"Tropicana"

Windows down. Meat on the grill. Cold ones passed around at barbecues in parks and backyards. These summertime images might be overly familiar, but it's for a reason. Topaz Jones may be too nimble a rapper to deploy these kinds of tropes on "Tropicana," but the New Jersey MC's eclectic hybrid of G-funk groove and Dirty South humidity should carry many an outdoor party over the next few months just the same.

The irrepressible hook alone, coolly delivered from the start, would be enough to fulfill its promise of making them "go bananas." But Jones's rapid-fire verses unfurl with an unfussed agility that marks him as a gifted rhymer, as well, whether shouting out fellow Jersey product Fetty Wap or savoring the whiff of impending success. And the details, from the sung backing vocals to the hint of cowbell in the co-production by frequent collaborators Episode, suggest a replayability that could last well into the season of football and falling leaves.

Jones has already shown he can do more than would-be songs of summer. "Wasteland," another recent track, veers into darker territory, with a synth-pop chorus. And his free 2014 album, The Honeymoon Suite, was nothing if not aesthetically diverse, including appearances by Odd Future's Hodgy Beats and chillwave alumnus Chad Valley. As for what's next, as Jones declares here, "Hey, that's another song." For now: "If it don't bump in the trunk, I'm like adios."