Missy Elliott Lose Control

Missy Elliott Battling Graves' Disease

Graves’ is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid, and includes symptoms such as mood swings and weight loss. Elliott explains that the incurable disease hit her fast and strong three years ago. “I was [driving and] trying to put my foot on the brake, but my leg was jumping. I couldn’t keep the brake down and almost crashed,” Elliott said to the mag. “I couldn’t write because my nervous system was so bad — I couldn’t even use a pen.”

“I’m 30 pounds lighter because I’ve been exercising,” says Elliott, who has also been going through radiation to improve her condition. “My thyroid is functioning, so I haven’t had to take medication in about nine months. [But] you live with it for the rest of your life.

From The Vault: Missy Elliott – 'Lose Control (ft. Ciara & Fatman ...

“Music makes you lose control”. It indeed does!

This week’s From The Vault is dance-floor filler, ‘Lose Control’ by Missy Elliott – who is joined by Ciara and Fatman Scoop . The high-energy track was released as the first single from Ms. Demeanour sixth studio album, ‘The Cookbook’ (2005).

After the touchdown that was ‘1, 2 Step’ , Elliott reached out to Ciara for the 2nd round, resulting in an equally fantastic song (if not, better).

The production on the track (helmed by Elliott herself) gives a nod to the basics of Hip-Hop music by using an Afrika Bambaataa-like beat, all the while staying very “modern” and boasting a near-perfect balance between “Urban” and “Pop”. It’s also important to signify that ‘Control’, with its Hip-Hop meets Electronica composition, was precursory of the Urban-Dance craze that is raging until this day.

With its award-winning video showcasing the dynamic duo’s performing skills, this right here is an absolute high-point of each of the ladies careers.

What’s more, with their artistic chemistry being a match made in heaven (see: ‘Work’ , their third collabo), we are convinced the world would love to lose more control with those two. We sure know we would.

Bring on Round IV!