3. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (2001)

If Mary J. Blige was the one who brought the soul, Missy Elliott was the one who brought the funk. Unlike Mary, she didn't drag hip-hop to the realms of R'n'B, but rather proved that you can beat men in their own ballpark, and brought it on with rap. And not just rap, but a rap that was hornier, racier and more aggressive than anything the men had to offer. Along with her producer Timbaland, Missy provided the most creative, funky and freaky hip-hop of the late nineties, and in the beginning of the naughties she broke into the mainstream. In the face of the puritan American culture, which teaches girls that they are not supposed to enjoy sex, Missy throws a record that announces sex as part of her essence, and urges us to turn on that essence within us as much as possible. This record does exactly what funk is supposed to do: pounding on every dormant spot in the body, stimulating the nodes to produce the juices of life. The funkiest record of the decade.

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