Every Missy Elliott Song, Ranked

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This list was published on September 4, 2019, when Missy Elliott released ICONOLOGY. While we’re still waiting for a new album, we’re republishing this ranking ahead of her performance at Coachella.

From the start of her career as one-third of the long-defunct rap trio Fayze, Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott has not just redefined pop music — she’s consistently reinvented it. Alongside partner-in-rhyme Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley, the Virginia Beach native has bridged gaps across genre lines...