Alternative Press: Is there an official comment from Mindless Self Indulgence about Missy Elliott?
Little Jimmy Urine: What's her official word on us? I know our fans don't like her.
Two years ago Missy Elliott and her producer Timbaland were looking to do some reinvention for the street diva's next disc. Some assclown in a linen suit from Elektra's A&R department turned Mis and Tim on to "Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangly Sexy". In 2001, Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" was released, powered by a certain propulsive, Tourette's-laden programming style and assorted falsetto blips that drove critics, clubgoers, and bedroom mixologists crazy. (Urine listened to the track hundreds of times before being convinced he wasn't being sampled.) The audio similarities between the two camps have not gone unnoticed by Mindless-heads, who get really pissed off when they hear Les Mis bark, "This is copywritten, so don't copy me." The last straw broke the nihilists' back, and MSI finally wrested themselves from the label early last year. (A representative from Elektra declined our invitation to comment for this story. We bet you knew that would happen.)
Alternative Press: Is there an official comment from Mindless Self Indulgence about Missy Elliott? Little Jimmy Urine: What's her official word on us? I know our fans don't like her.
Two years ago Missy Elliott and her producer Timbaland were looking to do some reinvention for the street diva's next disc. Some assclown in a linen suit from Elektra's A&R department turned Mis and Tim on to "Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangly Sexy". In 2001, Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" was released, powered by a certain propulsive, Tourette's-laden programming style and assorted falsetto blips that drove critics, clubgoers, and bedroom mixologists crazy. (Urine listened to the track hundreds of times before being convinced he wasn't being sampled.) The audio similarities between the two camps have not gone unnoticed by Mindless-heads, who get really pissed off when they hear Les Mis bark, "This is copywritten, so don't copy me." The last straw broke the nihilists' back, and MSI finally wrested themselves from the label early last year. (A representative from Elektra declined our invitation to comment for this story. We bet you knew that would happen.)