"Get Ur Freak On" Quotes
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Source: "Get Ur Freak On"
Speaker: Missy Elliot
Get ur freak on.
Context
This line is from the song "Get Ur Freak On" by Missy Elliot, from the album Miss E… So Addictive (2001).
Produced by Timbaland, this Missy track was a huge hit. The song's distinctive loop features a tumbi, an Indian instrument used in the bhangra music of the country. To complete the Indian theme, the video features Missy and a crew of other famous rappers dancing around in a weird Hindu temple/sewer place. Get your daily dose of culture clash right here.
Where you've heard it
Besides from Missy herself, you might've also heard these lines on the soundtracks for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider or The 40-Year-Old Virgin. There's also a version that's remixed with AC/DC's "Back in Black" on the soundtrack for The Rundown, starring the Rock, er… we mean Dwayne Johnson. More recently, another mash-up—this time with a Black Keys song—appeared in the movie Neighbors.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Nice try, but overt sexual references and chat-speak can't possibly be pretentious.