“Fuck Being Cool”: Lati Kronlund of Brooklyn Funk Essentials Tells It Like It Is

Brooklyn Funk. (Credit: Andrea Kronlund) Years ago, when Brooklyn Funk Essentials first came on the scene, I held their name against them: a location I wasn t interested in, musical genre as a descriptor, and generic catch-all word to round it out. Plus, they were formed by lauded producer Arthur Baker, who I had a negative interaction with not long before the Grammy nominated-collective, led by Lati Kronlund, released their landmark debut album, Cool and Steady and Easy in 1994. I was