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.
![Shawn Mendes, Illuminate [📷 : Island]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shawn-mendes-illuminate-island.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
On his final pre-release single “Don’t Be a Fool,” pop singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes proves he’s aiming for the ‘big-time’ with sophomore LP, ‘Illuminate’.
![Charlie Puth, Nine Track Mind [📷: Artist Partner Group/Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/charlie-puth-nine-track-mind.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez have cooked up a harmless, moderately-delicious hit single with “We Don’t Talk Anymore.” Will it go down as a classic? Nah.
Rob Stone, J. Davi$ and Spooks deliver the ultimate weed anthem with “Chill Bill.” It’s infectious thanks to confident rhymes and banging production work.
Rappers DRAM and Lil Yachty deliver a surefire hit with weed-loving, come-up, feel-good anthem, “Broccoli.”
Pop collective OneRepublic prepares to release fourth album, ‘Oh My My’. After dropping promo single “Kids,” OneRepublic returns with “Future Looks Good.”
Intellectual, thought-provoking MC Common returns with a new single, “Love Star.” The record features the talents of Marsha Ambrosius and PJ.
![Green Day, Revolution Radio [📷: Reprise]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/green-day-revolution-radio-reprise.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
After reigniting the spark with promo single “Bang Bang,” Green Day drops another amped-up single “Revolution Radio,” ahead of their LP of the same name.
Idina Menzel returns with single, “Small World,” ahead of her self-titled album, due September 23. “Small World” is respectable if ‘middle of the road.’
Ty Dolla Sign drops another single, “Stealing,” ahead of his sophomore album, ‘Campaign’, due September 23.
![Zack de la rocha, "digging for windows" [📷: sombra sounds]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/zack-de-la-rocha-digging-for-windows.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Rage Against the Machine poet/rapper Zack de la Rocha returns with intense comeback single, “digging for windows.”
With latest single “Flipside,” Norah Jones delivers one of the more distinct songs of her career. Jazzy Norah is back without question.
Up-and-coming rapper Post Malone steps up his game on new single “Déjà vu,” which features pop superstar Justin Bieber.