Bobby Womack, Across 110th Street | Throwback Vibez
In the 80th edition of Throwback Vibez (2026), we reflect on “Across 110th Street” by soul singer-songwriter Bobby Womack.
The Musical Hype
Sifting through all of the musical hype
The Musical Hype
Sifting through all of the musical hype
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Finger | 5 Gems
![Finger: 5 Gems No. 23 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Darko Djurin, Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/finger-5-gems-23-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Finger: 5 Gems No. 23 (2026) features songs by Beats By AI, Boy Throb, Jake Minch, KATSEYE, and Lauren Spencer Smith.
Jake Wesley Rogers, Lavender Forever | Beaming with Pride
In the 63rd edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “Lavender Forever” performed by pop singer-songwriter Jake Wesley Rogers.
Tracy Chapman, Remember the Tinman | Wacky Wednesday
In the 29th edition of Wacky Wednesday (2026), we break down the unique “Remember the Tinman,” performed by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman.
20 Gleaming Light Songs | Playlist
![20 Gleaming Light Songs (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20-gleaming-light-songs.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
20 Gleaming Light Songs features songs by Ella Langley, Ice Spice, John Summit, Lana Del Rey, Noah Kahan, and Red Sebastian.
Benjamin Elgar & Bhad Bhabie, HOE | Spicy Tunez
![Benjamin Elgar & Bhad Bhabie, HOE: Spicy Tunez No. 52 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Benjamin Elgar; Rizwan Aslam from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/benjamin-elgar-bhad-bhabie-hoe-spicy-tunes-52-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 52nd edition of Spicy Tunez (2026), we explore the eyebrow-raising, naughty, sexed-up vibes behind “HOE” by Benjamin Elgar & Bhad Bhabie.
Getting to Know… Red Giant | Interview
In the 518th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, Dave Simpson gives us the inside scoop on his blues rock band Red Giant.
Saucy Santana, Quiet on the Creek | Song Review
![Saucy Santana, Quiet on the Creek [📷: Saucy Santana / StreamCut]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/saucy-santana-quiet-on-the-creek.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Saucy Santana brings attitude, energy, and some mess on his fun, utterly irresistible minimalist single, “Quiet on the Creek.”
Wheatus, Teenage Dirtbag | 1 Hit WONDERful
![Wheatus, Teenage Dirtbag: 1 Hit WONDERful No. 29 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment Inc.; Alexa Popovich, cottonbro studio, ds rexy, Thomas Ronveaux from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/wheatus-teenage-dirtbag-one-hit-wonderful-29-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 29th edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2026), we highlight “Teenage Dirtbag” by American rock band Wheatus.
Tinashe, Crash Out | Song Review
![Tinashe, Popstar [📷: Tinashe Music Inc. / Atlantic Recording Corporation]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/tinashe-popstar.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ R&B/pop singer-songwriter Tinashe brings the heat with her confident, hard-nosed, and unapologetic banger “Crash Out.”
beabadoobee, Switchblade | Song Review
![beabadoobee, Pylon [📷: Dirty Hit / Interscope Records]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/beabadoobee-pylon.jpg?fit=700%2C700&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Indie-rock singer-songwriter beabadoobee thrills on the distorted “Switchblade,” the second single from her fourth album, Pylon.
Davido & NO11, Gimme Dat Ting | Song Review
![Davido, Oriadé [📷: David Music Worldwide Limited / Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/davido-oriade.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ American-born, Nigerian-bred Nigerian artists Davido and NO11 drop a fun, vibe-laden Afrobeats record with “Gimme Dat Ting.”
Lil Baby, Dead Fresh | Song Review
![Lil Baby, Dead Fresh [📷: Quality Control Music / Motown Records]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/lil-baby-dead-fresh.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Grammy-winning rapper Lil Baby drops a respectable, though somewhat forgettable single with Dead Fresh, produced by Pharrell Williams.
Stevie Wonder, Jungle Fever | Throwback Vibez
![Stevie Wonder, Jungle Fever: Throwback Vibez No. 79 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Motown; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, schubinger from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/stevie-wonder-jungle-fever-throwback-vibez-79-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 79th edition of Throwback Vibez (2026), we reflect on “Jungle Fever” by iconic Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder.
Naughty Songs Where Sex is the Modus Operandi | Playlist
![Naughty Songs Where Sex is the Modus Operandi (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Airam Dato-on, cottonbro studio, ivan alba, Ketut Subiyanto, Mikhail Nilov, Vitaly Gariev from Pexels; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/naughty-songs-where-sex-is-the-modus-operandi.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Naughty Songs Where Sex is the Modus Operandi features songs by Baby Keem, Gemaine, JORDY, Klovis Gaynor, Lola Young, and Robyn.
Keith Pringle, Call Him Up | Music Lifts
![Minister Keith Pringle and The Pentecostal Community Choir, Call Him Up: Music Lifts No. 28 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Savoy Records, Inc.; Emma Bauso, foad shariyati, nappy, Niko Twisty, Victoria Strelka_ph, Wolrider YURTSEVEN from Pexels; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/minister-keith-pringle-and-the-pentecostal-community-choir-call-him-up-music-lifts-28-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 28th edition of Music Lifts (2026), we’re uplifted by Minister Keith Pringle and The Pentecostal Community Choir performing “Call Him Up.”
Olivia Dean, So Easy (To Fall In Love) | Bangerz N Bopz
![Olivia Dean, So Easy (To Fall In Love): Bangerz N Bopz No. 51 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Universal Music Operations Limited; Art Laurence Luzon, cottonbro studio, Osmar Vasques, Sebastian Ervi, Wallyson Nascimento from Pexels; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/olivia-dean-so-easy-to-fall-in-love-bangerz-n-bopz-51-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 51st edition of Bangerz N Bopz (2026), we highlight “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” performed by Grammy winner Olivia Dean.
Isaac Dunbar, Princess | Beaming with Pride
![Isaac Dunbar, Princess: Beaming with Pride No. 62 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Mega House Recordings; Cristyan Bohn, Ketut Subiyanto, Luis Morales Torres, SHVETS production, Uriel Mont from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/isaac-dunbar-princess-beaming-with-pride-62-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 62nd edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “Princess” performed by pop singer-songwriter Isaac Dunbar.
Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans, Count On Me | Dazzling Duets
![Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans, Count On Me: Dazzling Duets No. 28 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Arista Records LLC; ANTONI SHKRABA production from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/whitney-houston-cece-winans-count-on-me-dazzling-duets-28-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 28th edition of Dazzling Duets (2026), Grammy winners Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans collaborate on “Count On Me.”
15 Marvelous ME and Only ME Songs | Playlist
![15 Marvelous ME and Only ME Songs (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Anas Ahmed, Cathy B., cottonbro studio, maina shot, Manar Rajeep, Sean Nkomo, Talha Kuğu, the framestreet from Pexels; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/15-marvelous-me-and-only-me-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
15 Marvelous ME and Only ME Songs features songs by Ariana Grande, Felix Jaehn & Cascada, David Allan Coe, George Benson, Kevin Lyttle, and Tracy Chapman.
Lizzo, A Toast → The Flops
![Lizzo, A Toast: The Flops No. 1 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Nice Life Recording / Atlantic Recording Corporation; Will Oliveira from Pexels; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/lizzo-a-toast-the-flops-1-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the first edition of The Flops (2026), we examine the questionable “A Toast” recorded by Grammy-winning pop singer-songwriter Lizzo.
Europe, The Final Countdown | Throwback Vibez
![Europe, The Final Countdown: Throwback Vibez No. 78 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, schubinger from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/europe-the-final-countdown-throwback-vibez-78-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 78th edition of Throwback Vibez (2026), we reflect on “The Final Countdown,” the iconic hit by Swedish rock band Europe.
Fever | 5 Gems
![Fever: 5 Gems No. 22 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; cottonbro studio from Pexels; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors, Souman Ghosh from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fever-5-gems-22-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Fever: 5 Gems No. 22 (2026) features songs by Adam Lambert, Alex Warren, Angrybaby, Joaicon, and Lucky Daye.
Søren Torpegaard Lund, Før Vi Går Hjem | Beaming with Pride
![Søren Torpegaard Lund, Før Vi Går Hjem: Beaming with Pride No. 61 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Little Yellow House; Cristyan Bohn, Ketut Subiyanto, Luis Morales Torres, SHVETS production, Uriel Mont from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/soren-torpegaard-lund-for-vi-gar-hjem-beaming-with-pride-61-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 61st edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “Før Vi Går Hjem” performed by Søren Torpegaard Lund.
Greyson Chance, SUGAR RUSH | Song Review
![Greyson Chance, SUGAR RUSH [📷: GCM]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/greyson-chance-sugar-rush.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ Pop singer-songwriter Greyson Chance delivers another home run in 2026 with his bold yet sugary-sweet single, “SUGAR RUSH.”
Kendrick Lamar, Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst | Wacky Wednesday
![Kendrick Lamar, Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst: Wacky Wednesday No. 28 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Aftermath / Interscope Records; Vitaly Gorbachev from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/kendrick-lamar-sing-about-me-im-dying-of-thirst-wacky-wednesday-28-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 28th edition of Wacky Wednesday (2026), we break down the unique “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst,” performed by Kendrick Lamar.
15 Songs Where LOVE is the Name of the Game | Playlist
![15 Songs Where LOVE is the Name of the Game (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Nikolina, Ron Lach, Victoria Strelka_ph from Pexels; Anna, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/15-songs-where-love-is-the-name-of-the-game.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
15 Songs Where LOVE is the Name of the Game features songs by Ariana Grande, David Archuleta, Laufey, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, and Peabo Bryson.