M.I.A. can do bad all by herself, but she’s taking it to another level with the remix to her single “Bad Girls” featuring a few fierce femcees.

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Missy Elliott has kept her fans waiting seven years for a new album, but it promises to be worth the wait. The trailblazing rapper has been in the studio with her partner-in-rhyme Timbaland working on the long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s The Cookbook. Rap-Up TV spoke with one of Missy’s best friends, Monica, who shared her excitement over her long-awaited return.

“Missy is missing from music and hip-hop because there’s no one as creative, as dedicated,” said the R&B songstress, who collaborated with Missy on her latest album New Life. “She thinks outside the box, but at the same time, draws you in the box that she’s in. She’s able to make visuals of things that I’ve never even dreamed of. I think hip-hop really needs her right now.”

She’s been lucky enough to hear some of Missy’s latest material. “I’ve heard some new music and all I can tell you is that Missy is at her absolute best when she’s at peace with herself and there’s no pressure,” she shared. “She’s been able to work on her record with a host of real talented people and reinvent herself all over again.”

Is another collaboration on the horizon? “She told me she wanted me to do something on the new record and we never did it,” said Mo, who has a house nearby Missy in Atlanta. “What I do is I just go to the house and we just make music. No time restraints, nobody watching us, nobody coming in between us, we just do it, so I think it will happen.”

Female rap’s new face is joining forces with one of hip-hop’s trailblazers on a new collaboration. Azealia Banks has announced that she and Missy Elliott have something in the pipeline.

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Timbaland kept it real when he stopped by Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club.” The super-producer reminisced on the past and looked to the future, speaking about the return of Missy Elliott, his upcoming album Shock Value III (which he personally calls Ezekiel’s Wheel), a Drake and Aaliyah collaboration, and where Aaliyah would be if she was alive today.

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Missy Elliott hasn’t set foot on the stage in a minute, but she resurfaced last night at a celebration for Hennessy’s Wild Rabbit campaign at Highline Stages in New York. Following an introduction from Erykah Badu, Timbaland got the crowd hype with his hits before bringing out Missy, who sported a bedazzled Jeremy Scott adidas track jacket.

The partners-in-rhyme, who both have new albums dropping this year, debuted new material including “Triple Threat” and “9th Inning,” which samples lyrics from Run-DMC’s “Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse),” accompanied by hip-hop dance duo Les Twins.

“Imma make u dance u dance Imma TRIPLE THREAT! Love u timbo! Feels like old times! 90,s” tweeted Missy.

Watch her exciting return to the stage below.

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If seeing Missy Elliott in J. Cole’s video for “Nobody’s Perfect” wasn’t enough to get you excited for her comeback, Timbaland drums up more anticipation for Misdemeanor’s long-awaited return by previewing some new music.

During his set at the Breeding Ground showcase at SXSW in Austin, Timbo teased with a snippet of a new song from his partner-in-rhyme.

“Me and Timbaland the new Ike and Tina,” raps Missy on the club banger, which may be from her upcoming album, tentatively titled Block Party. Both artists are planning to release their projects simultaneously this summer.

“@Timbaland time to finish mixing these joints so we can world premier these movies! *jumpsbackinmyspacecraft* I’m out!” Missy recently tweeted.

Are you excited for Missy’s comeback? Let us know!

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J. Cole is officially the coolest kid on the block. The Roc Nation rapper shares a wall with Missy Elliott in the video for “Nobody’s Perfect,” the latest single off his debut Cole World: The Sideline Story. The trailblazing femcee makes a triumphant return to the screen in her first video in years, looking like she hasn’t aged one bit. A reflective Cole raps in his bedroom, while a glammed-up Missy plays his neighbor and therapist in the Colin Tilley-directed clip. Watch the new school meet the old school.

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Missy Elliott’s comeback begins. The trailblazing femcee was back in front of the cameras, joining J. Cole in the Colin Tilley-directed video for “Nobody’s Perfect,” the third single off his debut Cole World: The Sideline Story. Missy got dolled up in a spiked leather jacket, later posing with the Roc Nation rapper on the Los Angeles set on Thursday (Feb. 9).

“Thank u 4 having me @ ya video! Means a lot and I had lots of fun!!! Thank u again!” a grateful Missy tweeted to Cole.

“You the Queen! You blessed me tonight! Thank you,” he responded.

Missy’s first album in seven years, tentatively titled Block Party, is due this June.

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