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.

"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

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.

Missy is a great role model. She works very hard in making her videos and puts alot of thoughtwhen doing it.Her videos are always different from other videos which makes it very interesting and enjoyable. She and her dancers are rated off the chart. I love missy and will continue supporting her. Keep up the good work and good luck. You're the best. KEEP YEH HEAD UP.

Missy's fourth music delivery is not far to be labeled from tasting like the first three. What makes "Under Construction" different from the rest, is the fact, that "Work It" made Missy an International Music Star, and established her as a main force in the top 40. But this album is really in touch with the old school Missy, many tracks find themselves lost in that early 80's oblivion, for someone who doesn't understand this, would find this record anoying and boring. But if we focus in the first two singles "Work It" and "Gossip Folks" I can asure there is no more delightful Pop-Rap-Hip Hop tracks around today, pretty music gems of the new millenium that will stand the test of time.