B. Cool-Aid - Leather Blvd.Welcome to Leather Blvd. A Black utopia conceived by B Cool Aid the duo of vocalist Pink Siifu and producer Ahwlee (pronounced "Ali") populated by an ensemble cast of characters and collaborators, including Ladybug Mecca (of Digable Planets), Big Rube (Dungeon Family), Foushee, Mndsgn, Quelle Chris, Denmark Vassey, Liv e and many more. Picture Black co op owned beauty shops, barber shops, health food stores, weed spots, churches, mosques, nightclubs,

Self-released in 1987

‘Ce Monde’ takes a different direction

allowing ambitious young musicians their first break contract-free (albeit with limited pressings) In 1980 Coleman took them up on the offer

Only this time

why not cultural

and that is what we strife for

a great 5 track EP filled with ruff tough beats with low dirty pitch-shift vocals over grinding synths held together by those rather large 808 beats

poet and singer Cecília Erisman

5000 pressed worldwide

vocals from Chris Brown were also included prior to the album being updated

but instead of a facsimile of volume one

shot on film by the prestigious British photographer