In the early 1990s, Missy formed R&B group,Fayze (later renamed
Sista), with friends LaShawn Shellman, Chonita Coleman, and Radiah Scott. She recruited her neighborhood friend Timothy Mosley as the group's producer and began making demo tracks. In 1991, Fayze caught the attention of Jodeci member and producer DeVante Swing by performing Jodeci songs acappella for him backstage after one of his group's concerts. In short order, Fayze moved to New York City and signed to Elektra Records through DeVante's Swing Mob imprint, also renaming the group Sista. Elliott took Mosley — whom DeVante re-christened Timbaland — and their friend Melvin "Magoo" Barcliff along with her.
Missy Elliot - I'm Really HotAll 20-plus members of the Swing Mob,with future stars such as
Ginuwine,
Playa, and
Tweet lived in a one two-story house in New York and were often at work on material both for Jodeci and their own projects. While Elliott wrote and rapped on Raven-Symoné's 1993 debut single, "That's What Little Girls Are Made Of", she also contributed songwriting duties, credited and uncredited, to the final two
Jodeci albums Diary of a Mad Band (1993) and
The Show, The After Party, The Hotel (1995). Timbaland and DeVante jointly produced a Sista album, entitled
4 All the Sistas Around da World and completed in 1994. Though videos were released for the original and remix versions of the single "
Brand New", the album was shelved and never released. One of the group's tracks, "It's Alright" featuring Craig Mack, did however make the cut on the soundtrack of the 1995 motion picture Dangerous Minds. But by the end of 1995, Swing Mob had folded and many of its members dispersed; Elliott, Timbaland, Magoo, Ginuwine, and Playa remained together and collaborated on each others' records for the rest of the decade.
Missy Elliot - Pass That Dutch 
MISSY ELLIOT CD'sSupa Dupa Fly (1997)
Da Real World (1999)
Miss E... So Addictive (2001)
Under Construction (2002)
This Is Not a Test! (2003)
The Cookbook (2005)
Block Party (2012)
