Songs (singles + tracks) of various styles are reviewed in this section of The Musical Hype. Songs are assigned a rating between 0 and 5 stars.
Following ample success as a songwriter and producer for pop’s brightest, Teddy Geiger returns as teddy💔, liberated on the brilliant “I Was in a Cult.”
![Lil Kim, Nasty One [Photo Credit: Entertainment One]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lil-kim-nasty-one-entertainment-one.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Following her return from a lengthy hiatus earlier in 2018, Lil Kim falls short of the glory on “Nasty One,” her second single.
![In Real Life, Tonight Belongs to You [Photo Credit: Hollywood]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/in-real-life-tonight-belongs-to-you-hollywood.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Following “Tattoo (How ‘Bout You)” and “How Badly,” Rising LA boy band In Real Life drops its third single of 2018, “Tonight Belongs to You.”
![Mary J. Blige, Only Love [Photo Credit: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/mary-j-blige-only-love-republic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Post-divorce & post album-flop, Mary J. Blige returns ferociously on her throwback, neo-disco single, “Only Love.”
![Ariana Grande, Sweetener [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ariana-grande-sweetener-republic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Following the quirky, off-putting single “the light is coming,” Ariana Grande rebounds superbly on “God is a Woman,” the third single from ‘Sweetener.’
![Childish Gambino, Feels Like Summer [Photo Credit: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/childish-gambino-feels-like-summer-magic-rca.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Following the superb “This is America,” Childish Gambino returns with a ‘Summer Pack’ comprised of “Summertime Magic” and “Feels Like Summer.”
![Childish Gambino, Summertime Magic [Photo Credit: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/childish-gambino-summertime-magic-rca.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Following the superb “This is America,” Childish Gambino returns with a ‘Summer Pack’ comprised of “Summertime Magic” and “Feels Like Summer.”
![Twenty One Pilots, Trench [📷 : Fueled by Ramen]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/twenty-one-pilots-trench-fueled-by-ramen.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning alt duo Twenty One Pilots makes a big comeback with “Jumpsuit” & “Nico and the Niners,” singles from their 3rd major label LP, ‘Trench.’
Grammy-winning alt duo Twenty One Pilots makes a big comeback with “Jumpsuit” & “Nico and the Niners,” singles from their 3rd major-label LP, ‘Trench.’
![Nash Boogie, A/C Blow Cold [Photo Credit: Nash Boogie]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/nash-boogie-ac-blow-cold-nash-boogie.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Sacramento rapper and producer Nash Boogie drops a surefire banger on single “A/C Blow Cold” featuring Luke Tailor and Apollo Cutts.
![A R I Z O N A, Cold Nights // Summer Days [Photo Credit: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/arizona-cold-nights-summer-days-atlantic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
A R I Z O N A – “the band, not the state” – returns with two new singles, including the readymade summer jam, “Summer Days.”
![Skooly, Crazy Shit [Photo Credit: TRU]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/skooly-crazy-shit-tru.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Despite the ‘in your face song title,’ neither Skooly or Lil Xan offer much craziness beyond clichés on the brief banger “Crazy S**t.”