Cosmo Baker’s Electric Summer

I teamed up with the fine folks at Mixcloud and Malibu Rum to create “Electric Summer” for the Malibu Play series. These are all sounds that take you on a journey through a day in the life of the Best Summer Ever – from afternoon block-party BBQs to early evening strolls on the beach with the island breeze at your back, to late night rooftop parties where you can dance your heart out, leaving everything behind. Wake up in the morning, and let’s do it again. It’s summer – this is our time to celebrate, and this musical journey is the soundtrack to the Best Summer Ever!

Mixcloud & Malibu Rum Present Cosmo Baker “Electric Summer”

Chip Fu “Ring The Alarm (Cosmo Baker Special Dubplate Edition)”
Keni Burke “Risin’ To The Top (Jim Sharp Edit)”
The Dream “Dope Chick”
B. Smyth “Leggo feat. 2 Chainz”
Naughty By Nature “Hip-Hop Hooray (DJ Scene 2013 Remix)”
Cosmo Baker “Blow The Bird Whistle (Too $hort Bird Machine Bootleg)”
Oliver “Night Is On My Mind”
Dennis Edwards “Don’t Look Any Further (The Gaff 2.0 Remix)”
Moon Boots “Got Somebody”
Paul Lee “Pan De Ley (Original Mix)”
Raphael Saadiq “Get Involved feat. Q-Tip (Pickster Remix)”
Classixx “Holding On (Jerome LOL Remix)”
Frank Ocean “Pyramids (DJ Apt One Disco Dub)”
Calvin Harris “Feel So Close (Dillon Francis Remix)”
Compuphonic “Sunset feat. Marques Toliver (Aeroplane Remix)”
Sharam Jey “Money Right (Original Mix)”
Janet Jackson “Control (Hubbz U-Tern X Janet Cuntrol Blend)”
Daft Punk  Vs DJ Apt One “Get Lucky (Original Re-imagining)”
Rihanna “Nobody’s Business (Cousin Cole’s House Edit)”
Justin Timberlake “Let The Groove Get In (Sammy Bananas Bootleg)”
Bounce Camp “Freek’n You (Jodeci)”
Garage $ale “Bump N Grind (Waze & Odyssey Mix)”
Touch & Go “Gotta Have U (Club Version)”
Fifteenth “Yesterday (Club Version)”
Missy Elliott “Work It (R4 Remix)”
The-Dream “Real feat. Pharrell Williams”
Flux Pavilion “Do Or Die feat. Childish Gambino (Original Mix)”
Keys N Krates “Treat Me Right”
Sister Nancy “Bam Bam (Zebo’s We Nuh Digital Remix)”
Diplo “Express Yourself (Gents & Jawns Trap Remix)”
A$AP Rocky “I Come Apart feat. Florence Welch”

Cosmo Baker & OkayPlayer Present The Official Roots Picnic 2013 Mixtape

Ladies & gentlemen, Okayplayer & Cosmo Baker are proud to present The Official Roots Picnic 2013 Mixtape! Featuring picnic jams by The Roots, Macklemore, Solange, Trinidad James, Grimes, DJ Premier, AraabMuzik & more of the artists appearing like at the 6th Annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia on June 1.

“At the 11th Hour it seemed like a good idea to write some sort of introduction to this mix and I gave it some thought as to what I was going to touch upon, but understand this is harder than it may seem. It’s difficult enough to capture everything that this collection of artists is about in the futile medium that’s one single mixtape. In the same regard, much like their entire career it’s almost impossible to pin down what The Roots, and Okayplayer are all about with just words. And that right there just may be the point.

I could take it back to 1992 or 93 when I first met these two dudes Ahmir and Tariq and this could be the story of “Philly dudes done well” or I could talk about the parallels of all or our respective career arcs and all that jazz. Or I could talk about how just some local musicans and DJs from South and West Philly have transformed into global music and cultural ambassadors.

But to me it comes down to one thing – love. The love that one has that makes one do what they do. It’s not for the money of the fame, but for the love of music that is the single reason why we’re in this game. That’s the greatest commonality that we all share, and one of the reasons why Okayplayer is what it is today in 2013. Perhaps it’s something in our mutual Philly history, and its collective cultural fiber; from being in that one time at that one place. I don’t know, but I do know one thing: I grew up with all this, and so when I was asked to contribute this mix, it was more than an honor. It felt like I was coming back home.”

– Cosmo Baker, 2013

CLICK ON THE SOUNDCLOUD LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD “COSMO BAKER’S PICNIC MIX”

Sunglasses Is A Must Live From Indianapolis

In 2006 me and DJ Ayres as The Rub went on tour with A-Trak for the North American “Sunglasses Is A Must” tour. About two months of rocking parties coast to coast to coast. 4 turntables, 3 laptops, 2 microphones, samplers, foot pedals, drum machines, cowbells, stuffed talking robotic parrots, giant inflatable liquor bottles, and more… Captured here live from our show in Indianapolis, Indiana. Parts one and two for your enjoyment… Fun times!

A-Trak & The Rub: Sunglasses Is A Must Live Part 1 by Cosmo Baker on Mixcloud

A-Trak & The Rub: Sunglasses Is A Must Live Part 2 by Cosmo Baker on Mixcloud

Blow The Bird Whistle – Too $hort Bird Machine Bootleg

One of the hottest records burning up the dancefloors and killing it in my sets comes from France in the form of DJ Snake’s “Bird Machine” first released on Mad Decent’s Jeffree’s imprint. A funny little tune that was neither rap nor trap but a bit of both, it really sets it off when I play it. Recently I was messing around in my live sets and blending Too $hort’s “Blow The Whistle” with it (duh) and it’s been coming off like crazy. So I whipped up this simple but incredibly effective little bootleg blend for everyone’s enjoyment! Hope you like it and if so, LIKE it, comment on it, share, blog, rip, burn, play, rock out to it, and all that good stuff!