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Review: Missy Elliott and friends throw down a night of bangers at Tampa's Amalie Arena

Busta Rhymes, Timbaland, Ciara, and Trina were in the building, too.

By Phil DeSimone

Missy Elliott is celebrating her storied career with her first arena headlining tour, and with Timbaland, Ciara, Busta Rhymes on board, it was a certified banger-fest at Tampa’s Amalie Arena last Wednesday night. This stop of the “Out of This World” tour saw 12,000 old-school hip-hop fans in attendance as Timbaland started things off, playing hype man perfectly as he ran through hits of his own, plus others he was featured on for half-an-hour (Aaliyah made the playlist, too).

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