‘That’s my jam’ isn’t just the easiest way to declare a song your personal favorite. It’s an inspirational phrase that made us sit down and think about tracks that stick with you.
With the season winding down, we’re preserving some of our favorite summer jams as actual jam. Now you can tap into those sweet, sweet vibes all year long.
The Jams
Kiwi, Do You Love Me? Jam
Drake is hip hop’s golden boy. The record-breaking star has racked up over one billion Spotify streams and took over the Billboard Top 10 with seven of his own songs. When you comb through his massive list of accolades, one stat rises to the top: he is the master of memes.
An artist this prolific deserves to be honored...with jam! The Kiwi, Do You Love Me? jam is a great way to impress your friends with a fruit-based pun. One of the catchiest songs this summer is now delicious on toast and muffins – try it at your next brunch.
Strawberry Sunshine In My Pocket! Jam
Few have mastered the magic of pop music quite like JT. From his *NSYNC days to heading back into the woods, his music has been easy to swallow. But time kind of froze in 2016 when ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling!’ dropped because EVERYBODY was listening. Your grandma, your mom, and your cousins were all tuning in.
This song doesn’t just get you dancing, it gets you jamming. For a track this sunny, the jam needed to be rich and sweet. You can feel it inside your bones.
B-A-N-A-N-A-S Jam
Gwen Stefani’s career has had so many lives, she’s officially the feline of the music industry. While there is no doubt we will always miss her Tragic Kingdom era, 2004 brought us some solace with her solo debut, Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
The undeniable jam ‘Hollaback Girl’ drove everyone bananas. And now we get to pay homage with a fully ripened and semisweet banana jam that goes great on everything from pancakes to bagels. Seriously.
Ginger Jam
Ed Sheeran has fessed up to loving Oreos and hating kale. Turns out everyone’s favorite redhead isn’t just a talented songwriter, he’s super relatable.
When thinking ginger, our gut either goes to Sheeran or that warm, spicy, tangy addition to basically anything. The now-classic 2017 love song ‘Shape of U’ is just like our Ginger Jam – perfect morning, noon, or night.
Hot Pineapple Jam
Cardi B blew into the hip hop scene like a habanero pepper to your taste buds – hot and fast. The #1 Billboard hit ‘Bodak Yellow’ may have put Cardi on the map, but the wild success of her Invasion of Privacy LP is what cemented her status as hip hop’s HBIC.
Now with the smash hit ‘I Like It’, Cardi B has herself the official 2018 song of the summer. To match her big personality and vivacious music, we needed a jam with pumped-up capsaicin. Time to get spicy.
The Approach
We brainstormed, researched, listened, tasted. Oh my!
As a baseline, each song had to be commonly known and each jam had to be, well, delicious. We also made sure that the relationship between the pairings matched up and the music spanned multiple genres.
The result is something for your ear, something for your belly, and a whole lot of jamming all around.
Don't be jelly,
The Ready State team
