last Friday, Missy Elliott's "Lose Control" was number seven on BET's 106th and Park top ten video countdown. in the midst of songs from the likes of Yin Yang Twins, Mike Jones, and R. Kelly and The Game, techno got represented. don't front, people. regardless of the fact that Missy's rapping over it, Ciara sings over it, and Fatman Scoop screams over it, the backing track is straight outta Detroit and Berlin. sounds like something Juan Atkins would've done 15 years ago. it even samples the vocal line from "Music Makes You Lose Control," an uptempo electronic jam by Les Rhythmes Digitales from 1998 released on the Wall of Sound label in the UK. it was a relatively sizeable hit overseas.

yet black folk don't like techno? negroes kill me...