FM!

<i>FM!</i> plays like a radio station takeover with Vince Staples at the controls. Over a tight and tidy 11 tracks, three of them skits, the LBC rapper enlists producers Kenny Beats and Hagler for some top-down West Coast perspectives. The mood is especially lifted on Bay Area-style slaps like “Outside!”, reaching maximum hyphy levels on “No Bleedin” and “FUN!” with (naturally) E-40. Other guests chop it up: Picture Ty Dolla $ign in neon jams wielding a Super Soaker (“Feels Like Summer”), Jay Rock and Staples defending their corner (“Don’t Get Chipped”) and Kehlani searching for peace of mind (“Tweakin’”). From the artwork that draws on Green Day’s <i>Dookie</i> to the station-break interludes featuring LA radio personality Big Boy, <i>FM!</i> presents an anarchic sense of creativity, warmed by the California sun.