knowledge drop 🎶🔥 timbaland made missy elliott rewrite her first verse of “work it” four times before it became the hit we know today. the under construction lead single, co-produced by timbaland, went on to peak at no. 1 on the hot r&b/hip-hop and hot rap charts, and no. 2 on the hot 100. as missy recalled, their collaboration has always been about pushing each other: “i was so happy about my first verse, and he was like, ‘that’s wack,’” missy explained during a 2019 amazon music rap rotation