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Blender’s Heat-Seeking, Sweat-Dripping, Pool-Hopping Summer Music Blowout

The best albums, tours, festivals and songs to play when you’re in the Jacuzzi, starring Leona Lewis, Paramore, 50 Cent, Weezer, Missy Elliott and more.

Josh Eells, Elizabeth Goodman, Jonah Weiner and Mark Yarm

Blender May 08 2008

missyElliot_article.jpgMissy Elliott
She’s a gold medalist at Dance Dance Revolution and has a thing for Jesus’s feet.

We’re at a barbecue and your new CD comes on—what happens?
Guys get behind the girls; girls start shaking—dirty dancing, but classy.

Ever been rescued by a lifeguard?
I don’t put myself in those situations, because I don’t know how to swim. I have pools at my house, but I don’t get in ’em. I go to the beach and my friends laugh at me ’cause I wear the whole scuba outfit—snorkel, flippers. It’s crazy.

Mandals: yes or no?
Oh, God! I don’t care too much for guys in sandals. Except for Jesus and Moses, I don’t know where they got they sandals from, but they had the real sandals.

Do you like drinks with umbrellas?
Nah. I like drinks that come with no straw, no ice, no chaser. Pátron vodka—straight up. I don’t drink much, so when I do, I’m goin’ all in.

Who would you rather see in a Speedo: Obama or McCain?
[Cracks up.] You said John McCain! Most definitely Obama. He’d be hot. He’s handsome. But I’d rather see Obama in shelltoes and a hoodie, to be honest.

What sport would you like to see added to the Summer Olympics?
Dance Dance Revolution. I play it every day. I have the pad for the PlayStation. I do it as a workout.

Ever gotten lucky in a Jacuzzi?
Not in a Jacuzzi. Not in a hot tub. Not in a swimming pool. Not the water spots. But in the backseat of a car? Yeah.

Can you give us a freestyle rhyme about summer?
Layin’ on the beach, wipe my body down in lotion/It’s the summertime, and I stay out the ocean!

Missy Elliott’s Fanomenal is out in June.


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Missy Elliot Artist Home

May
5/23 R.E.M. and Modest Mouse begin their North American tour in Vancouver, British Columbia.
5/24–5/26 The Cure, Death Cab for Cutie and M.I.A. play the Sasquatch! music Festival in George, Washington.
5/30 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers kick off their North American tour in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

June
6/5–6/8 The CMA Music Festival in Nashville features Taylor Swift, Carries Underwood and Miranda Lambert.
6/12–6/15 Bonnaroo returns to Manchester, Tennessee, with Kanye West, Metallica and Jack Johnson.
6/20 Warped Tour kicks off in Pomona, California, with the All-American Rejects and Gym Class Heros.

July
7/16 Linkin Park kick off the Projekt Revolution stateside with Chris Cornell and the Bravery in Mansfield, Massachusetts.
7/18–20 Bloggers venture outdoors for the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, with Vampire Weekend and Ghostface Killah.
7/25 The Maroon 5/Counting Crows tour launches in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

August
8/1-3 Radiohead, Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails play Chicago’s Lollapalooza.
8/9-10 Baltimore’s Virgin Mobile Festival features Kanye, Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson and Stone Temple Pilots.
8/30-9/1 Beck, Lucinda Williams and Jakob Dylan play the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle.

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