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Décidément, quelle drôle de chose que l’ « avis général »… Si l’on ne se fiait qu’à lui, on n’aurait sans doute jamais pris la peine d’écouter This Is Not A Test !, le cinquième album de Missy Elliott, puisque « de l’avis général », il s’agissait là de l’album de trop, celui qui faisait la part belle au remplissage, au détriment des titres forts – avis confirmé par les dires de la chanteuse elle-même, qui avoua plus tard avoir été forcée de sortir ce disque plus rapidement qu’elle ne l’aurait souhaité…
Et pourtant, pour peu que l’on s’obstine à se faire son propre avis sur la question, l’écoute de l’album vient percuter ces a priori de manière plutôt frontale : à peu de choses près, This Is Not A Test ! est l’album de Missy Elliott que l’on aurait rêvé d’entendre à l’époque de Miss E… So Addictive. Sombre, urbain et plutôt dur de prime abord, l’album sait ménager des temps de pause au sein de son univers claustrophobe ; mais la légèreté de « Ragtime Interlude », le funk élastique de « Toyz » ou la ballade soul « It’s Real » ne sont que des paliers précédant de nouvelles plongées en apnée dans les productions grinçantes de Timbaland.
Car c’est bien lui la véritable star de l’album : plus génial que jamais, il n’a ici de cesse d’empiler rythmes métalliques compressés (« Wake Up »), sonorités rouillées (« Pump It Up ») et râles synthétiques (« Spelling Bee ») pour composer une sorte de symphonie noirâtre, sans issue.
Signe évident de cette prise de pouvoir du producteur : les invités, habituellement bien mis en valeur au sein des chansons de Missy Elliott, semblent ici se dissoudre un par un dans le chaudron de Timbaland (R. Kelly, assez peu audible sur « Dats What I’m Talkin’ About » ; Monica, méconnaissable sur le noir « Don’t Be Cruel »…) ; et la maîtresse de maison elle-même semble parfois faire de la figuration sur son propre disque !
Les réactions de rejet provoquées par This Is Not a Test ! s’expliquent dès lors assez facilement : en tant qu’album de Missy Elliott, il s’agit en effet d’un disque assez moyen. En revanche, en tant que disque de Timbaland, il s’agit d’un chef-d’œuvre. N’entrons pas dans une vaine polémique ; ignorons le nom inscrit sur la pochette et tranchons de la façon suivante : grand disque, tout simplement.
©Copyright Music Story 2021
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Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, Assistant Recording Engineer - Craig Brockman, Keyboards - Missy Elliott, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Timbaland, Producer, Writer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - NILE RODGERS, Writer - BERNARD EDWARDS, Writer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Chris Puram, Audio Recording Engineer - Mary J. Blige, FeaturedArtist - Ian Blanch, Audio Recording Engineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Senator Jimmy D., Audio Recording Engineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, Assistant Mixing Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Writer - Harold Brown, Writer - Howard Scott, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Writer - Missy Elliott, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Vadim Chislov, AssistantEngineer - Timbaland, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - B.B. Dickerson, Writer - Lonnie Jordan, Writer - Charles Miller, Writer - Scott Kieklak, MixingEngineer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Paul Huston, Writer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Vincent Mason, Writer - Papa Dee Allen, Writer - Lee Levitin, Writer - Senator Jimmy D., Audio Recording Engineer - Dave Jolicoeur, Writer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, Assistant Recording Engineer - Missy Elliott, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Timbaland, Producer, Writer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - Jay-Z, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Senator Jimmy D., Audio Recording Engineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, AssistantEngineer - Missy Elliott, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Elephant Man, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Timbaland, Producer, Writer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Lindsey Fields, Backing Vocals - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Senator Jimmy D., RecordingEngineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Missy Elliott, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - K-Mack, Writer - Leon Sylvers, Writer - Vadim Chislov, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Demolition Man, AssistantEngineer - Marcella "Ms Lago" Araica, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer - Fabolous, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kieklak, MixingEngineer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Craig X. Brockman, Keyboards - Soul Diggaz, Producer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Bless, Writer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - William Shelby, Writer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, Assistant Mixing Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Craig Brockman, Producer, Writer - Missy Elliott, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Vadim Chislov, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Timbaland, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - Scott Kieklak, MixingEngineer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Bless, Scratch - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Senator Jimmy D., RecordingEngineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Marcella Araica, Assistant Mixing Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Nisan Stewart, Producer, Writer - Craig Brockman, Producer - Missy Elliott, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Vadim Chislov, Assistant Mixing Engineer - R. Kelly, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kieklak, MixingEngineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, Assistant Recording Engineer - Alvin Fields, Writer - Missy Elliott, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Timbaland, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - Monica, FeaturedArtist - Beenie Man, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Hurby Azor, Writer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Michael Zager, Writer - Senator Jimmy D., Audio Recording Engineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, Assistant Mixing Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Craig Brockman, Producer, Writer - Missy Elliott, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Vadim Chislov, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Timbaland, Producer, Writer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - Scott Kieklak, MixingEngineer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Kirk Robinson, Writer - MC Lyte, Writer, Voice Samples - Missy Elliott, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Timbaland, Producer, Vocals - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - Jimmy D, MixingEngineer - Rod Temperton, Writer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Bless, Scratch - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Senator Jimmy D., Audio Recording Engineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Missy Elliott, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Timbaland, Producer, Writer - Demolition Man, AssistantEngineer - Marcella "Ms Lago" Araica, AssistantEngineer - Senator Jimmy Douglass, Audio Recording Engineer - Nelly, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, AssistantEngineer - Craig Brockman, Producer - Missy Elliott, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Missy Elliot, Writer - Gavin Christopher, Writer - Rufus & Chaka Khan, Voice Samples - TONY MAIDEN, Writer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Lindsey Fields, Backing Vocals - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, Assistant Recording Engineer - Missy Elliott, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Timbaland, Producer, Writer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Senator Jimmy D., RecordingEngineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, Assistant Recording Engineer - Missy Elliott, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Timbaland, Producer, Writer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Senator Jimmy D., Audio Recording Engineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Marcella Araica, Assistant Mixing Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Nisan Stewart, Producer - Craig Brockman, Producer, Writer - Missy Elliott, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Vadim Chislov, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Timbaland, Writer - The Clark Sisters, FeaturedArtist - Scott Kieklak, MixingEngineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Jimmy Douglass, MixingEngineer - Marcella Araica, Assistant Recording Engineer - Craig Brockman, Keyboards - Missy Elliott, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, ExecutiveProducer - Timbaland, Writer, ExecutiveProducer - Demolition Man, Assistant Recording Engineer - Jay Brown, A&R Manager, ExecutiveProducer - Herb Powers, MasteringEngineer - Chris Puram, Audio Recording Engineer - Mary J. Blige, FeaturedArtist - Ian Blanch, Audio Recording Engineer - Carlos Bedoya, Audio Recording Engineer - Demacio Castellon, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Senator Jimmy D., RecordingEngineer
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Chronique
Décidément, quelle drôle de chose que l’ « avis général »… Si l’on ne se fiait qu’à lui, on n’aurait sans doute jamais pris la peine d’écouter This Is Not A Test !, le cinquième album de Missy Elliott, puisque « de l’avis général », il s’agissait là de l’album de trop, celui qui faisait la part belle au remplissage, au détriment des titres forts – avis confirmé par les dires de la chanteuse elle-même, qui avoua plus tard avoir été forcée de sortir ce disque plus rapidement qu’elle ne l’aurait souhaité…
Et pourtant, pour peu que l’on s’obstine à se faire son propre avis sur la question, l’écoute de l’album vient percuter ces a priori de manière plutôt frontale : à peu de choses près, This Is Not A Test ! est l’album de Missy Elliott que l’on aurait rêvé d’entendre à l’époque de Miss E… So Addictive. Sombre, urbain et plutôt dur de prime abord, l’album sait ménager des temps de pause au sein de son univers claustrophobe ; mais la légèreté de « Ragtime Interlude », le funk élastique de « Toyz » ou la ballade soul « It’s Real » ne sont que des paliers précédant de nouvelles plongées en apnée dans les productions grinçantes de Timbaland.
Car c’est bien lui la véritable star de l’album : plus génial que jamais, il n’a ici de cesse d’empiler rythmes métalliques compressés (« Wake Up »), sonorités rouillées (« Pump It Up ») et râles synthétiques (« Spelling Bee ») pour composer une sorte de symphonie noirâtre, sans issue.
Signe évident de cette prise de pouvoir du producteur : les invités, habituellement bien mis en valeur au sein des chansons de Missy Elliott, semblent ici se dissoudre un par un dans le chaudron de Timbaland (R. Kelly, assez peu audible sur « Dats What I’m Talkin’ About » ; Monica, méconnaissable sur le noir « Don’t Be Cruel »…) ; et la maîtresse de maison elle-même semble parfois faire de la figuration sur son propre disque !
Les réactions de rejet provoquées par This Is Not a Test ! s’expliquent dès lors assez facilement : en tant qu’album de Missy Elliott, il s’agit en effet d’un disque assez moyen. En revanche, en tant que disque de Timbaland, il s’agit d’un chef-d’œuvre. N’entrons pas dans une vaine polémique ; ignorons le nom inscrit sur la pochette et tranchons de la façon suivante : grand disque, tout simplement.
©Copyright Music Story 2021
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 16 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:56:05
- Artistes principaux : Missy Elliott
- Label : EastWest
- Genre : Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2003 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
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