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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Michael Cooper ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Are We Cool ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Thump Records ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▄▄▀▀ ▄██████▀ RIPPER: Team RNS ▀██████▄
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▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 0hr 54min total- 81.3mb ██████▀
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█▓ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2004-07-20 ██▀
▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2004-07-29 ▄██▌
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▀▀███████▀ track list ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Butter Luv 4:16 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 At The Club 1:48 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Since I Had You 4:58 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 Steppin To A Love Song 4:31 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Are We Cool 4:45 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 Remember L.O.V.E. 4:48 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 Marry Me Again 4:17 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 I Got A Love Jones 3:36 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 Waiting All Along 0:37 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 10 40 Days 40 Nights 4:19 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 11 Club Feenz 4:13 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ 12 Unchained My Heart 3:20 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ 13 Summer In The Sun 3:07 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ 14 The Grand Boos 0:30 ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ 15 The Miracle Of You 4:56 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ release notes ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Michael Cooper's fresh, crisp release ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Are We Cool could well be the signature ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ imprint from the Thump Classic R&B label. ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ As Jay King, director of Thump Classic ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ R&B, so confidently states, "This is ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ the best album Cooper has ever ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ recorded as a solo artist! We are ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ excited and proud to be the label he ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ chose to be in business with on this ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ project." ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ From the opening bar of "Woooop" on ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ "Butter Luv" we are swept up in a ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ whirlwind of feel-good, enduring soul ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ music. Memories of backyard barbecues, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ bell bottom pants, afro picks and ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ summer time loves flash forward, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ sending a sweet head rush to the brain ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ as Cooper's velvet cadence assures he's ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ back, it's all good and yes, we are ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ cool. Are We Cool is as refreshing as a ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ sip of cold lemonade on a hot summer ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ day,with Cooper providing a groove filled ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ back drop, transforming us to a time ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ when music filled your spirit and ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ lifted your soul. Yes, we are cool ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ again! Michael Cooper, co-founder of ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Con Funk Shun is one of R&B's smoothest ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ soul men. With the multi-gold group he ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ brought us through the '70s and 80s with ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ hits like "Ffun," "Too Tight," "Shake ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ and Dance with Me" "Got to be Enough" ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ and "Love's Train." Cooper's departure to ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ go solo yielded musical wonders like ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ "Prove My Love," "Dinner For Two," "My ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Baby's House" and "Shoop Shoop." ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ Cooper returned to Con Funk Shun in the ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ mid '90s to tour, making him the only R&B ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ artist to leave a successful R&B group, ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ hit as a solo artist, and then return ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ to the group. With his latest solo ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ effort, Are We Cool, he proves that like ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ fine wine, his suave signature flavor ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ has only gotten better with time. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Are We Cool is vintage, silk, soul ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ imbued funk. Rhythmic hooks, laid back ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ grooves and hypnotic melodies all serve ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ as the backdrop for 15 tracks laden with ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ love. For instance, Cooper simply ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▄ ▄███▄█████▀ You" a testimony to the power of monogamy ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ and devotion. His "Marry Me Again" could ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ fervent sentiment and passion. "I Got A ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Love Jones," on the other hand, is a ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Cooper puts his mack down on an ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▐█████ ▐█▓ stayed essential because the guys and I ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ still actively tour. My musical ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ inspiration comes from my audience, my ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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