Wednesday December 18 – High & Rising Book Release – Philadelphia, PA Cosmo Baker & DJ Jazzy Jeff Xmas Party
Friday December 22, 2023
DJ Jazzy Jeff Presents
Magnificent Xmas Party
With DJ Jazzy Jeff
& Cosmo Baker
9PM – 12AM
Live on TWITCH – https://www.twitch.tv/djjazzyjeff
The Do Over Art Basel 2023 At Dante’s Hifi – Miami
Friday, December 8, 2024
The Do Over – Art Basel 2024 Edition
Featuring
The Gaslamp Killer
Cosmo Baker
Rich Medina
Craze
Skratch Bastid
Jamie Strong
Pirumov
& Special Guests
At Dante’s Hifi – 519 NW 26th St. – Miami, FL
Cosmo Baker Presents: Episode 4 – Global Sounds
Welcome back to another episode of Cosmo Baker Presents – my monthly mix where I get to focus on and drop some of the best new music from around the globe. This month we’ll be bouncing around this small planet with new tunes from Gang Starr, DJ Shadow, Michael Kiwanuka, Jubilee, Moodymann, Ego Ella May, TNGHT and more.
TNGHT “First Body”
Gang Starr “Hit Man feat. Q-Tip”
Scizzorhands “Go On And Cry feat. Kenny Slade & Edgar”
DSTRUKT & RCADE “Suadade Vem Correndo (DSTRUKT Remix)”
Burna Boy “Collateral Damage”
MyKill “Let You Go”
Moodymann “Got Me Coming Back Rite Now”
Moods “Slow Down feat. Damon Trueitt (Bondax Remix)”
Jubilee “Daylight Ravings”
Keys N Krates “Never Stop”
The Goods “Peach (M5K Remix)”
DJ Shadow “Rocket Fuel feat. De La Soul”
Pete Rock & CL Smooth “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (Altered Tapes Rework)”
Sr. Soprano “Gadot In Brazil (Bobby For The House Parties Edit)”
Shay Lia “Dangerous”
Dego “Just Give It A Long Shot”
Stretch & Bobbito and The M19S Band “I Know You, I Live You feat. Maimouna Youssef”
Michael The Lion & Amy Douglas “Find A Way feat. Steven Klavier”
The Vision feat. Andreya Triana “Heaven (Danny Krivit Edit)”
Kraak & Smaak “Sweet Time feat. Izo FitzRoy (Yuksek Dub Remix)”
Michael Kiwanuka “Rolling”
J. Cole “Middle Child (Buzz-T Edit)”
Zero dB “Party Girl (Marc Mac Bruk Remix)”
Stormzy “Wiley Flow (Jengi Remix)”
James BKS “New Breed feat. Q-Tip, Idris Elba & Little Simz”
Donwill “Ari & Badu On FaceTime”
Missy Elliott “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) (Junior State Remix)”
Raiza Biza “Trouble feat. Oddisee & Zenyth”
The Hood “Home”
Danny Brown “Best Life”
Femdot “94 Camry Music”
D-STYLES “Diamond In The Rough”
Mom Tudie “Heavey feat. Casey”
Ego Ella May “Being Loved”
Cosmo Baker “Global Sounds Interlude”
Orchestra Gold “Maribayassa”
Cosmo Baker “Peace Outro”
Live At The Remedy – 1998
From the mid 90s through the early 2000s, the epicenter of Philly Hip-Hop culture could be found every Monday night at a small second floor nightclub directly off South Street. That club was Fluid, that night was The Remedy, hosted by Cosmo Baker & Rich Medina. This was more than just a weekly party though – this was the embodiment of a thriving community, where the Citizens of Illadelph would find common bonds and seek release and solace through the rhythmic pulse of beats and rhymes. We created our own space there, a world where we were the masters of our own dominion. And that world was shared equally for all. Threaded through the evolution of the music at the time, through the rise of independent movement, concurrent with the very beginning of the Neo-Soul scene, The Remedy became THE DESTINATION for music and culture lovers alike.
It would not be unlikely to have a packed house of locals and loyal partygoers mingling with luminaries from out of town, everyone from Andre 300 to Lauryn Hill to (NSYNC era) Justin Timberlake shaking it while world famous DJs – everyone from Kid Koala to Madlib, Questlove to DJ Craze, Bobbito to Goldie – would play the most underground and obscure tunes to a hungry and receptive crowd. And it was also not unlikely to have some immense talent jump up into the DJ booth and grab the mic, whether it was local talent from the Philly Neo Soul movement, or Slum Village, or Pharoahe Monch, or Bahamadia, or Kurupt.
On this particular night in 1998, it was DJ Jazzy Jeff on the ones and twos, and we brought up Philly’s own Black Thought to bless the mic, followed by Common who ripped it to pieces. The freestyle session continued with Dice Raw, Scratch, Maylay Sparks and Rehani… everyone in the pocket. Also you can hear Black Thought kick a bunch of the rhymes he’d later on go and use on the masterpiece album by The Roots “Things Fall Apart”.
And yes – we recorded it. PHOTO CREDIT: MPOZI TOLBERT #RIPMpozi