Missy Elliott Is Reclaiming Her Legacy
The first collection of new music from the rapper since 2005, <em>Iconography</em> doesn’t quite do what Elliott is known for: pushing boundaries.
Who else has as strong a claim to the title of coolest person in the world? What other superstar is so associated with the idea of the future? Missy Elliott hee-howed new phrases into the lexicon. She brought breakdance to bhangra. She pioneered the music video as a freaky channel-surf of unlikely gyration and unlikelier clothes before anyone else so . “Just make sure you ahead of the game,” she once rapped, and she led by example.
