Lizzo, Special | Album Review 💿
![Lizzo, Special [📷: Nice Life / Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/lizzo-special-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Oft-criticized, bigger-than-life, Grammy-winning pop star Lizzo delivers a consistent, sickening sophomore album with Special.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Lizzo, Special [📷: Nice Life / Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/lizzo-special-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Oft-criticized, bigger-than-life, Grammy-winning pop star Lizzo delivers a consistent, sickening sophomore album with Special.
![13 E Songs: No Rhyme or Reason, Vol. 2 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, bal raj, Dan Senior, dusan jovic, Matthew Montrone, Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke, Pexels, Pixabay, Rachel Claire, RODNAE Productions, Sam Kolder, Unsplash, Vinicius Altava]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/13-e-songs-no-rhyme-or-reason-vol-2.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 E Songs: No Rhyme or Reason, Vol. 2 features music courtesy of Adele, Ethan Bortnick, Kehlani, Megan Thee Stallion, and Omar Apollo.
![Kehlani, “everything”: LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 No. 24 (2022) [📷: Anna Shvets, Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Kurious, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, TSNMI]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/kehlani-everything-lgbtq-bopz-24-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 24th edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2022), we highlight the song, “everything” performed by Kehlani.
![14 Enjoyable & Remarkable Wish Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner, Kampus Production, The Musical Hype, Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/14-enjoyable-and-remarkable-wish-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
14 Enjoyable & Remarkable Wish Songs features songs courtesy of Billie Eilish, Conan Gray, Kehlani, Sophie B. Hawkins & The Temptations.

Although initially plagued by the controversy of an ableist slur, Lizzo atones for her wrongs & delivers a respectable, female empowerment anthem with “Grrrls.”
![The O’Jays vs. Chrisette Michele: Head 2 Head 🗣️ No. 21 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Layers, Motown, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, RODNAE Productions, Sony Music Entertainment, Valentin Tikhonov]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/the-ojays-vs-chrisette-michele-head-2-head-2022-21.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 21st edition of Head 2 Head (2022), another ‘apples and oranges’ edition, The O’Jays and Chrisette Michele contend for best song.
![Kehlani, “more than I should”: LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 No. 17 (2022) [📷: Anna Shvets, Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Kurious, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/kehlani-more-than-i-should-lgbtq-bopz-17-2022-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
On the 17th edition of LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 (2022), we highlight the song, “more than I should” performed by Kehlani featuring Jessie Reyez.
![Ariana Grande, Positions (Deluxe) [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ariana-grande-positions-deluxe-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Ariana Grande releases Positions (Deluxe), adding five additional songs, expanding her sixth studio album to a total of 19 tracks.
![Kehlani, It Was Good Until It Wasn't [Photo Credit: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/kehlani-it-was-good-until-it-wasnt-atlantic-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Well-rounded, It Was Good Until It Wasn’t is an enjoyable contemporary R&B effort that finds Kehlani ‘keeping it 100’ from start to finish.