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    13 Songs That Capture a Liberal Church Experience (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXlo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    13 Songs That Capture a Nontraditional Church Experience | Playlist 🎧

    13 Songs That Capture a Nontraditional Church Experience features songs by Behemoth, LISA, Madonna, Meshell Ndegeocello, Tina Campbell, and Whitechapel.

    By the musical hype, 3 monthsMarch 12, 2025 ago
    13 Heartfelt ❤️ HEART ❤️ Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Tazz Vaughn from Pexels; Clker Free Vector Images, Gordon Johnson, mandrakept, Sophia from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    13 Heartfelt ❤️ HEART ❤️ Songs | Playlist 🎧

    13 Heartfelt ❤️ HEART ❤️ Songs feature songs by Ayra Starr Blxst, Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift, and Whitney Houston.

    By the musical hype, 10 monthsAugust 26, 2024 ago
    11 Songs All About Daddy (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Angel Moranchel, William Adams from Pexels; ernestflowerss, Free Fun Art, Malkhai Cora from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 Songs All About Daddy | Playlist 🎧

    11 Songs All About Daddy features music courtesy of Jennifer Lopez, Keiynan Lonsdale, Madonna, Sexyy Red, and Ty Dolla $ign.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearFebruary 16, 2024 ago
    boygenius, True Blue: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 10 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; boygenius / Interscope; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]
    Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    boygenius, True Blue | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    In the 10th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥, we highlight “True Blue” performed by the talented, Grammy-nominated trio, boygenius.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsNovember 25, 2023 ago
    Madonna, Open Your Heart: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 173 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Warner; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]
    Columns

    Madonna, Open Your Heart | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

    In the 173rd edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Open Your Heart” by Madonna. 

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsNovember 20, 2023 ago
    Madonna, “Papa Don’t Preach”: Controversial Tunes 😈🎶 No. 11 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, Darkmoon_Art, TheDigitalArtist, inna mikitas, Isabela Catão, Jonathan Nenemann, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Tazz Vaughn, Victoria Borodinova, Warner, zzzvector]
    Columns

    Madonna, “Papa Don’t Preach” | Controversial Tunes 😈🎶

    On the 11th edition of Controversial Tunes (2022), we explore the controversy behind the song, “Papa Don’t Preach” by Madonna.   

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsFebruary 23, 2022 ago

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