Missy Elliott
Dear Reader,
Missy Elliott is an original and this was the deciding factor for me choosing her to do my project over. She is a role model to me and to the whole music industry because Missy doesn’t give into the medias image of what they think she should be. She is a strong influential woman who took the male-dominated rap industry and made it her own, to fit her standards.
I wasn’t very familiar with the name Missy Elliott when I first started this projects. I knew she was a female rap star and that she has co-produced many records with partner Timbaland. I also knew she worked with artists such as Aaliyah and Ciara. I used to always listen to her song Lose Control, Get Your Freak On, and Work it. This project has made me learn so much more about her.
As I was trying to find some information about Missy Elliott my research questions developed. I became more interested in her long path to super stardom and how she got to be at the success that she is at now. I wanted to know more what her songs meant to her but during the process of researching this project I became more interested on her originality and power in the industry. I loved the fact she is a strong independent woman and I also love the way she empowers other women to be themselves.
Missy Elliott is one of the greatest rappers in history, so information wasn’t really hard to find. I liked to use sites that have a lot of quotes from her. I also liked using interviews on her because she gave a lot of her opinion. There were also some pretty good magazine articles over her because she is really recent.
Missy had a pretty rough background and through my research I learned a lot more about what she went through and how she dealt with it. The most important thing I learned over this topic is Missy Elliot’s mind set behind her music and her unique element of sound. She is a very original woman and I didn’t know that before this project, also she has revolutionized the rap music industry single handily.
Missy Elliot is a huge name everyone knows, so when I was researching her there were a lot of unreliable articles came up. Also Missy has so much information over her and when I had to narrow down my options on what to write about her was really difficult because I could chose so many brilliant topics and occurrences that have happened to her. I really loved finding information about her originality and success in the business.
If I had a second chance to do this project all over again I think I research about her music more in-depth and find more of the meaning behind her music. I would want to decode and decipher the lyrics and elements of sound she uses. I would want to find out more about her theory to her songwriting.
I really enjoyed researching and learning more about Missy Elliott. She came from a life that was so rough and achieved greatness, she has taught me to always stay true to my dreams and strive for the best. I hope me talking about her influences others to do the same and set their goals high and try to reach them.
Sincerely,
Greta Smithmier
Missy Elliott is an original and this was the deciding factor for me choosing her to do my project over. She is a role model to me and to the whole music industry because Missy doesn’t give into the medias image of what they think she should be. She is a strong influential woman who took the male-dominated rap industry and made it her own, to fit her standards.
I wasn’t very familiar with the name Missy Elliott when I first started this projects. I knew she was a female rap star and that she has co-produced many records with partner Timbaland. I also knew she worked with artists such as Aaliyah and Ciara. I used to always listen to her song Lose Control, Get Your Freak On, and Work it. This project has made me learn so much more about her.
As I was trying to find some information about Missy Elliott my research questions developed. I became more interested in her long path to super stardom and how she got to be at the success that she is at now. I wanted to know more what her songs meant to her but during the process of researching this project I became more interested on her originality and power in the industry. I loved the fact she is a strong independent woman and I also love the way she empowers other women to be themselves.
Missy Elliott is one of the greatest rappers in history, so information wasn’t really hard to find. I liked to use sites that have a lot of quotes from her. I also liked using interviews on her because she gave a lot of her opinion. There were also some pretty good magazine articles over her because she is really recent.
Missy had a pretty rough background and through my research I learned a lot more about what she went through and how she dealt with it. The most important thing I learned over this topic is Missy Elliot’s mind set behind her music and her unique element of sound. She is a very original woman and I didn’t know that before this project, also she has revolutionized the rap music industry single handily.
Missy Elliot is a huge name everyone knows, so when I was researching her there were a lot of unreliable articles came up. Also Missy has so much information over her and when I had to narrow down my options on what to write about her was really difficult because I could chose so many brilliant topics and occurrences that have happened to her. I really loved finding information about her originality and success in the business.
If I had a second chance to do this project all over again I think I research about her music more in-depth and find more of the meaning behind her music. I would want to decode and decipher the lyrics and elements of sound she uses. I would want to find out more about her theory to her songwriting.
I really enjoyed researching and learning more about Missy Elliott. She came from a life that was so rough and achieved greatness, she has taught me to always stay true to my dreams and strive for the best. I hope me talking about her influences others to do the same and set their goals high and try to reach them.
Sincerely,
Greta Smithmier