Miss E... So Addictive

Miss E... So Addictive is the third studio album by American rapper, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott. The album spawned the club and R&B/hip-hop hits "One Minute Man", featuring Ludacris and Trina, and "Get Ur Freak On", as well as the international club hit "4 My People" and the less commercially successful single "Take Away".

Miss E… So Addictive
Studio album by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
Released	May 15, 2001
Recorded	2000–2001
Genre	Hip hop club R&B dance soul
Length	57:07
Label	The Goldmind Elektra
Producer	Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Timbaland Craig Brockman Nisan D-Man Big Tank
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott chronology
Da Real World (1999) Miss E… So Addictive (2001) Under Construction (2002)
Singles from Miss E… So Addictive
"Get Ur Freak On" Released: March 6, 2001 "Lick Shots" Released: May 1, 2001 "One Minute Man" Released: June 22, 2001 "Take Away" Released: November 5, 2001[1] "4 My People" Released: March 11, 2002[2]

The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 250,000 copies in its first week.[3] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4] The album garnered two Grammy Awards for "Get Ur Freak On" and the non-single "Scream a.k.a. Itchin'" for Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Female Rap Solo Performance respectively.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	89/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Blender	[7]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[8]
The Guardian	[9]
Los Angeles Times	[10]
NME	8/10[11]
Pitchfork	8.2/10[12]
Q	[13]
Rolling Stone	[14]
Spin	8/10[15]

Miss E... So Addictive was widely acclaimed from music critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 89 out of 100 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[5] The album is also ranked 70th on the site's list of best-reviewed albums.[16] Q listed the album as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[17] John Bush from AllMusic felt that Elliott was "sounding more assured of her various strengths than at any time since her startling debut" and called "her best album so far." He wrote that it's "a tribute to her incredible songwriting skills and Timbaland's continuing production excellence that she can have it any way she wants it and still come away with a full-length that hangs together brilliantly."[6]

Commercial performance

Miss E... So Addictive debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 250,000 copies in its first week.[3] This became Elliott's third US top ten debut.[3] The album ended up spending a total of 43 weeks on the chart.[18] On July 18, 2001, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the United States.[4] As of November 2015, the album has sold 1,767,000 copies in the US.[19]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[20]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"...So Addictive" (Intro) (featuring Charlene "Tweet" Keys)	Melissa Elliott Craig Brockman	Craig Brockman Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	0:54
2.	"Dog in Heat" (featuring Method Man & Redman)	Elliott Timothy Mosley Reggie Noble Clifford Smith	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	5:01
3.	"One Minute Man" (featuring Ludacris)	Elliott Mosley Christopher Bridges	Timbaland Big Tank (co.) Elliott (co.)	4:35
4.	"Lick Shots"	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	3:53
5.	"Get Ur Freak On"	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	3:56
6.	"Scream a.k.a. Itchin'" (featuring Timbaland)	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	3:57
7.	"Old School Joint"	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	4:00
8.	"Take Away" (featuring Ginuwine)	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Brockman (co.) Elliott (co.)	4:58
9.	"4 My People" (featuring Eve)	Elliott Mosley Brockman Nisan Stewart Dante Nolan Eve Jeffers	Nisan D-Man Elliott (co.) Timbaland (add.)	4:50
10.	"Bus-a-Bus" (Interlude) (featuring Busta Rhymes)	Trevor Smith Mosley	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	1:10
11.	"Whatcha Gon' Do" (featuring Timbaland)	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	3:14
12.	"Step Off"	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	3:58
13.	"X-Tasy"	Elliott Mosley Charlene Keys	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	3:35
14.	"Slap! Slap! Slap!" (featuring Da Brat & Jade)	Elliott Mosley Shawntae Harris Chevon Young	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	4:05
15.	"I've Changed" (Interlude) (featuring Lil Mo)	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott (co.)	1:05
16.	"One Minute Man" (Remix) (featuring Jay-Z)	Elliott Mosley Shawn Carter	Timbaland Big Tank (co.) Elliott (co.)	4:35

Unlisted tracks

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
17.	Untitled		0:03
18.	Untitled		0:03
19.	Untitled		0:03
20.	Untitled		0:03
21.	Untitled		0:03
22.	Untitled		0:03
23.	Untitled		0:03
24.	Untitled		0:03
25.	Untitled		0:03
26.	Untitled		0:03
27.	Untitled		0:03
28.	Untitled		0:03
29.	"Higher Ground (Prelude)"	Hidden bonus track[14] (Tracks 17 through 28 are blank)	1:46
30.	"Higher Ground" (featuring Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary & Tweet)	Hidden bonus track[14]	5:02

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Get Ur Freak On" (Bastone & Bernstein Club Mix)	4:11
17.	"Higher Ground (Prelude)"	1:46
18.	"Higher Ground" (featuring Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary & Tweet)	5:02

Reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
16.	"4 My People" (Basement Jaxx Remix)	4:56
17.	"Higher Ground (Prelude)"	1:46
18.	"Higher Ground" (featuring Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary & Tweet)	5:02

 • (co.) Co-producer
 • (add.) Additional production

Charts

Weekly

Chart (2001–03)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21]	23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22]	16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23]	11
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[24]	14
French Albums (SNEP)[25]	22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26]	12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[27]	32
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[28]	30
Scottish Albums (OCC)[29]	29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30]	27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31]	4
UK Albums (OCC)[32]	10
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[33]	2
US Billboard 200[34]	2
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard)[35]	1

Year-end

Chart (2001)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[36]	96
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[37]	45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[38]	86
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[39]	48

Chart (2002)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[40]	74
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[41]	35

Certifications

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[42]	Gold	50,000^^
France (SNEP)[43]	Gold	96,000[44]
United Kingdom (BPI)[45]	Platinum	316,000[46]
United States (RIAA)[47]	Platinum	1,767,000[19]
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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External links

• Miss E... So Addictive at Metacritic