Summer is just heating up in Bend and now your mp3 player can keep pace by loading it with the new (and free) hip-hop album Royalty from Donald Glover– aka Childish Gambino.

Ripe with collaborations that feature such unlikely names as Blake Griffin and Tina Fey, Royalty also receives helping hands from RZA, Ghostface Killah, and Beck… yes Beck.

While you may remember me gushing over Glover’s set at Sasquatch, this particular tidbit regarding the sitcom actor turned rapper came to my attention via the lovely Robin Fox over at Peak 104.1.

So get your trackpad or mouse ready and start clicking your way to a beat-rich summer by following the album art work link below.

This article appears in Jul 5-11, 2012.

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