{"id":723717,"date":"2026-04-24T22:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kehlanis-self-titled-album-5-standout-songs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:55:10","slug":"kehlanis-self-titled-album-5-standout-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kehlanis-self-titled-album-5-standout-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kehlani\u2019s self-titled album: 5 standout songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbdfeadbe9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbdfeadbe9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kehlanis-self-titled-album-5-standout-songs\/#Dont_play_%E2%80%9CPocket%E2%80%9D_with_your_mom\" >Don\u2019t play \u201cPocket\u201d with your mom.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kehlanis-self-titled-album-5-standout-songs\/#%E2%80%9CI_Need_You%E2%80%9D_f_Brandy\" >&#8220;I Need You&#8221; (f. Brandy)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kehlanis-self-titled-album-5-standout-songs\/#%E2%80%9COooh%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Oooh&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kehlanis-self-titled-album-5-standout-songs\/#%E2%80%9CBack_and_Forth%E2%80%9D_f_Missy_Elliott\" >&#8220;Back and Forth&#8221; (f. Missy Elliott)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kehlanis-self-titled-album-5-standout-songs\/#%E2%80%9CCall_Me_Back%E2%80%9D_f_T-Pain_Lil_Jon\" >&#8220;Call Me Back&#8221; (f. T-Pain &amp; Lil Jon)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kehlanis-self-titled-album-5-standout-songs\/#%E2%80%9CPocket%E2%80%9D_f_Cardi_B\" >&#8220;Pocket&#8221; (f. Cardi B)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dont_play_%E2%80%9CPocket%E2%80%9D_with_your_mom\"><\/span>Don\u2019t play \u201cPocket\u201d with your mom.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279829\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/kehlani_ym2kmn\/kehlani-self-titled-2026-album-best-songs.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Kehlani\u2019s self-titled album: 5 standout songs\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279840\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Kehlani is riding a career high. Off the heels of the massive commercial and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/kehlani-folded-number-1-mainstream-rb-hip-hop-airplay-chart-1236132999\/\">chart success of &#8220;Folded,&#8221;<\/a> the R&amp;B bombshell has dropped off her latest album <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kehlani.com\/\">Kehlani<\/a><\/i>. Self-titled albums <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly mean something, flag a project that&#8217;s supposed to make a definitive statement about the artist&#8217;s career and creative purpose. In Kehlani&#8217;s case, her self-titled only further cements her position in the wider R&amp;B canon, firmly placing her among legacy acts, like Brandy, Missy Elliott, Lil Jon, and T-Pain, as well as her peers, like Cardi B and Leon Thomas. Across 17 songs, she proves her vision is indispensable.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Ahead, FADER staff picked our favorite five of the record, take a look below and stream the album now on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5KS0QmxwUmSPsolg9VaSAU?si=Sl6HKsFPT7q1dbApxOtcMQ\">Spotify<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/kehlani\/1885055310\">Apple Music<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279830\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CI_Need_You%E2%80%9D_f_Brandy\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;I Need You&#8221; (f. Brandy)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kehlani - I Need You (feat. Brandy) [Official Audio]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NQlxPaZzCZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Mother and daughter. Queen and princess. God and Jesus. Just kidding \u2014 that one might be over the top, but you get what I mean: Kehlani and Brandy\u2019s team up on \u201cI Need You\u201d is of watershed importance for the R&amp;B community. Two of the genre\u2019s defining women trade bruised love verses over a quintessentially \u201890s instrumental, and they are <i>singing<\/i>. Burn that candle, pour that glass of wine, this is a safe space. \u2014<i>Steffanee Wang<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279833\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9COooh%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;Oooh&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kehlani - Oooh (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TT7eJ9Y9gTQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I honestly don\u2019t know if I should be listening to this in a coffee shop. I\u2019m looking over my shoulder, feeling guilty because this track makes me feel like I&#8217;m interrupting something. Some of the best R&amp;B is the baby-making kind, and Kehlani rides (pun intended) this instrumental with sultry soul in more than 69 ways. No one does intimacy quite as fearlessly as her. \u2014<i>Kylah Williams<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279834\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBack_and_Forth%E2%80%9D_f_Missy_Elliott\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;Back and Forth&#8221; (f. Missy Elliott)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Back and Forth (feat. Missy Elliott)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GvAH7Ot8sk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kehlani sounds right at home over a Timbaland-style beat with the M.C. who helped define that very sound, Missy Elliott. On \u201cBack and Forth,\u201d Kehlani sings of setting boundaries with a lover and refusing to go \u201cback and forth.\u201d Missy brings the fictional scenario into dramatic relief via a vivid phone call, proving once again that she\u2019s equal part dramaturge and wordsmith. \u2014<i>Tobias Hess<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279831\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCall_Me_Back%E2%80%9D_f_T-Pain_Lil_Jon\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;Call Me Back&#8221; (f. T-Pain &amp; Lil Jon)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kehlani - Call Me Back (feat. T-Pain &amp; Lil Jon) [Official Audio]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y6YmTXLZchI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s rare that Kehlani isn\u2019t <i>thee<\/i> star on any song but I don\u2019t think she\u2019d mind me saying T-Pain and Lil Jon take the cake on this absolutely groovy, swaggy number. T-Pain\u2019s ever-endearing aura is on max capacity here as he croons and yells in his signature Auto-Tune, while Lil Jon slickly slides in the last few seconds like sweet-talking tomcat. There\u2019s so much personality stuffed in these three minutes, one can\u2019t not <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciate the spectacle of their effort as they paint the delicious scandal of a love triangle. \u2014<i>SW<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-279835\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPocket%E2%80%9D_f_Cardi_B\"><\/span>\n        &#8220;Pocket&#8221; (f. Cardi B)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kehlani - Pocket (feat. Cardi B) [Official Audio]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-jvxoz5eeVk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Built around an unyielding vocal chop, \u201cPocket\u201d initially scans as an over-the-top sex jam, but if anyone can sell risqu\u00e9 camp, it\u2019s these two. The brassy instrumental and Keh\u2019s unsubtle metaphors feel perfectly suited for radio play; a typically playful Cardi verse is smooth enough to go over well despite ending on an inexplicable \u201cham and cheese\u201d clunker. &#8220;Pocket&#8221; feels like a perfect summer evening jam \u2014 just don\u2019t play it around your mother. <i>\u2014 Vivian Medithi<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Steffanee Wang, Kylah Williams, Vivian Medithi, Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Off the heels of the massive commercial and chart success of &#8220;Folded,&#8221; the R&amp;B bombshell has dropped off her latest album Kehlani. Self-titled albums generally mean something, flag a project that&#8217;s supposed to make a definitive statement about the artist&#8217;s career and creative&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":723718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/c_limit,w_1024\/c_crop,h_533,w_1024,x_0,y_289,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/kehlani_b9mjkx\/kehlani_b9mjkx.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[92045,87594],"class_list":["post-723717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa","tag-kehlani","tag-rb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}