Harold Stallworth's POTW Summer Mix

Harold Stallworth's Summer mixtape will make any BBQ at least 200% better.

Harold Stallworth has a permanent tan.

After a miserable three-week stretch of wet weather, the sun has finally returned to D.C., and it’s making up for lost time. Summer doesn’t officially kick off until June 20th, but its tell-tale signs are all around: it’s 90-degrees outside, the elusive soft-shell crab has started to reappear on menus across the city, and any bedroom DJ worth his salt has put together a cookout-friendly tape for the summer. Here’s mine. It’s heavy on Bill Summers, who inspired this mix with his great run of summer-themed album covers through the late-70s.

Download: Summer Mix: Harold Stallworth

1. Bill Summers - Don’t Fade Away

2. Styles P - Vinny’s Theme

3. Westside Gunn - White House

4. Curren$y - Vibrations

5. Gene Harris - Los Alamitos

6. Hubert Laws - Land of Passion

7. Bill Summers - Learn to Live as One

8. Nas & Nature - Summer Cookout

9. Nas - If I Ruled the World (Fat Joe Remix)

10. Action Bronson - Mr. 2 Face

11. Rick Ross - Mafia Music III

12. Nature - Ultimate High Instrumental

13.Bill Summers - Your Love