This Is Not A Test (Explicit Version)

Artist: Missy Elliott
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Product Summary
Label: Elektra/asylum Records
UPC: 00075596290524
Release Date: 11/25/2003
Buy.com Sku: 60617340
Item#: M24XTY
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Baby Girl Interlude/Intro - (featuring Mary J. Blige) ~ Missy Elliott
2. Bomb Intro / Pass That Dutch ~ Missy Elliott
3. Wake Up - (featuring Jay-Z) ~ Missy Elliott
4. Keep It Movin' - (featuring Elephant Man) ~ Missy Elliott
5. Is This Our Last Time - (featuring Fabolous) ~ Missy Elliott
6. Ragtime / I'm Really Hot - (interlude) ~ Missy Elliott
7. Dats What I'm Talkin About - (featuring R. Kelly) ~ Missy Elliott
8. Don't Be Cruel - (featuring Monica/Beenie Man) ~ Missy Elliott
9. Toyz / Toyz - (interlude) ~ Missy Elliott
10. Let It Bump ~ Missy Elliott
11. Pump It Up - (featuring Nelly) ~ Missy Elliott
12. It's Real ~ Missy Elliott
13. Let Me Fix My Weave ~ Missy Elliott
14. Spelling Bee / Spelling Bee - (interlude) ~ Missy Elliott
15. I'm Not Perfect - (featuring The Clark Sisters) ~ Missy Elliott
16. Outro - (featuring Mary J. Blige) ~ Missy Elliott



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel includes: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, Elephant Man, Faboluous, Nelly, R. Kelly, Monica, Beenie Man, The Clark Sisters.
Producers: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Timbaland.
Personnel includes: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, Elephant Man, Faboluous, Nelly, R. Kelly, Monica, Beenie Man, The Clark Sisters.
Producers: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Timbaland.
With THIS IS NOT A TEST!, Missy Elliott, Virginia's reigning queen of hip-hop, raises the bar once again. Working with producer and partner-in-crime Timbaland, Elliott continues to develop her signature style, which pays tribute to the hip-hop pioneers of yesteryear, while flying forward into a sonic solar system of her very own. The album's tracks--and skits--effortlessly bounce between genres, styles, and tempos, ranging from dancehall ("Keep It Movin" with Elephant Man) to R&B ("I'm Not Perfect" with the Clark Sisters) to straight-up rap ("Wake Up" with Jay-Z).
However, it is on the up-tempo tracks where Elliott truly shines. On the record's first single, "Pass That Dutch," the freewheeling MC sprays lyrics like a scatterbrained genius. "Pump It Up," featuring Nelly, is a hilarious ode to oversized Southern women. And "Let Me Fix My Weave" is the Elliott/Timbaland super-tandem at its most exhilarating. THIS IS NOT A TEST! is even more proof that Missy Elliott is a pop music marvel.
With THIS IS NOT A TEST!, Missy Elliott, Virginia's reigning queen of hip-hop, raises the bar once again. Working with producer and partner-in-crime Timbaland, Elliott continues to develop her signature style, which pays tribute to the hip-hop pioneers of yesteryear, while flying forward into a sonic solar system of her very own. The album's tracks--and skits--effortlessly bounce between genres, styles, and tempos, ranging from dancehall ("Keep It Movin" with Elephant Man) to R&B ("I'm Not Perfect" with the Clark Sisters) to straight-up rap ("Wake Up" with Jay-Z).
However, it is on the up-tempo tracks where Elliott truly shines. On the record's first single, "Pass That Dutch," the freewheeling MC sprays lyrics like a scatterbrained genius. "Pump It Up," featuring Nelly, is a hilarious ode to oversized Southern women. And "Let Me Fix My Weave" is the Elliott/Timbaland super-tandem at its most exhilarating. THIS IS NOT A TEST! is even more proof that Missy Elliott is a pop music marvel.

Musical Guests
Mary J. Blige
Jay-Z
Elephant Man
Fabolous
Nelly
R. Kelly
Monica
Beenie Man
The Clark Sisters

 
Compilation Appearances
Cheers 2 U (Explicit Version)
Levert.Sweat.Gill
Born Again (Explicit Version)
Mya
Professional (Explicit Version)
Melvin Flynt-Da Hustler (Explicit Version)
Writing's On The Wall
Eve-First Lady Of Ruff Ryders (Explicit Version)
Understanding (Explicit Version)
Malpractice (Explicit Version)
Dark Days Bright Night (Explicit Version)
All For You (Explicit Version) (Bonus Tracks)
Sex And The City 0600
Mtv's Hip Hopera: Carmen
Totally Hits 2001
Mtv Ibiza 2001
All For You (Bonus Tracks) (w/ Bonus DVD) (Limited Edition) (Explicit Version)
All For You (Clean Version) (Bonus Tracks)
Essential Presents Skribble's
Southern Hummingbird
We Invented The Remix (Clean Version)
We Invented The Remix (Explicit Version)
Off The Hook
Soundbombing III (Explicit Version)
This Is Ultimate Dance
xXx
Diamond Princess (Explicit Version)
Back To Mine
Girl Interrupted (Explicit Version)
Still Writing In My Diary 2nd Entry (Explicit Version)
La Bella Mafia (Explicit Version)
La Bella Mafia (Clean Version)
Platinum & Gold Collection
Dangerously In Love (Bonus Tracks)
Totally Hip-Hop
Fighting Temptations
Under Construction Part Ii (Explicit Version)
Preacher's Son
Source Presents: hip Hop Hits Vol. 7
Source Presents: Hip Hop Hits Vol. 7 (Explicit Version)
2004 Grammy Nominees
Pretty Toney (Explicit Version)
Totally Hits 2004 Vol 1
Tical O: prequel
Tical 0: The Prequel (Explicit Version)
Sweat (Explicit Version)
Sweat (Edited)
Goodies
Ministry Of Sound: Dance Nation 2002 / Variou
Free Yourself
Bring It
United State Of Atlanta (Explicit Version)
United State Of Atlanta (Clean)
100% Black
Kiss Presents Hip Hop Classics 2
Maximum Bass
Collaborations
Vol. 20-Now That's What I Call Music
Duets: The Final Chapter (Explicit Version)
Duets:the Final Cha(clean
Sweatsuit (Explicit Version)
Sweatsuit(clean) 1105
Spike Lee's Home Invaders
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Vol 2
Stick It
Big Bang (Clean Version)
The Big Bang (Explicit Version)
Hip Hop: Evolution
Public Warning(Explicit Version)
Public Warning
Wild Summer 2004
Timbaland Presents Shock Value
Timbaland Presents Shock Value (Cln)
Futuresex/lovesounds(w/ Bonus DVD)
Step Up 2: The Streets
Still Da Baddest
Still Da Baddest(Explicit Version)
Discipline
How To Hustle
Welcome To The Dollhouse
Total Club Hits
Ms. Goat
Total Dance 2008 Vol 2
Doll Domination
Doll Domination
We Global
We Global(Explicit Version)
X2 (Survivor/writing's On The Wall)

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 11/25/2003
Original Release Date : n/a
Catalog ID : 62905
Label : Elektra Entertainment
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00075596290524

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (12/25/03-1/8/04, p.121)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...She still sounds as hungry and driven as ever, refusing to repeat past successes, pushing on to newer and weirder realms...Why anybody would choose to spend their life without a copy of THIS IS NOT A TEST! is a mystery..."

Rolling Stone (12/25/03-1/8/04, p.121)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...She still sounds as hungry and driven as ever, refusing to repeat past successes, pushing on to newer and weirder realms...Why anybody would choose to spend their life without a copy of THIS IS NOT A TEST! is a mystery..."

Spin (01/04, p.95)
- "...Ridiculously, abstrusely , hyper-generously funky....It's both consistently catchy and consistently weird in all the right ways..." - Grade: A-

Spin (01/04, p.95)
- "...Ridiculously, abstrusely , hyper-generously funky....It's both consistently catchy and consistently weird in all the right ways..." - Grade: A-

Entertainment Weekly (11/28/03, p.124)
- "...Elliott [is] full of vim and vinegar, especially when she's rapping or singing about sex....[On a couple of tracks] Elliott sets out to compete with the champagne-and-silk-underwear crowd of foxy, urban chanteuses..." - Rating: B

Entertainment Weekly (11/28/03, p.124)
- "...Elliott [is] full of vim and vinegar, especially when she's rapping or singing about sex....[On a couple of tracks] Elliott sets out to compete with the champagne-and-silk-underwear crowd of foxy, urban chanteuses..." - Rating: B

Q (2/04, p.100)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "The sexiest, most ear-popping, jaw-dropping fusion of old-school rap tribute, sparse R&B, mutant bhangra, and beat innovation..."

Q (2/04, p.100)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "The sexiest, most ear-popping, jaw-dropping fusion of old-school rap tribute, sparse R&B, mutant bhangra, and beat innovation..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(1/04, pp.96-7)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "'Wake Up' is mesmerising....'Push It' and live hip hop deconstruction 'I'm Really Hot', both inject the set's ruthless minimalism with some fresh sonic ingredients."