Missy Elliot Speaks on Absence From Hip Hop Scene

Missy use to be one the hottest female rappers back in the late 90s, and early 2000s. She was revolutionary with her flow, production, and with her dance steps in music videos. But, for sometime now, she has been off the hip hop scene. Her last album was The Cookbook, from 2005. In a recent interview with Yahoo, she spoke on what's been happening with her career.

"When I create something, it’s gotta be special and it can’t just be to throw something out there because I feel like I’m Missy. I gotta feel like what I’m giving the fans is 100 percent and that it’s game-changing. I don’t just throw out microwave records.

When you are creating to the magnitude that I try to create, your brain is like a computer sometimes. It needs to refresh...Your brain needs time to refresh...Just being inspired by things is what I’m grabbing for because music is different now. Not to say that it’s bad. It’s just different now, so I’m just trying to make sure that what I give is 100 percent because I know that expectations is high from my fans and it’s high of myself."