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Under Construction
$15.95
My 3 year old LOVES this DVD. It's great becuase he gets to see the actual construction vehicles in action! We've watched it about 15 times in 3 days!

Olive Kids Under Construction Plush Pillow
$40.00
This is a soft and cute pillow to go along with my son's under construction toddler bedding. I received it very fast. I would have given it 5 stars, but I think it is a bit pricey for a throw pillow.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPLIQUES PEEL AND STICK
$33.99
Simply Peel and Stick onto any smooth surface: Walls, Furniture, Mirrors, Tiles, Lockers, Book Covers, Cars?. The applications are as endless as your imagination! RoomMates��� remove in seconds and can be repositioned over and over again without damaging the surface or ever leaving any paper or sticky residue. Kids and parents alike will enjoy changing the bedroom or playroom decor by repositioning the borders and appliques as often as they wish. No smooth surface is off limits. Painted walls, furniture, ceramics and tiles, glass and mirrors, and more are instantly personalized. It?s so easy, Just... Instantly REMOVABLE, REPOSITIONABLE, and RE?USEABLE with no damage and no residue to the surface. Washable.

Under Construction
$7.98
Like many others out there I heard the Missy Elliott tunes they play on the radio and I thought they were unique but more aimed at the dance/club side of hip hop rather than the Rap side. For that reason, I foolishly dismissed this album back when Missy was the hotest name on the block. Now a few years later I finally downloaded it, threw it on a cd, and started listening to it a couple days ago. I can't believe how much I love this album. I'm actually schocked.

To give you some idea of my taste, I'm a 36 year old guy who got hooked on Rap back when it all started. My favorite Rap Artists are BDP and KRS-One, MC Lyte, Run DMC, Beasties, PE, Poor Righteous Teachers, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang Clan, LL Cool J, Eric B & Rakim, EPMD, Slick Rick, Kool Moe D, Digital Underground, Biggie and of course Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five.

Well, this album seems to me to be a shout out to the old school rappers I mentioned above. If you are familiar with songs and lyrics from the old schoolers, you'll hear them throughout this album. It's like verbal sampling... instead of sampling the beats from the old songs Missy samples the lyrics. She takes old phrases and drops them into her fresh lyrics with her unique style and you can't help but be impressed with what she is doing. She is clearly paying homage to the old school that has influenced her style and she is doing it by taking the pre-gangsta style of rap and modernizing it while throwing in links to the past that show the song's influence.

In listening to this album I felt connected to it. I felt she was saying exactly what I have been feeling since the gangsta rap took over.. And that is "I miss the old school" and I wish an artist today would blow up doing old school style rap. Well, I got my wish in this album. I wish I had given it a chance a few years back so I could have been enjoying it all this time. But I guess better late than never.