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Timbaland and Missy Elliott: Partners in the Engine Room of Rap

Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 1 August 1999

POP-MUSIC history tends to focus on glamorous vocalists and visionary songwriters, but the evolution of black pop is another story: it's as much about changes in rhythm and production.

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