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    Kendrick Lamar, GNX [📷: pgLang / Interscope]
    Album 💿

    Kendrick Lamar, GNX | 💿 Review

    Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar delivers another enjoyable, well-rounded sixth album with the more accessible GNX.

    By the musical hype, 1 weekJuly 8, 2025 ago
    A Dazzling Drove of D Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; A Roy, Jonathan Goncalves, Niko Twisty, Leonardo Goncalves wild, Vanessa Loring from Pexels; AcatXIo, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Eugene, Gerd Altmann, LapinVert [AI photo], Ribhav Agrawal [AI photo] from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    A Dazzling Drove of D Songs | Playlist 🎧

    A Dazzling Drove of D Songs features songs by Kesha, Korn, Omar Apollo, Sebastián Yatra, Victoria Monét, and The Weeknd.

    By the musical hype, 1 monthJune 9, 2025 ago
    11 Blue Songs That Won’t Leave You Blue (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, elitedigitalpereira, KoldFlame, Raman Spirydonau, Vanessa SG from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 Blue Songs That Won’t Leave You Blue | Playlist 🎧

    11 Blue Songs That Won’t Leave You Blue features songs by Billie Eilish, Cigarettes After Sex, Cybertrash, Kendrick Lamar, and Zach Bryan.

    By the musical hype, 4 monthsMarch 26, 2025 ago
    Kendrick Lamar, dodger blue: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 23 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; pgLang / Interscope; Bigshow Lamar Campton, Daniel Duarte, Eduardo López from Pexels; AcatXIo, djexpectations, OpenClipart-Vectors, Thai Zeo from Pixabay]
    Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    Kendrick Lamar, dodger blue | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    In the 23rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2025), we highlight “dodger blue,” performed by Grammy and Pulitzer-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar.

    By the musical hype, 4 monthsMarch 22, 2025 ago
    13 Ear-Catching Night Songs, Vol. 2 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Alex Fu from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    13 Ear-Catching Night Songs, Vol. 2 | Playlist 🎧

    13 Ear-Catching Night Songs, Vol. 2 features songs by Cooper Bloom, Dua Lipa, Future x Metro Boomin, The Kid LAROI, Marsha Ambrosius, and Morgan Wallen.

    By the musical hype, 11 monthsAugust 23, 2024 ago
    13 Late, Lately, or Later Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Ketut Subiyanto via Pexels]
    Evergreen

    13 Late, Lately, or Later Songs | Playlist 🎧

    13 Late, Lately, or Later Songs features music courtesy of Ari Lennox, Harry Styles, Janet Jackson, Joesef, Roddy Ricch & Stevie Wonder.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsMarch 29, 2023 ago
    Roddy Ricch, “late at night”: Rap BNGRZ 🔥 No. 10 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Atlantic; cottonbro studio via Pexels]
    Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    Roddy Ricch, late at night | Rap BNGRZ 🔥

    In the 10th edition of Rap BNGRZ 🔥 (2023), we break down the banger status of “late at night,” performed by Roddy Ricch.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsMarch 28, 2023 ago
    11 Heavy Duty Songs About Trucks [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Jc Siller via Pexels]
    Evergreen

    11 Heavy Duty Songs About Trucks | Playlist 🎧

    11 Heavy Duty Songs About Trucks features music courtesy of Eddie Kendricks, HARDY, Joji, Lil Peep, and Roddy Ricch.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsMarch 10, 2023 ago
    11 Songs U Need 2 Listen Up 2 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Jordan Bergendahl, Pixabay, Pexels]
    Evergreen

    11 Songs U Need 2 Listen UP 🆙 2 | Playlist 🎧

    11 Songs U Need 2 Listen UP 🆙 2 features music courtesy of Beyoncé, dvsn, Rick Astley, Rihanna, and Yeat among others.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsNovember 16, 2022 ago
    13 Intriguing, Right in the Middle Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Viktoria via Pexels]
    Evergreen

    13 Intriguing, Right in the Middle Songs | Playlist 🎧

    13 Intriguing, Right in the Middle Songs features Anthony Green, Emily King, Nipsey Hussle, Panic! At The Disco & Zedd.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsSeptember 19, 2022 ago
    Post Malone & Roddy Ricch, “Cooped Up” [📷: Republic]
    Music

    Post Malone & Roddy Ricch, “Cooped Up” | Track Review 🎵

    Post Malone enlists Roddy Ricch for the enjoyable though not groundbreaking “Cooped Up,” which appears on Malone’s fourth studio album.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsMay 16, 2022 ago
    Countries: 5ive Songs No. 101 (2021) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Countries | 5ive Songs

    On the 101st edition of 5ive Songs (2021), we select five songs that are associated with COUNTRIES in some form or fashion.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsDecember 30, 2021 ago

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