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    Kendrick Lamar, GNX [📷: pgLang / Interscope]
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    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
    20 More Great Songs All About Men! (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Abd Elrahman Elokby, Andrea Piacquadio, Becca Correia, Leonardo Goncalves wild, Marcelo Chagas, Rizwan Aslam, Wictor Cardoso from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay; Dave Goudreau, Levi Meir Clancy from Unsplash]
    Evergreen

    20 More Great Songs All About Men! | Playlist 🎧

    20 More Great Songs All About Men! features songs by beabadoobee, Jonny McGovern, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, and Nelly Furtado.

    By the musical hype, 3 weeksJune 27, 2025 ago
    An Epic Compendium of E Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Manuel Gamboa, ROSA GATTUSO from Pexels; AcatXIo, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, David, Królestwo_Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Sabine Kroschel from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    An Epic Compendium of E Songs | Playlist 🎧

    An Epic Compendium of E Songs features songs by Al Green, JENNIE, Madonna, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, and Tears For Fears.

    By the musical hype, 3 weeksJune 23, 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
    Kendrick Lamar, GNX: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 26 (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, GNX | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

    In the 26th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2025), we highlight “GNX” performed by Grammy and Pulitzer Award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar.

    By the musical hype, 4 monthsMarch 30, 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
    60 Best Songs of 2024 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Artemas, Columbia, Darkroom, Interscope, Island, Kendrick Lamar, Parkwood Entertainment LLC, Republic, Rubyworks Ltd., Top Dawg Entertainment, Warner; faraindahouse (AI), OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    60 Best Songs of 2024 | Playlist 🎧

    60 Best Songs of 2024 features songs by Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Hozier, Kendrick Lamar, and Omar Apollo.

    By the musical hype, 7 monthsDecember 30, 2024 ago
    11 Songs Filled with Immense Gratitude & Thanks (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Anna Shvets from Pexels]
    Columns

    11 Songs Filled with Immense Gratitude & Thanks | Playlist 🎧

    11 Songs Filled with Immense Gratitude & Thanks features songs by Clairo, Dmitri Vegas & Like Mike, Lisa Page Brooks, ScHoolboy Q, and William DeVaughn.

    By the musical hype, 8 monthsNovember 11, 2024 ago
    Bops That Pop: May 2024 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; agoss, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Mohamed_hassan, Stefan Schweihofer, succo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Bops That Pop: May 2024 | Playlist 🎧

    Bops That Pop: May 2024 features music courtesy of Blessing Offor & Dolly Parton, Coco Jones, Kendrick Lamar, Omar Apollo, and Tommy Richman.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMay 31, 2024 ago
    Kendrick Lamar, meet the grahams [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Kendrick Lamar / Interscope; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    Kendrick Lamar, meet the grahams | Song Review 🎵

    Kendrick Lamar kicks ass and takes names on “meet the grahams,” his hardest diss yet against fellow rapper, Drake.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMay 7, 2024 ago
    YG, KNOCKA [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; 4Hunnid Music Inc. / BMG Rights Management (US) LLC; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    YG, KNOCKA | Song Review 🎵

    West Coast rapper YG drops a shallow but entertaining and infectious two-and-a-half-minute banger with “KNOCKA.”

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMay 1, 2024 ago

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