Editing Lil' Mo (section)

===''Meet the Girl Next Door'', career struggles (2002–05)===
[[File:LilMoOct05.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Loving in 2005.]]
While recovering from being assaulted with a champagne bottle after a performance in San Francisco, Mo began her radio career, working as a part-time anchor for [[Baltimore]] urban radio station [[WQSR|WERQ-FM]].<ref name="billboard">{{Citation |last=Lorez |first=Jeff |title=From 'Superwoman' to 'Girl Next Door' |date=April 5, 2003 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=115 |issue=14 |page=17 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> That same year, Mo began preparations for her second album, ''[[Meet the Girl Next Door]]''. The album was released on April 29, 2003, preceded by the singles "[[4Ever (Lil' Mo song)|4Ever]]" and "[[Ten Commandments (song)|Ten Commandments]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458999/lil-mo-works-on-her-second-album.jhtml |title=Lil' Mo Nabs A Fellow Lil' And Fabolous For ''The Girl Next Door'' |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=December 5, 2002 |website=[[MTV News]] |publisher=MTV.com |access-date=May 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202181037/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458999/lil-mo-works-on-her-second-album.jhtml |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> While Mo promoted the singles on shows such as ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' and ''[[Soul Train]]'',<ref name="billboard" /> she would later criticise Elektra for their lack of support and minimal promotion for the album, which she attributed to being pregnant at the time.<ref name="rnbdirt">{{Cite web |url=http://rnbdirt.com/lil-mo-wants-to-ask-you-why/6816/ |title=Lil' Mo Wants To Ask You 'Why' |date=July 24, 2004 |publisher=rnbdirt.com |access-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201213345/http://rnbdirt.com/lil-mo-wants-to-ask-you-why/6816/ |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mo's contract with Elektra expired as the label was absorbed by [[Atlantic Records]], and in July 2004, she signed Universal's [[Cash Money Records]] to record her third album, then titled ''Syndicated: the Lil' Mo Hour''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rapbasement.com/cash-money/lil-mo-signs-to-cash-money.html |title=Lil Mo Signs to Cash Money |date=July 27, 2004 |access-date=January 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101035138/http://www.rapbasement.com/cash-money/lil-mo-signs-to-cash-money.html |archive-date=January 1, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |title=Lil' Mo in Cash Money Till |date=July 17, 2004 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=116 |issue=29 |page=20 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> The album was scheduled for an early 2005 release, before being pushed back to October, after its four singles (including "[[Hot Girls]]" and "[[Dem Boyz (Lil' Mo song)|Dem Boyz]]") failed to create any buzz. Following the destruction of Cash Money's New Orleans studio by [[Hurricane Katrina]],<ref name="billboard2" /> Mo was dropped from the Cash Money roster and ''Syndicated'' was shelved.<ref name="billboard2">{{Citation |last=Gail |first=Mitchell |title=Through the Storm |date=September 1, 2007 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=119 |issue=35 |pages=52–53 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref>