Some new tracks to usher in the season on this first day of Summer:

The Cool Kids – Swimsuits (ft. Mayer Hawthorne)

First up is The Cool Kids, who dropped “Swim Suits” last night, the first track off their upcoming album When Fish Ride Bicycles. This beat is what any fan, die hard or casual, would want from Chuck and Mikey. Love it when they speed things up, I think Mikey’s flow works much better with beats like this rather than what he did on The Rocks Report. This track’s on par with everything on The Bake Sale EP. The new album is out 7/12.

Asher Roth – Summertime

Asher Roth does his thing on this Nottz beat. So smooth.

Pretty Lights – Pretty Lights vs. Summertime

Pretty Lights mashes up some classic summer tunes with his spin. Nothing starts off June – Sep. like Sublime.

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New video for Big Sean and Say It Ain’t Tone’s “My Closet.”

New video for Pac Div’s “Your Fucking Song.” Mania! still my favorite album/tape so far this year.

New K.Dot feat. RZA. DAMN! Section.80 coming 7/2. Looking like it’s gonna be a damn good project, stay tuned. (excuse the shitty quality)

Kendrick Lamar – Ronald Reagan Era (ft. RZA)

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Woke up this morning to perfect weather, the feeling of Summer creepin’ in, and a reminder to make use of this free time to get on my shit. So after a couple days of testing out what I’m expecting to be my jams for the next couple months, I’m ready to send out the first edition of the Summer Soundtrack. Some old, some new, just a little something to pop into your CD player that won’t let you down. Hope yall enjoy it, lemme know what you think.

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Had to leave the new track from Gangster Gibbs and DOM Kennedy that came out today along with a new tape, Fuckin Wit Fred. It’s on the mix but check it below. Great collab.

Freddie Gibbs & Dom Kennedy – There They Go

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G.O.O.D. Music continues to make waves this week:
Soulja Boy – Love Money ft. Big Sean

CyHi Da Prince – Royal Flush 2 (Mixtape)

Big Sean won’t let you forget for a day that Finally Famous is coming. New visuals for “I Do It.” Look at the luxury.

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Big Sean – 100 Keys ft. Rick Ross & Pusha T

Another new one released. This is gettin’ stupid!

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A bunch of new tunes hit the net from some big names today. I’m getting the feeling we should start expecting this for the rest of summer. Here’s a quick recap:

Nas – Nasty

Nas wasn’t fuckin’ around when he declared the return of Nasty Nas for his next album Life is Good. He delivers with “Nasty,” the first track from it. Really stoked for this album.

Big Sean – Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay ft. Kanye West and Roscoe Dash
CyHi Da Prince – Woopty Doo ft. Big Sean
Kanye West – Mama’s Boyfriend

G.O.O.D. Music comin’ in hot. Big Sean released his anticipated collab with Kanye from Finally Famous: the Album, “Marvin and Chardonnay.” They go back and forth with two verses from each. Sounds like it could be a radio jam, but not as good as I’d expect and still not sure about putting Roscoe on this one. CyHi Da Prince lays some southern flavor over a saxophone with the help of Big Sean in “Woopty Doo.” Some real shit brought up in that one! The track is off his Royal Flush 2 mixtape coming out tomorrow and is produced by Kanye and No I.D. Finally, Yeezy drops a track of his own, “Mama’s Boyfriend,” another word about his mom. More awesome Ye.

Lil’ Wayne – Dear Anne (Stan pt. 2)

N.O.R.E featuring Lil Wayne & Pharrell – Finito

It’s pretty apparent Weezy’s been writing… released a sort of sequel to Eminem’s Stan, “Dear Anne (Stan pt. 2).” This won’t be on Carter IV. He’s also featured with a good verse on N.O.R.E.’s “Finito,” which also features Pharrell. The beat and chorus on that one is reall catchy.

New video from Talib Kweli, showcasing some of his overseas endeavors. Pretty cool clips in there.

Wale – Sun.day.Breeze ft. Wiz Khalifa

Finally, “Sun.day.Breeze,” a remix of Wale’s “Breeze” ft. Wiz Khalifa. Production on this is pretty sick, literally feels like a Sunday Breeze.

Hip hop gods spoiled us today, enjoy!

Someone get me a late pass… Detroit’s lyrical beast Elzhi released a tribute album to Nas’ Illmatic a month ago and I just got around to listening to it last week. Any tribute album to Illmatic’s gotta be well put together. Fashawn succeeded with his Ode To Illmatic tape, so I’d expect nothing less from the former Slum Village MC. Elzhi doesn’t disappoint. The live production from the Will Sessions Band really stands out by putting a little twist on the Illmatic beats — especially dig the jamming as the tracks ride out. Grab it below.

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As promised, here’s the first track off his upcoming From the Westside With Love II comin’ out June 28th. Accompanied by a video. DOPE!

Catch him at the Key Club 7/7 – Tickets