EARTHGANG, Powered Up | Track Review 🎵
![EARTHGANG, "Powered Up" [Photo Credits: Dreamville / Roc Nation]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/earth-gang-powered-up-dreamville-roc-nation-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
EARTHGANG – Doctur Dot and Johnny Venus – shine on “Powered Up,” a highly energetic, high-flying banger from Madden NFL 21.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![EARTHGANG, "Powered Up" [Photo Credits: Dreamville / Roc Nation]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/earth-gang-powered-up-dreamville-roc-nation-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
EARTHGANG – Doctur Dot and Johnny Venus – shine on “Powered Up,” a highly energetic, high-flying banger from Madden NFL 21.
![Nas & Hit-Boy, "Ultra Black" [Photo Credit: Mass Appeal]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nas-ultra-black-mass-appeal-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Nas enlists Hit-Boy on “Ultra Black,” the promo single from King’s Disease, which celebrates blackness in all its glory.
![Jack Harlow, “Automatic” [Photo Credit: Generation Now / Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jack-harlow-automatic-atlantic-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Jack Harlow may not ‘flip the game on its side’ with “Automatic,” but the Madden NFL 21 track is a respectable banger all said and done.
![Dua Lipa, "Levitating (The Blessed Madonna Remix" (Ft. Madonna & Missy Elliott) [Photo credit: Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dua-lipa-levitating-the-blessed-madonna-remix-warner-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winner Dua Lipa enlists fellow Grammy-winners Madonna and Missy Elliott for the hella groovy “Levitating (The Blessed Madonna Remix).”
![Alicia Keys, "So Done" (Ft. Khalid) [Photo Credit: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/alicia-keys-so-done-rca-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Alicia Keys continues to build anticipation for her seventh studio album, ALICIA, with her sixth advance single, “So Done,” featuring Khalid.
![Charlie Puth, "Hard on Yourself" (Ft. blackbear) [Photo Credit: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/charlie-puth-hard-on-yourself-atlantic-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Charlie Puth continues to show musical growth and maturity on the positive single “Hard on Yourself,” featuring blackbear.
![Miley Cyrus, "Midnight Sky" [Photo Credit: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/miley-cyrus-midnight-sky-rca-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
After generating little buzz musically in the back half of the 2010s, Miley Cyrus comes out strong in 2020 with single “Midnight Sky.”
![Drake, "Laugh Now Cry Later" (Ft. Lil Durk) [Photo Credits: OVO / Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/drake-laugh-now-cry-later-republic-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Though it’s moderately interesting, “Laugh Now Cry Later,” the promo single from Certified Lover Boy, isn’t a slam dunk for Drake.

Le Fil Smashes It With ‘PYMWYMI’ Contributed by George James [otw_shortcode_dropcap label=”‘L” size=”large” border_color_class=”otw-no-border-color” shadow=”shadow” square=”square”]e Fil is a London singer and songwriter who is showing no signs of slowing down with his new release reaching even greater heights than…
![Joji & Diplo, "Daylight" [Photo Credits: 88rising / 12Tone Music / Mad Decent]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/joji-diplo-daylight-88rising-12tone-music-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Joji, with an assist from Diplo, returns with “Daylight,” the fourth advance single from his sophomore album, Nectar.

On his seventh studio album, Born Here Live Here Die Here, Luke Bryan delivers a respectable if safe and un-innovative effort.
![Omar Apollo, "Stayback" [Photo Credit: Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/omar-apollo-stayback-warner-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Omar Apollo shines on the short but incredibly sweet “Stayback,” the soulful, R&B-infused promo single from his full-length debut album.