I am a 50-year-old white guy who grew up in Chicago listening to what I still consider to be the greatest music Americans have ever made: stuff like the Temptations, Smokey, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, etc. And while the over-the-top profanity bugs me on this Missy Elliott CD, it rocks like nobody's business. I put it on at the gym and the next thing I know, my hour on the Stairmaster is over and I'm spent and jacked up at the same time. Her point about the vulgarity is well-taken: Prince got away with it forever, why not the women, too? Most of it's funny and harmless and after awhile it's easy to overlook. But she's got a lot to say and does so with wit and wisdom and beats that will knock even an old fart like me off my [butt]. If you don't get an overwhelming urge to move while this thing is on, man, you are stone-cold deceased. It's a great record, no two ways about it. I've listened to it everyday for three straight weeks and can't put it aside. Funny: my 17-year-old daughter is in the other room listening to the Supremes Greatest Hits --you go, girl -- and I got Missy on. It's all good.

After listening to Miss E...So Addictive nonstop for over a year after its release, I wasn't sure if Missy could pull off again. I could not have been more wrong! After hearing "Work It" I knew shew was not going to disappoint. Under Construction is easily one of the best R&B/Hip-Hop albums in the last few years. Missy & Timbaland's beats not only take you way into the future, but also back into the fun days of music. And she does all this while staying original!!! As on her last album, Tweet provides some smooth backup vocals to many of the songs. Here's the breakdown:
1.Go To The Floor-Spoken word intro talking about premise of the album and Aaliyah's passing. Then it turns into a hot jam where Missy raps over one of Timbaland's tight beats. Hard not to dance to this one!
2.Bring The Pain: Another great beat from Timbaland where Missy sings about getting together with some guy. Also has a great rap from Method Man.
3.Gossip Folks: This song has Missy rapping with a different voice about all of the hating and gossip that has been said about her lately. Ludacris has a rap part too. This song is like Work It where there are parts where you can't understand what she's saying.
4.Work It: You all know it.
5.Back In The Day: Jay-Z raps and Missy songs about the old days of hip-hop and how much music has changed. Awesome old-school beat which shows Timbaland and Missy's flexibility as artists.
6.Funky Fresh Dressed: One of the best songs on the album. Missy is at her best here, rapping with great lyrics over one of Timbaland's greatest beats. The music changes for Ms. Jade's rap, and only gets hotter. It almost sounds like Missy and Ms. Jade just came in and did a freestyle.
7.P***ycat: Another song that could be the album's best. Missy's vocals are awesome as she sings about using her p***y to keep her man. The song seductively takes you in and doesn't let go. Tweet's background vocals are hot too. This song also shows how Missy can make a tight beat without Timbaland. It kind of sounds like Aaliyah's "Rock The Boat."
8.Nothing Out There For Me: Another song produced only by Missy. The verses are parts of a phone conversation between Missy and Beyonce, and the chorus is sung really well by both of them. This shows how Missy is willing to use different ways of arranging her songs, which is why she is so hot!
9.Slide: An awesome dance song. Missy raps over another hot Timbaland beat. The chorus just makes you dance, even if you don't think you are!!!
10.Play That Beat: Missy sings about being there for her man. Of course her lyrics are great and the background vocals are good too.
11. Ain't That Funny: Missy sings over a great bass-heavy Timbaland beat. This song, like "Play That Beat," has backgorund vocals by Lisa Crawford, who sounds like Lil' Mo.
12.Hot: The title says it all, this song is hot!! Missy and Timbaland put together a hot old school beat that sounds like it's from the future.
13.Can You Hear Me: This is a very emotional song by Missy and TLC about the passing of great artists, mainly Left Eye & Aaliyah. The lyrics and the emotions in the vocals by Missy, T-Boz, Chili, and Tweet really get to you and make you feel the pain. Missy also pays respect to Biggie, 2Pac, and other artists who have died. The song also provides hope and closes the album with great memories.

There is also a bonus track which is a remix of "Work It" with 50 Cents. It is not very different form the original, except for a rap in the beginning by 50 Cents. Overall, I gave this CD 5 stars because I could not give it 100!! It has consistently strong lyrics and beats. Missy & Timbaland could not get any better. They show how you don't need any samples to be hot, and how originality gains you more respect. Missy is still Supa Dupa Fly and will never be stopped!!!

"under Construction" is one of the best Missy Elliott albums I've ever heard. It is also the first one recorded after the deaths of Aaliyah And Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. It is full of great rhymes and touching goodbyes. One good song on the album is "Bring The Pain" with Method Man. It is an adaptation of method man's song (Same name from "Tical" in 1994) abd that is a Method Man Classic. The Best Song on the album is "Can You Here Me?" featuring T-Boz And Chili. It is a heart-touching goodbye to Aaliyah, Left Eye (for most of the song), Tupac, BIG, Big pun, and all the other greats who's lives were taken. Anyways, This should be in everyone's Rap/Hip-Hop Collection

I have been a Missy Elliott fan for years. Since day one even before she released her first album "Supa Dupa Fly". I seen her when she was happy and sad(the passing of Aaliyah). When I started listing to the album. Missy tells her fans how she's Under Construction by losing weight and all, and personally I think she looks alot better w/o the weight. But this review isn't maily about Missy personally, it's about her musically. So here it goes.
01. Go To The Floor - A tight track, it makes U wanna go to the floor and dance like the freaks!!(ha ha). And Timbaland really did his thing on this one!!!!
02. Bring The Pain - Missy actually sampled Method Man's track "Bring The Pain", but she made the original sound even hotter!! A definate hit banga!!!!!!!!!!
03. Gossip Folks - This is her new or 2nd single off the album, I seen the video 4 it the other day. The song and video is off the chain. She also samples another old scool jam on the chorus. But this song is a very hot track!!!!
04. Work It - I know most of y'all already heard this one. It's definatly a Missy Elliott one time x-clusive. A very tight song!! WORK IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
05. Back In The Day - The title speaks 4 itself it makes me feel like i'm livin' in the old school dayz when hip hop was SO MUCH FUN!!!!!. And Jay-Z's verse is tight!!!
06. Funky Fresh Dressed - She's tellin' you to turn the volume up!! It's a track that deserves it!!!. And Ms. Jade laced it with an awsome verse.
07. P***ycat - This song is one of the nastyest songs I heard Missy do since day one. But I agree with the other users it does remind you of Aaliyah's song: "Rock The Boat"
08. Nothing Out There For Me - It's basically a conversation between Missy Elliott and Beyonce, Missy's tryin' to convince Beyonce to go clubbin' wit her. Instead of stayin' wit her broke down, good for nothin' Man.
09. Slide - My favorite song on the album!!!. Missy basically is havin' fun with this record. Timbaland did his thing on this one also.
10. Play That Beat - This song is tight! But on the chorus, she's talkin about givin' up the p**y easy!! The song is tight besides her talkin' bout her well U know
11. Ain't That Funny - This song has a rock vibe 2 it. It's one of those tracks that far-left to what Missy usally does. That's what I really like about this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12. Hot - She say's "This is an old school Missy exclusive. It's tight, my favorite line is when Missy says. "I don't carry guns, kick a** wit a chain!!! That's hot.
13. Can You Hear Me - This song is dedicated to Aaliyah & Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, I think it's good that Missy had a song dedicated to her 2 Friends Aaliyah and Lisa. (R.I.P. Babygilrl & Left Eye)
14. Work It (Remix) - Simular to the original, just with a additonal verse with 50 Cent. A hot track with an x-tra verse!!!

This was a very hot album and it's worth buying. You be mad at all. So check out her latest single "Gossip Folks" feat. Ludacris on BET, MTV, or listen to it on tha radio!!!!!
WORK IT!!!!

While there's nothing on "Under Construction" that equals last year's excellent "Get Ur Freak On," Missy's fourth CD is easily her most heartfelt and personal. The deaths of Aaliyah and "Left Eye" Lopes clearly dealt an emotional blow to Missy, who now makes a sincere call to stop the hating and start focusing on what really matters: the music. She makes various references to the old school; puts in check deadbeat lovers, and if you ain't feelin' her, she could care less about what you think. She faithfully reunites with Timbaland for a buffet of jittery beats and grooves while roping in guest rappers and singers. Elliott shines with Jay-Z in "Back in the Day," holds her own in the steamy yet catchy single "Work It," and even Beyonce doesn't sound half-bad in "Nothing Out There for Me." But "Under Construction" saves the best for last as we get to the disc's closer, a collaboration with TLC in "Can You Hear Me," which is a tribute to, of course, Aaliyah and Left Eye. Missy and Timbaland have taken hip hop to such interesting creative heights, that it's pretty hard to imagine what radio would be like without them. She may call her album "Under Construction," but the material on this album suggests that the "work in progress" is very much complete.