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Album 💿
Joesef, Permanent Damage | Album Review 💿
Queer Scottish, soul-pop musician Joesef delivers an authentic, emotional, and truly exceptional debut album with Permanent Damage.
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3 to 5 BOPS
Smoke 🚬 💨 | 3 to 5 BOPS
Smoke 🚬 💨: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 5 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Drake, Otis Redding, The Platters, Silk Sonic, and SZA.
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Columns
The 5th Dimension, Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶
In the 11th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In” by The 5th Dimension.
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Columns
Clarence Carter, Strokin’ | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥
In the 5th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2023), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Strokin’” by Clarence Carter.
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Columns
Alicia Keys, “Every Little Bit Hurts” | COVERS
In the 3rd edition of COVERS (2023), Alicia Keys delivers a compelling rendition of “Every Little Bit Hurts” originally performed by Brenda Holloway.
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Music
Måneskin, GOSSIP | Track Review 🎵
Italian band Måneskin have a bone to pick with Los Angeles and its superficiality on “GOSSIP,” the fifth single from their 2023 album, RUSH!.
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LGBTQ
Sam Smith, Koffee & Jessie Reyez, Gimme | Track Review 🎵
Sam Smith, Koffee & Jessie Reyez join forces for the entertaining, infectious, and naughty “Gimme,” the third single from Smith’s fourth LP.
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LGBTQ
Miley Cyrus, Flowers | Track Review 🎵
Miley Cyrus turns lemon into sweet lemonade on “Flowers,” the groovy promo single from her eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation.
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Bangerz N Bopz 🔥
Latto, Sunshine | Rap BNGRZ 🔥
In the 2nd edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2023), we break down the banger status of “Sunshine,” performed by Latto.
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Evergreen
13 Songs Straight From The Shower | Playlist 🎧
13 Songs Straight From The Shower features music courtesy of Ashe, Becky G, Ice Nine Kills, Joesef, and Surface.
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Columns
Kirk Franklin & The Family, Conquerors | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋
In the 3rd edition of Music Lifts, we’re uplifted by Kirk Franklin & The Family performing the uplifting contemporary gospel ballad, “Conquerors.”
![Mahalia Jackson vs. Whitney Houston: Head 2 Head 🗣️ No. 2 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Arista, Columbia; Antoni Shkraba via Pexels; andresilva5, talha khalil, Valentin Tikhonov via Pixabay; Nick Wang on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mahalia-jackson-whitney-houston-head-2-head-2-2023.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Columns
Mahalia Jackson vs. Whitney Houston | Head 2 Head 🗣️
In the 2nd edition of Head 🗣️ 2 Head 🗣️ (2023), Mahalia Jackson and Whitney Houston contend for the best rendition of “Somebody Bigger Than You and I.”