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    2017 track reviews

    Harry Styles [📷: Columbia]
    Music

    Harry Styles, Sign of the Times | Track Review 🎵

    Harry Styles delivers a gem on thoughtful, debut solo single, “Sign of the Times.” The maturity trumps the bubblegum nature of the songs by One Direction.

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsApril 10, 2017 ago
    MOONZz & Restless Modern, Navigator © MOONZz
    Music

    MOONZz, Navigator | Track Review 🎵

    MOONZz and Restless Modern shine on their romantic collaborative single electronic-pop crossover single, “Navigator.”

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsApril 7, 2017 ago
    JOEY-A, PARiS © JOEY-A
    Music

    JOEY-A, PARiS | Track Review 🎵

    On his sexy debut single “PARiS,” Cleveland-bred musician JOEY-A introduces himself to the world as a force to reckoned with.

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsApril 7, 2017 ago
    Bleachers, Gone Now © RCA
    Music

    Bleachers, Don’t Take the Money | Track Review 🎵

    Bleachers (Jack Antonoff) returns with “Don’t Take the Money,” the promo single from the band’s sophomore album, ‘Gone Now.’

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsApril 5, 2017 ago
    Mary J. Blige, Strength of a Woman [📷: Capitol]
    Music

    Mary J. Blige, Love Yourself | Track Review 🎵

    Hip-Hop Soul Queen Mary J. Blige returns with “Love Yourself,” the third single from her 12th studio album, ‘Strength of a Woman.’ Kanye West guests.

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsApril 3, 2017 ago
    Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, The Rest of Our Life © Sony Nashville
    Music

    Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Speak to a Girl | Track Review 🎵

    Ahead of a highly anticipated duets album, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill release an excellent promo single, “Speak to a Girl.”

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsMarch 30, 2017 ago
    Zayn, Still Got Time © RCA
    Music

    Zayn, Still Got Time | Track Review 🎵

    Zayn returns with a new tropical-infused pop single, “Still Got Time.” He collaborates with an unlikely artist, PARTYNEXTDOOR.

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsMarch 28, 2017 ago
    Kendrick Lamar, The Heart Part IV © Interscope
    Music

    Kendrick Lamar, The Heart Part 4 | Track Review 🎵

    Kendrick Lamar slaughters the competition on new single, “The Heart Part 4.”

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsMarch 27, 2017 ago
    2 Chainz, It's A Vibe © Def Jam
    Music

    2 Chainz, It’s A Vibe | Track Review 🎵

    2 Chainz conceives a pleasant vibe on single, “It’s A Vibe.” He’s assisted by Ty Dolla $ign, Trey Songz, and Jhene Aiko.

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsMarch 24, 2017 ago
    Trey Songz, Tremaine the Album © Atlantic
    Music

    Trey Songz, Animal | Track Review 🎵

    On the fifth single from ‘Tremaine the Album’, “Animal,” Trey Songz can’t control his sexual urges – she “brings out the animal.”

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsMarch 21, 2017 ago
    Fate of the Furious © Artist Partner Group
    LGBTQ

    G-Eazy & Kehlani, Good Life | Track Review 🎵

    G-Eazy & Kehlani collaborate on “Good Life,” another single hailing from soundtrack compilation, The Fate of the Furious: The Album.

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsMarch 21, 2017 ago
    Father John Misty, Pure Comedy [📷: Sub Pop]
    Music

    Father John Misty, Two Wildly Different Perspectives | Track Review 🎵

    Gifted singer/songwriter Father John Misty brilliantly depicts the hellishness of political polarization on “Two Wildly Different Perspectives.”

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsMarch 16, 2017 ago

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