Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Black Moon – “I Got Cha Opin (Remix)”

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1994, 5ft, Atlanta, Black Moon, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boot Camp Clik, Brooklyn, Brothers who Lyrically Act and Combine Kickin Music Out On Nation, Buckshot, Buckshot Shorty, Bushwick, California, Crooklyn Dodgers, Diggin' in dah Vaults, DJ Evil Dee, Duck Down Records, East Coast, East Coast Hip-Hop, Enta Da Stage, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, I Got Cha Opin, I Got Cha Opin [Remix], Kenyatta Blake, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, music, New York, New York City, Sacramento, The BDI Thug (Beady-Eyed Thug), United States

Yeah, original crooks, original heads. We doin’ it like this

Word up!

I woke up in the morning, hopped on a train I saw my man
He had an L in his hand, hide it from the beast
At least I catch a bus before I hit my block
I take a mega hit frontin’ on the good chip lollipop
Move the hop so I can put the hip in the grip
Everybody slip so I can take a trip to the dip
Dig a deeper hole microphone control with soul
Look at my hot eye’s tell me how could you be cold
I’m coming to you from the underground, with a thunder sound
#1 question, “Yo how can I be down?”

Music Mondays – Nine Inch Nails – “Closer”

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1994, Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chris Vrenna, David Bowie, Flood, Georgia, Halo 9, Iggy Pop, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Nightclubbing, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, progressive rock, Sacramento, synthesizer, The Downward Spiral, The Record Plant, trent reznor, TVT Records, 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.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – A Tribe Called Quest – “Electric Relaxation”

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1993, 1994, A Tribe Called Quest, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Alternative, alternative hip hop, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, conscious hip hop, East Coast Hip-Hop, Electric Relaxation, Five Foot Assassin, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jarobi White, jazz-rap, Jonathan Davis, Key Yemaya Walker, Malik Isaac Taylor, Malik Taylor, MC Love Child, Midnight Marauders, Mr. Muhammad, music, Native Tongues, New York, Phife Dawg, Phife Diggy, Q-Tip, Queens, Sacramento, St. Albans, The Abstract Poetic, The Five Footer, Underground hip hop

Relax yourself girl, please set-tle down [4X]

[Verse One: Q-Tip, Phife Dawg]

Honey, check it out, you got me mesmerized
With your black hair and fat-a-s thighs
Street poetry is my everyday
But yo, I gotta stop when you trot my way
If I was working at the club you would not pay
Ayo, my man Phife Diggy, he got something to say

I like em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian
Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu Nation
Told you in the jam that We Can Get Down
Now let’s Knock the Boots like the group H-Town
You got BBD all on your bedroom wall
But I’m Above the Rim and this is how I ball
A pretty little something on the New York street
This is how I represent over this here beat
Talking bout you

Text Tuesdays – New Prose – ” A Request…In Your Honor” – A Blue Lines Blog Four Week Wedding Series

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1994, 2015, Adult, Atlanta, Best Man, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bridgeport, California, Connecticut, Forest Hills, Georgia, Harlem, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, Los Angeles, Marriage, New York, New York City, poetry, Prose, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Text Tuesdays, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Walnut Creek, Wedding, Words

10/6/15
It began with a request,
Not like when I asked you,
As an adult, who had to fall to grow again,
You asked me in a mature phase,
I was flattered, to give back to you,
For your special day, and your special time,

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – The Fugees – “Nappy Heads (Remix)”

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1994, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blunted on Reality, California, Clef, Code Red, Columbia, Croix-des-Bouquets, fugees, Georgia, Guerrilla Entertainment, Haiti, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, L. Boogie, Lauryn Hill, Libra, Mona Lisa, Ms. Hill, music, musician, Nappy Heads, Nappy Heads Remix, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Prakazrel Samuel Michel, Pras, Pras Michel, Queens, Rapper, record producer, reggae fusion, Ruffhouse, Sacramento, Salaam Remi, Soul, South Orange, Stephen King, The Fugees, Tranzlator Crew, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Van Gibbs, Wyclef, Wyclef Jean, Wyclef Jeanelle Jean

I couldn’t in right mind use 2 Chainz feat Kanye West “Birthday Song.”

[Wyclef]
Yo Mona Lisa, could I get a date on Friday?
And if you’re busy, I wouldn’t mind taking
Saturday-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay
Round up de posse, Fugee comin around the way

[Wyclef] Yo, hey nappy head
[Lauryn] Yo whashup?
[Wyclef] Whatchu got there?
[Lauryn] Hah, I got some of that lyrical cheeba cheeba
[Wyclef] Worrrrrd?

A cheeba cheeba y’all, well I’m a Libra y’all
A cheeba cheeba y’all, well I’m a Libra y’all

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Beastie Boys feat Q-Tip – “Get It Together (A.B.A. Remix)”

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1994, A Tribe Called Quest, A.B.A. Remix, Abednego, Abstract, Ad-Rock, Adam Horovitz, Adam Keefe Horovitz, Adam Nathaniel Yauch, Adam Yauch, Adrock, alternative hip hop, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, Arista, Atwater Village, bass, bass guitar, Battery, Beastie Boys, Bell Communications, Biz Markie, Bloach, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Buddhist, Capitol, Capitol/Grand Royal, Chachi, Country Mike, Def Jam, Director, disc jockey, DJ, Drummer, drums, Eugene McDaniels, Evan Bernard, Farmers Blvd, film distributor, G-Son Studios, Get It Together, Get It Together (A.B.A. Remix), good music, Grand Funk Railroad, Grand Royal, guitar, Guitarist, Happy Days, hardcore punk, Headless Heroes, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Ill Communication, Ione, Ione Skye, jazz-funk, jazz-rap, Jewish, Jive, Joanie, Joanie Loves Chachi, John Holmes, John Starks, Jonathan Davis, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, King Adrock, Ma Bell, Manhattan, Mario Caldato Jr, MC, MC Love Child, MCA, Meshach, Michael Diamond, Mike D, Moog, Moog Machine, music, musician, Nathanial Hörnblowér, Native Tongues, Native Tongues Posse, New York, New York City, New York Knicks, Nothing Is the Same, NY, percussion, Piano/keyboards, Q-Tip, Queens, Queens New York, Rap rock, rapcore, Rapper, Rapping, Rat Cage, record producer, Sabotage / Get It Together, Shadrach, sitar, songwriter, Sp-1200, St. Albans, The King of Lunch, Tin Pan Alley, Turntables, U.S., United States, Universal Motown, US, USA, Vassar College, Vocals, Young and the Useless

[Q-Tip]
One-two, one-two, keep it on
Listen to the s–t because we kick it ’til dawn
Listen to the Abstract, got it going on
Listen to the ladies, come on and let me spawn
On your eggs, then you go up the river
Listen to the abstract, that freaky n—a

[Ad Rock]
Now I’m Ad Rock and I shock and I tick and I tock
And I can’t stop with the body rock

[Mike D]
See, I’ve got heart like John Starks
Hitting mad sparks
Pass me the mic and I’ll be rockin’ the whole park

[MCA]
Well, I’m the M to the C to the A and it’s a must
The rhymes that we bust on the topic of lust

[Q-Tip]
And my Moms is not butt, but f–k it
Let me get down to the rhythm
Yes, I get funky and I’m shooting all my jism
Like John Holmes, the X-rated n—-r
Listen to the s–t cause I am the ill figure
Nobody’s getting any bigger than this

*Get it together*
Get…
Phone is ringing, oh my God
*Get it together, see what’s happening*

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – De La Soul feat Biz Markie – “Lovely How I Let My Mind Float”

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1994, Amityville, Biz Markie, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Breakadawn, Crash Crew, D. Jolicoeur, Dave, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, Egg Harbor Township, Ego Trippin', Ego Trippin' (Part Two), Ego Trippin' 2, Golden Age, golden age of hip hop, High Power Rap, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, K. Mercer, Kelvin Mercer, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Island, Lovely How I Let My Mind Float, Mase, Maseo, music, Native Tongues, New Jersey, New York, P. Huston, Plug 1, Plug 2, Pos, Posdnuos, Prince, Prince Paul, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, The Diabolical Biz Markie, The Markie Kidd, Tommy Boy, Trugoy The Dove, V. Mason, Vincent Mason

I loved “The Ballad of Dorothy Parker” sample in the track also, grabbed me instantly.

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 (Late) – Redman – “Rockafella”

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1990's, 1994, 48 Hours, Afro, Atlanta, Blue Chips, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bob Fudjinski, Bob Morse, Bravos, Breyer's Ice Cream, Brick City, Brooklyn, Cali, Chicago, Chicago Bulls, Chocolate City, Clinton, Collins, Coney Island, Danny Clinch, Dare Iz a Darkside, Dave Greenberg, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, Def Squad, DJ Twinz, EPMD, Erick Sermon, Fantasia, Flashlight, Funk, Funky, George Clinton, Haywood, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Hurricane G, I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You, Illtown, Jeff Stewart, Jeff Trotter, Jeru, Jeru Da Damaja, Keith Murray, Key Yemaya Walker, Kraftwerk, Leon Haywood, Lyrics, Mike Bona, music, NBA Jams, New York, Newark, Nick Nolte, NJ, Noble, North Carolina, NY, Parliament, PPP, Q-Tip, Redman, Reggie Noble, Reginald "Reggie" Noble, Rock Box, Rockafella, Run-DMC, Shaft, Shaq, SkyPager, T-LA Rock, The Bronx, The Worlds Playground, Tony Dawsey, Underground, Underground hip hop, Worrell

Intro:

Aiyyo yo yo yo you better pass it
Aiyyo check this out
We coming to you live from that BOMB Chocolate City my man
Where the knotty headed n—-z and the Brick City brigade dwell
And if you don’t know your fool better ask
Aiyyo yo you better pass that blunt
And yo E we comin to you live with the Cosmic type stuff

Verse One: Redman

Well it’s that brother coming six billion feet from beneath
And you should be peep-in how I get smoked-out on the weekend
I swing it to my crew or down to my fans
Schoolin hell of stackas like final exams
Cause, it’s the Funkadelic, hit you with the irrelevant
elements, and it’s coming through your block
Can’t you smell it trick?
Wanna copy-cat my whole format
So you get funk tracks, punch lines and skull hats
Hoooo! Got a little Redman in town
Who’s that effin clown soundin wack with the frown??
I don’t know man, but you better wonder what I would do
While loud on this staff like birds one and two
My crew runs thicka than syrup from the burrow
You get hurt up, word up, Jam-med like Pearl
Knock off from blood clot puff on the rough block
Or I peep my man, Rockafella, it don’t stop

Chorus:

On and on, and it don’t quit
Redman rockin on to the funky s–t, c’mon
On and on, and it don’t quit
Redman rockin on to the funky s–t
I said Jersey’s in the house Jersey’s in the house
I said Brooklyn’s in the house Brooklyn’s in the house
I said Uptown’s in the house Uptown’s in the house
I said the Bronx in the hidouse The Bronx in the hidouse

New 30 Day Song Challenge – Day 24 – Underrated Song – Joi Gilliam – “Fatal Lovesick Journey”

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1994, 30 Day Song Challenge, Atlanta, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Dallas Austin, Dungeon Family, EMI, Goodie Mob Outkast, Joe Gilliam, Joe Gilliam Sr, Joi, Joi Elaine Gilliam, Joi Gilliam, Joilicious Music LLC., Key Yemaya Walker, model, Music I Like, Pookie Records, Producer, R&B, Raphael Saadiq, rock, Rowdy, Singer-songwriter, The Pendulum Vibe, Trends Of Culture, Universal Motown

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 – Beatnuts – “Props Over Here”

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1994, Al' Tariq, Beatnuts, Bertony Smalls, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Booker Little, Colombian, Dominican, Donald Byrd, East Coast Hip-Hop, Fashion, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Hot Rap Singles, Jackson Heights, Jerry Tineo, JuJu, Key Yemaya Walker, Lenny Underwood, Lester Fernandez, MC Shan, music, Native Tongues, New York, New York City, Props Over Here, Psycho Les, Queens, Relativity Records, The Beatnuts: Street Level, The Bridge, The Mighty V.I.C., The Pharcyde, University Of Bridgeport, Violator, Violator Management, Wee Tina

Showing love, with the f–king bass in your face
New York City have mercy one time, introducing the crew

[Fashion]
Hey, you ain’t really you and you ain’t really down
Plus I’m tired of seeing you f–king for they face of ground
‘Cause when I sit back and think back of how you found me
It make me react react my f–king yammy
Now I don’t cock, though my mnd is in the sewer
I just kick back six pack and then I do ‘er
But she gets stuck on crowing like a cat
‘Cause the toes got sucked on she don’t know how to act
Back in the days I am 237, used to rumble Kevin
Backing hoes was like heaven
Eleven, years later I tried to hide
And hoped they pass me by like I’m the Pharycyde
Just let me puff and lounge with my n—-s
Don’t have no time to fake funk with triggers
Don’t believe in kids with that puts cat say
F–k around with Fashion get your whole s–t bit
Spend crazy years with the blues pay dues
Before I met the Psycho is in the junk yard juice
But now the crew combined and we can’t be stopped
Going around the globe to collect the props