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    15 Compelling Songs That are Turned ON (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, Bartek from Pixabay]
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    15 Compelling Songs That are Turned ON | Playlist 🎧

    15 Compelling Songs That are Turned ON features songs by Adele, Alicia Keys, Jack Harlow, Kanye West, Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald, and Victoria Monét.

    By the musical hype, 1 monthJune 11, 2025 ago
    Lauryn Hill, Doo Wop (That Thing): Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 13 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Ruffhouse; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom via Pixabay]
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    Lauryn Hill, Doo Wop (That Thing) | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

    In the 13th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Doo Wop (That Thing)” by Lauryn Hill.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearJanuary 22, 2024 ago
    Erykah Badu: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 73 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; UMG Recordings, Inc.]
    3 to 5 BOPS

    Erykah Badu | 3 to 5 BOPS

    Erykah Badu: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 73 (2023), features songs exclusively performed by Grammy-winning R&B singer/songwriter, Erykah Badu.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsSeptember 12, 2023 ago
    Marvin Gaye vs. Angie Stone: Head 2 Head 🗣️ No. 24 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; BRM / Peace Bisquit, Motown; Antoni Shkraba via Pexels, andresilva5, talha khalil, Valentin Tikhonov via Pixabay; Nick Wang on Unsplash]
    Columns

    Marvin Gaye vs. Angie Stone | Head 2 Head 🗣️

    In the 24th edition of Head 🗣️ 2 Head 🗣️ (2023), Marvin Gaye and Angie Stone contend for the best rendition of “Trouble Man.”

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsJune 17, 2023 ago
    Angie Stone, “Trouble Man”: Covers No. 24 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner /The Musical Hype; BRM / Peace Bisquit; cottonbro studio, MART PRODUCTION, Ron Lach from Pexels; Paul Brennan from Pixabay]
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    Angie Stone, Trouble Man | COVERS

    In the 24th edition of COVERS (2023), Angie Stone delivers a compelling rendition of “Trouble Man,” originally performed by Marvin Gaye.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsJune 7, 2023 ago

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