Scenic Drive is the first mixtape from Texas R&B crooner
Khalid. Initially planned as an EP, the nine-song project was released in December 2021 in advance of his third full-length, Everything Is Changing. A mellow blend of low-key, late-night, left-field pop and yearning R&B, the release boasts a number of intriguing high-profile collaborators like
Alicia Keys, who narrates the brief opening "Intro" to Canadian duo
Majid Jordan on the smooth "Open." Other tracks include the moody "Retrograde" featuring
6LACK and
Lucky Daye, and the dreamy title cut, which features
Ari Lennox and
Smino. ~ Timothy Monger