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    Marvin Gaye, Distant Lover: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 14 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Motown / UMG Recordings, Inc.; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom from Pixabay]
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    Marvin Gaye, Distant Lover | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

    In the 14th edition of Throwback Vibez (2025), we recollect and reflect on “Distant Lover” by Marvin Gaye.

    By the musical hype, 4 monthsJanuary 24, 2025 ago
    Kanye West, “Spaceship”: Rap BNGRZ 🔥 No. 9 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Roc-A-Fella, RODNAE Productions, WoodysMedia]
    Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    Kanye West, Spaceship | Rap BNGRZ 🔥

    On the 9th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2022), we break down the banger status of “Spaceship” performed by Kanye West.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsMarch 1, 2022 ago
    “13 Songs That Feature Elements of Escapism” [Photo Credits: Atlantic, BMG Rights Management, Columbia, Epic, Fueled by Ramen, Interscope, Myylo, Pexels, Pixabay, Roadrunner, Roc-A-Fella, Southeastern, Warner Bros.]
    Evergreen

    13 Songs That Feature Elements of Escapism | Playlist 🎧

    “13 Songs That Feature Elements of Escapism” features music courtesy of Avril Lavigne, Depeche Mode, Jason Isbell, Kanye West, and Michael Jackson.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsJuly 25, 2019 ago
    A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It from Here Thank You 4 Your Service © Epic
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    A Tribe Called Quest Nails It On ‘We Got It from Here…’

    A Tribe Called Quest returns for one last hurrah with ‘We Got It from Here…Thank You 4 Your Service.’ Q-Tip and company are on autopilot.

    By the musical hype, 8 years ago

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