Missy Elliott as a solo artist

Missy Elliott is the unparallel artist of the era and no other female artist could match the
success that she own in the arena of music. Unlike many of the .hip-hop artists Missy
writes her own songs and composes them as well. She is extremely creative, her creations
have a creative demeanor, and her performance has a showmanship that is attractive
to her audiences.

Initially she scored for other singers including Aaliyah for songs like
“One In A Million” and “If Your Girl Only Knew”. Her debut album was “Supa Dupa Fly”
that had a number of hit songs like “The Rain”. There are other hits that followed the
success of her debut album like “She’s A Bitch” and Hot Boyz” in the year 1999; “Get Ur
Freak On” and “One Minute Man” in the year 2001 and also “Work It” and “Gossip Folks”
in the year 2002. She is one of those versatile geniuses who defied every stereotype and
without compromising with her fan base.

Missy Elliott started her musical career with Jodeci when was signed by Devante for her
group Sista. However, when Sista failed unavoidable reasons, she went to work with
Timbaland and produced Aaliyah’s “One In A Million” which proved a grand success
and kick-start her career. She worked with many renowned artists form the world of music
and later collaborated with Elektra in the year 1996. She impressed her fans with one
tangy number after another.

In 1999, her album “Da Real World” brought out two
mammoth hits “She’s A Bitch” and “Hot Boyz”. She also collaborated with Eminem. Later
she debut in television through the advertisements of Gap and Sprite. In 2001 however,
she again created massive hits like “Miss E…So Addictive”, “Get Ur Freak On” and “One
Minute Man”.

Eminem and his musical career

Eminem and Slim Shady are the stage names of the same great person who was born on
October 17, 1972 with the name Marshall Bruce Mathers III. He won multiple Grammy
awards and an Academic award for her contributions to the world of music. He was the
highest selling musician of the early 20’s era and thus is regarded the highest selling
rapper of the time.

Dr Dre who signed him for his label Aftermath Entertainment
recognized him and his multidirectional versatility. He did a unique job of popularizing the
poetics and lyrics through his verbal energy. Eminem is such a high rated rapper that his
fans sometimes compare him with Elvis Presley. However, GLAAD, the critics, denounced
his lyrical powers violence promoting and his lyrics as “homophobic and misogynist”.
Eminem also spawned the area of acting and acted in a semi-autobiographical movie 8
Mile.

In the year 1995, his debut official tape “Fuckin’ Backstabber/Soul Intent was recorded
that made him confident and the final year he brought out an independent album
“Infinite”. His lyrics started having a darker shade from the songs that followed “Infinite”.
In the album “The Slim Shady EP”, songs like the “No One’s Iller” and “Murder Murder”
had a similar dark tone to the lyrics; the lyrics of Murder Murder talks of the crimes that
are committed to feed his daughter. His distinctive style and his use of underground
scenes brought him attention from all quarters.

After joining in the Aftermath Entertainment he released “Slim Shady LP” in the year 1999
and in the year 2006, December 6 Curtain Call: The Hits. He signed a joint venture with
Shady and Aftermath label and started a movie production company in the name
“Interscope/Shady/Aftermath Films.

Who Is Missy Elliot

Melissa Arnette Elliot was born on July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia. She is a versatile woman who won the Grammy awards for five times in her career. She is an American rapper, singer, record producer and a songwriter. Her talents can be guessed from the fact that she is the sole rapper to have one double platinum albums and six platinum albums certified by the RIAA. She is credited for some extraordinary productions and lyric writings along with her co-producer Timbaland. She also wrote and produced songs for Aaliyah, Monica, Ciara, Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey.

Elliott and Timbaland worked in collaboration to create songs for SWV and 702(Steelo and the remix). The most notable of the production duo's work features track creation for Aaliyah. Composing for Aaliyah includes the composition of nine tracks for Aaliyah's album "One In A Million" in the year 1996. Elliott also gave background vocals and guest raps to their composed tracks. Some of such tracks where Elliott worked with Timbaland are "If Your Girl Only Knew", "One In A Million" and "Hot Like Fire" and "4 Page Letter".

Missy Elliott is such a great singer that she continues to mesmerize her fans with her singing and continues to reinvent the definition of hip-hop. Likewise her new album, "Miss E…So Addictive", scratches dip down to our pre conceived notion about the hip-hop and pop culture in the world. She and Tweet did their hit album "Southern Hummingbird" together. The collaborative production of Tweet, Timbaland and Elliott called "Sound' showed the world of music a new direction and are labeled "soul-driven" and "mellow". Her second album "It's Me Again" is reputed for the merging of the old and new school attitude of hip-hop music under the production of Elliott and Timbaland.

Mannie Fresh Works With Cash Money Records

Mannie Fresh was born with name Byron Thomason March 20, 1974; however, his career with music got him quite a few other identities; those are Freshly Snipes and Mannie Glover. He is the former producer of New Orleans-based record label, "Cash Money Records". However, Fresh does not work much outside his own label of Cash Records. He puts more emphasis on the in-house artists of the Cash Money and produces their records. Some of his hit productions are "Back That Azz Up" (Juvenile), "The Block Is Hot" (Lil' Wayne) and "Bling Bling" (B.G).

Mannie's debut in the world of music was as a member of the New Orleans first hip-hop crew in the year 1984. This brought him to the attention of famous rapper Gregory D. Mannie later in the year 1987, produced an album for Gregory on D&D records featuring the album "Throwdown". Gregory and Mannie later, in collaboration produced "D Rules The Nation on Yo! Records, in the year 1989. Although this album had Miami Bass, they strive to create some style that would be new to the duo's creation. Although, later this duo did not work together for long, they are together considered as the earliest pioneers of Bounce Music.

During the period from 1998 to 2001, cash Money Records saw its golden days under Mannie Fresh and could churn out many platinum and multiplatinum record albums with a huge yearly turnover. However, due to certain controversies, Cash Records suffered heavy loses and the worst time came for the label when few of the stars of Cash Money left the album.

Jazzy Pha Makes History With Singer Ciara

Phalon Anton Alexander, better known in the world of music as Jazzy Pha was born in Memphis, Tennessee in the year 1975. He is a versatile genius. He is a record producer, songwriter, rapper and a singer all blended into one. Jazzy Pha's debut hit was "Sho Nuff", which was an anthem from Tela. He worked with many great artists in his working career including, Missy Elliott (1, 2 step), Nelly, Ludacris, Trick, Lil' Wayne etc. He is also said to have brought R&B singer Ciara to the field of music through producing her solo album "Goodies" and has been her mentor.

Jazzy Pha however, rose to the arena of music with the 1990-released album "Rising to The Top". The album got much appreciation because of the positive lyrics thrust. Ron Wayne described the album of Jazzy as "A merger of West Coast hip-hop and a Southern-funk vocal approach". His own creation has the smell of his Memphis roots and that reflected on the songs that he produced later in his life. The classical soul approach of jazzy Pha's music is also noticeable in the slower tracks the likes of which he produced with R&B singer Ciara. Ciara's album "Thug Style" reflects such a phenomenon.

The R&B singer Ciara was first noticed by Pha around 2002-04. In the year 2005, Ciara's album "Goodies" was released which had the creation s of a musical genius and that instantly made the album a massive hit. During 2006, Ciara made an acting debut in the film Jelly Beans and released Ciara's "Sophomore".

R.Kelly Works With Aaliyah

Robert Sylvester Kelly was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 8th. He is an American songwriter, pop singer, American R&B and a rapper. He entered the world of music as the founder and lead singer of "Public Announcement". He was a versatile personality who could do rap, hip-hop, and could mix soul and funk with equal ease. Kelly was always on the list of controversies because of the sexual references on his songs such as "Bump N' Grind", Feelin' on Yo Booty" and "Ignition", which is a remix.

In the year 1994, he worked with Aaliyah for her debut album "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number". This was his first encounter with Aaliyah. Later there were many occasion when he got the opportunity to work with Aaliyah. R Kelly was impressed by the vocal capability of Aaliyah and thus she was given an opportunity by Kelly to join "Background Enterprise". Her debut album "Age Ain't Nothing But a Number" was composed and produced by Kelly himself that was a huge hit and helped Aaliyah obtain a stand in the music world. The album, a multi platinum hit with numbers such as "Back and Forth", "At Your Best" and "The Thing I Like". However, some controversial rumors fathomed during this time that affected Aaliyah's career. In the year 1996, however, Aaliyah made a come back without Kelly to her side and made the album "One In a Million".

However, there are certain parts of the audience who criticizes Aaliyah's straightforward deliveries and complains that she lacks the personality that is required to be a good performer and that her lyrics are static. However, despite of all the controversies and complains about R Kelly and Aaliyah there is no denial that the pair made some great music in the arena of rhythms.

Jermaine Dupri Recognized By Georgia

Jermain Dupri Mauldin, also known as JD is an American record producer. He is also well established as a famous rapper. In the year 2006, JD became the youngest inductee to the "Georgia Music Hall of Fame". The music career of JD was self made and the credited hits are the "Money Ain't a Thang" (1998) with Jay-Z "Its like That" (2005) with Mariah Carey, "Welcome To Atlanta"(2001) in collaboration with Ludacris are the prominent ones in his career. In the year 2004 and 2005, Dupri had the experiences of working with Usher and Mariah Carey on their solo releases "Confessions" and "The Emancipation of Mimi" respectively. There are many other albums that he produced along with Carey that include "Its Like That", "We Belong Together", "Get Your Number", "Shake It Off" and "Don't Forget About Us" are the most significant ones in the line.

JD's album "Jermain Dupri presents….Young, Fly & Flashy, Vol. 1" proved controversial because of the content that had his girlfriend Janet Jackson in a peep show club, collected much criticisms and controversies. However, in a survey in the year 2006, Dupri was selected one of the top ten riches of the world of hip-hop music. Dupri again worked with Jackson for the production of the album 20 Y.O. that was released on September 2006. However, it never proved as much successful as Jackson's previous albums with JD. Because of the commercial underperformance by the company, Dupri left Virgin Urban Music and was appointed the head of Island Records. Quite recently, JD recorded few albums with Janet Jackson for the album "Discipline".

DJ Quik Grows As An Artist

DJ Quik is one of the most famous singer, producer and rapper America has ever produced. Even if it was seen during the early 90's that the language of music is getting a global touch to its accent, Quik remained stubborn in constructing music by maintaining heritage. He is one of the few persons who have four gold and platinum albums and one hundred million soundscanned recordings to his credit.

He had a very struggling career in the first part of his life. He began his career in music by selling homemade mixtapes and after he moved out of school, he started DJing in the Southern California. However, in the year 1990, he joined Profile Records and proved himself not only as a singer but also as a producer.

Quik became famous in the field of music during the mid 90's when he began working under the management of the label of Death Row on "Above the Law" and created records in the g-funk style, unique to Quik himself. Mainly, he was hugely inspired by the two stalwarts of the g-funk style, Roger Troutman and George Clinton and learned to use the talkbox that later became the distinctive character of his creations up to the year 2005 when he announced the retirement of the talkbox. Around the year 1994, DJ Quik, under the management of Death Row, worked with the executive producer Suge Knight for the album "save+sound" that had Death Row as a special appearance. However, it is interesting to know that his debut album "Quik Is the Name" was quite successful. In 1998 his album "Rhythm-al-ism" labeled him as an underrated musician by most fans.

DJ Quik Learns The Trade With Death Row Records

With the advent of rap music in the mid 70's there emerged a true rap icon that is considered the most consistent among the artists and the musicians because of his unique ability to blend the music to speak in the language of the urban society and maintain the music's heritage at the same time. DJ Quik has four gold and platinum albums to his name and over one hundred million soundscan recordings. Quik also has production experience with 2Pac, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre to his credit.

In mid 90's DJ took cues from Dr. Dre's Death Row Records and made a name for himself in the music field. He made records in the g-funk style that inspired him to the level that he learned to use the talkbox from Roger Troutman and George Clinton and later made it a trademark character in his musical creations. In the year 1994, DJ Quik joined Death Row under the management of Suge Knight, the CEO of Death Row and together they went on to produce "Safe + Sound" that had Death Row as a guest appearance. While working with Death Row, Quik produced an unknown amount of songs among which some were never released. Under Quik's production, the most famous of Death Row song is "Heartz of Man", sung by 2Pac on his debut Death Row Record album "All Eyes on Me". Although he is known for the production of the album, DJ also did additional production work of mixing half of the album.

As DJ Quik worked hard against the personal and professional problems, he managed to fathom out of them, however, in the process, he changed his name to Quik and rubbed the DJ out of his name.

Timbaland Teams With Justin Timberlake

Timothy Z Mosely who is better known in the music world as Timbaland is a famous American producer, singer and a rapper. He ventured in the music industry in the 90s' and worked as a protege of Devante from Jodeci. His production style is marked by an individualistic uniqueness, unorthodox music arrangements and his instrumentation has a sense of space and rhythm. Timbaland is such a producer who has spread his musical influence on every genre of music and made a successful career as a pop music producer mainly. Timbaland is also a very good performer and has solo and duets to his credit. He also gave vocals to many of the songs sung by him as well as other contemporary singers.

Timbaland worked in collaboration with many of the famous singers and producers like Magoo, Petey Pablo, Beck, Jay-z etc. During the period around 2001, Timbaland produced three tracks for Tweet's debut collection, Southern Hummingbird and produced tracks for singers like Lil Kim and Southern rapper, Pastor Troy. In collaboration with producer Scott Storch, he worked on the production of a number of tracks by the former NSYNC singer Justin Timberlake. This smash album was entitled, "Justified". Another of the massive hits of the album includes "Cry Me a River". This song, however, helped Timberlake to establish himself as a mature singer and helped him to wipe out his teeny bopper image. Timbaland's talents to do rap and his appearance in the music video of "Cry Me A River" made him hugely famous. However, after the release of this album, Timbaland broke up with Scott over some financial problems. In the year, Timbaland produced album "Future, sex, love, sounds" was nominated got the Grammy awards in the "album of the year" category.