Miss E... So Addictive

"So Addictive" redirects here. For the song by Christine Milton, see So Addictive (song).

Miss E... So Addictive is the third studio album by American rapper Missy Elliott. It was released by The Goldmind Inc. and Elektra Records on May 15, 2001, in the United States. 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 Elliott
Released	May 15, 2001 (2001-05-15)
Genre	Hip hop[1] dance[2] R&B[3]
Length	57:07
Label	The Goldmind Elektra
Producer	Timbaland Missy Elliott Craig Brockman Nisan D-Man Big Tank
Missy 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 13, 2001 "Lick Shots" Released: May 1, 2001 "One Minute Man" Released: June 22, 2001 "Take Away" Released: November 5, 2001[4] "4 My People" Released: March 25, 2002[5]

The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 250,000 copies in its first week.^[6] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[7] 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[8]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Blender	[10]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[11]
The Guardian	[1]
Los Angeles Times	[12]
NME	8/10[13]
Pitchfork	8.2/10[2]
Q	[14]
Rolling Stone	[15]
Spin	8/10[16]

Miss E... So Addictive received widespread acclaim from music critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 89 out of 100 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[8] 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."^[9] Rolling Stone found that Miss E... So Addictive "proclaims unto all the world that Missy (the singer-rapper-songwriter), along with Tim (the producer), is back on top, making the most sonically inventive, rhythmically explosive pop music around. La freak, c'est chic."^[15]

The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis found that the album "certainly sounds a little disorientated and spacey" and it "an intriguing album. Packed with unique ideas and brilliantly realised, Miss E... So Addictive is further evidence of Elliott's refusal to play male rappers at their own game and her desire to change the rules entirely. It's an album that sets its own agenda and sounds like nothing else in hip-hop: an incomparable achievement."^[1] David Browne from Entertainment Weekly noted that "Elliott spends too much time dissing detractors, but the hooks come as fast as the reefer references, and for the first time since her debut, she sounds as if she's having a blast singing, rhyming, growling, hissing, and purring."^[11] The New Yorker called Miss E... So Addictive a "foot-tapping, hip-shaking ride from start to finish. Elliott's long-term producer Timbaland refuses to pad the album with filler, instead making every song count, from the driving hip-hop numbers to the languorous ballads."^[17]

Year-end lists

Year-end lists for Miss E... So Addictive

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
The Guardian	The 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century	96	[18]
HipHopDX	HHDX's Top 20 Albums of 2001	—	[19]
NME	Best Albums and Tracks of 2001	26	[20]
Now	Top 10 Decade-Defining Discs	9	[21]
Pitchfork	The 200 Best Albums of the 2000s	77	[22]
Q	Best 50 Albums of 2001	—	[23]
Rolling Stone	200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time	7	[24]
Slant	Top 10 Albums of 2001	9	[25]
Slant	The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s	43	[26]
Village Voice	The 2001 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll	24	[27]

Commercial performance

Miss E... So Addictive debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 250,000 copies in its first week.^[6] This became Elliott's third US top ten debut.^[6] The album ended up spending a total of 43 weeks on the chart.^[28] 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.^[7] As of November 2015, the album has sold 1,767,000 copies in the US.^[29]

Track listing

Miss E... So Addictive track listing

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[a]	5:01
3.	"One Minute Man" (featuring Ludacris)	Elliott Mosley Christopher Bridges	Timbaland Big Tank[a] Elliott[a]	4:35
4.	"Lick Shots"	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott[a]	3:53
5.	"Get Ur Freak On"	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott[a]	3:56
6.	"Scream a.k.a. Itchin'" (featuring Timbaland)	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott[a]	3:57
7.	"Old School Joint"	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott[a]	4:00
8.	"Take Away" (featuring Ginuwine)	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Brockman[a] Elliott[a]	4:58
9.	"4 My People" (featuring Eve)	Elliott Mosley Brockman Nisan Stewart Dante Nolan Eve Jeffers	Nisan D-Man Elliott[a] Timbaland[b]	4:50
10.	"Bus-a-Bus" (Interlude; performed by Busta Rhymes)	Trevor Smith Mosley	Timbaland Elliott[a]	1:10
11.	"Whatcha Gon' Do" (featuring Timbaland)	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott[a]	3:14
12.	"Step Off"	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott[a]	3:58
13.	"X-Tasy"	Elliott Mosley Charlene Keys	Timbaland Elliott[a]	3:35
14.	"Slap! Slap! Slap!" (featuring Da Brat & Jade)	Elliott Mosley Shawntae Harris Chevon Young	Timbaland Elliott[a]	4:05
15.	"I've Changed" (Interlude) (featuring Lil Mo)	Elliott Mosley	Timbaland Elliott[a]	1:05
16.	"One Minute Man" (Remix) (featuring Jay-Z)	Elliott Mosley Shawn Carter	Timbaland Big Tank[a] Elliott[a]	4:35

Hidden bonus tracks (tracks 17 through 28 are blank)^[15]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
29.	"Higher Ground (Prelude)"	Elliott Mosley Kim Burrell	Timbaland Elliott[a]	1:46
30.	"Higher Ground" (featuring Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary & Tweet)	Elliott Mosley Burrell	Timbaland Elliott[a]	5:02

Japanese bonus tracks

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

Reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"4 My People" (Basement Jaxx remix)	Elliott Mosley Brockman Nisan Stewart Dante Nolan Eve Jeffers	Nisan D-Man Elliott[a] Timbaland[b] Basement Jaxx[b]	4:56
17.	"Higher Ground (Prelude)"	Elliott Mosley Kim Burrell	Timbaland Elliott[a]	1:46
18.	"Higher Ground" (featuring Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary & Tweet)	Elliott Mosley Burrell	Timbaland Elliott[a]	5:02

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer

Sample credits

• "Whatcha Gon' Do" contains an uncredited sample of "Colonial Mentality" by Fela Kuti and the Afrika 70.^[30]

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Miss E... So Addictive Chart (2001–2003) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[31] 23 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[32] 16 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[33] 11 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[34] 8 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[35] 14 European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)[36] 11 French Albums (SNEP)[37] 22 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[38] 12 Irish Albums (IRMA)[39] 45 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[40] 42 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[41] 32 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[42] 30 Scottish Albums (OCC)[43] 29 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[44] 27 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[45] 4 UK Albums (OCC)[46] 10 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[47] 2 US Billboard 200[48] 2 US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard)[49] 1

Year-end charts 2001 year-end chart performance for Miss E... So Addictive Chart (2001) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[50] 96 Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[51] 45 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[52] 86 Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[53] 109 Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[54] 27 Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[55] 14 UK Albums (OCC)[56] 133 US Billboard 200[57] 61 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[58] 22 Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[59] 48 2002 year-end chart performance for Miss E... So Addictive Chart (2002) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[60] 74 Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[61] 35 Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[62] 94 Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[63] 51

Certifications

Certifications for Miss E... So Addictive

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[64]	Gold	50,000^
France (SNEP)[65]	Gold	100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[66]	Platinum	317,000[67]
United States (RIAA)[68]	Platinum	1,767,000[29]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.