Supa Dupa Fly

Timbaland just does not produce unsexy music. This album clearly not only let him really flex his talents and create a wave of influence in the R&B scene to come, it is equally highlighted as Missy Elliott. This album is great sonically, but Missy's attitude and talent are what makes this album such a landmark. This is how you become the Queen of Rap

Really really enjoyed

Very fun mixing experience, great to see Busta Rhymes at the beginning of a long career

Enjoyed this one! Another Missy which is always great, I have def heard The Rain before.

Number two from Missy, and it's also great. I definitely liked the other album more, and it's mostly due to this one veering into a sonic territory between hip hop and R&B, a middle ground that's more laid back. I like when Missy raps, and when she does on here, it's excellent. But it feels like more of the tracks she's singing, the vibe is more laid back. Not bad at all, just not my preference. Still a great album when it's all said and done, I just want more of the rapping Missy, and we got that on the other album. Ironically, two of my favorite tracks on here were the Busta Rhymes intro and outro, that just got me fired up for a rap album. Alas, not quite. But still a great ride. Favorite tracks: Sock It 2 Me (classic), Busta's Intro/Outro, Beep Me 911, Pass Da Blunt, Friendly Skies, Izzy Izzy Ahh, Best Friends. Album art: Love this one. Missy kicking her feet up, looking supa dupa fly indeed. The pose, the font, this one feels iconic. Not sure how much weight it has in the annals of hip hop history but it's excellent. 4/5

Totally surprised by this. It was much more interesting and approachable than i expected. It has that hip-hop, R&B, rap vibe, but Missy Elliott solidly delivers an edge/sassy tone, without being obnoxious or shocking (coming much later with WAP-oriented artists). This is really interesting and engaging.

East coast classic

I’m confused why this has a lower rating than a four. This album is very smooth and has good beats

3.7

Supa dupa fly- I really like the grooves and production, so smooth and slick but also kinda wacky/ quirky. Some good hooks too. 3.5/4

Cool songs and production. Enjoyed it but probably wouldn’t listen to it all again. Sort of was ready by the end but there are some great moments on this

I like it

довольно круто не понимаю почему столько фитов (первый трек просто баста раймс зачитал, кек)

Really fun and interesting album, very well produced and couldn't stop listening

This was fun to listen to.

as cool as it gets.

the longer i listen to this, its actually not bad.

Fantastic beats, the lyrics sometimes falter a little, but the whole picture is very good.

High-quality hiphop album. Beats are very nice, just like the Justin Timberlake album a couple of days ago, but the overall song material of Supa Dupa Fly is much stronger. Always find it hard to say if this album is better than any of other Missy Elliott albums and why this particular one is included in the list, but presumably the fact that this was the first album may have something to do with that. score: 8/10

Great beats, creative lyrics, good mix of clean singing and rapping. One of the better R&B/rap albums we've had so far.

The rhythms, the raps, they all fit nicely. The second half is somewhat less covincing than the first, although we find excellent tracks there as well, like Why you hurt me. In summary: very satisfactory album.

I've definitely revisited the singles off this since it came out. Some of the album cuts show their age, but i'd probably re-listen to most of the singles off of this.

Probably the greatest female MC (with apologies to many old skool and a fair few modern artists - shout out to salt n pepa, Queen Pen, Ms Dynamite, Rico Nasty and little simz). Production is flawless, samples expertly chosen, and yet the whole package falls just short of her later works of genius. Very close to another 5 🌟 album, but (in my opinion) drags a bit towards the end, so just falls short.

This is one of those times where the original sounds a little dated because everything after it copied it. Missy is uniquely fun. Not her best, but very good.

Missy is one of the GOATs in hip hop, and a trailblazer for females in hip hop. I've never actually heard any of the songs on this album surprisingly, but if they are anything like her other hits they should be good. Turns out the sample on Sock it 2 Me is used in a bunch of different songs I've heard, specifically a Watsky song I used to listen to; this song is better. The title song is actually one of the weaker tracks for me. I enjoyed a lot of the other tracks more. The second half of the record is weaker than the first half, but is still pretty good. This is a low 4/5

Incredible musician. Pioneer. Good album, sophomore is better

7/15, 47%

The most profound thing I’ve learned doing this exercise is that I’m kind of into Missy Elliott.

Another one for the first time column. Loved it. Not sure what i expected, but this was a lot better than expected. I miss that 90s RnB sound

Fly because it flows. "Izzy Izzy Aah" iz aaahwfully good. The "Can't Stand the Rain" and "Pass the Dutchie" riffs also much fun.

Missy Elliott’s debut sees her coming onto the scene on her terms. She doesn’t neatly fall into a single function or role, but rather is able to sing and rap, and is able to express her sexuality without being objectified as women often are in hip hop. The production by Timbaland is fantastic though the album is a touch too long. I still really enjoyed it.

Subdued but I love it

True to the title, in a fundamental way. Most of the album has aged well, while all of it has the patina of an effective 90s statement. The beats and vocals both repeat, but they each fully occupy and cover their respective ranges.

Ok. Not my style.

I wish I would have heard this and listened to it more when it came out, because it sounds like it would have been incredible in 1997. This album still sounds great and boundary pushing today. Excellent album.

Well, for forward thinking, this album is basically a who's who of who will be big in hip hop in the early noughties. It contains two all time hip hop classics and everything on here is enjoyable, if not long lasting. Timberland and Missy are in me of those all time great duos like Simon and Garfunkel or Gin and Tonic. But this is the warning shot - what comes next is pure genius, this is merely great.

Vrooooooooom What an absolutely dynamite debut - not only did Missy step into our worlds fully formed as an untouchable emcee, but the back end and beats Timbaland brought to the party sounded like absolutely nothing we'd heard at the time. His work with Ginuwine and Aaliyah before this really perked a lot of heads right up ("Pony" is still an absolute beast of a track!) but Supa Dupa Fly really elevated the game. Beyond the futuristic soundscapes Timbaland had laid down, we witnessed the dawn of a GOAT with this one. Puchlines, hooks and hits - Missy's got 'em all and always has. AND THOSE VIDEOS!!! G'damn. I don't believe Missy's ever made a bad album, and this one here is not even my favourite by a mile, but its importance can't be overstated. Right out the gate with Busta Rhymes's intro drawing us into the proceedings, we know we are in for something special. Missy touched down in the era of the hypersexualized vixen and eschewed the whole thing for her thing, while not shunning folks like Lil' Kim who shows up on "Hit Em wit da Hee". She changed the seen and visual perception of the so-called femcee for the better. "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" is obviously the most known and recognized song with its trash bag outfit and Ann Peeble's sample. An afrofuturist delight rooted strongly in the past. "They Don't Wanna Fuck wit Me" may well be one of the sickest beats in all of 1997! "Pass da Blunt" pays homage to Musical Youth's "Pass the Dutchie" and is the second of only two samples, interpolations or remixes featured on the production here. "Friendly Skies" features Ginuwine and has a nice little nod to his own Timbaland-produced "Pony" pop up in the beat. Missy's ability to sing and ride with R&B while also ripping straight bars as a GOAT hip hop emcee really help blast this album, and her whole catalogue, really, to a whole 'nother level. All these years later it's a lot more common for folks to switch gears so well and easy but that wasn't anywhere near as common in '97. "Don't Be Commin' (In My Face)" is much better than your juvenile snickers would ever suggest! "Izzy Izzy Ahh" is fuggin' TASTY! Way better than being buried on the back end of an album might ever suggest. Understandable why it wouldn't be considered single material in '97, but is probably my favourite track on the whole album. "Gettaway" is another slick melding of off-kilter beat and flow unlike anything really heard at the time. Bus-a-Bus back to close things out is a nice touch. Been a hot minute since I've played this album in its entirety. And that's ridiculous because it still slaps hard!

Not my favourite album of hers but still great.

Nothing against Busta, but why does he get the entire intro track? This is a Missy Elliot album! That said, there’s some good stuff here I wasn’t familiar with even though I dig Missy. Glad I listened.

Very 90s. Very Missy. I appreciated her “thank you” outro.

Beats are great!

I generally don't like pop but this one works well

coool....

missy elliott is amazing, she’s influential and wonderful.

Not my usual thing but I figured this had to be good. But I wasn’t so sure I would like it. Turns out I really like this album… great guests, great harmonies, great album!

Very melodic. Love the harmonies and the background sounds...horns, pianos, etc. And the rapping is excellent.

Love this

good

Staple album.

Crazily strong debut. Just fresh and solid from top to bottom.

A fun album - it does not contain my favourite Missy Elliot but it’s a great record nonetheless - soulful, playful - great collaborations and the production is impeccable. There’s a lot of Missy Elliot’s sass right below the surface but it hasn’t bloomed yet in full glory on this record..

Is aight. Pretty dope.

pass the dutchie on the left hand side

Really enjoyable. Beats are minimally produced which allows the vocals to shine. Minimal beat boxing mixed into the beats give an organic feel. Rap mixed with 90s style R&B with thick vocal harmonies. Overall, fun and very easy on the ears. Will listen again. That talk box is sneaking back in in friendly skies. Get out, talkbox 😡

Pretty fun album, with the limitless toy of Timberland on board. A springboard into some cracking later songs

pretty good, I liked it I think I liked it a little more than the other Missy Elliot album I got 8/10

Sick Timbo beats and Missy’s lyrics on point make for a classic album and even the guest artists add to rather than detract from the whole (not always the case). As with so many rap albums, more judicious editing would make for a shorter, tighter, slicker album (I could do with fewer r and b tracks - Missy, why you *sing* that you such a great rapper?!?). Regardless, a classic, significant and influential record which shook up the hip hop sound and showed female rappers could break out of a mould which up to that point had them having to out-thug the men.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: The rain

Missy Elliott can do no wrong.

some good stuff on here - plenty of strong attitude and some slick samples

Nice to hear a female voice in hip-hop. Occasionally discordant and a little too long, but I liked it, especially the first track.

first listen cool and groovy, timbaland beats are timeless

Missy, you are indeed supa dupa fly, Hip hop albums don't always age well, but this one is still damn fine after all these years. If I was going to edit, I would cut the skits and guest spots (I mean, why did we need Busta Rhymes to introduce the album? No offense to Mr Rhymes). Missy's flow is on point, and pairs wonderfully with the consistently funky fresh production from Timbaland. Great choice to keep a consistent vision across the whole album, although tracks maintain their individual identity. Love the singles (obviously), but this one is a great listen throughout.

really enjoyed it, surprisingly. I was mostly passively listening, but didn't get bored and any time I really tuned in it was all good. 4/5

The baddest bitch of the century hitting hard like penitentiary dick. I can only assume that's pretty fucking hard as sadly I have no first hand experience of penitentiary dick.

Loved this album, super refreshing, smooth sound

Dope

A classic. I really got in to Missy Elliot the year I was in Nepal.

Awesome album, Timbaland's crisp beats make this an absolute banger. Hip-hop at its finest

Blijft lekkrr

Supa Dupa Fly has an accurate title for this album as it does hum and flow smoothly, though not too in your face like the insect. The four singles are bops, with Sock It 2 Me and The Rain being my preferences out of them. The album cuts are mostly great too, with Best Friends being my favourite. Missy Elliott's vocals is smooth, playful and her rapping skills flows so well. Sets a nice chill vibe overall. The featured are great too (though didn't enjoy the intro and outro from Busta Rhymes). Timbaland's production and beats are fantastic here too, making them really enjoyable. Cut a couple of tracks off for b sides or for another album and it would be perfect.

Not that much a rap album, especially compared to her other work, but great production and great rhymes by the legend

The thing I love the most about Missy Elliott is that she's all in on her music career. Seemingly every other star who achieved success in her genre has at least tried to pivot into acting. But not Missy Elliott. She may eventually become the Joni Mitchell of rap and hip hop before all is said and done. Hell, she probably already is! I hear some Lauryn Hill here, along with some Prince and maybe even some Nenah Cherry. Overall, I found this to be a delight.

“The Rain” is an absolute jam. Part of that is Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott’s incomparable flow. The other part is Timbaland at the height of his beatmaking. In the late 90s Timbaland was everywhere for a little while, and was one of the main drivers for a shift in the predominant hip hop style away from the Dre-focused West Coast gangsta rap. Missy was one of the biggest benefactors of that shift. This album made her a star. It’s fantastic, but it’s also a real collaboration between her and Timbaland, who helps make every song sound like a hit (and only occasionally brings things down with too many “say whats” and “uh huhs”). Timbaland is a good rapper in his own right - I also loved his debut album with Magoo - but it’s his beats that make “Supa Dupa Fly” (and Aaliyah and Ginuwine and Justin Timberlake and more).

At the time; it was a refreshing hip hop album.

Really tasty beats, good songs. Feel like it doesn't quite capture the quintessential Missy Elliot we would hear later on.

This was great.

missy/timbaland production set trends for the next decade

this is exciting. i've liked her features in songs and i know her hits obviously but i don't know how an entire album of her will go, tons of features i see. first second of music and i'm into it lol. on the second song. take a shot every time someone rhymes missy and pissy. song sounds great though. i'm about halfway through now, i love the vocal layering. okay i'm done. my fave songs were friendly skies, best friends. a really nice listen.

I have never heard a hip hop album before, because it's not my style actually, I'm not a hip hop fan, but this album, it's really good, I love her voice, the lyrics are quite good. Good album

Tight production, consistent rapping, dope vibes. Solid 4.

This album is fast and daring

Missy earns her spot in the halls of great rappers and proves that there isn't a gender issue. This 90's touched R&B hip-hop record is solid and easy listening.

It might be my 90s nostalgia talking, but I liked this one.

Never listened to this before but I really liked it. I was nostalgic anyway

Top notch. A bit too RnB for me but the more times I listened, the more I enjoyed it. Great beats and great colabs and fair play to Missy for breaking into a male dominated industry with so much confidence, attitude and talent. Has no doubt paved the way for many other women

Enjoyable

Great songwriting and performance by Missy, undercut by Top-Tier Timbaland Production

Love coming back to this one. It's a classic, but not my fav Missy album.

Missy Elliott in this sounds like a girl you over here at Denny’s at 1am on a drunken Saturday night and love the story she is telling. I like it

Only one fantastic song but the whole album is pretty good

CLASSIC

Wow 90's rap is dope!

Enjoyed this one

Takes a while to get rolling. Missy is a mediocre rapper at best, but it's about the big picture here. Great beats from Timbaland. Never knew that line in "Work It" was a callback to "Izzy."

Missy Elliott is a goddamn national treasure and you can’t tell me otherwise. This album slaps, it was recorded in 1997 but sounds like it’s from 2007. Had no idea Timbaland produced.

Great album. Lots of fantastic hip hop with a smooth serving of R&B to top it off. Easy 4 stars.

Man glömmer lätt att detta släpptes på 90-talet och att varken Missy eller Timbaland hade gjort särskilt mycket innan detta. De satte ett sound som lever kvar än och det förtjänar sina stjärnor i betyg.

Skelsættende album for kvindelig rap og r&b, chill vibe, fed Timbaland-produktion

I was not anticipating to like this album as much as I did. Timbaland has such great producing chops. Only song I didn't like was that Genuwine song

Missy is wonderful, r&b leads the front of this album and rap leads the back half, great vibe

6/24 Bomb Timbaland production over Missy's fly singing and rapping, classic. Standout Track: Hit Em wit da Hee, The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly), They Don't Wanna Fuck wit Me, Bite Our Style Interlude, Izzy Izzy Ahh, Gettaway

#187/1001 🇺🇸 First listen to this record and i found it a bit hit and miss. Maybe too long and over ambitious. For me a debut album should the artist putting the true version of themselves out there untainted by the music business but here we have countless guest artists colaborating. I mean, who needs a Bustah Ryhmes intro and outro track? Best tracks: Rain, Friendly Skies, Best Friends.

Just seemed to run together.

Muy innovadors :D

Too RnB (not that that's surprising for a late 90s album) but there are some pretty interesting production choices here and there Fav track: The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

This was pretty good. Thru my hip-hop/rap journey, this is one of the the most enjoyable so far

Ye I mean it was pretty good

A lot more toned down than I expected. Missy and Timbaland didn’t wanna go all out ig.

Et c'est là que je me rends compte que cette liste n'avait encore inclus aucune rappeuse. Merci Robert Dimery de t'être rappelé que les femmes existent. Non, je ne rate jamais une occasion de rire un peu de ce bon vieux Bob. Il m'a obligé à écouter de sacrées purges, c'est de bonne guerre ! Donc, il s'agit ici du premier album de Missy Elliott, produit par Timbaland, rien que ça. Cela dit, c'est pas mon genre de hip-hop et ça ne m'a pas parlé. Apparemment, la prod a été acclamée par la presse, moi j'ai trouvé ça un peu trop simple à mon goût, mais c'est peut-être simplement mon manque de connaissances du genre qui m'empêche de voir l'innovation. La performance de Missy Elliott a aussi reçu tous les honneurs, et je comprends déjà mieux pourquoi. Elle a effectivement beaucoup de personnalité et d'expressivité. Mais ça s'arrête là pour moi. L'album dans son ensemble ne m'a pas intéressé. L'heure n'est pas passée lentement, comme ça peut être le cas pour d'autres albums bien moins bons, ce qui indique que ça sera un 3.

Apple music ranked this album as the 75th best album of all time. Btw TPAB isnt on Apple music's top 100 list... The first 5 songs are fine/good but the album takes a crazy nosedive after that. Her rapping skill isnt great, her delivery gets boring and the album overall rely heavily on the features to keep it interesting. Yeah its really hit or miss past track 5. Supa Dupa Mid/5

Where’s the rooooooooooooock??

Worse than the other album we had "Under Construction" but there still is a lot of fun here. Missy glides on some of these Timbaland beats but I just struggle to connect with her as a leading MC. Favorite Song: Friendly Skies

I'm just not sophisticated enough a hip hop listener to place this in the greater scheme of things. I've always loved The Rain and a couple other tracks really had my head nodding along, but - I need to listen to more before my rating is really meaningful. 3 stars = I liked it.

Love the early Timbaland production here. "Supa Dupa Fly" has some laid-back energy and delivery. It only works when the tracks are concise and unfortunately they go a bit too long.

Not bad.

This isn't her good album is it? Missy's fun but this is kind of . . . bland?

no es ni bueno ni malo tbh, lo tengo re en neutro

🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 Okay Miss Demeanor! Apple Music's description for this album begins with a quote from the Missus herself about how she's not making music for the year 1997; she's making music for the year 2000. Presciently, artistic foresight spanning three years hence is actually an apt descriptor for this album's sound. Okay, so it's dated, but I'll be damned if it's not kind of fun. Certainly, its low tempo keeps it from being, I don't know, hype? But I don't know if it's setting out to be that—for something performing such a distinct stereotype, it's surprisingly comfortable in its corniness. Something about the acknowledgements even made me a little emotional. I don't know, it's not something I want to revisit, but there were a couple of songs in there I'm going to revisit anyways because I thought they were begrudgingly fun (it was a stretch of about four before the Jamaican accent hit). The top review on this site for Supa Dupa Fly says Missy deserves her spot on this list, but not for this album, since she has better work and this seems to be a more historical inclusion. I'm not sure what the metrics intended for inclusion on this list were, exactly, but I think this reviewer is dead-on: for all its historical importance, it's also gotta be, like, a real powerhouse album to have been truly defining, right? 1: Bad | 2: Okay, No Desire to Revisit | 3: Good, Conditionally (OR Inconsistent Mix of Qualities) | 4: Great (OR Technically amazing but missing the sauce emotionally) | 5: Amazing

Let me down a little bit but still cool. But why sing about how great of a rapper you are instead of just rapping?

Bit long and a few too many features imo

Fun

3/5

NEW YORK MOTHAFUCKIN KNICKS!!!!!

Solid but nothing really outstanding.

It has glimpses, I guess, but it was just fine overall.

The production sounds well ahead of its time and the album starts off really well but loses steam a bit before the end

Ik heb er van genomen!!

Pretty impressive album for the era. Strong listen

Very samey throughout and not very interesting. Apple Music top 100 is crazy.

It was okay...very chill, not very exciting, it all sounded kinda the same.

Solid album, but probably a bit too long Standout songs: Sock it 2 me The Rain Dont be Comin' (In My Face

Achei um álbum ok. Soa um pouco datado melodicamente. Mas não é uma experiência ruim. QoA Cloudscape.

Just not for me. 3 stars

Anxious to read about this one.

Too long, but lots of good stuff in here.

It’s fine I guess

This maintains a smooth and laid back vibe the entire time. Beats are consistently solid and her vocals are the real highlight here. Some of these just kinda come and go for me and I almost expected more from such an acclaimed album. Favorites were Sock It To Me, The Rain, Pass Da Blunt, and Gettaway.

Too long and not as good as her later work

Just regular fly, not supa dupa fly. Some good songs, but I general it's a bit slow for me. Albums like this are a good reminder that this list is supposed to be 1001 (really 1089 now) influential albums, not the 1001 best albums of all time. Influential things are often the first to try something new, and the first pass at something new is not always the best. While there are some great albums on this list, most are the first commercially serious attempt at a new genre/sound/mix/etc., not the album that perfected that thing.

I've never really been a fan of R&B infused hip hop, it's not bad, but it does next to nothing for me. She just sounds so bored on every track, the other Missy Elliot album was a lot more exciting and bombastic, this one is just kind of a big load of nothing. Low 3.

Another weird choice in the hip hop part of the list. But a few bangers I suppose

Just okay

Guess it was ok - I didn’t hate it but also not much that I loved either.

It was okay!

*Supa Dupa Fly* Again I'm probably not the person to really be writing this it's definitely not my style of music it's okay i liked the R&B Parts more than I like the hip Hop Elements of the album. There is one element of Hip Hop that I find rather annoying and that is a constant need to say their names at any possible moment on the album. I'm glad I didn't make it a drinking game, every time they said Missy Elliott or Timberland, or I would have ended up in the ER tonight. (6.3) ★★★

Too long and a bit uneven, but I think Missy Elliott's vocal delivery has a swagger I really dig. 3.5 stars

I had high hopes for this Missy Elliott album because I feel like this album really put Timbaland on the map and served as the blueprint for hip-hop/R&B in the 00s. The first third of it doesn't disappoint, and there's some really cool stuff here. However, after that, the quality is a little uneven and there's no real need for this to be an hour. Still, there's some bangers here, including "Hit 'em wit da Hee", "Sock it 2 Me", and "The Rain". 3.5 stars.

some songs were annoyng but others alright

Fortunately this isn't overly vulgar or bamboozled with unfunny skits like a lot of rap albums from this era have. Missy is quite a pioneer in the hip-hop game. She doesn't feel overly sexualized and just wants to be treated with the level of respect that her male peers would get. She has a great voice that can both rap and sing. Rap with a heavy soul and R&B influence isn't what I would usually listen to, but I enjoyed this and can recognise the talent and reasoning for this being on the list.

Meh

Nice grooves, goes on a little long, but she deserves equal time.

I didn't like this as such, but given the terrible run we've been given (Ute Lemper, Korn, Scritti Politti) I gotta at least say that I didn't hate this. It had a vibe, it had a flow. The beats were cool. It's not my thing but I can at least recognise that it's good at what it aims to be and I can see how it would have been influential. So while I'm not going to listen to this again out of choice, it's not something I'd be itching to turn off if it was playing elsewhere.

Alright

torn by this. on one hand i love the production and the back and forth missy does with rapping and singing. on the other hand… DAMN she’s booorrrrinnnggggg and this is bloateddddddd

production and overall sound is nice but i don't see any reason to care about this album at all

Estuvo bueno, un buen álbum de hip hop de mediado de los 90', tal vez un poco largo nomás. 5/10

Favorite Track: Sock It 2 Me

Cool debut

I think I liked this more than Under Construction. There is a palpable swagger and aura to this album. Super chill, super cool and super duper fly. This fem lead gritty g-rap is not 100% in my q zone so I can't rank it as high as some of the great 90s g-rap albos but this was fun. Also, I'm very attracted to Missy Elliott after staring at this album cover.

Beep beep. Who got the keys to the jeep? Vrrrooom!

Started well and appreciate the forward thinking craft of this album from both Missy and Timbaland. There was a lot that felt familiar but couldn’t reconcile where it originated - I expect it was the pioneer. The album is a bit overlong for my tastes and I somewhat disengaged after that promising start, bar the odd track.

Better than I thought, worse than I wanted.

only got slightly irritating

More R&B than I was expecting, just okay

in an alternate universe there's a version of this that's a bit weirder, just a little more start-stop, just a little more aggressive and it blows me away. in this universe I think it's 3 stars, above average for the late 90s hip hop we've heard on the list

More wacky than I expected, in a good way. I think I liked the other Missy Elliot a bit better, I’d have to go back and listen again. Either way this was a good time.

Second half of the album definitely better than the first

This was great until I realised I was half way through and there was another 8 fucking songs

Pretty cool. I like it.

Aardig,maar niet mijn smaak

She's amazing and she sounds great here

Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott’s Supa Dupa Fly is the sound of hip-hop mutating in real time. Powered by Timbaland’s rubbery, futuristic beats and Missy’s fearless left-field charisma, the album bends rap and R&B into shapes radio hadn’t quite heard before. There’s as much singing as spitting here, with silky hooks colliding against off-kilter Southern flows, electronic burps, acoustic touches, and rhythms that seem to bounce from another planet. You can hear the blueprint for a whole generation of late-’90s and 2000s hits being drafted in these grooves. At times, though, the album’s nonstop layers and 17-track sprawl can feel like sensory overload, with so many ideas packed into every cut that the final stretch starts to blur. Still, when it hits, it hits hard: “Sock It 2 Me” rides playful horns and swagger, even if Da Brat leans too hard into gangsta theatrics; “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” remains the mission statement, weird and irresistible; and “Best Friends” pairs a heavy, knocking beat with Aaliyah’s featherlight vocals for one of the set’s smartest contrasts. Imperfect but visionary, Supa Dupa Fly announced Missy as a star operating on her own frequency.

I prefer her next two, but this is damn good. “sock it 2 me” and “the rain” are forever bangers

i dont really listen to rap or hip hop but this was pretty fire ngl

Huge fan of oldschool to oldish rap, so always happy to have myself recommended something like this - viby hip-hop album to shake your head to. Seemingly significant for being one of the earliest big female rapper - maybe thats why its rated quite low on here. Solid 3 from me

As a big fan of Under Construction (and subsequently The Cookbook), I was a bit disappointed by this. Feels a bit limp and underwhelming in comparison. She's still good, she's got money in the bank with me and the production is fine, but she gets so much better than this...

6/10

Innovative lyricist Favourite track:The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

No es mi estilo, los videos son penosos, pero pese a todo aprueba.

Extra star for nostalgia. This is possibly the most 90s album ive ever heard. Timbaland has whole body on the scale.

I mean, what can I say? Its awesome. Timbaland is a far better producer than I recognized and Missy is one of the most charismatic rappers I have ever heard. The beats are incredible, and the flow is generally really good, but the bars are not my favourite. I will definitely be listening to most of this again, but mostly as singles, I think. 3.4

As someone more familiar with Missy Elliott's big singles, this was much more laid back than I was expecting. Some really chill beats throughout this, which whilst not exactly attention grabbing, meant the whole album flowed nicely.

Pleasant but unremarkable.

Not bad, got more into it as it went along. Nice RnB vibe to a lot of it as well as the rap and guests. Don’t normally like the RnB sound but this worked. Nearly a 4. Better than anticipated.

I was getting into it first 20 or so minutes, but it dragged on from there, especially when the lame R&B/Nusoul sounds kicked in. A weak 3.

Es música no ordinaria pero tampoco extraordinaria, se puede volver a escuchar

This is alright but nothing really memorable. Easy listening though

It's definitely decent but not quite my style. 3 straight rap albums is a surprising run for me but I enjoyed it. 6/10

A groundbreaking effort - one of the first “cool” female hip-hop records. And cool is important, because there was definitely a lot of crap out there at the time.

Groundbreaking, the start of something amazing. I prefer her next couple of albums to this one but this one is great too.

As a rap fan, I never cared for Missy Elliott. Also, she unleashed Timbaland on the world and that is an unforgivable sin on its own.

I preferred the tracks on Under Construction, but this album had a lot less ego, Missy seems a lot sweeter, presenting us some proper old skool 90s R&B Izzy Izzy ah was my favourite I’m giving a 3 as it’s not really my kind of music, too smooth, but it deserves more

Okay.

Supa Dupa Chill! I enjoyed this a lot.

You can see the seeds of the Missy-Timbaland partnership here just starting to blossom, but overall it's not quite the fully-realized thing it would become later. This was in the realm of pretty-good-but-not-great for me. Title track is the highlight, but overall wanted more from the beats and bars than I got.

The first album in an illustrious career. Not her best work but a great intro.

Solid and enjoyable. A starting point for for female rappers in the industry. Smooth, danceable and aggressive when needed. It has its flaws for sure: Missy isn't at her best yet, beats can be simplistic and repetitive.

Overlong but lots of invention, particularly for the era

Размеренный, спокойный, плавный альбом, приятные биты от Тимбалэнда, мягкий флоу. Я впервые полностью слушал этот альбом, раньше я слушал более поздние работы Мисси, было приятно познакомиться с ее дебютником.

From the very first seconds I knew the production would be amazing. The album is good but it's too long. The songs kind of start to sound like each other after 1 hour. of runtime

Nice.

I don't think I understood more than 10% of the lyrics but I liked the album anyway.

2.5

Backing tracks are definitely interesting, singing is nice, but the rap lyrics are mostly shallow, tedious, witless - so not my scene. Overall it's Okay - 5/10.

Another late 90s hip hop record. It was fine I don’t have any strong feelings here

Pretty decent. ME had this smooth, slower beat and rapping style that was pretty nice to listen too. A couple decent stand out songs on this project. And the classic self shout out where a rapper calls themselve the best.

Not a huge fan of this genre, but this is decent. Snappy smart lyrics, great production, and it all flows quite nicely

Some really strong tracks and guest spots on here

Really enjoyable listen. The album has a smooth flow to it that keeps you engaged. I think the best part is that you really hear the type of artist that Missy Elliot becomes. She's shown her talent from the start, it's really no wonder why she got so big. "Izzy Izzy Ah" is the favorite here.

Impressive, but I'm not the target audience

There are hits and there are misses. It is a fine debut, but it could have been trimmed.

Missy is one of the better female rappers but she is certainly no Lauryn Hill. Favorite track: Rain

Slick early Timbaland beats accompanied with sick rhymes from Missy. I really enjoyed this.

Why are so many hip-hop albums an hour or more long? I didn’t hear anywhere near enough variability to justify it. This very quickly turned into background music for me. A few songs caught my ear but not enough for me to ever come back to this one. Yo-Yo remains my female rapper of choice.

3.5

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

If there's one thing I've learned about Missy Elliott, it's that she can't stand the rain (against the window). Honestly, I wasn't sure at the start but I was really enjoying it by the end. Missy has won me round somewhat. That being said, my favourite misheard lyric so far was believing she was announcing her bowel issues after smoking some weed: "Pass the blunt on the left hand side, I've got the runs" Favourites: Izzy Izzy Ahh I'm Talkin' Getaway

yea

Not my musical genre; I do not see myself seeking out her songs or downloading her music; having said that I can nonetheless appreciate her artistry. Other performers in this musical area have made me cringe & listening to them is absolute agony. This album, however, wasn’t a bad listening experience.

Oh, not another bloody rap album! Hang on, there's creativity here, the lyrics aren't overtly offensive (still crass occasionally), the tunes are pretty slick, the production (like most Rap albums) is quality. There's thought, inventiveness, chill, variety and enjoyment in here. Massive surprise, didn't immediately want to switch it off. 'I'm talking' probably the low point (and takes it from 7/10 to 6/10k. But mostly enjoyable.

solid hip hop, catchy, the good stuff.

I spent a lot of time trying to decide how I felt about this album. By the time it was over I wasn’t even really sure that I had heard the musical stylings of Missy Elliott. I heard a half dozen guest artists, and I heard the compositions of Timbaland, but I don’t know that I could recognize what part of it was Missy. Maybe that’s not a bad thing. It’s a palatable album over and there were multiple times I found myself nodding or moving to the beat. But there was nothing so remarkable about this album, nor a song so iconic that it will remain in my head for the foreseeable future.

This is a good, maybe even great album. The problem for me is I typically think about that wedding room, and I don't know where Missy Elliott sits, at the front, the side, the middle. The genre, a cross between mild rap, hip hop and pop... It is fun and actually funny at times. I had fun listening to this. I suppose I just don't think I am qualified in this genre area to give an accurate rating. I might say it would naturally be a four for me, but I don't KNOW enough of the canon; what if it turned out she has a crowd ahead of her and I am simply ignorant? Letting the music speak for itself I would say it is absolutely worth a solid listen.

Sian score

Surprised how much I liked this. It’s really all timbalands production which is undeniably enjoyable and unique to him. Later albums produced by him I loved so this naturally touched on all that nostalgia. The songs themselves were fine, not mind blowing but the production carried it

Extra point awarded for the rain

I've known of her for years but never listened to any of her work before. As someone that not heavily into this style of music, I can't deny it was pretty darn solid. There's some good beats here!

This was fine. None of the songs are bad, but few stand out. 3.1

This isn’t her at her best. She’s young and she hasn’t found her voice yet. In fact, it’s kinda, dare I say it, boring. Better things were to com for her. 2.5

Cool

OK

Not really aware of Missy Elliotts work but I really enjoyed the album

Yeah not really for me. Not horrible or anything. Just not really my taste.

Besides the outros, was ok, but nothing magical. Busta’s Intro ★★★☆☆ Hit ’em Wit da Hee ★★★☆☆ Sock It 2 Me ★★★☆☆ The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) ★★★☆☆ Beep Me 911 ★★★☆☆ They Don’t Wanna F*** Wit Me ★★★☆☆ Pass da Blunt ★★★☆☆ Bite Our Style (interlude) ★★★☆☆ Friendly Skies ★★★☆☆ Best Friends ★★★☆☆ Don’t Be Commin’ (in My Face) ★★★☆☆ Izzy Izzy Ahh ★★★☆☆ Why You Hurt Me ★★★☆☆ I’m Talkin’ ★★★☆☆ Gettaway ★★★☆☆ Busta’s Outro ★☆☆☆☆ Missy’s Finale ★☆☆☆☆ Average Album Rating: 2.8/5.0 ★★★☆☆

3.5

If I could give this negative stars I would

Not doing song specific notes for this one, I don’t think. I’m a little tired so I know it’s affecting my ability to enjoy a pretty slow album, but this is a solid 3 for me. I know it’s a good album, it’s just not the music that feels good to listen to right now. Standout favorite is as Sock It 2 Me. Otherwise it’s pretty good, just nothing particularly clicked with me, personally.

Mid 90s hip hop. I like elements of it but it was quite a long album and not all of it spoke to me.

Easy listening

Not my favorite album or songs from Missy Elliott but as a whole it's still really good. The beats and some of the "singing" noises she does from time to time is really nostalgic so this definitely was a fun look back.

Very good fun album but not her best although it was better produced. She was more raw and looked hungrier before and maybe the excess of rapper friends firepower was too much. Like her a lot and it is a good album thou

Listenable, not mind blowing!

Overall: 5/10 I can appreciate what Missy was doing on this album while also not really enjoying it all that much. Her music just doesn't do much for me and I think it's because of Timbaland's production. I think her later albums are better. Fav Song: The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

This was a fun album, but I think it ultimately left me wanting more from Missy. While I enjoyed it, I actually wanted more of her rapping. This album seems to straddle the hip hop/ r&b line, and I really like when Missy is more on the hip-hip/rap side of things. Good listen overall.

Not exactly what I was expecting for a Christmas Day album but it wasn’t the worst. The song with Aaliyah was by far the best, and the amount of big names that are featured on this album was also impressive.

Missy Elliott just isn't my thing. The beats are good, and I'm not denying her greatness. She's just not for me. An hour is a long time for something to not be for you.

I like Missy. I thought it was a decent debut although I think Missy definitely has better songs on future albums.

Ikke lige så skør som de senere ME plader (negativt) men super fede beats. For lang

It’s great but not necessarily for me

Not nearly as good or consistant as "Under Construction" is. The Timbaland production is phenomenal but honestly most of these songs are either annoying or dull. There are enough pockets of everything actually coming together, and I'm a sucker for Timbaland so this barely escapes a 2 rating. Missy Elliott is fine on the mic, sometimes genius sometimes wtf?

Not what I would usually listen to. But good vocals and interesting music.

Cool beats and great production. Mood setting music that I don’t really get but can appreciate

Good stuff. Move Missy. This album falls off a cliff when she literally starts saying "I'm so good at rapping." Could have been a near-perfect 40-min. record. But it's a solid 7.

6.0/10

Oh... This is an hour? Shit. Stock it to me, they don't wanna fuck with me, I'm talkin'; there was a couple standout but I also wasn't paying close attention, doing shopping and stuff. Not my style, but this was an easier listen than I would have thought !

Meh.

Slick production & flow from Missy and Timbaland. Maybe a tad bloated, but that appears to just be the trend with a lot of the big 80s and 90s hip-hop albums

Also not really made for me but it had it's moments Will I listen to again: 1%

Timbaland is one of the best producers of all time. Missy's still developing as a rapper on this album, but it wasn't an unpleasant experience.

Fine - didn't feel the need to listen to the whole thing

It was fine

Missy is one of the greats. She hit with so much excitement, weirdness and expressiveness. Her collaboration with the peerless producer Timbaland yields diamonds. The album, though, is brought down by too much filler, and Missy’s incomprehensible need to be Mary K. Blige half the time. I want sassy, rapping Miss Demeanor, not the r’n’b stuff. And the back half of the album is larded with a lot of middling tracks. I wanted this to be at least a four, but that last half sadly brought it down.

Decent listen.

I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of Missy Elliot except for the way any millennial is a fan, but I quite enjoyed this. It’s a solid mix of rap and R&B, with vocals I wasn’t expecting from Missy! It also has a fabulous array of featured artists, and noticing all the various samples was fun.

6.5/10

Missy was big when I was in high school, but just not where I lived. This one has a couple of her big hits that slap, but there's a bunch of duds here too. I do like all the collabs with other big name artists from the time. Great production value too.

Not as catchy as I thought it would be - even the singles didn’t have like a hook or line like I thought they would - not an album I would reach for but get that it probably had a big impact when it came out

Ok

I quite like Missy Elliott, and appreciate this album probably broke ground for female artists, but it's just a bit dull for me. More r&b than rap/hip hop, and whilst it's impressive she was able to attract a producer and guest stars on her first album, it feels like it relies on them a lot.

Good vibes

Really solid album with a lot of supporting players

Catchy. Not really my style, but it was catchy. I remember when this album came out and some of the music videos really took me back to my youth.

Produced well. Most of the songs are slower than I would maybe like

The beats are quite good on this album. Love the production here and there's some great songs being interpolated and sampled. Missy Elliott has a nice flow too, usually reserved but there's times where she's flying through bars. I don't really click with the album though. It's kind of long and the songs that didn't have nice samples didn't really latch onto me. Fine album, important album but probably needs a relisten to appreciate it more.

Really enjoyed the listen, it kind of connects the dots on the development of women’s rap and it’s role in greater hip hop culture at the turn of the century. While I did enjoy it, not what I was expecting from Missy Elliot

Enjoyed this album. Very laid back compared to what I knew of missy elliot. Lots of great featured rnb artists.

I mean, maybe I should've expected this out of a Virginia hip hop artist, but this is easily one of the most laid-back hip hop records I've ever heard. I don't know if it's Missy Elliot's very careful, cunning, and carefully paced rhymes and delivery, or if it's Timbaland's sorta bare, simplistic, and spacey beats, or maybe the various RnB fusions that find their way onto most songs here, via Missy's singing or some guest vocalist - but I just felt so at ease listening to this. Unfortunately, it suffers from being too long for how one-trick it is, which I've come to expect from albums from around this period (but hey, at least no annoying skits). Definitely would've enjoyed this album more in a more chilled-out context - because after just one listen, I feel like this album doesn't really tailor itself to a fully-focused type of listen. Again, not bad or anything, it's just Missy Elliot's flow is really really laid-back and not very lyrically complex at all - I know I keep using the words "laid-back" and "chill", but I can't emphasize it enough - that is the appeal here for me. So yeah, not a huge fan of the album as a whole, I don't think, but some great songs in the mix here regardless. 'Sock It 2 Me' is maybe the closest thing here to a conventional banger, with this sort of dorky, but kind of charming cinematic beat driving the whole thing. On the R&B end, I really liked the slow jam 'Friendly Skies' and the following duet with Aaliyah 'Best Friends', which has such a sweet message behind it, and a super satisfying back-and-forth with the legend herself - probably my favorite song here. The song 'I'm Talkin' has an almost horrorcore Memphis feel to it, a style, now that I think about it, Missy Elliot clearly draws a lot from. This song is also the most cut-throat thing here, on the lyrical front. So yeah, while it's certainly a bloated record at the end of the day, I did enjoy the ride, generally speaking, despite it slowing my heart rate down to dangerous levels.

Much better than the previous Missy Elliott album. Some good tracks, some a bit pedestrian. The album could have done with being a bit shorter. Scrapes ⭐⭐⭐, just.

A little long but pretty decent. Laid back songs, slick Timbaland production, good vocals.

Podria saltarme los skits, como en todos los discos de hip-hop o rap, y sin ellos el disco mejora bastante. No es mi favorito de Missy, pero entiendo el valor historico que tiene.

I remember Missy being huge after this but I never did get it. All of the Timbaland/Puffy beats are essentially the same: slow and melodic. That being said there are a few bangers in here and this album is just fine not great but just ok.

This was pretty fun.

Missy Elliott was more influential than most people here might think. Hip-hop was certainly nothing new in 1997, but for a woman to actually break through in the genre was huge. She certainly wasn't the first of her kind of course, but her rapping presence here over these almost futuristic-sounding beats were certainly attention-grabbing. The accompanying music videos were unique for their time too, helping elevate Missy into the mainstream. Having Timbaland on production played a huge role in what I just mentioned, curating a signature sound representative of the new millennium. There are a TON of guest features here (Aaliyah, Lil' Kim, Busta Rhymes, among may others) which might take away from Missy a bit, and I'd probably consider some of her later albums the "better" works, but everyone starts somewhere. This "somewhere" was the launching pad for a superstar.

I thought I would enjoy this more than I did. But the album felt too repetitive and timbalands style has not aged well at all.

Missy Elliott's influence is completely undeniable and demands attention. This is a good album. But I am beginning to wonder about the selection process here: are they just picking culturally significant artists' first records because without them, we don't get the others? So far we've had Elvis, Coldplay, Missy Elliott, maybe one or two others I'm blanking on. This definitely isn't Missy Elliott's best; it's great, no doubt about it, but if we're meant to interpret this list as the "greatest" (or at least the most culturally transformative) albums ever, I don't know why this was picked over something that was to come down the road from her. Oh well. Still a good listen, and when it was over, I was sad to see it go. Guess that counts for something. We better get some fucking MF DOOM from this thing if it's gonna give us this one.

Incredibly influential album but I know Missy and Timbaland hit their stride a few years later. Thinking 30 years ago this was probably a breath of fresh air but it’s just missing that spark for me to rate it higher, especially knowing what they do later.

Dude I’m a pretty recent convert to Missy Elliott (actually listened to this for the first time like a month ago maybe) but she’s pretty fucking awesome and has some of the coolest aesthetic choices in music videos especially. Timbaland is also great here. A chorus that’s just saying “I’m such a good rapper”??? Babe what? I love this.

nonsense

Not really a style of music I get on with. Liked the beat, the rhythm and her voice but all together gets 3 stars.

Supa satsfying

Not as strong as her other album on the list

This album was fine, but I really dug the hits and songs that didn’t have Busta Rhymes shouting nonsense. Tbh, the previous album by Leonard Cohen was somehow exactly what I needed this weekend.

Great Songs: Good Songs: Hit 'Em wit da Hee, The Rain, Beep Me 911, Bite Our Style, Best Friends, Gettaway, Busta's Outro, Missy's Finale Mid Songs: Busta's Intro, Sock It 2 Me, They Don't Wanna Fuck wit Me, Pass da Blunt, Friendly Skies, Don't Be Comin' (In My Face), Izzy, Izzy Ahh, Why You Hurt Me?, I'm Talking Bad Songs:

#729. Keeping with tradition here with an album from an artist we know that has none of the songs we've ever heard. 3/5: fine

good album

I’m a little mixed on this album. On one hand, Missy Elliott has always kind of left a bad taste in my mouth, because her style just never really clicked with me. But I’ll give her credit where it’s due, the production on this is pretty solid and definitely helped balance things out. Timbaland’s beats carried a lot of the weight for me and made the album a more enjoyable listen overall, and that says a lot, considering Timbaland is also someone who usually brings a bad taste to my mouth.

Good vibes and fun beats, but didn't hit quite as hard as Missy's subsequent work

Ok. We get it.

Came across this in the last year and really liked Sock It To Me. Sent that song to my friend Pat, who also likes rap, and have been self conscious about it ever since. Hyper sexual song about Missy Elliot getting fucked, maybe should have sent some kind of qualifier. Great song, but I don’t identify with it HAHA! Fun album, couple saves, but pretty limited in the same ways a lot of these 90’s rap albums are. Big personality on Missy. Make it hot, aight? I’m out.