Alicia Keys, Perfect Way to Die | Track Review 🎵
![Alicia Keys, "Perfect Way to Die" [Photo Credit: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/alicia-keys-perfect-way-to-die-photo-credit-rca.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Alicia Keys remains woke to what’s concerning and plaguing the world, particularly black Americans on her single, “Perfect Way to Die.”

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Alicia Keys, "Perfect Way to Die" [Photo Credit: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/alicia-keys-perfect-way-to-die-photo-credit-rca.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Alicia Keys remains woke to what’s concerning and plaguing the world, particularly black Americans on her single, “Perfect Way to Die.”
![6ix9ine & Nicki Minaj, "TROLLZ" [Photo Credits: 6ix9ine / Create Music Group]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/6ix9ine-nicki-minaj-trollz-create-music-group-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Controversial, ultra-polarizing rapper 6ix9ine teams up with Nicki Minaj once again for an unapologetic banger, “TROLLZ.”
![Shamir, "On My Own" [Photo Credit: Shamir]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shamir-on-my-own-shamir-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
On “On My Own,” Shamir delivers a compelling rock anthem where he expresses being sufficient being on his own, sans love, post-breakup.
![Pop Smoke, "Make It Rain" (Ft. Rowdy Rebel) [Photo Credits: Victor Victor / Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pop-smoke-make-it-rain-republic-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Deceased rapper Pop Smoke is unapologetic and tough AF on “Make it Rain,” the promo single from his forthcoming, posthumous debut album.
![G-Eazy, "Lose is Gone (Remix)" (Ft. Drew Love & JAHMED) [Photo Credit: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/g-eazy-love-is-gone-remix-rca-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
JAHMED joins G-Eazy and Drew Love on the remix of “Love is Gone,” a ‘woke’ protest song that originally appeared on The Beautiful & Damned.
![Lil Baby, "The Bigger Picture" [Photo Credit: Quality Control Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/lil-baby-the-bigger-picture-quality-control-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Although totally unexpected, Lil Baby delivers an insightful, totally worthwhile protest anthem with “The Bigger Picture.”
![Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry, “Pig Feet” (Ft. Kamasi Washington, G Perico & Daylyt) [Photo Credits: Sounds of Crenshaw / EMPIRE]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/terrace-martin-denzel-curry-pigs-feet-sounds-of-crenshaw-empire-1.jpeg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Terrace Martin and Denzel Curry, assisted by Kamasi Washington, G Perico, and Daylyt, deliver a powerful protest track with “Pig Feet.”
![Tee Grizzley, “Mr. Officer” (Ft. Queen Naija & Detroit Youth Choir) [Photo Credit: 300 Entertainment]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tee-grizzley-mr-office-300-entertainment-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Tee Grizzley, Queen Naija & Detroit Youth Choir express their emotions + frustrations with police brutality & racial issues plaguing America.
![Mickey Guyton, "Black Like Me" [Photo Credit: Capitol Nashville]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/mickey-guyton-black-like-me-capitol-nashville-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Country singer Mickey Guyton provides thoughtful commentary on race and celebrates blackness on the moving single, “Black Like Me.”
![Trey Songz, "2020 Riots" [Photo Credit: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/trey-songz-2020-riots-atlantic-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Trey Songz lends his voice to the movement & protests on racial inequality & injustice with the brilliant “2020 Riots: How Many Times.”
![Meek Mill, Otherside of America [📷: Maybach Music Group LLC / Atlantic Recording Corporation]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/meek-mill-otherside-of-america.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ On “Otherside of America,” rapper Meek Mill delivers a socially conscious, protest banger that truly captures racial inequality.
![G-Eazy "Stan By Me" [Photo Credit: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/g-eazy-stan-by-me-rca-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Rapper turned singer G-Eazy is more accessible on his second ‘vocal’ single, “Stan By Me,” set to appear on his album, Everything’s Strange Here.