Review at a glance
We can thank Piers Morgan, perhaps, for the existence of Kehlani Parrish’s debut album.
He’s the one who told the Californian singer that she was better than her group, PopLyfe, when they came fourth on America’s Got Talent in 2011. Since then she’s plastered herself in tattoos and gone the cool mixtape route.
Her first proper release is long, with 19 songs, and stretches from the spacious, futuristic R&B of Do U Dirty, on which she reveals what kind of girlfriend she is (“I don’t care to do the dishes”) to the sweet, bubbly pop of Get Like.
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.
(Atlantic)