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

Missy 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.