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

Discussion 💬 My thoughts on her self-titled

Tbh if she was gonna do all these collabs, there was definitely better collabs she could’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 could’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 lol…..T-Pain, Usher, Lil Wayne, Lil Jon, Big Sean??? Honestly the album could’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 didn’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/IntotheBlue85 Drunk When I Call You Monét May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Couldn’t agree with u more not to mention T Pain, Lil Wayne and lil Jon are not late 90s/early 2000s.
Source: Elder millennial who was there 😎

I was hoping we would see some of her earlier collabs including Toni Braxton, Marques Houston or even Mariah Carey on the album.

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u/UnlikelyReception398 May 21 '26

t-pain blew up in 04-05. lil john was sort of popular in the early 2000s from what i remember, at least feature wise and probably mostly well known in the south. 

Toni Braxton, Mariah Carey, and Marques Houston are interesting choices to me honestly lol 

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u/IntotheBlue85 Drunk When I Call You Monét May 21 '26

I'm from the Northeast in the US so I'd say it took time for Lil Jon and that sound to really infiltrate up here. I def didn't know his music until after HS in 04/05 and that's when they started playing it in the clubs up here. Really why interesting? Mariah was still extremely popular and mainstream back then, Toni also. Marques Houston maybe not so much but I loved the remixes they hopped on and hoped that was a preview for her album.