10 Hottest Mixtapes Of The Summer 2012

Jon Connor never disappoints and neither does his latest mixtape While You Were Sleeping. From front to back the Flint rapper shows why he's a lyrical beast and artist to watch.

XV's newest mixtape Popular Culture was popular all over the net. Vizzy finally produced a project that competes with Everybody's Nobody in buzz and success. Aaahh Real Monsters is still my joint!

Slaughterhouse's first Gangsta Grillz mixtape On The House was definitely a great prequel to their Shady debut. Any time these 4 lyrical monsters drop something it's guaranteed to be dope.

Ace Hood puts more tracks in a Body Bag with the second installment of his mixtape series. Every track is a banger and Ace continues to build up his buzz. Leggo!

Lecrae's Church Clothes mixtape had the internet going crazy as the rising star continues to shatter the mold for rappers. His new album Gravity dropped Sept. 4 so be sure to purchase it!

Hit-Boy tells HITstory on his solo mixtape debut. That producer / rapper actually has some nice bars and of course great instrumentation. Don't sleep, go download now.

Actor-turned-rapper Childish Gambino dropped his new mixtape Royalty on Independence Day and it definitely got the fireworks going living up to the hype of his album Camp.

CyHi The Prynce's Ivy League Club project lives up to the hype surrounding him and his G.O.O.D. Music signing. His unique sound and interpretation of a few classics were on point this time around.

50 Cent managed to rediscover himself on his new mixtape / free album 5 Murder By Numbers. Tracks like My Crown, NY and Business Mind all remind us of that GRODT Fif.

Upcoming Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ definitely gets an honorable mention for his mixtape 1999. This list was tough and this mixtape is one of the hottest of the summer for sure.

Dom Kennedy also gets an honorable mention for his Yellow Album mixtape which features dope appearances from Kendrick Lamar and Too $hort. Definitely iPod worthy.