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    GIVĒON, “RATHER BE” [📷: Epic / Not So Fast LLC]
    Music

    GIVĒON, RATHER BE | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-nominated R&B singer/songwriter GIVĒON can’t seem to move on from his ex-girlfriend on his emotional, hypnotic, and vulnerable neo-soul single, “RATHER BE.”

    By the musical hype, 4 weeksMay 19, 2025 ago
    15 Ear-Catching FOR Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Erika Varga from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    15 Ear-Catching FOR Songs | Playlist 🎧

    15 Ear-Catching FOR Songs features music courtesy of Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, FINNEAS, Liam Payne, Muni Long, and Sexyy Red.

    By the musical hype, 8 monthsOctober 30, 2024 ago
    Don’t Drown in These 11 Drowning Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gerd Altmann from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Don’t Drown in These 11 Drowning Songs | Playlist 🎧

    Don’t Drown in These 11 Drowning Songs features music courtesy of A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Ian Abel, Joe Simon, Justin Timberlake, Syd, and Two Feet.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearApril 22, 2024 ago
    Awesome Songs: August 2023 [📷: Brent Faulkner /The Musical Hype; Tnarg from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    Awesome Songs: August 2023 | Playlist 🎧

    Awesome Songs: August 2023 features music courtesy of Dixon Dallas, Halle, Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler Childers, and Usher.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsAugust 30, 2023 ago
    Offset & Cardi B, Jealousy [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; UMG Recordings, Inc.; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]
    Music

    Offset & Cardi B, JEALOUSY | Track Review 🎵

    Offset, assisted by his wife, Grammy winner Cardi B, drops an entertaining rap banger with “JEALOUSY,” which samples Three 6 Mafia.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsAugust 3, 2023 ago
    Nail 💅: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 47 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Kevin Domfeh on Unsplash]
    3 to 5 BOPS

    Nail 💅 | 3 to 5 BOPS

    Nail 💅: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 47 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Jack Harlow, Jelly Roll, Lorde, Saint Levant, and Todrick Hall.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsJune 13, 2023 ago
    Hate: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 41 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Tima Miroshnichenko via Pexels]
    3 to 5 BOPS

    Hate | 3 to 5 BOPS

    Hate: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 41 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Kehlani, Marsha Ambrosius, P!nk, Queen Naija, and SZA. 

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsMay 23, 2023 ago
    50 Best Songs of 2022 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Andreas Glöckner from Pixabay, Columbia, Parkwood Entertainment, L-M, RCA, Atlantic, Nice Life, Interscope]
    Evergreen

    50 Best Songs of 2022 | Playlist 🎧

    50 Best Songs of 2022 features songs courtesy of Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo, Omar Apollo, and Steve Lacy among others.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsDecember 12, 2022 ago
    13 Ear-Catching Night Songs [📷:Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Alex Fu, Artem Saranin, brenoanp, David Skyrius, Justin Hamilton, Pexels, Piccinng, Pixabay, Rakicevic Nenad, Sasha Pshenkov,Yente Van Eynde]
    Evergreen

    13 Ear-Catching Night Songs | Playlist 🎧

    13 Ear-Catching Night Songs features music courtesy of AC/DC, Chlöe, Commodores, Harry Styles, and Joji.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsNovember 14, 2022 ago
    Night: 5ive Songs No. 68 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, João Luccas Oliveira via Pexels, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Night | 5ive Songs

    In the 68th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with NIGHT in some form or fashion.  

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsNovember 10, 2022 ago
    Awesome Songs: October 2022 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Kelsie Cabeceiras via Pexels, fontgenerator.com]
    Evergreen

    Awesome Songs: October 2022 | Playlist 🎧

    Awesome Songs: October 2022 features Arctic Monkeys, Lil Baby, Måneskin, SG Lewis, Taylor Swift (twice), and Weyes Blood.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsNovember 2, 2022 ago
    15 Songs Characterized by Their Colors, Vol. II [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Adrien Olichon, Aleksandar Pasaric, Alexander Grey, Clem Onojeghuo, COSMOPOLITANO MODEL, David Bartus, gdtography, Hilary Halliwell, Lisa Fotios, Magda Ehlers, Pexels, Taryn Elliott, Zetong Li]
    Evergreen

    15 Songs Characterized by Their Colors, Vol. II | Playlist 🎧

    15 Songs Characterized by Their Colors, Vol. II features songs courtesy of 5 Seconds of Summer, BLACKPINK, Drake, Omar Apollo, Taylor Swift & Zach Bryan.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsOctober 26, 2022 ago

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