Wigs are snatched, braids are jump roped over, and a queen is pulled in her chariot in Missy Elliott’s new video, “Throw It Back.”
Missy Misdemeanor is back…even though she never left. Fourteen years after Missy Elliott released her platinum record The Cookbook, the music veteran surprised fans with an EP titled Iconology. The EP is aptly named as Missy is certainly an icon in the industry, and her five-track project comes just in time for Missy to be honored at the MTV Video Music Awards with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award on Monday.
To celebrate the release, she has shared a new video for the highlight “Throw It Back.” The clip begins with a young girl being pushed through a door by her “friend,” after which the girl finds herself in a Missy Elliott-themed art gallery. She meets Teyana Taylor’s character, who informs her that she is in “The Hall Of Missy.” The girl asks who Missy is, to which a shocked Taylor responds, “You don’t know who Missy is? Missy Misdemeanor? Missy Elliott? The innovator of all innovators? The avant de garde? The game-changing sensation?” The scene then cuts to Elliott in a pink-hued neighborhood, and from there, she and a horde of background dancers go through various colorful outfits and environments.
In short, it’s classic Missy and a very welcome return from exactly who we fell in love with in that giant trashbag looking suit all those years ago. Take a look at the video below and let us know what you think. ISSA BOP OR ISSA FLOP?
