While We Wait
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name = While We Wait
| type = mixtape
| artist = Kehlani
| cover = Kehlani - While We Wait.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2019|02|22}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = R&B
| length = 31:19
| label = {{hlist|Atlantic|TSNMI}}
| producer = {{hlist|Kehlani|Sir Nolan|DannyBoyStyles|The Rascals|SuperDuperBrick|J Young White|Young Fyre|Stan Greene|Hit-Boy|G-Dav|Teddy Walton|Oak Felder|Jahaan Sweet|Boi-1da|Big White|NOVA WAV|daedaePIVOT|letmode|Triangle Park|M-Phazes}}
| prev_title = SweetSexySavage
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = It Was Good Until It Wasn't
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{Singles
| name = While We Wait
| type = mixtape
| single1 = Nights Like This
| single1date = January 10, 2019
| single2 = Butterfly
| single2date = February 12, 2019
| single3 = Nunya
| single3date = February 19, 2019
| single4 = RPG
| single4date = April 17, 2019
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Spin
| rev1score = (positive){{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/03/kehlani-while-we-wait-review/|title=Kehlani's 'While We Wait' Is Worth It|date=March 6, 2019}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 7.6/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kehlani-while-we-wait/|title=Kehlani: While We Wait|website=Pitchfork}}
}}
While We Wait is the second commercial and third mixtape by American singer Kehlani.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8499558/kehlani-mixtape-while-we-wait|title=Kehlani's New Mixtape 'While We Wait' Is Here: Stream It Now|work=Billboard|author=Billboard Staff|date=February 22, 2019|accessdate=February 22, 2019}} The album was released on February 22, 2019, by Atlantic Records.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/while-we-wait/1452002220|title=While We Wait by Kehlani on Apple Music|access-date=February 22, 2019}} While We Wait features guest appearances from Musiq Soulchild, Dom Kennedy, Ty Dolla $ign, and 6lack.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/stream-kehlanis-while-we-wait-mixtape-new-mixtape.118892.html|title=Stream Kehlani's "While We Wait" Mixtape|work=HotNewHipHop|first=Kevin|last=Goddard|date=February 22, 2019|accessdate=February 22, 2019}}
Commercial performance
While We Wait opened at number nine on the US Billboard 200, earning 34,000 album-equivalent units, including 6,000 pure album sales in its first week. While We Wait is Kehlani's second US top 10 album.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8500768/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-back-at-no-1-billboard-200-chart|title=Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Post-Oscars|work=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=March 3, 2019|accessdate=March 4, 2019}}
Singles
Kehlani released the first single "Nights Like This" featuring American singer Ty Dolla Sign on January 10, 2019. The music video was released on the same day.
Track listing
Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/104333478|title=While We Wait / Kehlani|website=Tidal|accessdate=February 22, 2019}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 31:19
| title1 = Footsteps
| note1 = featuring Musiq Soulchild
| writer1 = {{hlist|Kehlani Parrish|Justin Howze}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|SuperDuperBrick|J Young White}}
| length1 = 4:33
| title2 = Too Deep
| writer2 = {{hlist|Parrish|Nicholas James Williams|Tramaine Winfrey}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Young Fyre|Stan Greene}}
| length2 = 2:47
| title3 = Nunya
| note3 = featuring Dom Kennedy
| writer3 = {{hlist|Parrish|Greg Allen Davis|Dominic Ross Hunn|Chauncey Hollis Jr|Travis Walton}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Hit-Boy|G-Dav|Teddy Walton}}
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = Morning Glory
| writer4 = {{hlist|Parrish|Warren Felder|Roy Hammond|William Zaire Simmons}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Oak Felder}}
| length4 = 2:59
| title5 = Feels
| writer5 = {{hlist|Parrish|Matthew Jehu Samuels|Brittany Coney|Denisia Andrews|Jahaan Sweet|Andrew Joseph Gradwohl Jr.}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Jahaan Sweet|Boi-1da|Big White|NOVA WAV}}
| length5 = 3:01
| title6 = Nights Like This
| note6 = featuring Ty Dolla Sign
| writer6 = {{hlist|Parrish|Tyrone Griffin Jr.|Brandon Hollemon|Danny Schofield|Nolan Lambroza}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Sir Nolan|DannyBoyStyles}}
| length6 = 3:22
| title7 = RPG
| note7 = featuring 6LACK
| writer7 = {{hlist|Parrish|Ricardo Valdez Valentine|Cory Osborn Grindberg|Dylan Christopher Frank}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|daedaePIVOT|letmode}}
| length7 = 3:56
| title8 = Butterfly
| writer8 = {{hlist|Parrish|Leon Thomas III|Khristopher Riddick-Tynes|Aliandro Prawl|Amber Perkins|Scott Carter}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|The Rascals|Triangle Park}}
| length8 = 2:44
| title9 = Love Language
| writer9 = {{hlist|Parrish|Mark Landon|Howze}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|SuperDuperBrick|M-Phazes}}
| length9 = 3:52
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japan bonus track{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WPCR-18206?s_ssid=e3215f5d6825cc1f4f|title=CDJapan : While We Wait [Japan Bonus Track] Kehlani CD|publisher=CDJapan|language=Japanese}}
| total_length = 34:13
| title10 = Nights Like This
| note10 = featuring Ty Dolla Sign) (Snakehips & B. Lewis Remix
| length10 = 3:10
}}
Sample credits
- "Footsteps" contains an interpolation of "Ice Box", as performed by Omarion.{{Cite web|title=Footsteps by Kehlani feat. Musiq Soulchild on WhoSampled|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Kehlani/Footsteps/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=WhoSampled|language=en}}
- ”Morning Glory” samples “Impeach The President” by The Honeydrippers.{{Cite web|title=Morning Glory by Kehlani on WhoSampled|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Kehlani/Morning-Glory/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=WhoSampled|language=en}}
Charts
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Peak |
---|
{{album chart|Australia|29|artist=Kehlani|album=While We Wait|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 2, 2019}} |
{{album chart|Flanders|146|artist=Kehlani|album=While We Wait|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 2, 2019}} |
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|17|artist=Kehlani|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 5, 2019}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|34|artist=Kehlani|album=While We Wait|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 2, 2019}} |
{{album chart|France|200|artist=Kehlani|album=While We Wait|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 4, 2019}} |
scope="row"| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-w09/|title=Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)|language=Lithuanian|publisher=AGATA|date=February 28, 2019|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}
| 34 |
{{album chart|New Zealand|17|artist=Kehlani|album=While We Wait|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 1, 2019}} |
{{album chart|UK2|47|date=20190301|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 2, 2019}} |
scope="row"| US Billboard 200
| 9 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Kehlani}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Atlantic Records mixtape albums
{{2010s-album-stub}}