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Metacritic	81/100
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Allmusic
Consequence of Sound	B
HipHopDX
Pitchfork Media	8.5/10
Rolling Stone
Spin	8/10
Tiny Mix Tapes
Vice	A–

Islah is the debut studio album by American rapper Kevin Gates. It was released on January 29, 2016, by Bread Winners' Association, Atlantic Records and Dead Game Records.

The album was supported by four official singles: "Kno One", "Really Really", "2 Phones" and "Time for That".

In an interview with iHeartRadio, Kevin Gates said that:

"I named the album after my daughter because of the anticipation. It was so high. I remember before the birth of my daughter, the anticipation was so high. I was scared, I was excited. I was going through mixed emotions at the time. When people set a high bar because I put out so much good quality music, that bar was so high. I just didn't want to. I was afraid of being a letdown. I was afraid of not being good enough. I was scared to death upon making the album, upon releasing the album. The reason I named my album Islah was because it was my first album. My first real studio album, I guess, so to say. Everything else that I put out was mix tapes. The name Islah means to critique. To make better. A spiritual awakening. When my daughter came, she gave me all of those things."

"Kno One" was released via digital download as the album's first single on July 9, 2015. The song was produced by IKENNA FuNkEn, and The Featherstones.

"Really Really" was released as the album's second single on October 5, 2015. The song was produced by Alex Goose, Cook Classics and Jake Troth. The song peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. To date, the song was a certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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