Songs We Listened To A Lot In 2016

Songs We Listened To A Lot In 2016 by Skratch Bastid & Cosmo Baker

Once again back it’s the incredible. You already know what it is. We hope. This being our 5th one, and with a title like that, do we really need to tell you what it is? SWLTALI is a series we have grown to look forward to annually. A mix that tells the story of our musical experience ver the past year. New stuff, older stuff; just great music that we played, loved, revisited, shared, and are now sharing again in the form of this carefully curated and mixed 2 hours and 31 minutes. We hope you enjoy these tunes as much as we do, and if you like an artist’s music contained within, find a way to support them.

It seemed that in 2016 (into 2017) there were times when the world seemed to be on the brink of collapsing upon itself, and everything was enveloped in darkness. It’s times like these that we need music the most. Music will help us see our way through that darkness and into the light.

And that’s about it. Push play, and let it ride…

Joey Dosik – The Night Before… (+ Cannonball Adderley speaks)
Andy Shauf – The Magician
Invisible – Ruido de Magia
A Tribe Called Quest – Dis Generation
Anderson Paak – Come Down
Mura Masa – What If I Go?
Mr Eazi & Juls – Shitor
Gilberto GIl – Toda Menina Bahiana (Tahira Re-Edit Edit)
Heidi Leonore – Everybody Loves The Sunshine (The Reflex Edit)
Solange – Cranes In The Sky (Kaytranada Edit)
Tinashe – Vulnerable (Pomo Remix)
Chance The Rapper – All Night feat. Knox Fortune (Kaytranada Extended Joint)
DJ Stuart – Re-Work
Housemate – Always Here For You (Stro Elliott Mix)
Maxwell – NoOne (UnCut)
Prince – Little Red Corvette (12” Mix Edit)
Foals – Night Swimmers (Mura Masa Edit)
Bird Peterson – Funky For You
Troyboi – And Wot
Rudimental – Healing feat. Joseph Angel
Aminé – Caroline
Z-Ro – Legendary
Christian Rich – Still feat. Tunji Ige, High Klassified & Kris Bowers
Isaiah Rashad – Wat’s Wrong feat. Kendrick Lamar & Zacari
Andre 3000 – Solo (Interlude)
BADBADNOTGOOD – In Your Eyes feat. Charlotte Day Wilson
Childish Gambino – Redbone
Wings – Arrow Through Me
The Sylvers – What’s It All About
Chronixx – Spanish Town Rocking
Marsha Ambrosius – Have You Ever?
Dennis Brown – Revolution
Cassiano – Onda
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades – Plastico
Mbongwana Star – Malukayi feat. Konono No. 1
Thundercat – Bus In These Streets
Pastor T.L. Barrett – Father Stretch My Hands
Peter Gabriel – Heroes

#SWLTALI16

Artwork by Alex Rhek!

Songs We Listened To A Lot In 2015

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My dude Skratch Bastid and I just released the latest instalment of our annual “Songs We Listened To A Lot” mix. A 2 1/2 hour mix 38-song mix of songs that we gave many spins in 2015 – new releases, new discoveries, and classics that came back. Special thanks to THUMP who have premiered it – check the link in below for the mix along with some words about the mix and select songs. Artwork by Alex Rhek, duh. GO LISTEN! LINK:

Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe – Sly 5th Avenue Orchestra
Remember Me (Jim Sharp Remix) – Marlena Shaw / Bleuboy
Liquid Spirit (20Syl Remix) – Gregory Porter
Omen – Disclosure w/ Sam Smith
Dreaming At The FUNKtion – JNTHN STEIN & Brasstracks (Skratch Bastid Biggie Edit)
Beastin’ – Redman
Good Times – Jamie XX w/ Young Thug & Popcaan
As Crazy As It Is – A-Trak & Zhu & Keznamdi
Lovesick Fuck – Mura Masa
Ponta De Lanca Africano (Umbabaraumba) – Jorge Ben
Elsa – Los Destellos
Break Away – Bobby Caldwell & Jack Splash w/ Jessie Ware
Better man – Leon Bridges
Sweet Touch Of Love – Allen Toussaint
Black Friday – Kendrick Lamar
Lord Pretty Flaco Jodye – A$AP Rocky
Girls That Dance – Masego & Medasin
Benny & Lil’ Ze – Drew Howard & Birthday Boy
My Male Curiosity (The Reflex Revision) – Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Don’t Stop the Feeling – Roy Ayers
Sossego – Tim Maia
Quem Vai Querer – Aroop Roy
Sometimes – Enzo Siffredi
Let It Happen – Tame Impala
Surf – Vince Staples w/ Kilo Kish
Careless – Freddie Gibbs
Be Alright – Jarreau Vandal
Shutdown – Skepta
Oh My – Boogie
I Choose You – Willie Hutch
Hello – Erykah Badu w/ Andre 3000
Girl – The Internet w/ Kaytranada
Them Changes – Thundercat
Portrait Of Tracy – Kadhja Bonet
Love Call – Eric Lau
JB Suite – Tall Black Guy
Tezeta (Nostalgia) – Mulatu Astatke
Father John Misty – The Suburbs (Garage Session

Songs We Listened To A Lot In 2014

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Welcome to Songs We Listened To A Lot In 2014. Another year, another soundtrack.
As you may know by now, this mix and series is different. It’s a snapshot of the year, but from a different perspective than your typical year end mix or list. It is not a definitive list of the biggest tunes that came out in 2014, yet our goal is similar – move the listener (whether it’s your heart or your ass), and tell a complete story.
It’s a story of how music that we all listen to becomes this intangible soundtrack to the experiences of the lives we lead. The same way certain smells trigger memories, songs serve the same purpose. And those songs are not bound by release schedules or media exposure. They hit us when they hit us, and become ours. This mix is about THAT.
Listening to music is catharsis. It’s something we need and that we take for granted. We love music, what it means to us, what it does for us, how it makes us feel. This mix is a true labor of love – we hope you enjoy it!
Skratch Bastid & Cosmo Baker Present Songs We Listened To A Lot In 2014

 


Download link: http://bit.ly/1ApK9tG

Artwork by Rhek.

Track list:

Willie Colon & Ruben Blades – Maria Lionza
Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You) (BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpretation)
Childish Gambino – Sober
Pharrell f/ Daft Punk – Gust of Wind
Sade – Nothing Can Come Between Us (Pomo Edit)
D’Angelo – The Charade
Caribou – Can’t Do Without You
Gorgon City f/ MNEK – Ready For Your Love
Vic Mensa – Down On My Luck
Shiba San – Okay (Interlude)
Schoolboy Q – Man Of The Year
E-40 – Choices (Yup)
Popcaan – Everything Nice
American Royalty – Mariah (Kaytranada Remix)
Kelis – Runnin’ (Machinedrum Remix)
Run The Jewels – Blockbuster Night Pt. 1
Vince Staples – Blue Suede
Dej Loaf – Try Me
Chronixx – Here Comes Trouble
John Holt (RIP) – Police in Helicopter
Junior Murvin (RIP) – Cool Out Son
Boogaloo Assassins – No No No
Jose Feliciano – Golden Lady
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Bacao Suave
Cormega – Industry
Slim Kid Tre & DJ Nu-Mark – Bom Bom Fiya
Dayne Jordan & DJ Jazzy Jeff – Play Dat!!!
Myron & E – Do It Do It Disco (Tom Noble Remix)
The Whispers – Keep On Lovin Me (80’s Child Edit)
Alex Metric f/ Oliver – Galaxy
Change – Paradise
Next Movement – All I Do
Kid Sister – Higher
Duke Dumont – I Got You
Nina Simone – It Be’s That Way Sometimes
Roberto Roeno – Shades Of Time
Big K.R.I.T. f/ A$AP Ferg – Lac Lac
DJ Quik f/ Rob “Fonksta” Bacon – Bacon’s Groove
Aaron Neville – The Greatest Love
Desi Young – I Don’t Know Why I Love you
Penny & The Quarters – You & Me

Songs We Listened To A Lot In 2013

I toyed with a few different ways that I could intro this project for its release, but after several different drafts over the course of however many hours, I finally realized the futility of it all – especially after the wonderful words that Skratch Bastid wrote on his Facebook page. Those words encapsulated it so fittingly. Not to try and make this project out to be anything bigger or more grand than what it is, merely a collection of songs that me and my friend really like and found ourselves returning to time and again. Then I had a realization. What I wanted to get across is that it has nothing to do with this mix, or me and Bastid, or even the songs themselves. It’s more to than just these individual songs, or the curation of the Songs2013 project as a whole. At the end of the day it’s about a very personal connection, and visceral reaction, that we all have to music. Some things just hit us in ways that only we can understand. Or we don’t understand. It’s an intangible, because how can you qualify or quantify that feeling? The inherent need that we as people have for communication, that gets refracted through the stories and sounds that we hear, through our speakers and into our ears, and set our imaginations on fire, giving us voices for when we don’t have them. To me that’s what it comes down to, that whatever song it is that’s that’s “your jam,” it’s really a road that allows you to sing a song you weren’t able to but always had within. That’s what makes a favorite song so dear. These songs, they sing for us, they warm us, and they become old friends – friends that we find ourselves returning  to again and again.

Also, sometimes a groove is just a groove. So let the groove get in. Thanks to everyone that got up, got into it, and got involved with this. Extra special shout to all the people that submitted to the #Songs2013 and extra shout to our OkayPlayer friends for premiering the mix on their Mixtape Mondays.  If you want it for your hard drive, download it here. If you like the concept, check out last years mix here.

Now enough with the words. Let’s get to the music…

Cosmo Baker – January, 2014

We’ve all got our own jams.

Good songs have a way of finding our ears and if we love them, we keep them near. We go back to them, sometimes every day, sometimes every few weeks, or months, or even every few years. Some songs are new, some are old — our personal soundtrack is unique and comes from a number of different influences. We play certain songs over and over, and those songs often go on to define that time in our lives.

“Songs We Listened To A Lot in 2013″ is sort of a “Best Of” year-end mix, but the catch is it isn’t only comprised of music that was released that year. Many of the songs ARE from 2013, but we want to make sure the ‘older’ songs that made noise on our speakers & headphones get the shine they deserve, too. 39 tracks, and just under 3 hours of music. It’s safe to say that there is something on here for everyone, and we guarantee you’re going to hear something new.

Outside of listening, we want you to get involved. We want to know what songs got the most spins on your Discman last year and what songs you would have put on a mix like this one. We’ve already got some great selections & stories from some of our good friends and we’ve been posting them over at songs2013.tumblr.com. On Facebook & Twitter, people have been posting titles & links, using the hashtag #Songs2013 – and they’ve been putting us up on great music. Let your favorites be known.

And let that mix bump. Peace!

– Bastid & Cosmo, 2014

Skratch Bastid & Cosmo Baker “Songs We Listened To A Lot In 2013”

(Artwork by Rhek)

Skratch Bastid & Cosmo Baker - Songs We Listened To A Lot In 2013

Wee – Aeroplane (Reprise)
Charles Bradley – Strictly Reserved For You
Omar – The Man
Pusha T – Numbers On The Boards
Jai Paul – 100 000
Mayer Hawthorne – Her Favorite Song (Oliver Remix)
Janet Jackson – If (Kaytranada Remix)
Rihanna (f/ Mikki Ekko) – Stay (Deejay Theory Dub)
Disclosure (f/ London Grammar) – Help Me Lose My Mind
Alice Smith – Another Love
Rich Homie Quan – Type Of Way
Gunplay – Bible On The Dash
King Krule – Easy Easy
Thundercat – Heartbreaks + Setbacks
Rhye – Open
Erasmo Carlos – Sorriso Dela
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – If This World Were Mine
Shy FX (f/ Liam Bailey) – Soon Come
Beres Hammond – Can’t Stop a Man
Derrick Harriott – The Loser
Toots & The Maytals – Pressure Drop
Idris Muhammad – Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
Donald Byrd – Love Has Come Around
Alicia Myers – I Want To Thank You
Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip – Thank You
N.O.R.E. & Large Professor – Built Pyramids
Wale (f/ Sam Dew) – Lovehate Thing
Mariah Carey & Miguel – Beautiful
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Reflections
Todd Terje – Strandbar (Samba Version)
Ninetoes – Finder
Little Boots – Satelite (Lindstrøm Remix)
Goldroom – Embrace (Cyclist Remix)
Classixx – Hanging Gardens
Ned Doheny – Get It Up For Love
Alessi – Do You Feel It?
The Futures – Ain’t No Time Fa Nuthin’
Janelle Monae & Miguel – Prime Time
Bobby Hutcherson – Now

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