Ranking #15 singles, U.S. edition: 2000-2005 (opens in new tab)

We will never find enough dipthongs to assemble into words eloquent to describe what Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott pulled off between 1996 and 2005: whether solo or as producer-songwriter for hire, she was responsible for one of the most fecund bursts of imagination in pop history, up there with Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift’s, anybody’s […]