Rolling Stone (7/8-7/22/99, p.152)
- 3 stars (out of 5)
- "...[DA REAL WORLD's] high-paced hip-hop dance joints and slower, funk-soul-inspired pieces course with ominous sounds - it all comes off like a soundtrack for a dark future where humanoids escape the pressures of intergalactic war by unwinding to hip-hop funk..."Spin (8/99, p.150)
- 8 (out of 10)
- "...A young black woman is trying to define herself here...her off-the-cuff flow speaks loudest on fun-lovin' tales of getting pissy drunk, high off funk, and wide-open over jeep-drivin' hot boyz..." Entertainment Weekly (6/25-7/2/99, p.130)
- "...DA REAL WORLD marks steps in several right directions - both for rap and for understanding the neverending battle of the sexes..." Rating: A- Q (1/00, p.84)
- Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999." Q (8/99, p.103)
- 4 stars (out of 5)
- "...[Missy] sets out boldly to reclaim the world 'bitch' as a description of a strong woman....Not only living up to her first album but surpassing it - Missy Elliot has good reason to smile." Muzik (1/00, p.70)
- Ranked #15 in Muzik's "Albums Of The Year '99" Muzik (8/99, p.79)
- 5 stars (out of 5)
- "...17 tracks of the sexiest, sharpest, most stylish and sussed music imaginable?.beats, rasping effects and sly rhymes jump out at you from welcome unexpected angles....Save yourself from being left behind by seizing this album 'toute de suite'..." Mojo (Publisher)
(1/00, p.30)
- Ranked #33 in Mojo Magazine's "Best of 1999" NME (Magazine)
(6/19/99, p.33)
- 7 out of 10 - "...a hard man's hip-hop LP for the laydeez....[Missy & Timbaland's] creative giftage towers above the tired saps of black US pop..." | 
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