Seems to use the reversing technique and Bob George voice in a lot of her recent productions much like Prince did back in the day? I read an interview once where Timbaland said Prince was his favorite producer of all time, so I wonder if Missy feels the same?

Some examples include "Xtasy," "Slap, Slap, Slap," "Work It," "Pussycat" (Bob George voice rapping), Monica's "So Gone" Remix and "Knock Knock (she also used her verion of the "Bob George voice" on the intro of this song), Tweet's "Drunk," (although she didn't produce it, but I'm sure she probably suggested it), Beyonce's "Signs"

Just an observation.

okaypimpn said:

I noticed that also. I like it. And alot of people don't like Signs, but I likethe backwards part.

And the Monica songs also.

OK, I've been a Prince fan since the early 80's, but I'm clueless about his history of reversing.

Aside from the part at the end of Darling Nikki that everyone at first thought was Satanic, when did Prince use the reversing technique??

thanx

Waaay too old ya'll lol shit, Its too old that dust is all over it.

Missy is a serious Prince fanatic,,,notice the "Good gawd" voice? Thats only a simple thang from her.

Harlepolis said:

Yeah but she may have lifted "Good gawd" from the same place Prince did...James Brown.

WonderU said:

hahaha...i was thinking the same thing like...huh..wouldn't that be james brown. lawd we need to learn our music history for real...

okaypimpn said:

Who's Bob George?

UptownDeb said:

C'mon now UptownDeb! I know you know Prince's pseudonym "Bob George"!!! It's the same voice he used on the same track from The Black Album. Basically instead of using the sped up Camille voice, he slowed it down (screwed it).

SynthiaRose said:

In the movie Purple Rain, the love scene w/ Apollonia has "God" instrumental playing with a girl crying backwards, the infamous B-side of "America", "Girl" has Wendy saying the exact same words Prince is singing backwards (in the background), "Starfish and Coffee" has drums and a guitar backwards towards the end of it, Sheila E.'s "Shortberry Strawcake" has Prince singing along w/ his guitar a backwards message (I'm still trying to figure it out). The list goes on and on...
[This message was edited Sun Jun 29 11:07:14 PDT 2003 by okaypimpn]

okaypimpn said:

Wow! I can't believe I missed all that. I'm 'bout to go listen to everything you just wrote here.

okaypimpn said:

Huh I do believe Missy Produced tweet's whole album, She is a Missy Protege' I thought everybody knew that . Missy wrote the song opps , not tweet. I think it threw alot of people off, because Missy's using a alias name jus like Prince did with the alexander nevermind name

okaypimpn said:

Prince used the reversing technique earlier than this...anyone wanna guess when it started before I give the answer???



-SWANGlovestofunkwithy'all

Prince probably picked the backwards from the Beatles also. George Clinton did it with Parliament also. But Since it is obvious that Timbaland and Missy are Prince fanatics, they do sum Princey things and even Missy goes to giv him credit on "Pussycats", not 2 mention another Princey beat 2 it.

SWANG said:

wasn't it soewhere around the "for you" days

lovebizzare said:

First thing you hear on the first album is reversed. Listen for yourself...

-SWANGgivesprops2LoveBizarre

SWANG said:

ya ya yay ha hoo hoo hoo hoo! lol!

WonderU said:

lol, I was thinkin' the same thing.

SynthiaRose said:

he 1st used backward masking on on the for you album in 1978 on the opening track

DigitalLisa said:

No..she didn't. Just because she's a protege doesn't mean that she produces every single track on there. In fact, Missy only wrote three songs on there (with Timbaland). All the other songs were written and produced by Nisan Stewart, Craig Brockman, and Tweet.

Missy using a pseudonym??? WTF??!!! That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!!! Clearly, you don't have Tweet's album or never heard it because Missy has said in numerous interviews that she was a amazed at how many songs Tweet already had written before she was signed.
[This message was edited Mon Jun 30 5:44:25 PDT 2003 by okaypimpn]

Finess said:

Totally slipped my mind!

okaypimpn said:

I slept on the Black Album, okaypimpn. I've never heard of that pseudonym.

UptownDeb said:

Oh my! Please re-discover it. You won't be disappointed. He also uses the "Bob George" voice when playing the character of Tora Tora from The NPG's "Exodus" album.

SWANG said:

FINESS said

You are so right. I though he was just singing unintelligible words. I can't believe I never realized that.

UptownDeb said:

Bob George was so popular it was quoted in the Request Magazine not 2 long ago when they interviewed Bobbino I think. (is that his name dammit?).

How is Bob George a diss 2 Boy George other than the "similar" title?

I hear many fans say this.

Harlepolis said:

It's got nothing to do with Boy George.

Cloudbuster said:

Thanx, that what I wanna know!

The song 'Bob George' was influenced in part by Bob Cavallo & Nelson George.

So there you have it!

Cloudbuster said:

i wonder what Missy & Timbaland thought of Bob George...matter of fact Jay Z too.

paisleypark4 said:

I imagine they found it hilarious as most folk do.

It is a great tune.