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    WHAT is up with These 15 Songs? (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; ADEYEMI HARDECKX, Andrea Piacquadio, Dima Valkov, Ekaterina Belinskaya, Ila Bappa Ibrahim, Leo Chainz, Pavel Danilyuk, from Pexels; AcatXIo, Pete Linforth from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    WHAT is up with These 15 Songs? | Playlist 🎧

    WHAT is up with These 15 Songs? features songs by Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Janet Jackson, New Radicals, Nick Lachey, and Walter Hawkins.

    By the musical hype, 1 monthApril 11, 2025 ago
    Kendrick Lamar, squabble up: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 97 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; pgLang / Interscope; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]
    Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    Kendrick Lamar, squabble up | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    In the 97th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “squabble up” performed by Grammy and Pulitzer-winning rapper, Kendrick Lamar.

    By the musical hype, 5 monthsDecember 22, 2024 ago
    15 Songs That Feature Names, Vol. 4 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; EFRA MAGAZINE, GlassesShop GS, Jonathan Silva, Leonardo Goncalves wild, Murat IŞIK, Rajeev Singh, Simon Schlee, Vanessa Pozos from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    15 Songs That Feature Names, Vol. 4 | Playlist 🎧

    15 Songs That Feature Names, Vol. 4 features songs by Ben Platt, Dua Lipa, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Omar Apollo, and Sexyy Red.

    By the musical hype, 8 monthsSeptember 11, 2024 ago
    Drake, No Face [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; OVO / Republic; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    Drake, No Face | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-winning rapper Drake, decimated by rap beef in 2024, embraces a more aggressive, hardnosed approach on his brief single, “No Face.”

    By the musical hype, 8 monthsSeptember 9, 2024 ago
    Kendrick Lamar, meet the grahams [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Kendrick Lamar / Interscope; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    Kendrick Lamar, meet the grahams | Song Review 🎵

    Kendrick Lamar kicks ass and takes names on “meet the grahams,” his hardest diss yet against fellow rapper, Drake.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMay 7, 2024 ago
    Kendrick Lamar, euphoria [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Kendrick Lamar / Interscope; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    Kendrick Lamar, euphoria | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar obliterates Drake on his six-and-a-half-minute diss banger, “euphoria.”

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMay 6, 2024 ago
    11 More Really Awesome BIG Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, GraphicMama-team, Robert Owen-Wahl, Silvia from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 More Really Awesome BIG Songs | Playlist 🎧

    11 More Really Awesome BIG Songs features music courtesy of Arctic Monkeys, Elliott Norris, Jean Knight, Nicki Minaj, and Usher.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearApril 10, 2024 ago
    Cardi B, Like What (Freestyle) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Atlantic; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    Cardi B, Like What (Freestyle) | Song Review 🎵

    On her brief single, “Like What (Freestyle),” Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B throws shade at a ‘particular female rap adversary’ with so-so results.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMarch 4, 2024 ago
    Nicki Minaj, Big Foot [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Republic; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    Nicki Minaj, Big Foot | Song Review 🎵

    Nicki Minaj sounds pressed on “Big Foot,” her unconvincing, undercooked diss track directed towards Megan Thee Stallion.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearJanuary 30, 2024 ago
    Drake, Duppy Freestyle © OVO Sound
    Music

    Drake, ‘Duppy Freestyle’ | Track Review

    Drake – the “6God” – goes on offense on “Duppy Freestyle” dissing his adversary, Pusha T, while also getting in a shot at Kanye West.  “Tired of sittin’ quiet, and helpin’ my enemies eat.” Sigh, beefs seem to fuel Drake – he is the “6 God” after all.  Anyways, besides Read more…

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsMay 30, 2018 ago
    Meek Mill & Drake screenshot from "Amen" music video
    Music

    Meek Mill Versus Drake: Comparing the Diss Tracks

    Meek Mill and Drake both released diss tracks against one another. Whose diss track reigns supreme? (Hint: it’s Drake, hands down!).

    By the musical hype, 10 yearsAugust 3, 2015 ago

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