Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B
Exclaim!	8/10
The Guardian
Idolator
The Line of Best Fit	8/10
The New York Times	(favorable)
NME
Pitchfork	7.0/10

SweetSexySavage is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Kehlani. The album was released on January 27, 2017 by Atlantic Records. Kehlani started work on the album shortly after the release of her mixtape You Should Be Here. Work proceeded into 2016 where she finished the album. Kehlani described the album of having three elements; Sweet, Sexy and Savage. Before Thanksgiving, Kehlani released the video for the single "Distraction".

The album received mainly positive reviews from critics, generating a Metacritic score of 73 which ranks as Kehlani's second-highest score after her universally acclaimed mixtape You Should Be Here from 2015.

After wrapping up the North American leg of The 'You Should Be Here Tour', New Recording sessions for the album started in Philly around Halloween 2015. The album was announced to be arriving "soon" in mid 2016 by Kehlani on Twitter. Work continued into 2016 where Kehlani finished and since has passed it onto her label.

A bulk of the Album's production was handled by Pop & Oak, with Kehlani also working with many others, including her musical director and producer Jahaan Sweet, who she worked with on her mixtapes.

"CRZY" was released as the lead single from SweetSexySavage on July 15, 2016, and peaked at number eighty-five on the US Billboard Hot 100. Kehlani performed the single on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote the album's release. The second single "Distraction" was released on July 23, 2016, and also peaked at number eighty-five on the Hot 100. The song impacted rhythmic radios in mid-January and has peaked in the top 40 of the rhythmic radio charts. Its accompanying music video received over 2 million views in one day on YouTube.

The first promotional single from the album, "Advice", was premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show on December 1, 2016. Kehlani premiered the album's second promotional single "Undercover" on January 5, 2017 during Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show.

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