Jennifer Hudson, And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going | COVERS
![Jennifer Hudson, And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going: Covers No. 50 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner /The Musical Hype; Sony BMG Music Entertainment; Alan Cordero, Ba Tik, Kampus Production, Matteo Milan, SHVETS production from Pexels; OpenClipart-Vectors, StockSnap, Vicki Hamilton from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jennifer-hudson-and-i-am-telling-you-covers-50-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 50th edition of COVERS (2024), Jennifer Hudson delivers a compelling rendition of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” originally performed by Jennifer Holliday.
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11 Marvelous Bad Songs, Vol. 2 | Playlist 🎧
![11 Marvelous Bad Songs, Vol. 2 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Çağrı KANMAZ, Jacob Moore, Kabé Rossi, Kuiyibo Campos, Photo By: Kaboompics.com, the peassa, Yan Krukau from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-marvelous-bad-songs-vol-2.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
11 Marvelous Bad Songs, Vol. 2 features songs by Eminem, Joey Valence & Brae, Maxwell, Polo G, and Taylor Swift.
Hoobastank, The Reason | 1 Hit WONDERful
![Hoobastank, The Reason: 1 Hit WONDERful No. 49 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; UMG Recordings, Inc.; Elias Souza from Pexels; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/hoobastank-the-reason-1-Hit-Wonderful-49-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 49th edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2024), we highlight “The Reason” performed by Grammy-nominated rock band, Hoobastank.
Brighter Side of Darkness, Love Jones | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶
![Brighter Side of Darkness, Love Jones: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 197 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; UMG Recordings, Inc.; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/brighter-side-of-darkness-love-jones-throwback-vibez-197-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 197th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Love Jones” by Brighter Side of Darkness.
Kid Souf, On Your Face | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥
![Kid Souf, On Your Face: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 98 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Kid Souf; Hasan Muneer, Natan from Pexels; Aristal Branson, Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/kid-souf-on-your-face-midnight-heat-98-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 98th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “On Your Face” by Kid Souf.
Lil Baby, Touchdown | Song Review 🎵
![Lil Baby, Touchdown [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Quality Control Music, LLC / UMG Recordings, Inc.; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/lil-baby-touchdown-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
On his respectable single, “Touchdown,” Grammy-nominated rapper Lil Baby brings a compelling cadence and flow without moving the needle per se.
Quavo, Georgia Ways | Song Review 🎵
![Quavo, Georgia Ways [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Quality Control Music, LLC / UMG Recordings, Inc.; OpenClipart-Vector from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/quavo-georgia-ways-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
Quavo collaborates with fellow Georgia-bred musicians Teddy Swims and Luke Bryan on the entertaining if slightly corny country/pop/rap single “Georgia Ways.”
Bad Bunny, EL CLúB | Song Review 🎵
![Bad Bunny, EL CLúB [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Rimas Entertainment LLC; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bad-bunny-el-club-song-review-2024-1.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny entertains and intrigues in his single, “EL CLúB” where he misses his ex.
Dixon Dallas, Like Honey | Song Review 🎵
![Dixon Dallas, Like Honey [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Dixon Dallas; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dixon-dallas-like-honey-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
Country singer/songwriter Dixon Dallas keeps things queer, and we wouldn’t have it any other way on the honey-sweet single, “Like Honey.”
Billy Stewart, I Do Love You | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶
![Billy Stewart, I Do Love You: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 196 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; UMG Recordings, Inc.; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/billy-stewart-i-do-love-you-throwback-vibez-196-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 196th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “I Do Love You” by Billy Stewart.
11 Captivating HABIT Songs | Playlist 🎧
![11 Captivating HABIT Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; A Roy, Denx arman, Elijah O'Donnell, mohammadreza merhvand from Pexels; Pexels from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11-captivating-habit-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
11 Captivating HABIT Songs feature songs by Ed Sheeran, Eminem, Maxwell, Steve Lacy, and Tove Lo.
CeCe Winans, Alabaster Box | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋
![CeCe Winans, Alabaster Box: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 46 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sparrow Label Third Party / Wellspring Gospel; Monstera Production, Qamar Rehman, RDNE Stock Project, Thomas Ronveaux, Wolrider YURTSEVEN from Pexels; OpenClipart-Vectors, Quốc Hùng Hầu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cece-winans-alabaster-box-music-lifts-46-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 46th edition of Music Lifts (2024), we’re uplifted by Grammy-winning gospel singer CeCe Winans performing “Alabaster Box.”
Snoop Dogg, Drop It Like It’s Hot | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥
![Snoop Dogg, Drop It Like It’s Hot: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 93 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Geffen; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/snoop-dogg-drop-it-like-its-hot-bangerz-n-bopz-93-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 93rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Drop It Like It’s Hot” performed by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams.
Bobby Womack vs. K-Ci | Head 2 Head
![Bobby Womack vs. K-Ci: Head 2 Head No. 48 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; ABKCO Music & Records, Inc., Geffen; Hernán Toro, Los Muertos Crew, RDNE Stock project, Thomas Ronveaux from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bobby-womack-vs-k-ci-head-2-head-48-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 48th edition of Head 2 Head (2024), Bobby Womack and K-Ci contend for the best rendition of “If You Think You’re Lonely Now.”
Ciara, Goodies | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥
![Ciara, Goodies: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 92 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; LaFace; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ciara-goodies-bangerz-n-bopz-92-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 92nd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Goodies” performed by Ciara featuring Petey Pablo.
Ruben, December (honey, honey) | Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈
![Ruben, December (honey, honey): Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈 No. 79 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Markussen Music / Warner Norway AS; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, David, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ruben-december-honey-honey-beaming-with-pride-79-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 79th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈 (2024), we highlight the song “December (honey, honey)” performed by Ruben.
Chicago, Hard Habit To Break | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶
![Chicago, Hard Habit To Break: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 195 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Warner; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chicago-hard-habit-to-break-throwback-vibez-195-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 195th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Hard Habit To Break” by the legendary rock band Chicago.
Minna Ora, Freeze | Song Review 🎵
![Minna Ora, Freeze [📷: Puuma / Minna Ora]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/minna-ora-freeze.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
George James: Minna Ora speaks a powerful message in her new single, "Freeze."
THELIGHTS, RUSH | Song Review 🎵
George James: "Christmas Wish," by Julia Thomsen is a magnificent piece that immediately puts you in the middle of the holiday season.
Incredible Songs: 1960s, Vol. 5 | Playlist 🎧
![Incredible Songs: 1960s, Vol. 5 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; cottonbro studio from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, InspiredImages, Jo Justino, Stuart Hampton, Vika_Glitter from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/incredible-songs-1960s-vol-5.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Incredible Songs: 1960s, Vol. 5 features some of the ‘60s finest songs by Joe Cocker, Joe Simon, The 5th Dimension, The Beatles, The Byrds, and The Supremes.
Aaliyah, Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number | Controversial Songs
![Aaliyah, Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number: Controversial Songs No. 12 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Blackground Enterprises / Zomba Recording LLC; Tazz Vaughn via Pexels; Elena Arboleda Salas, nikolaytaman90, Tumisu from Pixabay; christian buehner on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/aaliyah-age-aint-nothing-but-a-number-controversial-songs-12-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 12th edition of Controversial Songs (2024), we explore the controversy behind the “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number” by Aaliyah.
Getting to Know… Schëppe Siwen | Interview
![Getting to Know… Schëppe Siwen: Interview No. 443 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Schëppe Siwen]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/getting-to-know-scheppe-siwen-interview-443-2024-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 443rd Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from ambitious folk punk Luxembourg band, Schëppe Siwen.
James Brown, Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶
![James Brown, Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 194 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; UMG Recordings, Inc.; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/james-brown-get-up-i-feel-like-being-a-sex-machine-throwback-vibez-194-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 194th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” by James Brown.
AKA KELZZ, Odyssey | Album Review 💿
![Aka Kelzz, Odyssey [📷: AKA KELZZ]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/aka-kelzz-odyssey.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
George James: "Odyssey" by AKA KELZZ is a celebration of emotional freedom & self-discovery. The Berlin-based singer takes us on a trip through vulnerability, resiliency, and delight...
Gonzy & SAIKO, EROTICAAAAAAA | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥
![Gonzy & SAIKO, EROTICAAAAAAA: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 97 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Virgin Music Latin / Visonare Recordings, LLC; Hasan Muneer, Natan from Pexels; Aristal Branson, Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gonzy-saiko-eroticaaaaaaa-midnight-heat-97-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 97th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “EROTICAAAAAAA” by Gonzy & SAIKO.
Evangeline Gentle, Gay Bar | Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈
![Evangeline Gentle, Gay Bar / Gay Bar (Daniel Adams Remix): Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈 No. 78 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Evangeline Gentle; Elias Souza, Los Muertos Crew from Pexels; CatsWithGlasses, David, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Square Frog, Sudo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/evangeline-gentle-gay-bar-beaming-with-pride-78-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 78th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈 (2024), we highlight “Gay Bar” and “Gay Bar (Daniel Adams Remix)” performed by Evangeline Gentle.
K-Ci, If You Think You’re Lonely Now | COVERS
![K-Ci, If You Think You’re Lonely Now: Covers No. 49 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner /The Musical Hype; Geffen; Alan Cordero, Ba Tik, Kampus Production, Matteo Milan, SHVETS production from Pexels; OpenClipart-Vectors, StockSnap, Vicki Hamilton from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/k-ci-if-you-think-youre-lonely-now-covers-49-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 49th edition of COVERS (2024), K-Ci delivers a compelling rendition of “If You Think You’re Lonely Now” originally performed by Bobby Womack.