Twenty years ago this week, Virginia Beach rapper-singer Melissa Elliott, a.k.a. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, released her debut album, Supa Dupa Fly, the album that bounded her into popular consciousness. Featuring her playful rhymes and lush harmonies, and the twitchy, distinctive beats of her producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, Supa Dupa Fly debuted at Number Three on the
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