Cool James & Black Teacher’s real names are Cool James (Jamie Dandu) & Black Teacher (J. Masena). The group was formed in Solna, Sweden and was signed to Stockholm records. They have worked with other artists like Flexx, Booster and Dr Alban and produced songs together with Ari Lehtoonen and the duo Nordlund/Lagerlöf (producer of Flexx), they have also written dance-songs for an artist called Danuma.
Their first release was the maxisingle Undercover Lovers but it never became a big hit. After that the single Thank You, Thank You (1993) managed to reach some dance charts. But it was not until they released their album Zooming You that they broke through with the single Dr. Feelgood in 1994 which became the # 21 most sold single all categories in Sweden that year (The rapper raps in French in Dr Feelgood). After that they followed up with the songs Godfather and The Rhythm Of The Tribe which also became very succesful and was played a lot on the radio. The group’s last single was Free, released in 1998 and it was quite a good track.| |
