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    The Game, Red Nation: Controversial Tunes 😈🎶 No. 20 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; DGC / Interscope; Anand Kulkarni, Aykut Bingül, Luân Phan, mohammadreza merhvand via Pexels; Anna, Gordon Taylor, harshahars from Pixabay; christian buehner on Unsplash]
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    The Game, Red Nation | Controversial Tunes 😈🎶

    In the 20th edition of Controversial Tunes (2023), we explore the controversy behind the song, “Red Nation” by The Game.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsAugust 17, 2023 ago
    51 Best Songs of 2020 (So Far): Year in Review 🎧 [Photo Credits: 12Tone Music, 88rising, Brent Faulkner, Island, Matador, Pexels, Pixabay, Quality Control Music, RCA, Republic, Warner]
    Evergreen

    51 Best Songs of 2020 (So Far) | Year in Review 🎧

    Fiona Apple, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch &The Weeknd appear on 51 Best Songs of 2020 (So Far).

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsJune 22, 2020 ago
    12 Thrilling but Utterly Sinful Songs [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Engin Akyurt ]
    Evergreen

    12 Thrilling, But Utterly Sinful Songs | Playlist 🎧

    12 Thrilling, But Utterly Sinful Songs features songs courtesy of The Game, Juice WRLD, Like Mike, Raphael Saadiq & Sam Hunt.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsJanuary 6, 2020 ago
    11 Secular Songs from 2019 That Reference Jesus or God [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 Secular Songs from 2019 That Reference Jesus or God | Playlist 🎧

    11 Secular Songs from 2019 That Reference Jesus or God features songs by Blake Shelton, Kanye West, Roddy Ricch, Taylor Swift & Thomas Rhett.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsDecember 30, 2019 ago
    11 Songs About Various Kinds of Shots [Photo credits: 10 Summer, Interscope, Atlantic, Columbia, Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 Songs About Various Kinds of Shots | Playlist

    “11 Songs About Various Kinds of Shots” features music courtesy of Ella Mai, George Ezra, Hunter Hayes, and Post Malone among others.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsOctober 19, 2018 ago
    YG, Stay Dangerous [Photo Credit: Def Jam]
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    YG, Stay Dangerous | Album Review

    YG serves a hearty helping of hard-nosed, West Coast and trap-infused bangers on his 3rd studio album, Stay Dangerous.  Wheel not reinvented, but worthwhile.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsAugust 13, 2018 ago
    YG, Suu Whoop © Def Jam
    Music

    YG, ‘Suu Whoop’ | Track Review

    Compton, California standout YG returns with an electrifying, Blood-allegiant single, “Suu Whoop.” The rapper is turned up to the nth degree.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsFebruary 20, 2018 ago
    Kendrick Lamar, DAMN. © Interscope
    Music

    Kendrick Lamar, HUMBLE. | Track Review 🎵

    Kendrick Lamar electrifies with his humble new single, “HUMBLE.” Likely, “HUMBLE.” Serves as a promo single from his forthcoming studio album.

    By the musical hype, 8 yearsApril 3, 2017 ago
    The Game, Streets of Compton © Entertainment One
    Album 💿

    The Game Keeps It 100 on ‘Streets of Compton’

    On latest album ‘Streets of Compton,’ The Game doesn’t depart from the modus operandi – the script is familiar. Tried-and-true, The Game remains gritty.

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsJune 23, 2016 ago
    The Game, The Documentary 2.5 © Entertainment One
    Album 💿

    The Game Sounds Reinvigorated on ‘The Documentary 2.5’

    The second album by The Game, ‘The Documentary 2.5’, is as awesome as ‘The Documentary 2.’ ‘Documentary 2.5’ offer up top-notch, West Coast gangsta rap.

    By the musical hype, 10 yearsOctober 22, 2015 ago
    Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly © Aftermath/Interscope
    Album 💿

    Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly | Album Review 💿

    West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar releases his second consecutive masterpiece with TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY; the album to beat in 2015.

    By the musical hype, 10 yearsMarch 24, 2015 ago

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