Back in the Day (Missy Elliott song)

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"Back in the Day"
Under Construction
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2003
Length4:02
LabelGoldmind
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Timbaland

"Back in the Day" is a 2003

Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
chart in 2003 before being scrapped as a single.

About the song

Produced by Elliott's main

hip-hop culture was, Elliott sings, fun and peaceful, compared to the more violent scope of modern-day hip-hop. "Back in the day/hip-hop has changed", she sings. During the bridge of the song she even makes a point of referencing "Self-Destruction", a 1989 collaborative benefit single for peace featuring a number of that era's hip-hop stars. Incidentally, MC Lyte's verse from "Self-Destruction" is sampled
on another of Under Construction's album tracks, "Funky Fresh Dressed".

Jay-Z contributes a rap verse in which he "creatively" references a number of hip-hop artists (for example, stating "I kill at will like solid water, dude", a reference to

Bill O'Reilly
/if they try to stop hip-hop, we all gon' rally", a reference to two of hip-hop's most vocal critics.

"Back in the Day" references

Below is a list of old-school hip-hop people and items Elliott and Jay-Z namedrop in "Back in the Day":

Hip hop fashions

Dances

Hip hop artists

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Back in the Day"
Chart (2003) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[1] 86

References

  1. ^ "Missy Elliott Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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