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11 Marvelous Bad Songs, Vol. 2 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Çağrı KANMAZ, Jacob Moore, Kabé Rossi, Kuiyibo Campos, Photo By: Kaboompics.com, the peassa, Yan Krukau from Pexels]

11 Marvelous Bad Songs, Vol. 2 | Playlist

11 Marvelous Bad Songs, Vol. 2 features songs by Eminem, Joey Valence & Brae, Maxwell, Polo G, and Taylor Swift.

By the musical hype, 6 monthsDecember 11, 2024 ago

11 Thrilling ARE Songs, Part 1 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Liviu Gorincioi from Pexels]

11 Thrilling ARE Songs, Part 1 | Playlist

11 Thrilling ARE Songs, Part 1 features songs by Nick Rich, Orville Peck & Willie Nelson, Patti LaBelle, Sister Sledge, and Taylor Swift.

By the musical hype, 6 monthsNovember 29, 2024 ago

13 Songs That Are REALLY REAL (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; 11765557, Malkhai Cora from Pixabay]

13 Songs That Are REALLY REAL | Playlist

13 Songs That Are REALLY REAL features music courtesy of AJR, Anthony Hamilton, Cheryl Lynn, Juice WRLD, Post Malone, and Smokey Robinson.

By the musical hype, 1 yearMarch 18, 2024 ago

11 Intriguing Forest, Woods & Outdoors Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sergey Zhumaev from Pexels; Peter H from Pixabay]

11 Intriguing Forest, Woods & Outdoors Songs | Playlist

11 Intriguing Forest, Woods & Outdoors Songs features music courtesy of The Beatles, Jhené Aiko, Jimmy Clifton, Kayne The Lovechild, and Taylor Swift.

By the musical hype, 1 yearJanuary 1, 2024 ago

11 MORE Excellent Songs You’ll Totally Believe In (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Daniela Jakob from Pixabay]

11 MORE Excellent Songs You’ll Totally Believe In | Playlist

11 MORE Excellent Songs You’ll Totally Believe In features music from The Doobie Brothers, Kanye West, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Mary J. Blige, and Whitney Houston.

By the musical hype, 2 yearsNovember 8, 2023 ago

11 Songs That Make You Wanna Try [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype]

11 Songs That Make You Wanna Try | Playlist

11 Songs That Make You Wanna Try features music courtesy of Aaliyah, Darren Haynes, Jason Aldean, Kirk Franklin, and Macy Gray.

By the musical hype, 2 yearsSeptember 13, 2023 ago

13 Songs Where The Need Is Real [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Maria from Pixabay]

13 Songs Where The Need Is Real | Playlist

13 Songs Where The Need Is Real features music courtesy of The 1975, Doja Cat, James Blake, Patti LaBelle, and Whitney Houston.

By the musical hype, 2 yearsFebruary 15, 2023 ago

13 Terrific AWAY Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner, Dương Nhân, Gustavo Fring, Ketut Subiyanto, Michael Burrows, Monstera, The Musical Hype, Olya Kobruseva, Ono Kosuki, Trân Long]

13 Terrific AWAY Songs | Playlist

13 Terrific Away Songs features music courtesy of Brian McKnight, John Mayer, Miley Cyrus, Omar Apollo & Twenty One Pilots.

By the musical hype, 3 yearsDecember 2, 2022 ago

Away: 5ive Songs No. 12 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, cottonbro, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay]

Away | 5ive Songs

On the 12th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with the word AWAY in some form or fashion.

By the musical hype, 3 yearsMarch 29, 2022 ago

🎧 13 Songs That Get Straight to the Point [📷: Andrea Piacquadio, Alex Green, Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, Erin Li, Klaus Nielsen, The Musical Hype, Pexels, SHVETS production, Thiago Schlemper, Vanessa Garcia, William Fortunato]

13 Songs That Get Straight to the Point | Playlist

13 Songs That Get Straight to the Point features Arctic Monkeys, Ariana Grande, Little Simz, The Phantom of the Opera & Tears for Fears.

By the musical hype, 3 yearsMarch 16, 2022 ago

🎧 15 K Songs: No Rhyme or Reason [📷: Azyan Syazwani Rozik, Brent Faulkner, Gerhard G., The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Pexels, Polina Tankilevitch, PublicDomainPictures, Tima Miroshnichenko]

15 K Songs: No Rhyme or Reason | Playlist

15 K Songs: No Rhyme or Reason features music courtesy of Burna Boy, Doja Cat, Jay Rock, Manchester Orchestra, ur pretty & Whitechapel.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsDecember 2, 2021 ago

Don Toliver Bows at No. 2: Scanning the Charts 📉 No. 42 [📷: Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Cactus Jack, The Musical Hype, WeRunIt Ent.]

Don Toliver Bows at No. 2 | Scanning the Charts

Scanning the Charts (10/20/21): Drake returns to the top of the Billboard 200, holding off Don Toliver from the no. 1 spot.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsOctober 20, 2021 ago

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