Khalid Makes a Tiny ‘Tape’ Into Something Torrid with ‘Scenic View’: Album Review

When R&B-pop wunderkind Khalid tweeted in October that his next work “was no longer an EP, it’s way more special to me,” the heartfelt 23-year-old vocalist-songwriter set a high for what would become his first “tape” – don’t call it a mixtape! – “Scenic View.” Dropped Friday morning, “Scenic View” is a pulsating, minor marvel of economical soul-hop that satisfies all that Khalid fanatics have come to crave — that high dozy warble, those out-of-the-blue hooks — while pushing his new-found exigency (and lower range) into the future. Like Frank Ocean without the tension, or the Weeknd without weirdness, Khalid… Read Full Article