Missy Elliott

As Missy Elliott gets ready to drop her fifth incredible album in six years, This Is Not A Test, there's no doubt that she's become one of hip hop's cultural magnets in 2003, turning up in one of the most talked about TV commercials of the year a Gap ad featuring Madonna, no less and turning it out in this year's most infamous chorus line with Christina, Britney, and, of course, Madonna.

True school hip hop fans know, however, that Missy's amazing story really begins and ends with the music. And Missy wouldn't have it any other way. Missy Elliott has courageously been willing to stake her reputation on every beat, every scorching R&B groove, on every one of her albums, This Is Not...

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