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        • Album 💿Albums & EPs  💿 of various styles are evaluated in this section of The Musical Hype – we don’t discriminate. Album reviews are also available on the home page. More often than not, the album reviews on the site tend to follow a track-by-track format, commencing with an intro paragraph comprised of background information, and concluding paragraph that wraps things up. Also, GEMS – the best, highly recommended tracks – are selected at the end of each review. Each album also receives a star rating, on a scale of 0 – 5 (½ stars are used as well), that is visible at the beginning and ending of the review. = MASTERPIECE = NEAR MASTERPIECE = EXCELLENT = VERY GOOD = AVERAGE / GOOD = BELOW AVERAGE = MEDIOCRE , , , = BAD
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    11 Thrilling ARE Songs, Part 4 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Christopher Welsch Leveroni, Lokman Sevim from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 Thrilling ARE Songs, Part 4 | Playlist 🎧

    11 Thrilling ARE Songs, Part 4 features songs by Bruno Mars, Florence + The Machine, Johnny Mathis, Lenny Kravitz, and Yung Gravy.

    By the musical hype, 2 monthsOctober 29, 2025 ago
    11 Morbidly Striking DEAD Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, Hilary Clark from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 Morbidly Striking DEAD Songs | Playlist 🎧

    11 Morbidly Striking DEAD Songs features songs by Architects, Black Sabbath, David Kushner, Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, and Tyler, The Creator.

    By the musical hype, 3 monthsOctober 8, 2025 ago
    Fun.,We Are Young: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 76 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Fueled By Ramen LLC; Bigshow Lamar Campton, Daniel Duarte, Eduardo López from Pexels; AcatXIo, djexpectations, OpenClipart-Vectors, Thai Zeo from Pixabay
    Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    Fun., We Are Young | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    In the 76th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2025), we highlight “We Are Young” performed by Grammy-winning alt-pop band Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe.

    By the musical hype, 3 monthsSeptember 21, 2025 ago
    Kesha, “Die Young”: Controversial Tunes 😈🎶 No. 15 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Kemosabe; Anand Kulkarni, Aykut Bingül, Luân Phan, mohammadreza merhvand via Pexels; Anna, Gordon Taylor, harshahars from Pixabay; christian buehner on Unsplash]
    Columns

    Kesha, Die Young | Controversial Tunes 😈🎶

    In the 15th edition of Controversial Tunes (2023), we explore the controversy behind the song, “Die Young” by Kesha.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsJune 12, 2023 ago
    What Do These 13 Songs Give? [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; cottonbro studio, Dmitry, Olha Ruskykh, Orione Conceição, Yelena Odintsova from Pexels; Alexa, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    What Do These 13 Songs Give? | Playlist 🎧

    What Do These 13 Songs Give? features music courtesy of Britney Spears, Maggie Rogers, Miguel, Rick James, and Sam Smith.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsJune 7, 2023 ago
    Give: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 43 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; RCA, The Island Def Jam Music Group; Viktoria Slowikowska from Pexels]
    3 to 5 BOPS

    Give | 3 to 5 BOPS

    Give: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 43 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Miguel, Parliament, P!nk, Rick Astley, and Steve Lacy. 

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsMay 30, 2023 ago
    11 Incredible JUST Songs, Vol. 1 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]
    Evergreen

    11 Incredible JUST Songs, Vol. 1 | Playlist 🎧

    11 Incredible JUST Songs, Vol. 1 features Ariana Grande, Grover Washington Jr., Lady Gaga, Matt Jaffe & NEIKID.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsAugust 17, 2022 ago
    Kesha, High Road [Photo Credit: Kemosabe]
    Album 💿

    Kesha, High Road | Album Review 💿

    Grammy-nominated pop artist Kesha brings ample spirit, energy, and f-bombs on her colorful fourth studio album, High Road.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsFebruary 14, 2020 ago
    The Hamilton Mixtape [📷: Atlantic]
    Album 💿

    The Hamilton Mixtape | Album Review 💿

    Lin-Manual Miranda and a star-studded cast strikes gold with ‘The Hamilton Mixtape,’ a compilation of covers, reinterpretations, and newbies.

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsDecember 7, 2016 ago
    Nate Ruess, Grand Romantic © Fueled By Ramen
    Album 💿

    Nate Ruess, Grand Romantic | Album Review 💿

    ‘Grand Romantic’ is a captivating affair, though not absent of flaws or without Fun. frontman Nate Ruess indulging too much.

    By the musical hype, 11 yearsJune 23, 2015 ago

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