"Feeling Good"

Cosmo

Often times I'll wake up in a certain mood and I'll want to make a mix that will accompany me during the day. This is how the first "Love Break" came about - just a mix for me to listen to in my car during a road trip. Anyway, a few weeks ago, I woke up and it was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, the temperature was just right. It made me think of a certain sound that just means "spring/summer" to me, so before I headed out I made this mix to listen to while I ran around New York. There's nothing like New York in the springtime.I hope you enjoy it.Cosmo Baker[/b] "Feeling Good"Benny Golson "I'm Always Dancin' To The Music"Maze feat. Frankie Beverly "Golden Time Of Day"Brenda Russell "In The Thick Of It"SSO "Faded Lady"L.T.D. "Don't Stop Loving Me"Toto "Waiting For Your Love"Harvey Mason "Till You Take My Love"Eddie Drennon & The BSS Orchestra "Do What You Gotta Do"Patrice Rushen "Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)"Brass Construction "Get Up To Get Down"Roy Ayers "Love Will Bring Us Back Together"Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway "Back Together Again"Mtume "Love Lock"Bernard Wright "Spinnin'"Teena Marie "I Need Your Lovin'"Stevie Wonder "Love Light In Flight"Karen Silver "Nobody Else"James Mason "Sweet Power of Your Embrace"Donald Byrd "Love Has Come Around"Chaka Kahn "Clouds"Coke Escoveo "I Wouldn't Change A Thing"Black Ivory "Mainline"Change "A Lover's Holiday"D-Train "Keep On"Earth Wind & Fire "Runnin'" (Danny Krivit Remix)John Paul Young "Love Is In The Air"Norman Connor presents Aquarian Dream "Look Ahead"The Isley Brothers "Harvest For The World"

Fatback

thanks. i'm driving to fucking ohio tomorrow. i need this.

emynd

Awesome, dude. I can't wait to listen to this.

-e

Swayze

Thank you. I'm downloading it now. Looks like a great mix for this weekend.

HairyBelafonte

Thank you, this is just what I needed to start off my bike ride this morning.

HarveyCanal

Thank you, this is just what I needed to start off my bike ride this morning.

SIRUS

this is real cool. that brenda russell is a jam.

Jonny_Paycheck

yes dude!

deej

nice

Snagglepus

Very nice. It's working.

That Eddie Drennon is a favorite.

Lumin

thanks for the mix homie

white_tea

Very nice.

jaymack

very very nice.

KidK

I FEEL LIKE SHIT

Jroam

Man I needed some TOTO to get me through until the weekend, bless.

Diggin

Excellent mix

Mike_Bell

The dope schitt. Thanks Cosmo.

drewnice

You ever get a joyful feeling so strong it makes you want to jump out of your skin?:

Stevie Wonder "Love Light In Flight"

And this is the one I had to trainspot a hommie on at Fluid a couple years ago:

Donald Byrd "Love Has Come Around"

Fantasmic.

Controller_7

Thanks Cosmo,
I enjoyed this a lot. Thanks for making it available. So, did you just wake up and freestyle this whole thing (i.e. grabbing some favorites and usual suspects of the current mood) or did you sit for a minute and think it out? Either way it's a great mix. I'm just curious about the process.

cas

!!!

elise

Excellent mix

peacefulrotation

SWEEEET!

captainplanet

unnnnngh! nice cuts and nice cutting too. cool if I share this widely?

Donger

I walked around Central Park yesterday jamming to this in my ipod.

My personal highlight = donald byrd moment

hugh_lucero

thanks cos - you're that dude!

Bapt

Thank you Cosmo!!

el_sparko

Cheers Cosmo, much appreciated!

Cosmo

Glad everytone is digging this mix. Always good to do something that is relatively personal work and have it resonate with people. Somewhat falls in line with the philosophy that I have regarding art in general, be it sculpture or DJing or cooking or screenwriting. You reach into the chambers of your self to create what is a very personal piece of work (all creation is personal in my opinion by the way) and the work belongs to you and only you, yet when you release it on the world it becomes everybody's possesion except for yours. In a way you cannot say that you lay claim to anything that you have created because the culmination of the creative process strips you of any true hold on it.

Then again maybe I'm just talking shit. It's a mix CD!

Anyway, glad you all dug it. Captain Planet, feel free to spread it anywhere and everywhere. Burn it, give it out to people. It's music that is meant for people to listen to while the weather is good.

Controller7, I really don't have a process when I'm making a tape like this. Liek I said, I just picked some records that I knew that I wanted to listen to that day in my car, so I grabbed them and made the mix. Of course I wanted there to be a relative theme that went through it, kind of groovy shit that makes me think of spring and summer in Philly. Also the records that I picked are what I would call "BBQ Beat" joints - soul records that you might hear at a barbeque. Of course I left the obvious party james off but certain records like "Back Together Again" and (in particular) "Love Has Come Around" have a warm sound that I equate to spending time in the sun, on the Belmont Plateau.

Gonna give a full record by record rundown of what these songs mean to me. Give me a few hours. Each song does have a special meaning/story to me/it. And fuck it, you know I'm a long winded motherfucker sometimes!

Controller_7

well done. I love those days when you wake up and feel like "this is what I need to do today."

Controller_7

TheBeatGoes

thanks for this, looking forward to it