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Leon Bridges x Lucky Daye, "All About You" [📷 : Columbia]

Leon Bridges & Lucky Daye, All About You | Track Review 🎵

“All About You,” a collaboration between R&B standouts Leon Bridges & Lucky Daye, isn’t flashy, but all in all, beautiful & quite enjoyable.

By the musical hype, 6 yearsOctober 21, 2020 ago

13 Marvelous Songs About Roses [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay]

13 Marvelous Songs About Roses 🌹 | Playlist 🎧

‘13 Marvelous Songs About Roses 🌹’ features music courtesy of Adam Lambert, Hayley Williams, OutKast, Ro James, Seal & Teyana Taylor.

By the musical hype, 6 yearsJune 9, 2020 ago

Alicia Keys, "Show Me Love": The Musical Hype Track Review [Photo Credit: RCA]

Alicia Keys, Show Me Love | Track Review 🎵

Alicia Keys returns with her second single of 2019, “Show Me Love,” enlisting fellow Grammy winner Miguel for the assist.

By the musical hype, 7 yearsSeptember 23, 2019 ago

John Legend, Love in the Future [📷: Getting Out Our Dreams / Columbia]

Retrospective Review: John Legend, Love in the Future (2013)

R&B singer-songwriter John Legend makes genuine love sound both respectable and desirable on his fourth solo album, ‘Love in the Future.’

By the musical hype, 10 years ago

Tamia, Love Life © Def Jam

Tamia Sounds Incredibly Classy On ‘Love Life’

Canadian R&B artist Tamia delivers classy, monogamous, grown-folks R&B on ‘Love Life.’

By the musical hype, 11 yearsJune 16, 2015 ago

Charlie Wilson, Love Charlie [Photo Credit: RCA]

Charlie Wilson, Love Charlie | Album Review

Following an illustrious career, with nothing to prove, veteran R&B musician Charlie Wilson delivers a solid R&B affair on his 2013 LP, ‘Love Charlie.’

By brent80, 13 yearsJanuary 29, 2013 ago

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