Listen to the ESSENCE Culture Summer Music Playlist

Jam to these songs all summer: Azealia Banks’s naughty rhymefest “212,”

• "212" by Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay
  

• Bridgett Kelly: "In the Morning"
  

• Alex Boyd's blue-eyed soul: "I Wish I Knew"
  

• Audra the Rapper feat. Raheem DeVaughn: "Love Song"
  

• Elle Varner: "Sound Proof Room"
  

• Gary Clark, Jr.’s blues–rock: “Bright Lights”