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    Cardi B, Outside [📷: Atlantic Recording Corporation]
    Music

    Cardi B, Outside | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B drops her first single of 2025, the entertaining, hard-nosed, and malicious-sounding banger, “Outside.”

    By the musical hype, 9 monthsJune 23, 2025 ago
    Gunna, Won't Stop [📷: Young Stoner Life / 300 Entertainment]
    Music

    Gunna Won’t Stop | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-nominated rapper Gunna makes it clear that he is in it for the long haul on his unstoppable single, “Won’t Stop.”

    By the musical hype, 9 monthsJune 17, 2025 ago
    J.M.Dee, Bittersweet Vacancy [📷: One Note Recordings]
    Guest Posts

    J.M.Dee, Bittersweet Vacancy | Song Review 🎵

    J.M.Dee has never been one to color inside the lines, and his latest offering, “Bittersweet Vacancy,” proves he’s doubling down on that philosophy.

    By George James, 10 monthsJune 11, 2025 ago
    GloRilla, “Typa” [📷: CMG / Interscope]
    Music

    GloRilla, Typa | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-nominated Memphis rapper GloRilla is aggressive regarding love on “Typa,” a single that prominently samples a beloved 2000s Keyshia Cole song.

    By the musical hype, 10 monthsJune 9, 2025 ago
    Lil Tecca, OWA OWA [📷: Republic]
    Music

    Lil Tecca, OWA OWA | Song Review 🎵

    Gen-Z rapper Lil Tecca brings the vibes on the brief “OWA OWA,” which samples a 1979 one-hit wonder.

    By the musical hype, 10 monthsJune 2, 2025 ago
    bbno$, Mary Poppins [📷: bbno$ / broke]
    Music

    bbno$, Mary Poppins | Song Review 🎵

    The ‘It boy,’ Canadian rapper/singer bbno$, continues to flex his charm, deliver another engaging, fun, and utterly silly song with “Mary Poppins.”

    By the musical hype, 10 monthsJune 2, 2025 ago
    Tunsi, My Feet [📷: Parana]
    Guest Posts

    Tunsi, My Feet | Track Review 🎵

    Tunsi emerges with a bold new single called ‘My Feet’, and it’s one that strikes while the iron is hot.

    By George James, 10 monthsMay 22, 2025 ago
    Megan Thee Stallion, Whenever [📷: Hot Girl Productions]
    LGBTQ

    Megan Thee Stallion, Whenever | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion keeps it brash and unapologetic as fvck on the entertaining rap banger, “Whenever.”

    By the musical hype, 11 monthsMay 5, 2025 ago
    bbno$, boom [📷: bbno$ / broke]
    Music

    bbno$, boom | Song Review 🎵

    Once more, Canadian rapper and singer bbno$ brings ample entertainment, fun, and laughs with his infectious single, “boom.”

    By the musical hype, 11 monthsMay 5, 2025 ago
    Key Glock, Glockaveli [📷: Paper Route Empire, LLC / Republic]
    Music

    Key Glock, The Grinch | Song Review 🎵

    Memphis rapper Key Glock ‘stands on business’ on the brief but potent and unapologetic banger, “The Grinch.”

    By the musical hype, 11 monthsApril 23, 2025 ago
    Sexyy Red, Hoochie Coochie [📷: Rebel / gamma.]
    Music

    Sexyy Red, Hoochie Coochie | Song Review 🎵

    Brash and unapologetic, St. Louis rapper Sexyy Red continues to ride a ratchet, sexed-up wave on her wild, unhinged single, “Hoochie Coochie.”

    By the musical hype, 12 monthsApril 7, 2025 ago
    Lil Nas X, Lean On My Body [📷: Columbia]
    LGBTQ

    Lil Nas X, Lean On My Body | Song Review 🎵

    Polarizing Grammy-winning rapper/singer Lil Nas X returns with another bold and unapologetic bop, “Lean On My Body.”

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMarch 24, 2025 ago

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