ANTHEMS: Missy Elliott — Work It

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Cultural critic Ivie Ani breaks down how Missy Elliott broke into the pantheon of anthems, and how she changed the scope of who could belong. Songs Discussed Missy Elliott - Work It Blondie - Heart of Glass RUN-DMC - Peter Piper Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three - Request Line Snoop Dogg - Y'All Gone Miss Me Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby Justin Timberlake - Sexy Back Trace Adkins - Honky Tonk Badonkadonk Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) Lil Kim - Not Tonight (Remix) Missy Elliott - Lose Control (feat. Ciara & Fat Man Scoop) Missy Elliott - Sock It 2 Me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:56.0	Welcome to Switched On Pop.
1:04.5	I'm songwriter Charlie Harding, and this is the final episode in our series on Anthems.
1:11.4	Today, I'm joined by Cultural Critic and Friend of the podcast, EVA Any.
1:16.1	EVA, thank you for being here.
1:17.4	Thank you so much for having me.
1:18.8	I'm happy to be back.
1:20.2	Here's what we're going to do.
1:21.9	I'm going to play you just a few notes of a song.
1:25.3	I want you to tell me what it conjures up for you.
1:28.3	Come on, is it worth it?
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