Almost seven years have passed since the release of Teedra Moses’ debut album, Complex Simplicity. One of the finest pop-R&B albums of the last 10 years, it dealt penthouse soul via the street, with some of the slickest, most sophisticated productions — featuring collaborations with pre-fame Ne-Yo on several vocal arrangements — as a backdrop for raw lines like “And listen daddy I’m too cute to fight/You better get that bitch told tonight” and “When I spit my ‘g’ at you, I bet you won’t know how to act.” Even when factoring Top 20 placement on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and a couple minor hits, including “Be Your Girl,” spun by DJ Quik at the Bat Mitzvah of Ari Gold’s daughter in a 2005 episode of Entourage, the album did not get the amount of promotion or attention it deserved. Moses’ label, TVT, was more invested in Lil Jon, Ying Yang Twins, and Pitbull, and it went bankrupt in early 2008, as the singer and songwriter was poised to release her follow-up.
Despite lacking an outlet for a second proper album, Moses has never faded into the background. She has been performing and releasing mixtapes at a steady rate, and she recently offered a series of extra tracks leading up to her new single, unveiled yesterday. Produced by Wow Jones, “R U 4 Real” is as alluring and lyrically direct as Complex Simplicity’s “Backstroke” and “Rescue Me,” but narcotized. The haze is greatly enhanced by its dreamlike video, directed by Phil the God (Ghostface Killah’s “2getha Baby”) and co-starring Drumma Boy. The song will be featured on The Young Lioness, what Moses calls “a compilation of songs that represent the 360 degrees of a real woman.” The album is complete, says Moses: “I am hoping The Lioness will be released in August. I don’t have a solid label home yet, though I do have interest. I’m working on feeding the people, the consumer, the music lover. My goal is to supply sexy soul music — real singing from a lifestyle artist.”
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