Elliot.

The female rapper has done a couple of things here and there but she has been gone from the solo scene for a good while now. But not anymore. The rapper/producer has finally come out of hiding and has dropped a new single ‘Ching a Ling’. And it’s hot! It’s the typical Missy sound and it’s what we’ve come to expect from her. If it had been anyone else, I would have listened to something else but with Missy – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.