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Cool-Aid are gathering energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d0a326f4b5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d0a326f4b5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/b-cool-aid-are-gathering-energy\/#%E2%80%9CB_Cool-Aid_are_gathering_energy%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;B. Cool-Aid are gathering energy&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CB_Cool-Aid_are_gathering_energy%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;B. Cool-Aid are gathering energy&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-media .caption {\n   color: #000000;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: #000000;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .content_block blockquote.pull_quote {\n   color: #000000;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242155\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      B. Cool-Aid are gathering energy\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      Pink Siifu and Ahwlee give Arielle Lana LeJarde an early look at their third collaborative album on the latest episode of The FADER Interview podcast.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Arielle Lana LeJarde<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\"triple_gutter_left triple_gutter_right image center_align\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/B.Cool-Aid_KubiKowboy_leedes\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"B. Cool-Aid are gathering energy\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      KubiKowboy<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_share_buttons_top \" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"new_socials_bottom\" class=\"new_socials_footer  \">\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Facebook-747312c39722d47504a80f02500b8d4ad2e36acf922bad1c83799db1bc77f605.png\" alt=\"Fdr socialsharing facebook\"><!-- <span>Share<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefader.com%2F2023%2F02%2F02%2Fb-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature%3Futm_source%3Df%26utm_medium%3Dtw%26utm_campaign%3Dshare&amp;text=B.%20Cool-Aid%20are%20gathering%20energy&amp;via=thefader\" class=\"new_social_footer_button twitter new_social_share_button\" data-ga-event-category=\"Social Share\" data-ga-event-label=\"Twitter\" data-ga-on=\"click\" data-ga-event-action=\"cilck\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Twitter-8d78f695280aa3f8a4461702c68e9fcbfd6042af1600c62d49fdec4b735fb57a.png\" alt=\"Fdr socialsharing twitter\"><!-- <span>Tweet<\/span> --><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/logo-snapchat-5f1563935ac089d0cf1773f642ddbfb6cdb16e8c4ac14fec95a3c11b6f963389.svg\" alt=\"Logo snapchat\"><!-- <span>Snap<\/span> --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242198\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <span class=\"lead-text\">W<\/span>hen Pink Siifu and Ahwlee met at Mndsgn\u2019s birthday party in 2015, they both felt like they\u2019d finally found the childhood friend they\u2019d never known they needed. Now, six years on, they\u2019ve finished their third studio LP together as r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er-producer duo B. Cool-Aid. <i>Leather Blvd.<\/i> \u2014 the sequel to their 2017 debut <i>BRWN<\/i> and their sophomore LP <i>Syrup<\/i> from the following year \u2014 celebrates the slick swagger of its titular fabric, calling back to an era of indoor cigarettes and well-dressed sophistication, albeit with a schoolyard twist. The LP\u2019s first single, \u201cCnt Go Back (Tell Me),\u201d features Liv.e, Butcher Brown, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jimettarose\/?hl=en\">Jimetta Rose<\/a>, V.C.R, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maurice.i.i\/\">Maurice II<\/a> \u2014 only a fraction of the names on the project\u2019s stacked lineup of guests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            On the forthcoming record, Siifu and Ahwlee lay out their contemporary approach to neo-soul, with Siifu delivering sultry hooks and suave bars atop Ahwlee\u2019s velvety beats. While many modern-day artists attempt to capitalize on nostalgia, B. Cool-Aid\u2019s gritty, vintage sound brings the mysterious decadence of the Jazz Age into 2023 without forcing it.<\/p>\n<p>            For an early look at <i>Leather Blvd.<\/i>, I spoke to Siifu and Ahwlee about their synergistic partnership, collaboration as a lifestyle, and what it means to be an Aquarius.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242203\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-22_1_huhnns\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 640px\" alt=\"B. Cool-Aid are gathering energy\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      KubiKowboy<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242200\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>This Q&amp;A is taken from the latest episode of The FADER Interview. To hear this week\u2019s show in full, and to access the podcast\u2019s archive, click <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/thefaderinterview\">here<\/a>.<\/i> (edited) <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242201\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242204\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>The FADER: The last time I was in L.A., you were shooting a music video. Can you tell me more about it?<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>Pink Siifu:<\/b> The video for \u201cWhat\u2019s up.\u201d The single drops on Valentine\u2019s Day. It\u2019s definitely a romance track. We\u2019ve been shooting just hella visual content to use throughout the rollout. I don\u2019t wanna put nobody on blast, but just shooting videos is hard sometimes when you try to shoot with different folks. It\u2019s good to stay with your core people, but I like collabing with new people. It\u2019s a new album, so I wanna give it a little newer look, but I\u2019m realizing that sometimes I just need to work with my core people and build something. Albums too, working with an engineer: Sometimes you wanna work with a n***a that you know gonna get your shit sounding right. It\u2019s like [if] you got a tailor, you gonna go to them knowing he gonna get it fitted right; ain\u2019t gonna be no adjustments after that.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Ahwlee:<\/b> Some people don\u2019t see the vision quite like we do.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> If you wanna work with me and Ahwlee \u2014 photos, videos, fashion \u2014 you gotta kick it with us. If you kick it with us for a week, maybe two, you gonna know what the fuck we all about. That\u2019s why I love <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jackmckain\/?hl=en\">Jack McKain<\/a>, because even when we first started shooting with him, he would invite me over. Our first photo shoot, I didn\u2019t know where we was even gonna shoot. I hit him to shoot, and he gave me a budget, and I ain\u2019t really had the bread for it. He was like, \u201cCool, let\u2019s just kick it, get to know each other and shit.\u201d I spent the night over at his house, where we ended up shooting the next day, and he\u2019s like, \u201cYeah, bro. I get paid for my shit but I\u2019m all about it if we connect. That\u2019s what made me want to shoot your photos.\u201d I really love that approach in working with new people. It\u2019s the only approach that makes sense right now to me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            I\u2019ve collabed with some folks [where it\u2019s] like, \u201cShit, I hope they don\u2019t think I just used them,\u201d because they\u2019re not my everyday friends. Collaborating is cool, bro, but if ain\u2019t nobody vibing all the way, it\u2019s just cool for the moment. I like collabs that\u2019s a lifestyle type shit, like, you gon\u2019 always see them together because they fuck with each other.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>That\u2019s the hard part about navigating the music industry in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>: You wanna build authentic relationships, but then sometimes, you don\u2019t. How do you separate the people that you just wanna work with for the moment from the people you wanna keep in your life forever?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> Exactly. Sometimes that shit don\u2019t add up afterwards. It might add up on the track, but the process to get that bitch done was like damn\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> It wasn\u2019t really gelling like that.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242205\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"B. Cool-Aid - Leather Blvd. (OFFICIAL ALBUM TRAILER)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nvL267RkyXY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('242205');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242206\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>What makes the collaborations on this project special?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> This was some real homie shit. It felt like everybody helped us on this shit: Everybody came and lended they type of characterization, even the down to skits. I collaborate on a lot of my albums, but this felt like a movie.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Ahwlee, you\u2019ve described the album as having a schoolyard or lunchroom type vibe because of how many different people from different backgrounds and generations are on it. So if this movie is a teen rom-com, which artists belong in which cliques?<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> I would put me and Liv in different groups. I\u2019d be with the burnout squad, getting fried and not going to school. And Liv would be in the squad with the cool n***as, but we still fuck with each other. That would be the vibe between us, like, \u201cWhat\u2019s up, what\u2019s up?,\u201d but we go our separate ways type shit. I\u2019d put the ladies in the cool-girl clique.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> All the ladies in the cool girl-clique, but then you got your haters \u2014 not really haters, but they just fed up with shit. You got the ladies that\u2019s the cool girls, and you got the ladies that\u2019s fed up with shit. We got a bunch of those.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>What\u2019s the story, in the movie, of how you guys get together? And then tell me the story of how you actually met.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> On Ahwlee\u2019s concept, we probably come back to buy the block we grew up on, name that bitch. You feel me? But yeah, we met at Ringgo\u2019s [(Mndgsn\u2019s)] on his birthday. That shit was beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> I felt like he was like a homie that I didn\u2019t have growing up but that I met when I was grown, like, \u201cI kinda fuck with this fool.\u201d Some long-lost homie shit.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> That\u2019s definitely how it was. There wasn\u2019t that many n***as I met in L.A. like that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>I know both of you really liked the Low End Theory parties back in the day. I\u2019ve never been to a real Low End Theory show, so I\u2019m wondering what they were like.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> It\u2019s so many crazy stories. Prince pulled up! I wasn\u2019t there for the Prince one \u2014 I had left L.A. \u2014 and I was so mad because that\u2019s my guy. But yeah, FlyLo used to come do a set. Ras G, African Space Program\u2026 That was the Blackest shit I seen in L.A.. Them n***as [had] the African tribal patterns on, jumping on the speakers. That whole system was built for Ras G and n***as like him. Them speakers really what I feel like n***as need to keep alive. They had the sound beautiful, and n***as was coming up there: I seen Anderson .Paak play as Breezy Lovejoy. I seen The Internet play with Syd and Matt Martians and Chris[topher Smith] only \u2014 it was a trio before Steve [Lacy], before Pat[rick Page II], before Jamil [Bruner], <i>Purple Naked Ladies<\/i> [era]. It was fire to see everybody in the same spot. <\/p>\n<p>            It wasn\u2019t no escaping, too. A lot of n***as used to just come, play, dip, because you really had to talk to n***as if you was in that bitch. It wasn\u2019t no green room. Fuck a green room. If you gonna try to keep Low End vibes alive, n***as gotta talk. That was the whole vibe: everybody in the same shit regardless; FlyLo, tall as shit, tryna duck n***as because everybody wanna be talking to FlyLo. I miss that shit like a motherfucker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242207\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-2_haadcq\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"B. Cool-Aid are gathering energy\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      KubiKowboy<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242208\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>You\u2019re both Aquariuses. What characteristics of Aquariuses do you embody, and which aren\u2019t true for you?<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> Every time somebody tell me about Aquariuses, they tellin\u2019 me [Aquariuses] is free spirited, or they do whatever the fuck they wanna do. I\u2019m definitely that n***a. I\u2019ll just do that shit. Sometimes I consider afterwards, but I already did it, so that\u2019s it. Every Aquarius I know is like that\u2026 And every Aquarius I know is a flirt. N***as be flirtin\u2019 like a motherfucker, organically. Ahwlee, can you say that?<\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> Absolutely, man.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>That\u2019s why you\u2019re life ruiners.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> Ahhhhh, n***as be sayin\u2019 that. Shorty be like, \u201cYou an Aquarius? Ah, shit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> \u201cI can\u2019t be messing with you.\u201d It\u2019s like, \u201cWhat you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Ahwlee, what about you? Before the interview, you said you can\u2019t consider things because you\u2019ll overthink them.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> If you really get in that thinking mode, it get out of control. You got to go on first instinct to move right. [Being an] Aquarius, it\u2019s like you on a ship with a sail, and the wind gon\u2019 do what it\u2019s gon\u2019 do. There\u2019s no engine in this boat. You gotta rely on the wind, so if you not tapped into what you tryna do and focused, you just gonna be in the ocean spinning around. You got to lock in and just do that shit. Some people fuck with you \u2014 generally, [they] fuck with you \u2014 but it\u2019s always gonna be the ones that\u2019s like, \u201cThat n***a not shit.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242209\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/liv_k-3_ljgciv\/b-cool-aid-the-fader-interview-feature.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"B. Cool-Aid are gathering energy\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      KubiKowboy<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242210\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>Siifu, you\u2019ve said how important names are to you, and I don\u2019t know if you\u2019ve ever told anyone\u2026 Why B. Cool-Aid?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            The origin is some fried n***a shit. We was tryna come up with a cool name that low-key is an umbrella for some shit, like it encompasses a lifestyle. Ahwlee was like, \u201cYo, I think it\u2019s this one Bernie Mac skit\u201d \u2014 we don\u2019t know if it\u2019s Bernie Mac, though, because we couldn\u2019t find it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> It was Bernie. It was from the Bernie Mac show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> So in the Bernie Mac show, that n***a talking about brown Kool-Aid: at a party, when you go to the alcohol, and they mix that shit brown. I was like, \u201cOh shit, that\u2019s us.\u201d We mix everything together, and it\u2019s Black too. So the B stands for Brown, and the Cool-Aid is just on some cool shit, but it also encompasses where we\u2019re from and what type of energy we wanna bring: fun energy, gathering energy.<\/p>\n<p>            That\u2019s why every album name got a hint of brown to it: <i>BRWN<\/i>, <i>Syrup<\/i> look like brown-ish orange gold, and then <i>Leather<\/i>: brown hide. And the album covers \u2014 tryna have Brown folks on the album, make sure we implement the brown colors.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Ahwlee, I bet you think it was a Bernie Mac skit but, you were really on shrooms and just made it up.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> Lowkey, bro! I was looking for it forever. I watched the whole show again.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> [<i>Laughs<\/i>] We was tryna sample it on the first [album] and we couldn\u2019t find it. It might\u2019ve been Ahwlee\u2019s joke.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> That\u2019d be funny.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/zackssnackreviews.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/brown-kool-aid.html\">We\u2019re gonna fact check it.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> We gotta find that shit. I wish that n***a Bernie was still alive, man. Rest in peace, Bernie Mac.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242211\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"B. Cool-Aid - Cnt Go Back ( Tell Me ) ft V. C. R. Jimetta Rose, Liv.e, Butcher Brown, Maurice II\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gppCH8hwIiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('242211');\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-242212\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b><i>Leather Boulevard<\/i> comes out on March 31st. What else can you tell us about it?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> It\u2019s boutta be an experience, man. I\u2019m about to take you down the block, to every nook and cranny of the boulevard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> It\u2019s some shit that ain\u2019t out right now. We got our own pocket, our own lane. I feel like it\u2019s nostalgic but it\u2019s new. I\u2019m excited as shit this for n***as to hear this shit, bro. I can\u2019t wait for the musicians to hear this shit, too \u2014 and all the heads, all the OGs. I definitely want some older folks to hear this, older artists. It\u2019s for everybody.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Are you planning to tour around it?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> We wanna do some shows, for sure. We tryna do some intimate shows around certain cities, some smaller cities first just to let n***as know what the vibe on. And then we tryna do some shit in Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>I know you worked with a lot of legends for this album \u2014 some announced, some not yet announced. Were there any other legendary soul bands in particular that you referenced while making the record?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> We always bumping D\u2019Angelo.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> Sly [Stone], Ohio Players.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> Slum Village, Marcus Miller \u2014 hard jazz artist, fire as fuck. I was in that bag. I was bumpin\u2019 a lot of Summer too. I love Summer Walker. We ain\u2019t bumped that much Dwele, but that n***a in us. Shoutout Dwele. We love you, bro.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> Come back, bro.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> Badu, Jill. The intro feel like Jill Scott, like what she\u2019d be doin\u2019 live. When I seen Jill Scott live, that shit be feeling like a jazz play. I love Jill Scott. We been making [the album] for four years, so it\u2019s hard to tell you what we been bumping the whole time. It\u2019s been different shit, but that\u2019s definitely the root.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>What elements from jazz shows do you wanna bring to your parties?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> Dress code.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> The sophistication.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> N***as gotta pull up with leather. Shit, bro. I just want motherfuckers to just really listen to this shit and show everybody they know. If you know people who love good music and you love feeling good when you\u2019re around your folks, around some family, I just want you to play this shit. Pull up to the shows. We been gone for a minute, and we got something that everybody should should gravitate to.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>A:<\/b> Come and get refreshed.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>PS:<\/b> Get some leather on while you listening to it. You gotta listen to it in your leather. When you taking your girl out on a date, put this album on. When you just kicking it with the homegirls, with your homies on some kickback shit, bump this shit. Trust me, it\u2019s gon\u2019 be vibes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Arielle Lana LeJarde<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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