One thing I truly enjoy about music is when an artist succeeds at doing something outside of their comfort zone, crossing genres, changing styles, etc.
We've seen it over the years via a lot of collaboration work ... Run DMC and Aerosmith ... Tim McGraw and Nelly ... Nelly Furtado and Juanes, but I, personally, haven't seen a lot of it going well for solo artists.
Can you imagine a rough guy like BustaRhymes crooning or a smooth cat like Eric Benet rocking out to some punk rock? I mean, hell, look at Vanilla Ice and Tommy Lee ... they tried it, switching styles up, and nobody liked it. There's definitely something worthwhile about staying true to your roots, but when an artist can offer us a track that's outside their norm and that's actually good ... well that's butter, baby!!
Missy Elliott is known for her club rockin' jams and crazy ass videos ... I enjoy them, you enjoy them, she's made millions making them. But I came across a track of hers a few years ago that blew my mind. I would have never guessed this was her ... when I started listening to it, I was waiting for her cameo 16 bars of rhyming in the track like she drops for other R&B singers (see Ciara) but it never came. It's her singing!!!
This track is a testament to the fact that she truly is an artist. She wasn't afraid to switch it up because she knew the track was a hot one.
Missy Elliot - It's Real
Let it bump (softly this time) - RR22
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