Tvt
2004
Complex Simplicity
About This Album
The knock against neo-soul is that it looks desperately to the past instead of the present or future, having disconnected somewhere in the late '70s, just before the wicked drum machines and synthesizers came around to siphon the soul out of R&B. Pop-oriented R&B is routinely faulted for being insincere and inauthentic, full of flash and bleating-goat ululations. New R&B artists in 2004 tended to be slotted into one of the two categories, either next to Jill Scott and "the next D'Angelo," or next to Usher and "the next Beyoncé." Singer and songwriter Teedra Moses sees the good in both sides, realizing that there must be some people out there who are thrilled by modern-day hip-hop-minded productions but crave lyrical content that goes deeper than memorable hooks and identikit platitudes about desire, romantic drama, and soul-searching. Just as importantly, Moses and primary collaborator Paul Poli -- who also teamed up to write and produce Christina Milian's "Dip It Low," an ill-suited reference for the sound of this album -- draw from elements of the past that, save for some Bad Boy samples, have rarely fit into the framework of any R&B for the past several years.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10)

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