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October 30, 2003

Women Who Rock: Missy Elliott

She'll get down and dirty, but draws the line at kissing Madonna
June 22, 1999

Rhymes & Misdemeanors

Who's the real Missy Elliott -- queen bitch of hip-hop soul, or a shy, religious woman whose biggest vice is buying sneakers

Recordings and Reviews

The Cookbook

Missy Elliott's sixth album marks a departure from what has been a reliably scrumptious recipe: Timbaland, whose future-shock beats were as essential to Elliott's brain-bending sound as her schoolyard-chant flow, produces only two tracks here, one of them the woozy Mike Jones collaboration "Joy." In...

2005 RS: 3of 5 Stars

This Is Not A Test!

2003

Under Construction

2002

Miss E...So Addictive

2001

Da Real World

1999

Supa Dupa Fly

1997

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Biography

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott rolled out of Virginia Beach in 1997, with the coolest name, hair, sneakers, album cover, and sound in pop music. Supa Dupa Fly made her an instant star, along with producer Timbaland, her partner in crimes against sonic conformity. Ever since then, Missy has ruled everything around music. She sings, she raps, and she drops the bomb of the year, every damn year. Who...

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