Amid work as an actor, dancer, and choreographer along with other creative pursuits, Teyana Taylor has had a labyrinthine career as an R&B recording artist, highlighted by the forthright Top 20 entries VII (2014) and K.T.S.E. (2018), and The Album (2020), her intensely personal and wide-scoped third LP for Kanye West's Def Jam-supported G.O.O.D. Music.
While in her teens, Taylor, a Harlem native, signed with the Neptunes' Star Trak label, helped popularize the Chicken Noodle Soup dance, aided in the choreography for Beyoncé's "Ring the Alarm" video, and became visible to the...