>the products, manifestations of cool than cool itself.
>
>bboy stances and throwbacks? those are fleeting expressions
>of cool.
>
>black cool has always been about being casual while doing
>the unusual. jordan gliding from the freethrow line like his
>opponents ain't even there? black cool. miles turning his
>back on the audience at his show? black cool. cam' rockin
>pink and still actin thuggery like the color poses no
>question to his masculinity? black cool.
>
>the way you speak about cool here is almost anti-cool.
>generalized expressions of cool can't be cool for long
>because then you aren't being casual with the unsual. you're
>being casual with the usual.
>
>george clinton is very cool. the nigga was a fuckin freak
>and didn't give a damn. that's cool. that's why it's still
>cool to fuk with some p-funk in my hood...which would make
>it uncool because it's so usual. haha.
>
>i can't even wrap my mind around a distinction between
>coolness and funkiness tho. funk is definitive black cool.
>some folks fake it...not really being comfortable with
>standing out. but some folks can do them with or without the
>spotlight, and be chill wit it.
>
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