I’m pleased to present to you the third and final installment in my Love Break series. It’s been a long time since I came out with any mixes and a few months ago I was listening to both the first and second mixes in this series and it just struck that I needed to release one very last statement for this. The first two are probably the most heralded mixes that I’ve ever done. They’re the ones that people holler at me about the most, and the ones that I’ve sold the most of with physical product. You can grab the other 2 joints on CD at my store here. It took me a few years to compile all the music that I thought would work just right for this mix, and for the tone of this mix I decided to take a more bittersweet perspective. But, just like the first two, I put this together with love and care, with minimal mixing and just allowing the songs to breathe and live on their own. So I hope you enjoy it… Click the Soundloud window below to listen and download, and please feel free to share and blog etc.
COSMO BAKER “LOVE BREAK THREE – The Heart’s Final Chapter
Love’s Intro
Ace Spectrum “I Don’t Want To Play Around”
Banks & Hampton “I’m Gonna Have To Tell Her”
Major Harris “I Got Over Love”
New Birth “It’s Been A Long Time”
Eddie Holman “It’s Over”
Black Ivory “(It’s) Time To Say Goodbye”
Marvin Gaye “Anger”
Top Shelf “Let Them Keep On Talking”
Lloyd Price “What Did You Do With My Love”
Jerry Butler “No Money Down”
The Moments “Love On A Two-Way Street”
Steve Parks “Still Thinking Of You”
Solomon Burke “Everlasting Love”
Clay Hunt “(I’m Claimin’) FInders Keepers”
Angela Winbush “Angel”
The Isley Brothers “Ain’t I Been Good To You”
Sweet Blindness “Ain’t No Use”
Billy Stewart “Cross My Heart”
The Delfonics “Trying To Make A Fool Out Of Me”
Freddie Hughes “Sarah Mae”
The Three Degrees “Collage”
Nancy Wilson “I’m In Love”
Patrice Rushen “Where There Is Love”
Joann Garett “It’s No Secret”
Bobby Womack “Woman’s Gotta Have It”
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles “A Legend In It’s Own Time”
Ben Vereen “I’ll Keep A Light In My Window”
Teddy Pendergrass “I’ll Never See Heaven Again”
Diana Ross “One Love In My Lifetime”
Brothers By Choice “Baby, You Really Got me Going”
Mary Wells “Two Lovers History”
Big shout to my homie DJ Jayceeoh for having me involved on the latest edition of the Super 7 Mixtape. It’s a great concept and I’m proud to have been asked to get down on it. In essence, Jayceeoh gets 7 DJs together to all do a 10 minute set, and the result is a super funky and diverse mix of some of the dopest DJs in the world. This time around it’s ME, with Jayceeoh, U-Tern, Thee Mike B, The Captains of Industry (Stonerokk & Graham Funke) and DJ Ross One. All dope DJs who brought that fire, and I’m glad to have been able to work alongside them.
DJ JAYCEEOH (NYC)
1. Super 7 Intro
2. M.I.A – Steppin’ Up (Nacey Remix) (JayCeeOh Drum Edit)
3. JayCeeOh – Caribou Lean
4. Young Dro / T.I. / Gucci Mane / Udachi / Baobinga – Twerkalate (JayCeeOh Bootleg)
5. Senior Stereo / Lil Scrappy / Ludacris- I Am The Beat (Salva Remix) (JayCeeOh Edit)
6. T.I. / Young Jeezy / Jerline and Friends – Fly Away (JayCeeOh Blend)
7. Pharcyde / Young Jeezy – Goin’ Down (JayCeeOh Blend)
8. Cowboys & Gangsters Interlude
9. Katy B / Lil Wayne / Shawty Low – On a Mission (JayCeeOh Bootleg)
10. JayCeeOh – Gorilla Works
U-TERN (Vancouver, BC)
11. Intro
12 Moullinex – Superman (Lorenz Rhode Remix) (Zapp Blend)
13 Big Boi – Shutterbug (U-Tern Edit)
14 Louis La Roche – Get On Down (U-Tern Edit)
15 The Martin Brothers vs Green Velvet (U-Tern Edit)
16 Jan Driver – Tellyfoam (U-Tern Edit)
17 Munk – La Musica
18 Flying Lotus – Do The Astral Plane (Them Jeans House Remix)
19 The Chemical Brothers – Swoon (U-Tern Edit)
20 Harvey Mason – Groovin’ You (Bonkers Blend)
21 Nightriders – A Love Feeling
22 Digikid84 – P.A.M.E.L.A (Lost Valentinos Remix) (U-Tern Edit)
23 Siriusmo – Testliebe (U-Tern White Lines Edit)
24 Black Box – Strike It Up (Pack Blend)
25 Paul Hardcastle – 19 (U-Tern Edit)
26 Onra – Mechanical
27 Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand (U-Tern’s Very Fake Remix)
28 Change – Lover’s Holiday vs Pharrell (U-Tern Edit)
29 Mark Ronson & The Business INTL – Bang Bang Bang (U-Tern’s Disco Dub)
SKRATCH BASTID (Toronto, ON)
30. Skratch Bastid Super 7 Intro
31. Love Thang / Do This My Way – First Choice / Kid-N-Play
32. There Was A Time (DJ Serious Edit) / Give The Drummer Some – Dee Felice Trio / Ultramagnetic MC’s
33. Under The Sun – The Gaff
34. Skewed Empathy (Skratch Bastid Remix) – Outkast & Raekwon & Crystal Castles
35. You Ain’t No DJ – Big Boi f/ Yelawolf
36. Ra-Ta-Ta-Ta – Spragga Benz f/ Kardinal Offishall & Swizz Beatz
37. Wine Pon Me – Mr. Lexx
38. Limb By Tung – Cutty Ranks vs Cam’Ron & Vado (Cosmo & Bastid’s Harlem meets Jamaica mix)
THEE MIKE B (LA)
39 DJ Class – Intro
40 Ice-T Interlude
41 YG – Toot It An Boot It
42 Team Sonar – I Eat Pussy
43 Leftside – Phat Punani
44 Classixx – I’ll Get You (Steve1der Remix – Camo UFOs VIP)
45 Vybz Kartel – Clarks
46 TOK – Mike B Dubplate 2010
47 Omar Doom Interlude
48 Graveleaf – The Crusade (Neighbor Remix)
THE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY (Stonerokk & Graham Funke) (Las Vegas)
49. John Williams – Mars Impériale
50. Ville Blanche – Ta Femme
51. Captain Sensible – Quelle
52. Timbaland et Magoo – L’amour de vous aimer
53. Bébé ft Clipse – Ce qui est arrivé à ce garçon
54. Cyndi Lauper – Toute la nuit
55. Alicia Touches – Empire état de l’esprit (La deuxième partie)
56. Prodige – Tenir approfondie
57. Le Curé – Les chats adorent
58. Les Portes – LA Femme
59. Hommes Au Travail – Qui peut l’être maintenant
60. Jay Z – Proxénétisme grande
61. Blues Image – Tour Capitaine Tour
DJ ROSS ONE (Miami)
62. Cincy Soul
63. Ain’t Gonna
64. Southern Man
65. Freedom
66. Tomorrows Kids
67. Shop Around
68. Bring It On Down
69. Next Message
70. Herbs
71. Keep Asking
72. Listen to the Music
73. I Just Wanna
74. Oh Lord
75. Only Love
76. Sunshine Break
77. School is Through
COSMO BAKER (NYC)
78. Cosmo Baker – Star Time Intro
79. T.I. – Bring ‘Em Out (Cosmo’s Wild Goose Chase Mix)
80. Sean Paul – Buss De Dancehall (Kenny Meez Federation Remix)
81. Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half Steppin (Cosmo’s Back To Memphis Mix)
82 .Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Your Money (Cosmo’s Second Line Mix)
83. Wu-Tang Clan – Da Mystery Of Chessboxin (Cosmo’s Si Senora Mix)
84. James Brown – Mind Power (Cosmo’s Multitracks Of Death Mix)
85. Candi Staton – You’ve Got The Love (Cosmo’s Get Fresh Mix)
86. Funkadelic – Not Just Knee Deep (Cosmo’s Ultimate Kon Re-Edit)
Please listen, enjoy, blog, share and review (jeah!) And be on the lookout cause the blends from my section will soon be available for stand-alone downloads.
Here’s a brand new blend for the DJ Jayceeoh’s Super Seven Series, it’s Wu-Tang Clan “Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’ (Cosmo Baker Yes Blend)” so please enjoy!
Back in March when I spun at The Do Over in Miami I think the second or third record I played was one that a whole grip of people kind of flipped their wig about. It was an instrumental version of The Ambassador’s “Ain’t Got The Love (Of One Girl On My Mind)” which is probably best know to our generation as the basis of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth’s “I Got A Love.” Yeah, Ambassadors is a hot record, and definitely a heavy piece, but c’mon son… the INSTRUMENTAL?
So about 10 years ago my man D*** B**** whom I had known for a minute from around the collectors circuit and just from being “dude” in Philly hit me up and was like “Yo Cosmo, you have to hear these Ambassadors instrumental acetates.” Of course I was like yeah fuck you son with them wolf tickets. But he kept on at it about them until I had to figure it out if he was bullshitting. Well, my man was not lying…
The Ambassadors was a sweet soul singing group from North Philly – and Philly was known for its sweet soul vocalist stylings at the time with groups like The Delfonics and the Stylistics. The Ambassadors were discovered by WDAS program director Jimmy Bishop who quickly signed them to his imprint Arctic Records. The Ambassadors released one LP, 1969’s “Soul Summit” and they had a minor hit with “I Really Love You.”
Here’s a picture of Jimmy Bishop (left) with Joe “Butterball” Tamburro (far right,) the man who succeeded him as program director at WDAS and is still there to this day, and whom is one of my favorite DJs of all time.
It wasn’t until 23 years later that the song “Ain’t Got The Love” really became such a sought-after piece. It’s an incredible song, actually written by another one of Bishop’s discovery’s – the incredible Barbara Mason – and produced by Bishop himself. Bishop produced a bunch of music at the time, including the very strange and psychedelic soul tune “Jason Pew Mosso” by The Interpretations.
So my man, the homeboy with the acetates, had this acetate which as an instrumental version of The Ambassadors “Ain’t Got The Love” but it wasn’t by them – it was by The Sam Reed Band. So it turned out that Sam Reed was a South Phillly based sax player who would session around town as well as being part of the house band at the world famous and legendary Uptown Theater on North Broad Street. Bishop put together a band under his and Sam Reed’s direction to do all the music for the Arctic releases. Now I guess that they thought that the instrumental versions wouldn’t fly as well as the ones with vocals. To me that’s surprising considering who they have playing on these tracks – guys like Vince Montana, Ronnie Baker, Norman Harris, Earl Young. You know, the guys who became MFSB and pretty much CREATED disco and are the living embodiment of The Philly Sound (and the SalSoul sound as well hahah…) Well anyway, even though that acetate is dumb-rare, the song was released on the “Mutha Funkin Sonofa Bitch (The Truth Behind The Philly Legend)” compilation in 2006. This one is by special request, so enjoy!
BONUS BEATS: It’s been exactly 5 years since Katrina and seems like everyone forgot. I didn’t, nor will I ever. Hold your head, Nola. You’re stronger than you think, and more inspirational than you know. Here’s a nugget from there, just one of many that magical place has given the world. And just in case you forgot, George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.
Tuesday November 5 – Joy To The Polls – Philadelphia, PA 
So about 10 years ago my man D*** B**** whom I had known for a minute from around the collectors circuit and just from being “dude” in Philly hit me up and was like “Yo Cosmo, you have to hear these Ambassadors instrumental acetates.” Of course I was like yeah fuck you son with them wolf tickets. But he kept on at it about them until I had to figure it out if he was bullshitting. Well, my man was not lying…
