Mac Miller, 5 Dollar Pony Rides | Song Review 🎵
![Mac Miller, Balloonerism [📷: Mac Miller’s Estate / Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mac-miller-balloonerism.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Mac Miller sounds phenomenal on his posthumous single, “5 Dollar Pony Rides,” from his second posthumous album, Balloonerism.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Mac Miller, Balloonerism [📷: Mac Miller’s Estate / Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mac-miller-balloonerism.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Mac Miller sounds phenomenal on his posthumous single, “5 Dollar Pony Rides,” from his second posthumous album, Balloonerism.
![Little Simz, Hello, Hi [📷: Little Simz / AWAL Recordings Ltd]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/little-simz-hello-hi.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Confident and talented British rapper Lil Simz ‘cooks’ on her brief but potent drill-infused rap banger, “Hello, Hi.”
![Gunna, GOT DAMN [📷: Young Stoner Life / 300 Entertainment]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/gunna-got-damn.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ½ Backed by a smooth, hypnotic instrumental, Grammy-nominated rapper Gunna delivers a confident, enjoyable banger with “GOT DAMN.”
![ian, No Way [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; BuVision, LLC / Columbia; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ian-no-way-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
Gen-Z rapper ian (Ian Smith) brings nothing new, game-changing, or substantial to the table in his brief single, “No Way.”
![Paco, BODY SHOP. [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Paco; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/paco-body-shop-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
Paco taps Tommy Richman for the assist on his fun, groovy, and sensual-minded hip-hop single, “BODY SHOP.”
![Jack Harlow, Hello Miss Johnson [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Generation Now / Atlantic; Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jack-harlow-hello-miss-johnson-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
While some of the lyrics are questionable, charismatic rapper Jack Harlow delivers an entertaining, vibe-laden single with “Hello Miss Johnson.”
![The Kid LAROI & Quavo, SLOW IT DOWN [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Columbia; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the-kid-laroi-quavo-slow-it-down-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
The Kid LAROI and Quavo make a formidable team on the brief, fun, and sexed-up single, “SLOW IT DOWN.”
![Lil Baby, Insecurities [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Quality Control Music / Motown; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lil-baby-insecurities-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated melodic rapper Lil Baby drops another banger with the short but utterly sweet “Insecurities.”
![Tyler, The Creator, Noid [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Columbia; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/tyler-the-creator-noid-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning rapper and singer Tyler, The Creator is ambitious on his fame-leery, ultra-paranoid single, “Noid.”
![GloRilla, Hollon [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; CMG / Interscope; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/glorilla-hollon-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated Memphis rapper GloRilla remains unapologetic on “Hollon,” the second single from her debut studio album, GLORIOUS.
![Megan Thee Stallion, Neva Play (Ft. RM) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Hot Girl Productions LLC; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/megan-thee-stallion-neva-play-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion enlists RM of BTS for an entertaining, vibe-filled, flex-fest, “Neva Play.”
![Drake, No Face [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; OVO / Republic; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/drake-no-face-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning rapper Drake, decimated by rap beef in 2024, embraces a more aggressive, hardnosed approach on his brief single, “No Face.”