{"id":2447897,"date":"2019-08-22T22:46:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T04:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=875129"},"modified":"2019-08-22T22:46:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T04:46:03","slug":"missy-elliott-drops-new-iconology-ep-unveils-throw-it-back-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/missy-elliott-drops-new-iconology-ep-unveils-throw-it-back-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Missy Elliott Drops New \u2018Iconology\u2019 EP, Unveils \u2018Throw It Back\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Missy Elliott<\/a> surprised fans at midnight on Thursday with a new five-track EP, titled Iconology.<\/em> Produced by Elliott, Timbaland and Wili Hendrix, it is the long-awaited follow-up to her 2005 sixth studio album, The Cookbook<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The video for the lead single \u201cThrow It Back\u201d pays homage to the old school while remaining fresh, with Elliott fronting a bevy of adept dancers who take to the streets, Double Dutch jump rope and even get down in space in the new visual. \u201cLet\u2019s #ThrowItBack to a time when music just felt good and made us want to dance!\u201d she teased via her Twitter account<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

To wit, the colorful video, which costars Teyana Taylor, offers plenty of dance moves along with references to the past, while looking to the future. Over a rumbling bass, she references her classic \u201cWork It\u201d with a knowing wink when she instructs her posse of dancers to \u201cflip it and reverse it\u201d and there\u2019s a past and present nod to the MTV VMA Moon Man statue when the legend is seen in a space suit planting her own Missy Elliott-initialed flag on the moon. On Monday, she will receive the MTV Video Vanguard Award<\/a>, bestowed on honorees for their lifetime achievements.<\/p>\n

Iconology<\/em> is notably Elliott\u2019s first record release in 14 years. The rapper-singer has openly struggled with Graves\u2019 disease<\/a>: an autoimmune thyroid condition that kept her from even holding a pen some days, and nearly caused a car wreck. Still, Elliott enthralled listeners with scores of one-off singles and collaborations: from 2015\u2019s \u201cWTF (Where They From)\u201d to her most recent feature in Lizzo\u2019s 2019 track, \u201cTempo.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

This year, Elliott became the first female rapper to receive an honorary Doctor of Music<\/a> degree from Berklee College of Music. She was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Iconology<\/em> Track List<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cThrow It Back\u201d
2. \u201cCool Off\u201d
3. \u201cDripDemeanor (Feat. Sum 1)\u201d
4. \u201cWhy I Still Love You?\u201d
5. \u201cWhy I Still Love You? (Acapella)\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Missy Elliott surprised fans at midnight on Thursday with a new five-track EP, titled Iconology. Produced by Elliott, Timbaland and Wili Hendrix, it is the long-awaited follow-up to her 2005 sixth studio album, The Cookbook. The video for the lead single \u201cThrow It Back\u201d pays homage to the old school while remaining fresh, with Elliott […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2447897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 17:00:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}