It Was Good Until It Wasn'tKehlani · 2020

pitchfork

7.7

“The cloudy grooves of the Oakland singer’s second full-length album showcase her voice and her clear-eyed approach. These are love songs about all the forces that make and break romance.”

guardian

6.0

“Across her solo releases, Oakland, California artist Kehlani has channelled a nostalgic kind of poppy R&B. That the former America’s Got Talent star’s debut album was called SweetSexySavage in a nod to TLC’s CrazySexyCool is telling of the kind of slinky, exuberant sounds she’s best known for putting out. This second album is more pared down and feels more of its time, as much indebted to SZA as i”

nme

6.0

“a newly brooding sound takes the shine from her sparkling R&B”