1 album cover in our archive
Missy Elliott is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 1990s. Released on The Goldmind / Elektra, the artwork sits in the hip-hop, r&b tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering photography, inflatable suit, feminist, hype williams, radical. Below you'll find the full story behind each Missy Elliott cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.
Missy in a giant inflated garbage-bag suit shot with a fisheye lens — a radical rejection of the 'video vixen' aesthetic that defined female hip-hop imagery. The deliberately unflattering look was a power move: her talent would speak for itself.
