Ah, those classic Summer jams of our youth. Couldn’t life have stayed as harmlessly frivolous as Will Smith’s “Summertime” from a thousand years ago? Sadly, no. But we all need that crucial Summertime playlist, whether chilling or grilling at a friend’s spot, out on an ice run or heading to the beach. When it’s your turn on the stereo controls, you’ll need an ironclad list of Summer jams that won’t get old no matter how many times you spin them, no matter what mind-state you’re in.
That’s where Crave comes in. Below are 16 tracks released this year that make the perfect Summertime anthems, whether you’re headed to the pool party or kickin’ it in the backyard. There’s a lot of bad music out there posing as banger anthems – these songs are not a part of that pile.
