Summer In The Winter is Kid Ink’s debut commercial mixtape and seventh overall, released through RCA Records, Tha Alumni Music Group and 88 Classic. Largely produced by Mustard, it includes features from singers Fetty Wap, Akon, Starrah and Omarion, as well as rapper BIA. In an interview with MTV on December 30, 2015, a few days after the mixtape’s release, Kid Ink described its sound and style by saying: There’s no denying that summertime vibe. From the opening moments, with ‘Bunny Ranch’ and ‘Real Recognize’ kicking things off, there’s a breezy, warm feeling permeating the tracks, naturally wandering from the records through your speakers and into your body. It’s the pairing of snap- and clap-heavy, neck distorting beats and sticky-as-molasses lyrics that the team of Ink and Mustard have made their forte.