Cookin' Soul is a group of rap producers and DJs from Valencia, Spain. In its early days, it was made up of Big Size, Milton, and Zock. Currently, Big Size is the only active member. The group is known for its productions on numerous tracks by MCs and rap groups around the world. They are also recognized for releasing a large number of mixtapes and albums.[1][2] Producing work since around 2005, Cookin' Soul has developed a strong presence in the mixtape circuit in the US, according to El País.[2]
David Garcia, better known by his stage name Cookin' Soul or Big Size, was born in 1985 in Madrid, Spain into an Armenian-Catalan family. At the age of four, his family relocated to Valencia, a culturally rich city located on Spain’s southeastern coast where the Turia River meets the Mediterranean Sea. His musical journey began early, inspired by his mother's weekend sessions of James Brown and other classic tunes played on cassette tapes.
Critical response
The Guardian gave a project they did a mixed review, indicating that "some of the mash-ups work magnificently...but several needed more time spent on them" than the single night allocated to it by the trio.[3] Also in 2008, MTV mentioned "Public Speeding", a mashup of Jay-Z's "Public Service Announcement" and Coldplay's "High Speed", as an example of the "strangely compelling flow" of blending "worlds-apart sounds".[4] In 2009, the trio released a tribute mixtape to Michael Jackson, with The Washington Post describing their blend of Jackson 5 and Lil Wayne on "I Want You Back" as "unexpectedly touching/weird."[1] While the group's creation of Christmas themed rap album featuring MF DOOM known as DOOM XMAS is considered a staple mark of a holiday rap album amongst underground hip hop fans (DOOM's main audience)[citation needed]
Discography
Albums
The Experience Album (2011), with Diversidad (European project)[5]
1 2 Stewart, Allison (30 June 2009). "Singles file". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-03-14. Famed Spanish producers Cookin Soul assembled a posthumous MJ mash-up mix tape featuring tracks from Kid Cudi, Jay-Z and this unexpectedly touching/weird entry featuring Lil Wayne.
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