You Gotta Have It: What to Hear, See and Cop This Month

Yeezy's kicks, the hottest beachwear and more.

Summer Swag - Warm weather? Check. Abs on fleek? Check. Now all you need is the hottest swag to carry you through the summer. From cool cutout bikinis to the freshest kicks and even an app that will help you find your center, here are the things you'll want to spend that hard-earned money on this month.  (Photos from left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Sony Music Entertainment)
Magic Mike XXL - You'll probably see a lot of men with their shirts off this summer, but we can pretty much guarantee they won't look like this. Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer and the rest of the hunks are getting back on the pony for the sequel of the 2012 hit. This go 'round, the strippers are joined by Donald Glover as a serenading man of the evening, and Jada Pinkett Smith as an erotic club owner who helps the guys out of a jam. Turn up the heat with these hotties starting July 1. (Photo: Claudette Barius)
Meditation Made Simple - The perfect antidote to our million-mile-a-minute lives, Russell Simmons's new app will guide you through your chakras, get you to Zen and help even the most ADD-prone find inner tranquility. Download the app onto your iPhone and Uncle Rush's soothing voice will gently ease you into transcendental meditation. (Photo: Rush Communications)The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs - This moving work of literary non-fiction about an overachieving kid who gets his dream of a full scholarship to Yale, only to fall into excessive marijuana use and depression once he gets there will have us all thinking about the price of success. Written by Peace's former roommate Hobbs, the book is not exactly a fun beach read, but does fit right in with the transitional, coming-of-age feelings that characterize summer. The bookis available on paperback July 28. (Photo: Scribner)

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Summer Swag - Warm weather? Check. Abs on fleek? Check. Now all you need is the hottest swag to carry you through the summer. From cool cutout bikinis to the freshest kicks and even an app that will help you find your center, here are the things you'll want to spend that hard-earned money on this month.  (Photos from left: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Sony Music Entertainment)

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