Luke James, ‘Drip’ | Track Review

Following a three-year hiatus, urban contemporary up-and-comer Luke James returns with a soulful, sensual new single, “Drip.”

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Following a three-year hiatus, urban contemporary up-and-comer Luke James returns with a soulful, sensual new single, “Drip.”

Chris Brown continues to exhibit complacency on single, “Privacy.” “Privacy” comes off as incredibly shallow, lacking any sense of progression artistically.
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Katy Perry falls short of her typical glory on her sensual, second single, “Bon Appétit.” Despite being assisted by Migos, “Bon Appétit” lacks relevance.

Omarion has difficulty carving space in a cool urban contemporary market with his cliché new single, “BDY ON ME.”

On the fifth single from ‘Tremaine the Album’, “Animal,” Trey Songz can’t control his sexual urges – she “brings out the animal.”
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DNCE marks the resurrection of Joe Jonas’ recording career. That resurrection is worthwhile on the band’s self-titled debut.
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Up-and-coming pop collective DNCE release one final single, “Be Mean,” ahead of issuing its self-titled, full-length debut LP.

He may be 38 years old, but Usher continues to showcase an incredible amount of swag on his eighth studio album, ‘Hard II Love’.
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Mac Miller flips the script on his fourth studio album, THE DIVINE FEMININE. The results are captivating & well-rounded.

Up-and-coming rapper/singer Tory Lanez continues to showcase his tremendous potential on latest single, “Cold Hard Love.”
![Selena Gomez, Revival [📷: Interscope]](https://themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/selena-gomez-revival-interscope-768x768.jpg)
A lack of control captures the sentiment of the 11 songs selected on this playlist that lack control of their sexual appetites. The innuendo is legit.

Alternative, retro-soul artist Bilal delivers another fantastic album with killer throwback, soul project, 'In Another Life'.