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Missy Elliott Reveals The Shocking Way She Came Up With Her Unique Sound · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Missy Elliott is without
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Speaker 1: question one of the most influential hip hop and pop
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Speaker 1: artists of any error, largely because she didn't sound like
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Speaker 1: anything on the radio when she arrived on the scene.
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Speaker 1: And Missy tells Interview Magazine that's because she had no
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Speaker 1: idea what was hot at the time, saying for my
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Speaker 1: first album, I didn't really listen to the radio. I
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Speaker 1: didn't watch videos, I didn't do any of those things,
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Speaker 1: and I didn't realize how much that helped me at
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Speaker 1: the time. It helped me because Timberland, who produced it,
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Speaker 1: and I didn't mimic, so we did something far left.
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Speaker 1: We weren't afraid because we didn't know it was hot anyway.
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Speaker 1: Whatever we were doing. If it seems to be working,
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Speaker 1: stay there. Don't allow other things to make you second
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Speaker 1: guess yourself as long as it feels good. Considering Missy
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Speaker 1: is the best selling female rapper Vault Time, that is
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Speaker 1: good advice for every aspiring artist. That's direct from Hollywood