Missing Missy; Who swagger jacked Fam-Lay?

If you've been holding your breath or perhaps partaking in a hunger strike until Missy Elliott releases another long-awaited album, you might want to inhale ...and perhaps over some corn, macaroni & cheese, and mashed potatoes with a lot butter in it.

Despite the fact that Ms. Elliott (who, I just want to remind you, I LIVE for) put out some pretty cool singles over the last year and a half -- "Shake Your Pom Pom" and "Ching a Ling" -- nobody really knows when her album is coming out. In fact I kee-kee'd with her lovely publicist -- and we agreed that Missy looked great in this video and her billowy, bulletproof Yaki was tight -- a while ago, and she told me that it may come out in spring? Summer? But it is on the schedule for this year.

Missy, she said, has been more consumed with her first love -- producing, writing and arranging -- and (I'm paraphrasing here) will get around to finishing the album when she does. Sad face.

I think I speak for all us cold and broke masses that we could use a good, utterly ridiculous Missy anthem right about now.

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In other, slightly old news about local music phenoms, I ran into Shay and Fam-Lay at the aloft party the other week in Chesapeake. (Go here for some pictures; I'm over it.)

Shay told me they  -- sorry, NERD -- were about to go to Australia and that they were putting out a new version of "Seeing Sounds," and at least one remix is going to feature -- who else? -- Lil Wayne. (Meanwhile, why is Lil Wayne a more reliable industry these days than banks, automakers and insurance companies? Can they get him in front of Congress? Baby hasn't had a hit record in at least five years but is handing out million dollar stimuli at birthday parties, so they obviously know something about cash, I'm just saying.) 

I also chopped it up momentarily with Fam Lay, who I'm always glad to see because he's always got a good attitude and never fails to crack me up.

So I said to him, "Is it just me or does Keri Hilson's "Turnin' Me On" use the exact same bassline as "Da Beeper Record?" I don't remember his exact response but suffice it to say he agreed wholeheartedly, and then said something -- it was weeks ago, bear with me -- about the song's producer being a bit of a biter.

Ouch.

Anyway, don't you think those songs sound a lot alike? I'm just sayin.

And honestly, I could use another smash from Fam too. Please God bring spring and all its great music like, tomorrow..,.

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