First look: Still Cool
I recently picked up the new Mr. Kool album Still Cool. While I haven’t had the time to listen to and properly digest the tracks, something that caught my attention was a little card insert in the album sleeve. I haven’t seen inserts of any kind in the recent crop of locally produced Nigerian albums, so I immediately took a closer look.
Approximately twice the size of a business card, the front featured a photo of Mr. Kool, while the back had a passage that read:
Music business is big money business, so the merchants will always set the rules. Profit over the short term will always be the overriding consideration. But there’ll always be special few to whom total commitment to the purity of the art is non-negotiable. In the forefront is the incomparable Mr. Kool. Long before it seemed feasible, the visionary helped to lay the foundation. And even now that the entire industry is on a frenzied “cut and nail” vibe, he’s sticking with his philosophy of uncompromising quality. Pretty soon, everyone else would fall in line.
- Efe Omorogbe
It’s hard for me to agree with Omorogbe’s statement suggesting that because music is big business the merchants will set the rules. Merchants are only one component of the total picture… Regardless, that isn’t the main point of the passage - it’s a promotional piece that distinguishes Mr. Kool and highlights his qualities… an interesting use of the insert.
I hope to return with a full review of Still Cool sometime in the future, but for now, check out Mr. Kool’s excellent website that features music downloads, photos, videos (Flash + Internet Explorer), news updates & more!
To help save Mr. Kool’s bandwidth, I’ve hosted two tracks here on naijajams… one featuring Eedris and the other Ruggedman.
enjoy.
Eugene
March 10th, 2006 at 1:39 am
ppl PLEASE do NOT sleep on this dude! Check out his website and if i dey lie yab me…….and No the brah no pay me for this. Checking out his music did my heart good because it proved sey Naija fit blow all we need is a big international collabo…..that’s it!
June 3rd, 2006 at 8:23 am
hey wat it do my dude, dis b’ d’nigga dat nigga naijo benin boi from da brick. vbe wmin ya ye re..me ye se…any ways keep the head up and let’s put benin back to the top ofcause
June 5th, 2006 at 2:27 am
this guy is a first class joker!!.take it or leave it
October 31st, 2006 at 3:17 am
Mr kool is the best RnB star we have in nigeria despite de fact he’s not bringing himself out here, i guess there is a secret place he has that is paying his bill.Am lookin 4ward to see the day i would have a collabo with this dude.GET YOUR SHINE ON KOOL COS I DEY FEEL YOU
M A Y O R young rapper is solidly behind you
CRACK
November 3rd, 2006 at 7:10 am
i like ur music
December 8th, 2006 at 9:15 am
l feel d video u shoot with my boy eedris even my mama can not stop loving it d way millions of naigerians are feeling it.keep it up.one love.
ibrahim
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January 18th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
i feel Mr Kool should come to united states or sell his music here at the very lest i love his voice and i no that others here would also.
From someone that was born and raised here