She is the first female rap artist to enter the Songwriters Hall of Fame
THE SURPRISING thing about the induction of Missy Elliott into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this year is not that it has taken too long—the usual complaint of fans—but that it has happened so soon. A writer becomes eligible for membership 20 years after their first commercial release. Ms Elliott’s solo career began in 1997 so it has taken little more than two years of eligibility for her to receive the honour.
There are only six Missy Elliott albums, running from “Supa Dupa Fly” in 1997 to “The Cookbook” in 2005—a long-promised seventh has yet to appear—yet there is no more formidable body of work in hip-hop. Unlike Prince, she has relied on collaborators to realise her vision. Timbaland, her writing and producing partner, and Hype Williams, an outstanding video director, were both crucial to her early success.
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