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Apr 3, 2019If this is what burgeoning motherhood looks like, then it is not a manufactured, diluted, and palatable version of oneself. Rather, it is an extension of an existing strong character, and in Kehlani we celebrate the power of a mother who isn’t afraid to say what she really thinks.
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Apr 3, 2019While We Wait has more features than the nearly all-Kehlani SweetSexySavage, but the guests acquit themselves best when they’re subsumed into the mood, like neo-soul throwback Musiq Soulchild and a relatively chill Ty Dolla $ign. Where the ballads on SweetSexySavage were very period-accurate--in that they were often filler--on While We Wait they’re the standouts.
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Apr 3, 2019Her strongest, most distilled release. The playlistification of mainstream music has not hindered this refreshingly concise collection of pop, rap, and ’90s R&B resilience.
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Apr 3, 2019While We Wait might be intended as a mere "mixtape" to bridge us over until Kehlani's next full-length, but its brevity also makes for an astute observation on the transformative nature of love and how a great deal of hard work and endurance that goes into molding it into its desired, definitive form is worth its own celebration.
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Positive: 18 out of 20
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Mixed: 1 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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Jul 26, 2022
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May 3, 2022Foot steps was my favorite first listen but the whole mixtape had grown on me but once I did I think that it’s the best ep/album best one she made
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Jul 22, 2019