The Summer Is Mine, She Ain't Yours No More...

I'm a summer baby, First of July, Middle of the Year, the Height of Summer, therefore Summer belongs to me.  Pool parties every year as a kid, epic celebrations since then, Summer is mine!  Don't make me get an instrumental or something.  LOL, let me stop before I really start writing something.

Either way, rappers seem to love personifying Summer, J.Cole recently did it on his new EP, Truly Yours 2.  But it's not his first time doing so.  Check out my homeboy's blog for the whole EP (Day2Day: J.Cole - Truly Yours 2 EP). So in honor of J.Cole's new song personifying Summer, "Cole Summer", I decided to do a Throwback post with two of my favorite tracks personifying Summer.  Jay-Z's "Dear Summer" and Jim Jones "Summer wit Miami".  Jim's title doesn't really personify Summer but his lyrics and shots at Jay-Z do.  We all know Jay owns the summer though, he's been consistently putting out summer hits since his debut.  I think a few other rappers (Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy) did remixes to "Dear Summer" as well.



"Cole Summer"

 

"Dear Summer"

 

"Summer Wit Miami"

Music For A Beautiful Day [Throwback] [Video]

Two songs that in my opinion are absolutely perfect for perfect sunny 75 degree days like today. One Pop/Classic R&B and the other is a Miami meets Atlanta HipHop classic (IMO).  But both make me wish I had a drop top, a full tank, a well lit cigar, and no where to go but plenty of open road...

Beach Body Motivation [T-Shirt Junkie]

This post is a few weeks old because I've already worn this shirt a few times but its even more relevant now.  The weather is getting nice on a regular basis now, soon it will be warm enough to wear less clothes and start hitting the beaches, amusement parks, and pools.  Time to get in shape and shed our winter coats, layers, fat, pounds, etc... As mentioned in a previous post [When the love for Bacon goes too far...], there is a weird obsession with bacon nowadays, so what better way to motivate us to work out than some BACON!!!! [shirt.woot link]

Here's a Bacon Bonus for all of you who love bacon to death, do it in moderation...don't let it bury you...