Editing Swing Mob (section)

==Superfriends==
[[File:Missy Elliott 2006.jpg|left|thumb|Missy Elliott was first part of the girl group SISTA under the Swing Mob collective before branching off to become a successful artist.|238x238px]]
After the dissolution of Swing Mob, its former artists collaborated, with Playa, Elliott, Timbaland, Magoo and Ginuwine forming the collective Superfriends in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Stereo |title=Before 'Supa Dupa Fly:' The Rise Of Missy Elliott |url=https://rockthebells.com/articles/missy-elliott-before-supa-dupa-fly/ |website=rockthebells.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716230331/https://rockthebells.com/articles/missy-elliott-before-supa-dupa-fly/ |archive-date=July 16, 2022 |access-date=March 3, 2025}}</ref> The founding members would add a few more members to the new roster which included [[Nicole Wray]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=YKIGS |date=2014-07-18 |title=Nicole Wray Talks Joining Lady the Band, New Solo Music, Static & Aaliyah Memories, Missy Elliott Advice (Exclusive Interview) - YouKnowIGotSoul.com |url=https://youknowigotsoul.com/interview-nicole-wray-talks-joining-lady-the-band-new-solo-music-static-and-aaliyah-memories-missy-elliott-advice |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=YouKnowIGotSoul.com {{!}} New R&B Music, Songs, Podcast, Interviews |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nicole Wray's Debut Album "Make It Hot" – An In Depth Look at the Creation of This R&B Gem|url=http://youknowigotsoul.com/nicole-wrays-debut-album-make-it-hot-an-in-depth-look-at-the-creation-of-this-rb-gem|website=youknowigotsoul.com|publisher=You Know I Got Soul|access-date=2018-01-26|archive-date=2017-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610053933/http://youknowigotsoul.com/nicole-wrays-debut-album-make-it-hot-an-in-depth-look-at-the-creation-of-this-rb-gem|url-status=live}}</ref> [[N.E.R.D.]], [[the Clipse]], Shaunta Montgomery, [[Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian]], Danja Mowf, DJ Lonnie B, [[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]], and rising R&B artist [[Aaliyah]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-23 |title=Tank Says Validation From Aaliyah Meant Everything To His Career: "Nothing Trumps That" |url=https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/2850451/tank-says-validation-from-aaliyah-meant-everything-to-his-career-nothing-trumps-that/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=The Rickey Smiley Morning Show |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-16 |title=Aaliyah's Final Album Turns 20 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2154052/aaliyah-final-album-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref> The collective began working with each other and collaborating on each other's recordings, keeping the features within the group, and often appearing in each other music videos.

The first collaboration under the Suparfriendz name took place on [[Timbaland & Magoo]]'s 1997 single "[[Up Jumps da Boogie]]", in which Elliott and Ginuwine provided background vocals and made appearances in the music video. Also providing background vocals was Aaliyah, who had become affiliated with the former Swing Mob roster after Timbaland produced her 1996 album ''[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |first=Brandon |last=Caldwell |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Aaliyah stepped into her own on One in a Million — and created the blueprint for modern R&B |url=https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/aaliyah-one-in-a-million-review/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref> Missy Elliott, who had served as a writer and background vocalist on ''One in a Million'', went on to release her debut solo album, ''[[Supa Dupa Fly]]'', in 1997. A critical and commercial success that featured production from both Elliott and Timbaland, this album helped to raise the profile of the collective.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supa Dupa Fly Turns 25: A Tribute to Missy Elliott's Genre-Defying Debut |url=https://www.bet.com/article/mtrxd1/25-years-later-missy-elliott-is-still-supa-dupa-fly |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=BET |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2018-11-20 |title=Missy Elliott's "Supa Dupa Fly" Came from the Future |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/touchstones/an-appreciation-of-missy-elliotts-1997-album-supa-dupa-fly |access-date=2022-08-23 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Tinsley">{{Cite web |last=Tinsley |first=Justin |date=2017-07-13 |title=Timbaland on Missy Elliott's 'Supa Dupa Fly' and how hip-hop got its groove back |url=https://andscape.com/features/missy-elliotts-supa-dupa-fly-how-hip-hop-got-its-groove-back/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Andscape |language=en-US}}</ref> While affiliated with the Supafriendz collective, Playa released the 1998 album ''[[Cheers 2 U]]''. Playa member [[Static Major]] also served as a songwriter for many other members of the collective, contributing writing to Ginuwine's "[[Pony (Ginuwine song)|Pony]]" and many of Aaliyah's songs from this period.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-08 |title=Diddy Remembers Aaliyah And Biggie In Classic 1994 Throwback Photo |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/diddy-remembers-aaliyah-and-biggie-in-classic-1994-throwback-photo-news.124349.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en}}</ref> Nicole Wray and Tweet also released music during the Supafriendz' period of peak activity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-25 |title=Q&A: R&B singer Tweet explains why it took her a decade to release a new album |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-tweet-explains-hiatus-20160224-story.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

Aaliyah, who had become a core member of the Superfriends due to her commercial success, [[2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash|died in 2001]]. This loss shook the collective, and its members gradually began to drift apart in the aftermath.[[File:Aaliyah Dana Haughton-06.jpg|thumb|R&B artist Aaliyah became a major part of the Supafriendz collective after the release of her album ''One in a Milion''.|197x197px]]

=== Supafriendz members ===
* [[Missy Elliott]] (artist, writer, producer, background vocals)
* [[Aaliyah]] (singer, background vocals)
*[[Timbaland]] (producer, rapper, writer)
*[[Magoo (rapper)|Magoo]] (rapper, writer)
*[[Mad Skillz]] (rapper, ghostwriter)
*[[Static Major]] (singer, rapper, writer, background vocals)
*[[Ginuwine]] (singer, writer)
*[[Malice (rapper)|Malice]] (rapper, writer)
*[[Pusha T]] (rapper, writer)
*[[Pharrell]] (rapper, writer, singer, producer, instrumentalists)
*[[Smoke E. Digglera]] (singer, producer, writer, background vocals, instrumentalists)
*Danja Mowf (rapper, writer)
*DJ Lonnie B (rapper, writer, producer)
*[[Chad Hugo]] (writer, producer, instrumentalists)
*Shaunta Montgomery (rapper, writer)
*[[Digital Black]] (rapper, singer, writer, background vocals)
*[[Shay Haley]] (rapper, writer, instrumentalists)
*[[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]] (singer, writer)
*[[Sebastian (rapper)|Sebastian]](rapper, writer)
*[[Nicole Wray]] (singer, writer)

=== Superfriends collective singles ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Song
!Artist(s)
!Featured artist
|-
|"[[4 Page Letter]]"
|[[Aaliyah]]
|[[Timbaland]] ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"We At It Again
|[[Timbaland & Magoo]]
|[[Static Major]], Sebastian 
|-
|"[[Luv to Luv Ya"]]
|[[Timbaland & Magoo]]
|[[Playa (band)|Playa]], Shaunta Montgomery
|-
|"G Thang"
|Ginuwine
|Missy Elliott, Magoo
|-
|" Body Snatchers" 
|[[The Clipse]]
|[[N.E.R.D.]]
|-
|"Grindin"
|[[The Clipse]]
|[[N.E.R.D.]]
|-
|"One Man Woman"
|[[Playa (band)|Playa]]
|[[Aaliyah]]
|-
|Got Caught Dealing Pt.1&2
|[[The Clipse]]
|[[N.E.R.D.]]
|-
|Big White Spaceship 
|[[N.E.R.D]]
|[[Timbaland & Magoo]]
|-
|"JOY"
|[[Timbaland & Magoo]]
|[[Ginuwine]] [[Playa (band)|Playa]]
|-
|"Make It Hot"
|[[Nicole Wray]]
|Missy Elliott
|-
|"All In My Grill
|[[Missy Elliott]]
|[[Nicole Wray]]
|-
|"Smoke in the Air"
|[[Timbaland & Magoo]]
|Playa
|-
|"Intro"
|[[Playa (band)|Playa]]
|Magoo
|-
|Derby City
|[[Playa (band)|Playa]]
|Magoo 
|-
|"Ms.Parker"
|[[Playa (band)|Playa]]
|[[Missy Elliott]]
|-
|"Ain't Nothin But A B Party "
|Swing Mob
|[[Timbaland & Magoo]]  [[Playa (band)|Playa]] [[Devante Swing]]
|-
|"[[All Y'all (song)|All Y'all]]"
|[[Timbaland & Magoo]]
|[[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]], Sebastian Mosley
|-
|"[[Are You That Somebody?|Are You That Somebody]]"
|Aaliyah
|[[Timbaland]] [[Static Major]] [[Mad Skillz]] DJ Lonnie B Danj Mowf
|-
|"[[Bounce (Timbaland song)|Bounce]]"
|Timbaland
|Missy Elliott

|-
|"[[Beep Me 911]]"
|Missy Elliott
|[[Timbaland & Magoo]], 702
|-
|"[[Call Me (Tweet song)|Call Me]]"
|[[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]]
|Missy Elliott ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[Cheers 2 U (song)|Cheers 2 U]]"
|[[Playa (band)|Playa]]
|Timbaland ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[Cop That Shit]]"
|Timbaland & Magoo
|Missy Elliott
|-
|"[[Hot Like Fire]]"
|Aaliyah
|Missy Elliott ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[I Care 4 U (song)|I Care 4 U]]"
|Aaliyah
|Missy Elliott ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[If Your Girl Only Knew]]"
|Aaliyah
|Missy Elliott ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[Make It Hot (Nicole Wray song)|Make It Hot]]"
|[[Nicole Wray]]
|Missy Elliott, Timbaland
|-
|"[[None of Ur Friends Business]]"
|Ginuwine
|Timbaland ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[One in a Million (Aaliyah song)|One In A Million]]"
|Aaliyah
|Missy Elliott ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[Oops (Oh My)]]"
|Tweet
|Missy Elliott
|-
|"[[Pony (Ginuwine song)|Pony]]"
|Ginuwine
|[[Timbaland & Magoo]], [[Playa (band)|Playa]] ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[Same Ol' G]]"
|Ginuwine
|Timbaland
|-
|"[[So Anxious]]"
|Ginuwine
|Timbaland [[Playa (band)|Playa]] ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[Take Away (song)|Take Away]]"
|Missy Elliott
|Ginuwine, Tweet
|-
|"[[The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)]]"
|Missy Elliott
|Timbaland ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|-
|"[[Try Again (Aaliyah song)|Try Again]]"
|Aaliyah
|[[Timbaland]] [[Static Major]]
|-
|Final Warning 
|[[Ginuwine]]
|[[Aaliyah]] [[Static Major]]
|-
|"[[Up Jumps da Boogie|Up Jumps Da Boogie]]"
|Timbaland & Magoo
|Missy Elliot, Aaliyah
|-
|"[[We Need a Resolution|We Need A Resolution]]"
|Aaliyah
|Timbaland,  [[Static Major]]
|-
|"[[What's So Different?|What's So Different]]"
|Ginuwine
|Timbaland ''<small>(as background vocals)</small>''
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Timbaland's collaboration through compilation with 'Swing Mob' partners 'Superfriends'
!Artists
!Album
!Featured Artitsts
!Label/Distribution
!Year
|-
|Timbaland
|''[[Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment]]''
|Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Magoo, Missy Elliott, Playa, Skillz
|[[Blackground Records]]/[[Empire Distribution]]
|1998/2021
|}
*Timbaland, Missy Elliott, and Static Major were actively been involved in majority of the collective works, with Timbaland serving as the predominant producer on majority of the songs on multiple albums. However the three do not serve as writer and producer on every song on each albums. The eight artists of the collective also appear and feature on multiple tracks on various albums also sharing writers credit. Many of the tracks may not have been marketed as a single, which of the above is a select few.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Daniel |date=2022-03-07 |title=The Truth About Missy Elliot And Timbaland's Relationship |url=https://www.grunge.com/790328/the-truth-about-missy-elliot-and-timbalands-relationship/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Grunge.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Alex |first1=Brenda |last2=er |date=2021-01-07 |title=Missy Elliott Say's Tweet's 'Oops, (Oh My)' Isn't About Sex |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/missy-elliott-says-tweets-oops-oh-my-isnt-about-sex.html/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet |language=en-US}}</ref>

*The Term '''''Superfriends''''', coined by the collective crew themselves, was a reference to them being superheroes, changing music every chance they got in order to save the world, as claimed by both Missy and Timbaland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aaliyah, RIP |url=https://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/aaliyah-rip |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=The FADER |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Thompson |first=Erica |date=2019-03-15 |title=Ginuwine & Timbaland Reflect on 20th Anniversary of '100% Ginuwine,' 'One of the Best Albums Ever Made' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ginuwine-timbaland-100-percent-interview-8502578/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It also comes from the track [[Supa Dupa Fly|''"Best Friends"(Featuring Aaliyah)'']], with Missy explaining that they would come together as super friends.<ref name="Tinsley"/>  It also derives from the term '[[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]]', the collaboration of the urban R&B/Pop team being composed of music producers, writers, rappers and singers all from the ''Da Bassment Camp'' as well as solo artists who were becoming successful in their own right.