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13 Songs That Explore It, Vol. 4 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Leonardo Goncalves wild from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]

13 Songs That Explore It, Vol. 4 | Playlist

13 Songs That Explore It, Vol. 4 features songs by Denise LaSalle, ETHAN, Pharrell Williams x Miley Cyrus, Teddy Pendergrass, and Twisted Sister.

By the musical hype, 2 monthsApril 4, 2025 ago

Bops That Pop: August 2024 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Jacub Gomez from Pexels; agoss, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Mohamed_hassan, succo from Pixabay]

Bops That Pop: August 2024 | Playlist

Bops That Pop: August 2024 features songs by Charli XCX, Hozier, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, Muni Long, and Shawn Mendes.

By the musical hype, 9 monthsAugust 30, 2024 ago

Sean Kingston, Beautiful Girls: Controversial Tunes No. 2 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Epic; Tazz Vaughn via Pexels; Elena Arboleda Salas, nikolaytaman90, Tumisu from Pixabay; christian buehner on Unsplash]

Sean Kingston, Beautiful Girls | Controversial Songs

In the 2nd edition of Controversial Songs (2024), we explore the controversy behind the “Beautiful Girls” by Sean Kingston.

By the musical hype, 9 monthsAugust 29, 2024 ago

Ciara, Run It Up [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Beauty Marks Entertainment, Inc.; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]

Ciara, Run It Up | Song Review

Grammy-winning R&B/hip-hop artist Ciara enlists BossMan Dlow for her entertaining, vibe-laden single, “Run It Up.”

By the musical hype, 10 monthsAugust 13, 2024 ago

Listen UP to These 15 Songs 🎧 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Free-Photos from Pixabay, Harpreet Batish from Pixabay]

Listen UP to These 15 Songs | Playlist

Listen UP to These 15 Songs features Ariana Grande, Cardi B, DaBaby, Jazmine Sullivan, Joji & Sam Hunt.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsFebruary 19, 2021 ago

Megan Thee Stallion, Good News [📷: 1501 Certified Ent. LLC / 300 Entertainment]

Megan Thee Stallion, Good News | Album Review

Megan Thee Stallion brings the heat on her cocky, confident, hypersexual, and unapologetic debut album, Good News.

By the musical hype, 5 yearsNovember 23, 2020 ago

Jason Derulo, Platinum Hits © Warner Bros.

Jason Derulo Makes Case for His Artistic Legacy on ‘Platinum Hits’

Urban pop artist Jason Derulo reminds us of how impactful he has been in pop music on greatest hits compilation, ‘Platinum Hits.’

By the musical hype, 9 yearsAugust 2, 2016 ago

DMX, Undisputed © Seven Arts Music

DMX, Undisputed | Album Review

Once ubiquitous rapper DMX releases Undisputed, his first studio effort since 2006. He was once a force on the East coast rap scene.

By brent80, 13 yearsSeptember 15, 2012 ago

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