Summer 16’s already been heating up with incredible albums and singles (and with plenty more to come in July), so here’s the top 20 songs of last month:

Clams Casino – “All Nite” (feat. Vince Staples

The first single off of Clams Casino’s upcoming 32 Levels album has Long Beach rapper Vince Staples flexing his signature flow over a trippy Clams beat recorded during the sessions for Staples’ 2015 album Summertime ’06.

Gucci Mane – “Back On Road” (feat. Drake)

Of the three new Gucci songs released since the rapper’s release from prison, the Drake-assisted “Back On Road” is the most fun and single-ready. Premiered on Drake’s OVO Sound Radio show, “Back On Road” offers a glimpse at what’s expected from Gucci’s forthcoming album, dropping later this month.

Kanye West – “Champions” (feat. Quavo, Travis Scott, Gucci Mane, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Yo Gotti & Desiigner)

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Since GOOD Music president Pusha T confirmed rumours that a followup to 2012’s GOOD Music posse album Cruel Summer (appropriately titled Cruel Winter), Kanye dropped the first single “Champions”, featuring a chorus by Travis Scott, ad-libs by Desiigner, and verses by Migos’ Quavo, Yo Gotti, the newly-released Gucci Mane, Big Sean and 2 Chainz.

Skepta – “Coming Soon” (feat. ILoveMakonnen & Céon)

Following the release of Konnichiwa, the fourth album by grime superstar Skepta, the British rapper dropped “Coming Soon”. Featuring ex-OVO signee ILoveMakonnen and somebody named Céon (who is apparently affiliated with Laigon, some sort of British music/skateboarding collective), Skepta polarizes Grime fans by rapping over a beat that sounds like something Lil Yachty would play out of an ice cream truck.

Rae Sremmurd – “#DoYoga”

Brotherly Atlanta duo Rae Sremmurd’s new track, “#DoYoga”, is the latest preview off of their upcoming album Sremmlife 2, the sequel to their 2014 album that catapulted them to fame with singles “No Type” and the terrible “No Flex Zone”. “#DoYoga” finds the brothers slowing things down to a comfortable level, and Slim Jxmmi delivers what may be his best verse yet.

Logic – “Flexicution”

In preview of his surprise release mixtape Bobby Tarantino, Maryland rapper Logic dropped Flexicution, a mainstay of his concerts that had fans clamoring for a studio version. The song is classic Logic, complete with a repetitive chorus and an impressive grasp of speed-rapping (showcased in the excellent second verse) that’s attracted him attention from rappers like Tech N9ne in the past.

Vic Mensa – “Free Love” (feat. Le1f, Halsey, Lil B & Malik Yusef)

Released on the one-year anniversary of the UNited States’ court decision ro legalize gay marriage, Free Love find Vic Mensa teaming up with queer artists Le1f and Halsey, longtime Kanye West-collaborator Malik Yusef, and Lil B the Based God as the artists discuss a range of topics, including the complexities of sexuality, the difficulties of being queer and a person of colour, and the recent tragedy at a gay nightclub in Orlando. The song was accompanied by a note from Vic Mensa detailing his experiences with homosexuality in his family.

Wale – “Gangsta Boogie” (feat. Tha Dogg Pound)

In preparation for his upcoming fifth album Shine, MMG rapper Wale shared Summer On Sunset, a mixtape detailing the artist’s reclusiveness as he attempts to finish his album in peace. Standout track Gangsta Boogie, produced by rapper/producer DJ Chose (whose credits include work with Kevin Gates and Akon), features Death Row duo Daz Dillinger and Kurupt. The smooth, summer-ready song is the perfect jam for cruising through late-night LA.

Kid Cudi – “Goodbye”

After the release of Speeding Bullet 2 Heaven, a punk- and grunge-influenced  album that was Cudi’s lowest charting album to date, the GOOD Music rapper has seemed to have reluctantly returned to the hip-hop genre with his latest string of releases in preparation for his upcoming album Passion, Pain & Demon Slaying. Cudi’s latest track, “Goodbye”, which was produced by Cudi and Dot da Genius (as WZRD), samples Pink Floyd’s “Goodbye Cruel World” in a move that fits perfectly with Cudi’s emotional style and somehow hasn’t gotten him sued yet.

Dem Atlas – “Grbge Trsh”

Up-and-coming Rhymesayers artist Dem Atlas, who gained acclaim for his work as one third of Sifu Hotman and his solo releases Charle Brwn and DWNR, recently released “Grbge Trsh”, a song off his forthcoming MF-DOOM collaboration mF deM. This will be DOOM’s first work since 2014’s NehruvianDoom, his collaboration with Bishop Nehru, as fans still await his much-delayed Doomstarks album with Ghostface Killah.

Brian Fresco – “Higher” (feat. Chance The Rapper & Blue Hawaii)

As SaveMoney Summer continues, Chicago rapper Brian Fresco prepares for his upcoming third album Casablanca with the release of “Higher”, a summer-ready jam with fellow SaveMoney rapper Chance the Rapper and Montréal duo Blue Hawaii.

Jeezy – “Magic City Monday” (feat. 2 Chainz & Future)

Atlanta’s resident trap Snowman follows up last year’s Church In These Streets with a 2 Chainz- and Future-assisted banger that celebrates the iconic Atlanta strip club. Following lukewarm reception to his latest album, Jeezy seems to be returning to his trap roots, and while he’s somewhat overshadowed by 2 Chainz and Future’s fantastic contributions to the D.Rich-produced track, the return to Thug Motivation-era Jeezy seems imminent.

Steve G. Lover – “No Hookahs” (feat. Childish Gambino)

Not to overshadow Steve G. Lover’s own song, which appears on the Atlanta rapper’s best project yet, Rich Black American, “No Hookahs” marks the first new Childish Gambino verse since THC’s “Perfect” in 2015. Gambino has been notoriously quiet since the release of his last project, the half-mixtape-half-EP STN MTN/Kauai, but has recently returned to social media to promote his upcoming Pharos concert and subsequent album release. On “No Hookahs”, Gambino joins his brother Steve over the beat for Tyga and Young Thug’s “Hookah” in a rap that debuted as a freestyle at Bonnaroo.

Travis Scott – “Pick Up The Phone” (feat. Young Thug & Quavo)

After dropping the song on Soundcloud in protest of Young Thug’s manager, Lyor Cohen, refused to drop the single, the Quavo-assisted collaboration between the two was taken down from the streaming service and ultimately released on Apple Music and Tidal. The three rappers, who have all had a serious impression on the rap scene with their mix of rapping and singing, excel over the bouncy track off Scott’s Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, the upcoming followup to last year’s critically acclaimed Rodeo.

YG – “Still Brazy”

The title track for YG’s latest album finds the Bompton rapper detailing the paranoia and violence associated with his lifestyle as he juggles his gang affiliations with the fame that followed the release of his debut album, 2014’s My Krazy Life. The beat, produced by DJ Swish and Ty Dolla $ign, showcases YG’s proclivity for the nineties g-funk sound that put Compton on the map in the first place.

Vic Mensa – “There’s Alot Going On”

The title track off of the SaveMoney artist’s latest mixtape gives Chicago rapper Vic Mensa the opportunity to discuss everything that’s happened in his life during his steady rise to fame, including the messy breakup of his former band Kids These Days, his struggles with drug addiction, his toxic relationship with longtime girlfriend Natalie Wright, and his meetings with Kanye West and Jay Z that led to Vic signing with the latter’s label, Roc Nation. The mixtape, which Vic released for free to people who registed to vote in the presidential election online, offers fans a preview of Vic’s upcoming Roc Nation debut Traffic.

Danny Brown – “When It Rain”

Despite a consistent string of features in the past several years, Michigan’s wild-eyed Adderal Admiral hasn’t released a solo track since 2014’s Old. “When It Rain”, off of the rapper’s as-yet-untitled fourth album through new label Warp Records, was produced by frequent collaborator Paul White, and the electronic-influenced production fits perfectly with Brown’s manic style.

DJ Esco – “Who” (feat. Future & Young Thug)

DJ Esco, the “greatest DJ on the motherfucking planet” who has been a major part of Future’s signature sound the rapper’s beginning, recently dropped his second album Project E.T.: Esco Terrestrial. The free tape was hosted by Future and featured the rapper on thirteen of sixteen songs Despite an array of rappers appearing on the album, the standout track on the album, however, was a collaboration between Future and Young Thug, an impressive feat since a passive aggressive twitter argument between Thug and Metro Boomin put Future and Thug out of each other’s good graces. Esco seems to have helped calm the waters, as the two rappers riff off of each other perfectly on “What”, and have apparently been seen in the studio together since.

YG – “Who Shot Me”

Following the attack on his life that left the Compton rapper with three bullet wounds in his hip, YG channeled his paranoia into his album Still Brazy, and no song embodies this more than “Who Shot Me”. The DJ Swish-produced track finds YG running through all the possibilities of about who shot him, running through a list of potential friends or enemies to blame until ultimately calling it karma for “all the wicked shit I did”. The song closes with YG’s unflinching desire to persever: “But I guess God had some other plans for me, cause that shit ain’t stop me.”

Logic – “Wrist” (feat. Pusha T)

The second Bobby Tarantino track previewed early finds Logic and Pusha T telling a fictional story about Pusha’s go-to topic: cocaine. Logic tells the first half, about a Colombian drug lord lamenting the events of a military raid on his compound. Pusha T, telling the “young man’s” story in contrast to Logic’s “old man”, raps about a dealer turning coke into crack and selling it on the street. The two rappers riff perfectly with each other over a stellar beat provided by Logic’s in-house producer 6ix.