Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Pulitzer Prize Kendrick Lamar feat Rihanna – “LOYALTY.” C Week

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Last years glo-up, Pulitzer Prize winning artist and album (2018).
[DJ Dahi:]
I said I’m geeked and I’m fired up (fired, fire)
All I want tonight is just get high up (high, high, high)
Girl, you look so good, it’s to die for (die for)
Ooh, that p—y good, it’s to die for (on fire)

[Kendrick Lamar & Rihanna:]
It’s a secret society
All we ask is trust
(All we ask is trust)
All we got is us
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty

[Kendrick Lamar:]
Kung Fu Kenny now
My resume is real enough for two millenniums
A better way to make a wave, stop defendin’ them
I meditate and moderate all of my wins again
I’m hangin’ on the fence again
I’m always on your mind
I put my lyric and my lifeline on the line
And ain’t no limit when I might shine, might grind
You rollin’ with it at the right time, right now
(Only for the dollar sign)
[https://youtu.be/Dlh-dzB2U4Y]

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Nice & Smooth – “Sometimes I Rhyme Slow”

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1988, 1991, Ain't a Damn Thing Changed, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, blues rock, Chapel Hill, Cleveland, Daryl Barnes, Fast Car, Folk, Greg Mays, Greg Nice, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, New York, New York City, Nice & Smooth, Ohio, Smooth B, Sometimes I Rhyme Slow, The Bronx, Tracy Chapman, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[Greg Nice]
Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
I’m sweeter and thicker than a chico stick
Here’s an ice cream cone honey take a lick
I go to Bay Plaza and catch a flick
Wore my Timberland boots so I can stomp ticks

Cover Sundays – Cassandra Wilson – “Fragile” Sting Cover

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...Nothing Like the Sun, 1987, 1988, 2003, Acoustic rock, Air Studios, AM, arranger, bass guitar, bass pedals, Blue eyed soul, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Note, Blue Note/EMI, Cassandra Wilson, Columbia, Deutsche Grammophon, DIW, double bass, drum machine, England, eOne, Fabrizio Sotti, Glamoured, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, guitalele, guitar, harmonica, hurdy gurdy, Interscope, Jackson, Jazz, JMT, keyboards, lute, mandolin, Mississippi, Montserrat, musician, New Age, new wave, Northumberland, oboe, percussion, piano, PolyGram, pop, Producer, Reggae, rock, saxophone, Singer-songwriter, soft rock, songwriter, Sting, synclavier, The Police, United Kingdom, United States, Universal Music Group, vocalist, Vocals, Wallsend, Winter & Winter

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Eric B & Rakim – “Microphone Fiend”

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1988, Alan Edward Gorrie, Average White Band, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Eric B, Eric B & Rakim, Eric Barrier, Follow The Leader, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Malcolm Duncan, MCA, Microphone Fiend, Owen McIntyre, Rakim, Rakim Allah, Roger Dale Ball, School Boy Crush, Steve Ferrone, Stuart Hamish, William Griffin

I was a fiend before I became a teen
I melted microphone instead of cones of ice cream
Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated
Fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated
’cause I grabbed the mic and try to say, ” yes y’all!”
They tried to take it, and say that I’m too small
Cool, ’cause I don’t get upset
I kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then I jet
Back to the lab …without a mic to grab
So then I add all the rhymes I had
One after the other one, then I make another one
To dis the opposite then ask if the brother’s done
I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine
But I don’t need a cigarette, know what I mean?

Music Mondays – Michael Jackson – “Dirty Diana”

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18, 1988, April, Bad, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Diana, Diana Ross, Dirty Diana, Hard Rock SOng, heavy metal ballad, Joe Pytka, Key Yemaya Walker, Lisa Dean, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson's Vision, music, Music Mondays, Number Ones, Princess of Wales, Quincy Jones, Steve Stevens

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.

30 Day Song Challenge – Day 9 – A Song That You Can Dance To – Michael Jackson – “Smooth Criminal”

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1988, 30 Day Song Challenge, A Song That You Can Dance To, Bad, Blue Lines, Day 9, Hypnotize, Immortal, Key Yemaya Walker, King of Pop, Los Angeles, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection, Moonwalker, Number Ones, October 24, Quincy Jones, The Essential Michael Jackson, This Is It

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.