OXON HILL, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 05: Missy Elliott speaks onstage during 2019 Urban One Honors at MGM National Harbor on December 05, 2019 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
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Missy Elliott Reflects on Her 'She's A B**tch' Video: 'This Is Art!'

Missy Elliott Reflects on Her 'She's A B**tch' Video: 'This Is Art!'

Published Mon, July 31, 2023 at 10:45 AM EDT

Missy Elliott is undoubtedly one of the most innovative, trendsetting artists of our time. As she continues to rack up awards for her decades in the game and stellar output, including becoming the first woman rapper to ever be voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, fans have consistently reminisced on some of her most iconic moments.

Most recently, Missy reacted to a social media post remembering her legendary "She's A B**ch" video, rightly declaring she was "ahead of the game."

"Looking back at these songs & videos this is ART!" she wrote on Twitter. "This is what Risk & a SHIFT in music look like I promise this is FACTS! It took me years to realize but now I can say wit my FULL chest This is NEXT LEVEL."

Missy, who won eightĀ MTV Video Music Awards, including Video Of The Year victory for "Work Itā€ in 2003, and became the first female rapper to receive MTVā€™s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in 2019, also said the space age way she was moving in the video wasn't an effect.

"S/O to Tim/Hype/June/ BillyB China my TeamThe Black lipstickThe stones on my eyes took over 2 hours. Oh I canā€™t 4get the way I moved it wasnā€™t a effect. I just use to move like I thought I was a Alien partying at Area51It was new & different for Hiphop back then," she continued.

Missy has been on the receiving end of a lot of love lately. On a recent episode ofĀ People PartyĀ with Talib Kweli, guest Sleek Louch revealedĀ Missy Elliott'sĀ contribution to 1997's "It's All About The Benjamins" which featuredĀ The Notorious B.I.G., Lil Kim and The Lox.

"A DJ named Super Mario leaked it on purpose," Sheek said. "You weren't even supposed to that shit back then. That song just spread. I didn't even like the record when they played us the track. I walked in, and Missy was in the room, and [I heard the track] and I was like, 'Whatever'. Missy was there dancing and doing the beatbox and we didn't even know who she was at the time. She had the 'hee hee haa' joint out with Gina Thompson at the time... She said, 'Let me hear something...' [and I said my verse from the song] then she asked everybody to rap and told us to write Puff's verse and which verses to keep. She started beatboxing and dancin' and I was like who is this?" Of course, the rest is history.

Reminisce on one of her dopest videos and songs, "She's a B**ch" below.

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