“Although Kehlani Parrish began her career as a member of Pop Lyfe, a teen band who finished fourth on America’s Got Talent, she’s no cookie-cutter R&B queen. “Everything I do / I do with passion,” this tattooed rising star sings on ‘CRZY’. “If I gotta be a b***h / I’m-a be a bad one.” The 21-year-old from Oakland in California clearly has attitude, but it’s her honesty that makes ‘SweetSexySavage’”
“The title for Kehlani's debut offering is a clear nod to her '90s influences — that TLC/Aaliyah/Monica/Brandy mode of soul that transformed the genre at the time and still influences today's R&B mindset. SweetSexySavage builds on the buzz generated from 2014's Cloud 19 and You Should Be Here mixtapes. Full name Kehlani Ashley Parrish, the Oakland, California native has had an eventful year or so”
“The new album from R&B singer Kehlani Parrish is refreshingly self-assured. She’s got a lot to say on these songs, which are blunt, unflinching, and exuberant.”
“The sticky, timeless RnB sounds of ‘SweetSexySavage’ transports me to the land of my teens: of Barcardi Breezers, of fights with my dad, of Reebok Classics, Kappa tracksuits and slobbery kisses with unsuitable adolescent suitors behind the old garages. Does everything sound like something else now, or is it just me? Because I’m hearing Ashanti, Aaliyah and Brandy when she wasn’t being Moesha (espe”
