Block Party (album)
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Block Party is the seventh studio album
by American rapper/producer/singer-songwriter Missy Elliott
, scheduled to be released late that year or early in the following year. The album was initially to be released in December 2007; additional songs were recorded in spring 2009 and beyond that will replace the majority or all
the original tracklisting. Missy Elliott
has confirmed that Timbaland
will be producing the enitre album, as done on most of her previous albums, and it has been said that the album "feels like old Timbaland and Missy, sounds refreshed...90's sound with a futuristic twist."
and BET's 106 & Park
TV shows on February 4, and was tagged as 'the first ever in 3D' with a feature from Japanese Hip Hop group U-Min as background dancers; despite this, they were both only moderate hits and internationally peaked in the lower half of all the Top 100 singles ranks; "Ching-a-Ling" was later listed at #69 in Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of 2008.
"Best, Best" followed. Plans for its music video and as the album's first single never materialized with it only making a one-week appearance at #94 on the US's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with silent reaction elsewhere.
In June 2009, in an interview with Elle Magazine, Missy Elliott
said that she chose the title "Block Party" because it "fits the music the best because it's so upbeat".
On August 18, 2010, Missy announced via her official Twitter account that an upcoming, possibly first single from the album would be titled "Blow Ya Whistle".
Prior to the death of British singer Amy Winehouse
, Elliott confirmed she and Timbaland would collaborate with the artist on an untitled track during the 2008 recording sessions. However, it has not been confirmed whether or not the track will be released.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American rapper/producer/singer-songwriter Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
, scheduled to be released late that year or early in the following year. The album was initially to be released in December 2007; additional songs were recorded in spring 2009 and beyond that will replace the majority or all
the original tracklisting. Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
has confirmed that Timbaland
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
will be producing the enitre album, as done on most of her previous albums, and it has been said that the album "feels like old Timbaland and Missy, sounds refreshed...90's sound with a futuristic twist."
Background
Two new Elliott songs, "Ching-A-Ling" and "Shake Your Pom" made their original appearance in the beginning of 2008; the former was the first single for the Step Up 2: The Streets soundtrack with assisted production from the Arkitects while the latter was an adjacent A-side and typical Timbaland and Elliott production collaboration. A groundbreaking combination music video of both tracks publicly premiered on the now-defunct MTV's TRLTRL
TRL sometimes refers to the television show Total Request Live.TRL may also refer to:* Tariff Reform League, a British pressure group* Telstra Research Laboratories, an Australian telecommunications research centre...
and BET's 106 & Park
106 & Park
106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...
TV shows on February 4, and was tagged as 'the first ever in 3D' with a feature from Japanese Hip Hop group U-Min as background dancers; despite this, they were both only moderate hits and internationally peaked in the lower half of all the Top 100 singles ranks; "Ching-a-Ling" was later listed at #69 in Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of 2008.
"Best, Best" followed. Plans for its music video and as the album's first single never materialized with it only making a one-week appearance at #94 on the US's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with silent reaction elsewhere.
In June 2009, in an interview with Elle Magazine, Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
said that she chose the title "Block Party" because it "fits the music the best because it's so upbeat".
On August 18, 2010, Missy announced via her official Twitter account that an upcoming, possibly first single from the album would be titled "Blow Ya Whistle".
Prior to the death of British singer Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse was an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize...
, Elliott confirmed she and Timbaland would collaborate with the artist on an untitled track during the 2008 recording sessions. However, it has not been confirmed whether or not the track will be released.
Confirmed
- "Patty Cake" (produced by Timbaland)
- "Murder She Wrote" (produced by Timbaland)
- "Pre Madonna/Prima Donna" (produced by TimbalandTimbalandTimothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
, co-produced by Missy Elliott) - "I'm a Triple Threat" (produced by Timbaland)
- "Real Hip Hop" (produced by Timbaland)
- "Warped" (featuring Timbaland, Magoo & SebastianSebastianSaint Sebastian was a Christian saint and martyr, who is said to have been killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians. He is commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post and shot with arrows...
; produced by Timbaland) - "Pin the Tail" (produced by TimbalandTimbalandTimothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
, co-produced by Missy Elliott)
Unconfirmed tracks
- "Blow Ya Whistle" (produced by Soul Diggaz)
- "Milk & Cookies" (featuring Melanie B)
- "Hip Hop Don't Die" (featuring Jazmine SullivanJazmine SullivanJazmine Marie Sullivan is an American recording artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also the protégé of rapper Missy Elliott. Her debut single "Need U Bad" reached number one on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while her second single, "Bust Your Windows" peaked at number four...
, produced by T. Gooch) - "Act a Fool" (produced by SoulDiggaz)
- "Love" (produced by TimbalandTimbalandTimothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
) - "All 4 U" (featuring Lil WayneLil WayneDwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...
, produced by SoulDiggaz) - "Ching-a-LingChing-a-Ling"Ching-a-Ling" is a song by Missy Elliott, and is the lead single for the Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack. The song premiered on both Elliott's MySpace and official website on January 10, 2008. Within a week, it had debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was made...
" (produced by The Arkitects) - "Shake Your Pom PomShake Your Pom Pom"Shake Your Pom Pom" is a song by Missy Elliott, and is a single from the Step Up 2 the Streets soundtrack. It was also supposed to appear on Elliott's forthcoming album Block Party. The song was released in Germany and the U.S.-Music video:...
" (produced by Timbaland) - "Best, BestBest, Best"Best, Best" is a song by American rapper-songwriter Missy Elliott.Written and produced by Elliott and Danja, "Best, Best" is a futuristic sounding, mid-tempo Hip-hop and R&B song. Like some of Elliott's other songs it is rapped and sung...
" (produced by Danja) - "Rather" (produced by Missy Elliott, co-produced by Lamb)
- "Fire" (featuring T-PainT-PainFaheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...
, produced by Hit-Boy) - "Like When You Play the Music" (featuring Jazmine SullivanJazmine SullivanJazmine Marie Sullivan is an American recording artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also the protégé of rapper Missy Elliott. Her debut single "Need U Bad" reached number one on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while her second single, "Bust Your Windows" peaked at number four...
) - "Let's Do It Again" (produced by Timbaland)
- "Talk That Shit" (featuring T-PainT-PainFaheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...
, TimbalandTimbalandTimothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper....
, Lil WayneLil WayneDwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...
& AkonAkonAliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
, produced by Timbaland) - "Put It on Ya" (featuring Teyana Taylor, produced by The NeptunesThe NeptunesThe Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...
) - "Lets Do It Again"(featuring Amy WinehouseAmy WinehouseAmy Jade Winehouse was an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize...
, produced by Timbaland)
Notes
- In early 2008, a demo version of "Fire" leaked via the internet.
- In summer 2008, an unfinished version of "Talk That Shit" was leaked; months following the incident, Elliott's verses were mixed with the track as the final product, however Elliott confirmed the track was not initially intended for Block Party, but for Timbaland's LP, Shock Value 2, which never made the final cut.
- In February 2009, an unauthorized snippet of "Put It on Ya" leaked, interfering with labels' decisions for a lead single in replacement of the former contending single, "Best, Best". Briefly reported by the U.K. press, "Put It on Ya" was to see a release in June 2009, along with an accompanying song featuring Danny!Danny!Danny!, also known as D. Swain , is an American rap performer and record producer from Columbia, South Carolina, a former student of the Savannah College of Art & Design and, previously, a recording artist for Definitive Jux Records. L.A. Weekly has called Danny! "the best new artist that Def Jux...
; however, nothing was released or promoted at its planned date. By October 2009, an unfinished version of the song leaked and was to see an official release in November, however the date was scrapped and Elliott confirmed the song would not see a release on the album. - In summer 2009, Elliott confirmed the love ballad, "Rather" would not make the final cut, after an upsetting leak of the record occurred before its finalization.
- By Thanksgiving 2009, an unfinished version of "Act a Fool" leaked via the internet under the name, "Touch My Body".
- In late December 2009, a rough unfinished version of "All 4 U" leaked via the internet.