With all due respect to Fetty Wap—and I have listened to the remix of "Trap Queen" featuring Azealia Banks, Gucci Mane, and Quavo approximately 100,000 times—Donnie Trumpet, The Social Experiment, and Chance the Rapper have currently captured my attention for Song of the Summer.

When Surf first appeared on May 28, it was only credited to Donnie Trumpet (real name Nico Segal) and The Social Experiment. Chance's name was entirely absent, even though he appears on most of the tracks, as a sort of ringleader, alongside a whole host of contributors—none of whom were listed in the iTunes credits, which had music writers scattering to the far corners of the Internet as if they were on a treasure hunt.

Last fall, Chance warned us that his collaborative work with The Social Experiment would be a surprise drop. So the release didn't come as too much of a shock, especially as it was originally supposed to appear before the end of 2014. He'd also released Acid Rap for free via his website, but chose to use iTunes for Surf marking the first time a full album has ever been available on the service for zero dollars.

I've been playing the album, in its entirety, nonstop. But there's four tracks in particular that have been finding their way onto all the playlists I have slotted for summer soundtracks. (Also, I should clarify. I'm an old person now, so my summer is a lot more "let me put this song on for some friends at this backyard BBQ"/"let's listen to this while we drive to the camp site," than it is "let's drink our faces off at the club." Suffice to say, my qualifications for Song of the Summer are probably a lot more laid back than what the Billboard charts will eventually determine.)

Now onto the songs!

"Slip Slide"

After the languid stretch of album opener "Miracle," this is the track where Donnie starts to punch up the accented trumpet. When I first heard "Slip Slide," I did an immediate double take, hit pause, and said aloud, "Excuse me, but is that Busta Rhymes?" And so it is. (When's the last time I enjoyed something from Busta? I truly cannot recall, so that probably means 1998.) There's also another surprising guest verse from B.o.B. with minimal presence from Chance—he jumps in for the outro to softly sing, "It ain't so easy/But it's not so hard/To stand up." I'd like to think this references his choice to remain an independent artist. The beauty of Surf is it represents a total zig zag off the path that was readily available to Chance. After Acid Rap, he easily could have signed with a major label and released a big, flashy debut album, but instead he took two years to work on this crazy, collaborative project that no one could have predicted would be so popular. "Slip Slide" doesn't shirk the realities of being your own person, but it does revel in its joyous freedom, which makes it a delight to listen to. Also, it's a great message for all you recent graduates during this time of transition.

"Wanna Be Cool"

We've got Big Sean on this and it's disarming to hear the guy—whose most successful single is "I Don't Fuck with You"—sing about finding his inner inspiration and looking within, while he admits that he copied Kanye's pink polo in a shirt that didn't even fit. Kind of gives you hope that not everyone is a terrible asshole, doesn't it? KYLE jumps in, with his antagonistic twang, to question the ridiculousness of even calling someone cool—"If a cool guy's cool in the middle of the forest/Man, nobody fucking cares." The raspy edge in Chance's voice coincide nicely with the smoothness of Jeremih's vocals on the chorus and, oh look. You've got a summer smash.

"Familiar"

I can't decide what the best part of this song is. Is it the part where Chance quotes the line from Vanilla Sky that was posted to every teen girl's AIM away message in 2001? Is it when King Louie says, "If this bitch from Paris, then Paris is terrible/I don't wanna go there no more/Even though I been there before/And even then, they was regular/Aye 'Ye, where Kim at?" Or is it Quavo busting in with, "Long hair, don't care"? I'm all about female solidarity, but you can only scroll through so many UGG-booted, red cup-holding, duck-faced selfies in your Instagram feed before cringing. In a time when the ubiquitous concept of "individuality" is constantly threatening to turn us all into carbon copies of advertising ideals, it's nice to see someone call out the bullshit. Also, I love the way that the pops of flutes and trumpet bounce off the piano chords.

"Sunday Candy"

I'm not sure if we can consider this a real contender for Song of the Summer, as it came out last November. But hot damn, if it isn't the cutest rap that exists about going to church with your grandma. And the accompanying music video is a freaking high school musical! It's the equivalent of scrolling through fuzzy, baby animal pictures on Tumblr without that sticky sweet factor. It's adorable, without all the eye-rolling assumptions that typically accompany something being labeled as adorable.

In short, I am obsessed with the overall concept on Surf that there's a balance to be struck between finding respect and self-worth, while not taking yourself too seriously and I want to listen to these songs forever.

Viva la summer.