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.
Continuing in a formula of brief, narrow-minded, utterly shallow rap, popular SoundCloud rapper Smokepurpp drops another empty, forgettable single, “Big Bucks.”
DJ-producer Marshmello, with an assist by British singer Anne-Marie, drops another hit with feisty single, “FRIENDS.”
![Fifty Shades Freed [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fifty-shades-freed-republic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Continuing to build her artistic profile, Noah Cyrus returns with a new single, “We Are…” assisted by MØ. The results are mixed at best.
Southern rap duo Rae Sremmurd returns with infectious banger “T’d Up,” produced by the ubiquitous Metro Boomin.
The ‘Fifty Shades Freed’ soundtrack, like the previous Fifty Shades soundtracks, is star-studded with something for everybody. This particular edition features a number of up-and-coming musicians.
![Paramore, After Laughter [📷: Fueled By Ramen]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/paramore-after-laughter-fueled-by-ramen.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Nine months after releasing the triumphant ‘After Laughter,’ Paramore drops the album’s fourth single, “Rose-Colored Boy.”
Calvin Harris returns with tropically-infused single, “Nuh Ready Nuh Ready.” He enlists Canadian urban artist PARTYNEXTDOOR for the assist.
Tweaking his sound dramatically, James Bay returns with “Wild Love,” the wild, starkly different promo single from his forthcoming sophomore album.
![Maroon 5, Red Pill Blues [📷: Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maroon-5-red-pill-blues-interscope.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Following lukewarm success for ‘Red Pill Blues’ and after releasing numerous singles, Maroon 5 releases yet another single, “Wait.”
![Kelly Clarkson, Meaning of Life [📷: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kelly-clarkson-meaning-of-life-atlantic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Kelly Clarkson radiates on “I Don’t Think About You,” one of many fine ballads that appear on her underrated, 2017 soul-pop album, ‘Meaning of Life.’
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Pennsylvanian hard rockers Breaking Benjamin return with some bite on the carnivorous “Feed the Wolf,” a promo single for their sixth studio album, ‘Ember.’