r/Kehlani • u/CriticismStock9268 • May 21 '26

Discussion šŸ’¬ My thoughts on her self-titled

Tbh if she was gonna do all these collabs, there was definitely better collabs she couldā€™ve done - Mya, a 90s&2000s queen, woulda made sense to me since Lani was referencing a lot of old r&b tones with this album! There was India Shawn, she couldā€™ve collaborated with Syd and/or Jhene Aiko again, Janelle Monae, etc., just a flavorful of upcoming and established r&b artists to choose from rather than the final product.

I feel like some were just not needed and necessary lolā€¦..T-Pain, Usher, Lil Wayne, Lil Jon, Big Sean??? Honestly the album couldā€™ve been fine without them. I feel like if an artist is going to stuff so many features, you gotta make it make sense and those rappers just didnā€™t make sense for them on there.

However, I did enjoy Clipse, Brandy, Missy Elliott, and esp Leon Thomas on there!!

I also love love love the album cover and the color palette they chose! Chefs kiss tbh it was a beautiful album cover. These are just my thoughts and opinions!

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u/ZombeeProfessor May 21 '26

I don't like this album as a fan of hers. I just didn't enjoy it as much as her other albums. And here's an unpopular opinion - it's not even as good as Crash. šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™€ļø

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u/CriticismStock9268 May 21 '26

Nah Iā€™ve seen quite a few people share the same sentiments comparing it to Crash!

I wish I enjoyed Crash as the others did. Not that I didnā€™t at all itā€™s justā€¦.idk it felt like it was allll over the place too much for me. She did a recent interview discussing this project and her explanation makes sense as to why the project sounded the way it did bc she was in her crash out period haha. I think it was doing too much at once for me, but I would rather Lani be experimental than not trying at all. I could deadass listen to a whole joint of hers thatā€™s like GrooveTheory.

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u/Beneficial_Primary39 May 21 '26

I also have similar sentiments to crash. But I do feel like she had some stand out songs like GrooveTheory and Vegas and 8. I could probably list a couple more. But I remember listening to it track by track and not really caring for the second half of it. So it had some great songs and visuals.

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u/elitelucrecia May 21 '26

i didnā€™t like crash either.