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Kehlani’s fifth studio album, the self-titled Kehlani, is a triumphant, nostalgia-fueled masterpiece of millennium-era R&B that marks a defining moment of creative freedom in her career. Released to generally favorable reviews (holding a 79/100 on Metacritic), the 17-track record serves as a polished, deliberate course-correction from the genre-hopping experimentation of 2024’s Crash. Instead of chasing quick streaming algorithms, Kehlani centers the album on structured balla

To go from working at a gas station in Annapolis, MD, to production on some of music's greatest songs and most noteworthy artists, could...