The Cookbook

***The Cookbook*** is the sixth studio album by American rapper Missy Elliott. As of 2015 it is her newest studio album.

### Sample credits

- "Partytime" contains a sample from "Whammer Jammer" by The J. Geils Band
- "Irresistible Delicious" contains a sample from "Lick the Balls" by Slick Rick
- "Lose Control" contains a sample from "Clear" by Cybotron and "Body Work" by Hot Streak
- "My Struggles" contains a sample from "What's the 411?" by Mary J. Blige
- "We Run This" contains a sample from "Apache" by The Sugarhill Gang

## Personnel

- June Ambrose – stylist
- Marcella Araica – assistant engineer
- Chris Brown – assistant engineer
- Jay Brown – A&R
- Greg Gigendad Burke – art direction, design
- Warryn Campbell – producer
- Vadim Chislov – assistant engineer
- Andrew Coleman – engineer
- Wyatt Coleman – engineer
- Shondrae "Mister Bangladesh" Crawford – producer
- Jimmy Douglass – mixing
- Michael Eleopoulos – engineer
- Missy Elliott – producer, executive producer
- Paul J. Falcone – engineer, mixing
- Gloria Elias Foeillet – make-up
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Hart Gunther – assistant

- Rich Harrison – producer
- Iz – instrumentation
- Eric Jensen – assistant engineer
- Darrale Jones – A&R
- Charlene "Tweet" Keys – background vocals
- Keith Lewis – producer
- Patrick Magee – assistant engineer
- Kimberly Mason – coordination
- The Neptunes – producer
- Saint Nick – producer
- Larry Sims – coordination
- Southwest DeKalb – drums
- Scott Storch – producer
- Timbaland – producer
- Saint Warwick – photography
- Rhemario Webber – producer
- Rayshawn Woolard – assistant engineer

### Charts

|align="left"|Chart (2005)|style="text-align:center;"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Australian ARIA Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|19||
|Austrian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|34||
|Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)|style="text-align:center;"|20||
|Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)|style="text-align:center;"|22||
|Dutch Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|21||
|European Top 100 Albums|style="text-align:center;"|26||
|French Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|54||
|German Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|19||
|Irish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|60||
|New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|20||
|Norwegian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|23||
|Swedish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|41||
|Swiss Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|8||
|UK Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|33||
|U.S. _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|2||
|U.S. _Billboard_ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|style="text-align:center;"|2||
|U.S. _Billboard_ Top Rap Albums|style="text-align:center;"|1||

### Certifications

|scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Certification|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|United States (RIAA)|style="text-align:center;"|Gold||

## Release history

|Region|Date||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Germany|rowspan="2"|July 4, 2005|
|United Kingdom|||
|France|rowspan="3"|July 5, 2005|
|Japan|||
|United States|||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: The Cookbook
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Missy Elliott
- **recorded**: 2004–2005
- **length**: 63:13
- **label**: Atlantic Records, Atlantic / The Goldmind Inc., Goldmind
- **producer**: Missy Elliott, Associates, The Avila Brothers, Bangladesh (producer), Bangladesh, Craig Brockman, Warryn Campbell, El Loco, Qur'an H. Goodman, Rich Harrison, Keith Lewis, Saint Nick, Scott Storch, Timbaland, Rhemario Webber, The Neptunes
- **prev title**: This Is Not a Test!
(2003)
- **next title**: Respect M.E.
(2006)