Kehlani has again accomplished her mission of unpacking the diversity of the individual It’s all very accomplished, but when the biggest stars in her world, Beyoncé and Rihanna, are being more sonically adventurous right now, it may not be enough to take her to the top The singer’s debut album proper proves she has the tunes and personality to back up the notoriety Kehlani endears herself with inherent integrity that lacks in the largest of the pop realm In its efforts to give homage to the past, the record often finds itself trapped within its formula, a downright shame considering Parrish appears capable of taking all sorts of risks in multiple genres Will most definitely sate the hunger of her fervent followers She’s got a lot to say on these songs, which are blunt, unflinching, and exuberantĭespite its flaws and unevenness, it establishes her as a remarkable artist worth following Kehlani looks set to be an integral part of the future, especially once she gets the chance to spread her wings even further
It’s classic in the way Michael Jackson’s music is classic – it might have been released now, or twenty years ago, but you can still imagine teenagers getting off to it at a house party Her vocals are more sweet than savage, a high breathy croon with a powerful underlying coreīy getting intensely personal, Kehlani adds a human side to the recordings that's multilayered and unapologetically self-determined It’s a record that lives and breathes the air of nostalgia for 90s-00s R&B, pop and soul When she sings,“Ain’t nothin ’bout me basic,” on ‘CRZY’, it’s hard to disagree Makes good on all the promise of the mixtapes. You can follow him on Twitter.Sort by ADM rating Sort by most recent review SweetSexySavage hasn’t quite converted me into a NewfoundKehlaniStan, but it has given me five or six Kehlani tracks that you might just catch me playing for the rest of the year.īy Andy James.
“Thank You” is far from my favorite song, but you can’t help but appreciate the way it ends the album on an optimistic note, given everything that’s happened. “Escape” and “Hold Me By the Heart,” meanwhile, are practically two sides of the same coin. Songs like “Advice,” “Do U Dirty” and “Get Like” bring generic pop flavors but little in the way of earnest songwriting. However, it all seems to fizzle out at the midway point. The production soothes, seduces and slaps in equal measure while Kehlani searches for love (“Distraction”) and deals with heartbreak and suicide (“Piece of Mind”). From “Keep On” to “Everything Is Yours,” the first-half stretch would make for a seriously solid EP (throw “Too Much” in there, too). Unfortunately for Kehlani, 17 songs (19, if you cop the deluxe edition) sours the sweetness of SweetSexySavage.ĭon’t get me wrong, the album has some great moments. When I wrote about Clipse’s Hell Hath No Fury on its 10th anniversary last year, it reminded me how important not only the quality of an album is, but the length of an album.
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