Album: While We Wait by Kehlani (2019)
Genre: R&B/Soul
Record Label: TSNMI / Atlantic
Format: Album

Description: While We Wait serves as a tasty amuse-bouche before Kehlani’s follow-up to SweetSexySavage. The Oakland R&B singer sounds refreshed and fed up with the games—taking lazy lovers to task on “RPG” and “Nights Like This” (6LACK and Ty Dolla $ign, respectively, provide stinging rebuttals). Moments of levity appear in “Nunya”, which takes on exes who can’t mind their business. And “Morning Glory” is like a peak TLC track with Kehlani playing all the roles; they presents the too-real image of themself without make-up, nails or hair done, asking: Would you still ride? While We Wait possesses equal measures of moxie and vulnerability, framing Kehlani as a wise young person navigating love and life, eager to leave the past behind.

Artist Background: Kehlani tells it like it is. Whether in conversation or on stage, the Oakland-born R&B singer and songwriter gives the straight truth about her life, pain, passion, love, triumph, and everything in between with collected calm and confidence. It's that type of honesty that makes her music resonate with the depth of classic Motown and a vividly confessional lyricism reminiscent of Neo Soul. At the same time, her 2015 mixtape, You Should Be Here, tells a story that distinctly belongs to her. It ... Part of the Oakland, USA music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with R&B movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Related Artists: Victoria Monet, Summer Walker, Kiana Lede, Ella Mai

Music Scene: Part of the Oakland, USA music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with R&B movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Tags: R&B/Soul, 2010s, Album, TSNMI / Atlantic

While We Wait serves as a tasty amuse-bouche before Kehlani’s follow-up to SweetSexySavage. The Oakland R&B singer sounds refreshed and fed up with the games—taking lazy lovers to task on “RPG” and “Nights Like This” (6LACK and Ty Dolla $ign, respectively, provide stinging rebuttals). Moments of levity appear in “Nunya”, which takes on exes who can’t mind their business. And “Morning Glory” is like a peak TLC track with Kehlani playing all the roles; they presents the too-real image of themself without make-up, nails or hair done, asking: Would you still ride? While We Wait possesses equal measures of moxie and vulnerability, framing Kehlani as a wise young person navigating love and life, eager to leave the past behind.

While We Wait

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