New To You Music Sundays – RL Grime feat Daya – “I Wanna Know”

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1991, 1998, 2018, Artbeatz, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boston, California, Chapel Hill, Clockwork, Daya, Dim Mak Records, DJ, drum and bass, electro house, electronic, Fool's Gold, Georgia, Grace Martine Tandon, Henry Alfred Steinway, House, I Wanna Know, India, Interscope, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, Mad Decent, music, New To You Music Sundays, New To You Sundays, Northeastern University, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, pop, Producer, Punjab, Punjabi, Red, RL Grime, Sacramento, Singer, songwriter, Synthpop, trap, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, WeDidIt

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 – A Tribe Called Quest – “Butter” RIP Phife Dawg

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1991, A Tribe Called Quest, adidas, Alexander O'Neal, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, alternative hip hop, Atlanta, Battery Studios, Bell Biv Devoe, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, college, Contra Costa County, Dynomutt, East Coast Hip-Hop, Flo, Freaks, Garvey High, Georgia, Heavy D, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jamie Summers, jazz-rap, Jive, Jonathan Davis, Julie, Karen, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Malik Izaak Taylor, Malik Taylor, March, Margarine, Native Tongues, New York, New York City, November, Parkay, Parker Brothers, Phife, Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, Queens, Rapper, RCA, Sacramento, Sharon, Skeff Anselm, Soundtrack Studios, St. Albans, Stacy, The Five Footer, The Five-Foot Assassin, The Five-Foot Freak, The Low End Theory, Tina, Tomika, Tonya, Tracy, Trinidad and Tobago, Underground hip hop, United States, Vocals, Zomba

[Verse One: Phife Dawg]

1988 Senior Year, Garvey High
Where all the guys were corny but the girls were mad fly
Loungin with the Tipster, Coolin with Sha
Scopin out the honeys – they know who they are
I was the b-ball playin fly rhyme sayin
Fly girl gettin but never was I sweatin
Cause when it came to honeys I would go on a stroll
Until I met my match – her name was Flo
Yeah – I messed around with the one called Flo
All the troopers round the way used to call her a ho
But deep down in my heart I knew that Flo was good to go
Cause I thought it was me – like Bell Biv Devoe
But little did I know that she was playin’ with my mind
The only thing I learned is, good girls are hard to find
I feel like Heavy D I need somebody for me

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

Hip Hop Quotable Wednesdays – A Tribe Called Quest – “Can I Kick It”

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1991, A Tribe Called Quest, Abstract, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, alternative hip hop, American hip hop, ATCQ, bass, Battery Studios, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Calliope Studios, Can I Kick It, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Dance of the Knights, David Porter, DJ Pete Tong, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Dr. Lonnie Smith, drums, Dumb D.J. Towha's DewDrop Inn, East Coast Hip-Hop, Five Foot Assassin, Fried Okra, Garden Seeker Productions, Golden age hip hop, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Hot Chocolate, Ian Dury, Jarobi White, jazz-rap, Jive, Jive/RCA Records, Jonathan Davis, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboard, Lou Reed, Malik Isaac Taylor, MC Love Child, Mr. Muhammad, music, Native Tongues, New York, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Phife Dawg, Piano/keyboards, Q-Tip, Queens, R&B, sampler, Sergei Prokofiev, Soul, Soul Con-certo, Spinning Wheel, St. Albans, Sunshower, The Way You Do the Things You Do, Turntables, U.S., United States, USA, Vocal, Vocals, Walk on the Wild Side, What a Waste, You Sexy Thing, Zomba

[Q-Tip]
Can I kick it? (Yes, you can!) *7X*
Well, I’m gone (Go on then!)

Can I kick it? To all the people who can Quest like A Tribe does
Before this, did you really know what live was?
Comprehend to the track, for its why cuz
Gettin measures on the tip of the vibers
Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzz
Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug
If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug
Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug
Afrocentric living is a big shrug
A life filled with *HORN* that’s what I love
A lower plateau is what we’re above
If you diss us, we won’t even think of
Will Nipper the doggy give a big shove?
This rhythm really fits like a snug glove
Like a box of positives is a plus, love
As the Tribe flies high like a dove

Cover Sundays – Damien Rice – “One” U2 Cover

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(Ăℎk-to͝ong Ba͞y-bi) Covered, (Ăhk-to͝ong Ba͞y-bi) Covered, 1991, 2011, Achtung Baby, AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bono, Brian Eno, Celbridge, clarinet, Concern Worldwide, County Kildare, Cover, Cover Album, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Damien Rice, Daniel Lanois, Ewan McGregor, Folk, Folk Music, Folk rock, guitar, Indie pop, Ireland, Key Yemaya Walker, Kildare, Lisa Hannigan, music, percussion, piano, record producer, Singer-songwriter, The Impossible, U2, Vocals

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.

Music Mondays – Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Breaking The Girl”

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1991, 1992, alternative rock, Anthony Kiedis, Arik Marshall, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brendan O'Brien, California, Carmen Hawk, Chad Smith, EMI, Flea, funk metal, Funk rock, Gus Van Sant, John Frusciante, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, mellotron, Michael "Flea"Balzary, music, Music Mondays, Patricia Velásquez, Psychedelic rock, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick Rubin, Stéphane Sednaoui, The Mansion, United States, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers

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.

Late Text Tuesdays – Lyrics From Pearl Jam’s “Black”

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10, 1991, 1998, Atlanta, Azul, Azul Louis, Black, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, California, Chapel Hill, E Ballad, Eddie Jerome Vedder, Eddie Vedder, FIrst Relationships, Georgia, Key Walker, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Marraige, music, North Carolina, Pearl Jam, poetry, Poetry Reading, Poetry Slam, Proposal, Prose, Ring, Sacramento, Stone C. Gossard, Stone Gossard, Ten, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, World Wide Lounge, Yin Yang Cafe

I had two different concepts of something to write this week, however as time escaped me, I look to pull something from Blue Lines, that captured some of the ideas in the latter piece I wanted to write. When perusing my manuscript, I happened upon the scene at the fictional World Wide Lounge (based on Atlanta’s now defunct Yin Yang Cafe) were during a pivotal conversation/argument between Keypsiia Walker and Blue Hurt early in their friendship, after his poetry reading.
Words are powerful, and the song amazes my because of such. For one to ask these questions of another seems out of place, and direct, but many expect to get these answers, without the questions being asked.
This song is a song that I hold very close to my heart, though the tone seems sad or grim, I actually used elements of the piece during an extremely important recommendation. And it’s my karaoke go to song.

To be fair, Eddie Vedder explained it as such, “It’s a harsh one, because then your truest one is the one you can’t have forever.” I’d hat eto agree with that.

Pearl Jam
“Black”
Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard

Hey, oh
Sheets of empty canvas
Untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me
As her body once did
All five horizons
Revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed
Has taken a turn

Cover Sundays – Bon Iver – “I Can’t Make You Love Me” – Bonnie Raitt Cover

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1991, 4AD, Allen Shamblin, baroque pop, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, Bon Iver, Bonnie Lynn Raitt, Bonnie Raitt, Burbank, C.J. Camerieri, California, Coachella, Colin Stetson, Country, Country pop, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Don Was, Eau Claire, Folk rock, Greg Leisz, guitar, I Can't Make You Love Me, Indie folk, Indio, Jagjaguwar, Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon, Justin Vernon, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, Love, Luck of the Draw, Matthew McCaughan, Michael Lewis, Michael Noyce, Mike Reid, music, musician, October 22, philanthropist, piano, political activist, Reginald Pace, Rob Moose, Sacramento, Sean Carey, Singer-songwriter, slide guitar, soft rock, Southern California, turn down the bed, Turn down the lights, Turn down these voices inside my head, United States, Vocals, Wisconsin

So glad he DIDN’T perform this at Coachella.


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.

Cover Sundays – Macy Gray – “Nothing Else Matters” Metallica Cover

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1991, 2012, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covered, Covers, Key Yemaya Walker, Macy Gray, Metallica, music, Nothing Else Matters

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.

Cover Sundays – Yuna – “Come As You Are” – Nirvana Cover

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1991, Alor Setar, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, businesswoman, Butch Vig, California, Come As You Are, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Devonshire, DGC, Fader Label, grunge, High School, Indie pop, indie rock, Kedah, Kevin Kerslake, Key Yemaya Walker, Kurt Cobain, Madison, Malaysia, music, Nevermind, New York, Nirvana, North Hollywood, Pharrell, Pharrell Williams, Singer, Smart Studios, songwriter, Sound City, Van Nuys, Wisconsin, Yuna, Yuna Music, Yuna Room, Yuna Zarai, Yunalis Mat Zara'ai

AMAZING…nuff said.

http://www.yunamusic.com/

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.