Almost 20 years ago I started the You Gots To Grill mix series to celebrate not only some of my favorite musical flavors but also that amazing feeling of hanging at a cookout in the summer. Genres like G-Funk, R&B and sampled Soul captured that mood and I always tried to package it into a nice plate you could enjoy year round.

When the legend Jim Sharp reached out to ask if I wanted to release the 2026 mix on Apple Music under his SEE23 curation banner, it was a no brainer. I hope this mix fills you up and when you get hungry again, there are 17 previous volumes at YouGotsToGrill.com.