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Cosmo Baker Presents – Episode 2

Cosmo Baker Presents – Episode 2 Tracklist

Cosmo Baker “Introduction”
Shy FX “Balaclava feat. MC Spyda and D Double E”
Aime “STARTED”
Jack Harlow “Sundown”
DUCKWRTH “A WILDFIRE feat. Mr. Carmack & Allan Kingdom”
Chris Karns “Quadracycle”
Inflo “Walk With Me”
Jabair “Oochie Riddim”
A Tribe Called Quest “Find A Way (((Flexican Edit)))”
Midas Hutch “Get Mine feat. Shakka & Wantigga (Wantigga Remix)”
Zack Sekoff “Outstanding”
Quantic “You Used to Love Me feat. Denitia (Radio Edit)”
The Flexican “Come to Me feat. Feliciana (Off-Beat Version)”
Rihanna “Trabalho (SirOJ Work Brazil Edit)”
Koffee “Toast (Full Crate Remix)”
Flying Lotus “More feat. Anderson .Paak”
DâM-Funk “compos mentis”
Full Crate & The Partysquad “Hot feat. Nick & Navi (Wantigga Remix)”
The Bridge “Bobby (Kon Dub)”
Maribelle “Shout (Midas Hutch Remix)”
Jengi Beats “Jacka Jacka”
Wantigga “Weed & Cologne feat. Feliciana”
Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal “Saturday Love (Vandalized Edit)”
SirOJ “Watch The Sun (SirOJ Edit)”
Young Franco “About This Thing feat. Scrufizzer (Pat Lok Remix)”
Jarreau Vandal “Small Talk”
Jengi “Gunna X Sunslightsquare (MashUp Konbini Radio)”
Wantigga “The Hustler”
3XPO “D37!L”
Kyan “Like Summer”
Tierra Whack “Unemployed”
DKVPZ “Teclado (FS Green Edit)”
TOBi “Sweet Poison”
Mahalia “Proud Of Me feat. Little Simz”
Cosmo Baker “Interlude / Focus On The New Underground Sound Of Amsterdam”
Jaël “One Shot One Opportunity”
Cosmo Baker “Outro”

Cosmo Baker Presents – Episode 1

Good morning y’all and today I’m super proud to release my brand new mix series, “Cosmo Baker Presents” on the new Mixcloud Select program. This is a project that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time now and I’m overjoyed that it finally has a proper home and a great media partner in Mixcloud. There’s been a few different incarnations of this idea that I’ve played around with over the past decade of so (my Top Ten Mix, the Baker’s Dozen series etc) but now with #CBPresents its fully fleshed our and realized. Ultimately what I wanted to do with this series is to have a platform where I could present to my listeners all the amazing new music that I find from around the globe. So much of this great material doesn’t get the amplification that it deserves, whether that being because it’s getting more and more difficult to break new records in a club environment, or because of the tremendous amount of material that’s saturating the market, or because people are more dependent on algorithms these days, or simply because it just slipped through the cracks. For the better part of 3 decades I’ve dedicated myself to exposing my friends to sounds that love me, and that deserve to be heard, from across the spectrum! This is a true labor of love for me and I’m more than psyched to give this to you. On top of sharing the music part of the idea is to share the stories behind the music, so we’ll be taking a closer look at records, artists and music scenes that are making waves. So expect a lot of new stuff, some rediscoveries, exclusive content, interviews, guest sets and more. To be honest this whole show is pretty much inspired by the late great John Peel so with Cosmo Baker Presents I’m trying to do my version of The Peel Sessions… also as part of the Mixcloud Select program it’s designed to bring the listeners – y’all – closer to us creators, both me and the artists that I present! Okay with that in mind I’m more than excited to present my first episode, featuring new music by GoldLink, Lizzo, Anderson .Paak, Kid Sister, Kaytranada, Talk Black Guy, Little Simz, A-Trak, Black Thought and more. And we’ll take a very special look at Sault – an incredible new band from out of the UK, and the story, the mystery, and the movement behind them. Let’s get ready for liftoff! Link in the bio!

Cosmo Baker Presents: Episode 1

Sault “Let Me Go”
Can “Vitamin C”
Little Simz “Offense”
Bosq “Backstrokin’”
Lizzo “Juice (Pat Lok Remix)”
Kaytranada “Dysfunctional feat. VanJess (Nick Bike’s ‘Apollo’ Mix)”
Ben Khan “a.t.w (against the wall)”
FSQ feat. Dolette McDonald “I Zimbra (Soul Clap Remix)”
A-Trak “Trizzy Says”
Thomas Blondet Feat. Jordan Danielle Harris “Deja Vu”|Little Dragon “Lover Chanting”
GoldLink “Love 3rd feat. André 3000”
The Pendletons “You Do You feat. Howard Johnson”
Toni Braxton “FOH (Buscrates Bounce Mix)”
Anderson .Paak “Jet Black feat. Brandy (DJ Platurn Extended Disco Edit)”
Wantigga “Feels Like Summer”
VanJess “Addicted (Krs. Dancehall Edit)”
Potatohead People “Liftin’ Up feat. K-Maxx (2015 Demo)”
Khemist “I Been On A Budget”
Olivier St.Louis “Dog In Man”
Black Thought & Salaam Remi “Conception feat. Reek Ruffin”
Space Invadas “Satelite”
J-E-T-S “Play Feat. Mykki Blanco”
Tall Black Guy “Speak Your Mind with Kevin Moore (Don’t Be Afraid Edit)”
Cleo Sol “Why Don’t You”
Kali Uchis & Jorja Smith “Tyrant (((Flexican Edit)))”
Nicole Bus “You”
Paul Mond “Sunday Service”
Louie Lastic “Reactions”
Inflo “No Fear”
Kid Sister “Long Way Back”
Interlude: Spotlight on Sault / Inflo / Forever Living Originals
Sault “We Are The Sun”
Ohio Players “Satan’s Boogie”

ARD Podcast With Cosmo Baker

My friends Lowbudget, Dirty South Joe and Flufftronix have started a new, REALLY funny and interesting, podcast that they’re calling ARD – which stands for Awesomely Righteous Dudes (but also for Philly folk there’s another meaning / connotation for “ard” haha…) Last week the homies invited me to sit in as a guest and we had a great time, as we discussed topics such as Wesley Snipes conspiracy theories, the BBQ Beat genre coined by yours truly and the good/bad/ugly of other retronyms like boogie and yacht rock, verification on Joyner Lucas crappiness, 80s music movies, theme parties and how they’re not all bad but kinda mostly are, Knight Rider, divorce rock and post-divorce rock, children’s TV shows and their lasting impact, early 90s underground hip hop culture and playing Clipse for snobby backpackers, overseas UK+NY drill rap collabs and New York making great rap again, the return of Jai Paul, my favorite current band Sault and their mysterious personnel, Inflo and his Charles Stepney-influenced sound, our varied opinions on cell phone requests both plain and fancy, the new Kid Sister song and how it would fit nicely in Scrubs, XXXtentacioni, Lowbudget’s love for Scrubs, the latest in Old Town Road news, updates and traffic, IGOR for the kids vs. IGOR for the old head, filtering the constant flood of new music through curators, the impact of how music spreads today vs. how it used to, the iTunes panic and Fluff’s forecast of Apple’s slow death in the non-mobile market, the USA’s dwindling cultural capital and how it’s maybe not a bad thing, and may others.

We had so much to say that the episode was chopped up into two parts.

ARD Podcast W/ Cosmo Baker Pt. 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-007-cosmo-baker-pt-1/id1462126826?i=1000441039850

ARD Podcast W/ Cosmo Baker Pt. 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-007-cosmo-baker-pt-2/id1462126826?i=1000441210326