Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Lil’ Kim feat The Notorious B.I.G. – “Drugs”

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1996, Atlanta, Bad Boy, Bad Boy Records, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Big Momma, Big Poppa, Biggie, Biggie Smalls, Black Widow, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, Christopher George Latore Wallace, Christopher Wallace, Drugs, East Coast, East Coast Hip-Hop, Georgia, Hard Core, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Kimberly Denise Jones, Kimberly Jones, Kimmy Blanco, Lil' Kim, music, New York, New York City, Notorious K.I.M., Queen Bee, Queen Bitch, Rap, Rapper, Sacramento, The Hit Factory, The Notorious B.I.G., UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[BIG] Never a flaw
[Kim] A different kind of high
[Kim] Ya know, feel me on this, huh, uhh

Ladies and gents
Your dopest host presents extravagance
In the ladies’ frame, leaving c-m stains
N—az remain in awe, when I brought a Dillinger
Throw it to ya jaw, uhh
Never a flaw
Never before, have you seen such magnificence
In the black princess, yesss
Flow’s Phenom, I’m the bomb-diggy
Ask Biggie, keep a dedicated squad wit me
Call us the Gabbana girls
We dangerous, b—hes pay a fee just to hang with us
Trust, n—az lust

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Jay-Z feat The Notorious B.I.G. – ” Brooklyn’s Finest”

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1996, Biggie Smalls, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Brooklyn's Finest, Christopher George Latore Wallace, Christopher Wallace, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Marcy Projects, New York, New York City, Rapper, Reasonable Doubt, Roc-A-Fella, Roc-A-Fella Records, Sean Carter, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, The Notorious B.I.G.

[Pain In Da Ass]
[gunshots] OKAY, I’M RELOADED!!!
You motherf–kers, think you big time?
F–kin with Jay-Z, you gon’ die, big time!
Here come the “Pain”! [gunshots]

[Jay-Z]
Jigga… (Jigga), Bigga… (Bigga)
N—a, how you figure… (how you figure)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, aiyyo

Peep the style and the way the cops sweat us (uh-huh)
The number one question is can the Feds get us (uh-huh)
I got vendettas in dice games against ass betters (uh-huh)
and n—az who pump wheels and drive Jettas
Take that witcha..

Cover Sundays – Pearl Jam – “Leavin’ Here (Eddie Holland Cover)” Submitted by Amy

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1963, 1996, alternative rock, Amy Arroyo, Benny Benjamin, Blue Hurt. Blue Lines Blog, Bob Babbitt, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Sundays, Dave Abbruzzese, Dave Krusen, Detroit, Earl Van Dyke, Eddie "Bongo"Brown, Eddie Brown, Eddie Vedder, Eddie Willis, Emily Phillips, Funk, grunge, H-D-H, hard rock, Home Alive, Jack Ashford, Jack Irons, Jackie Hicks, James Jamerson, Jeff Ament, Joe Hunter, Joe Messina, Johnny Griffith, Key Yemaya Walker, Leaving Here, Los Angeles, Lost Dogs, Louvain Demps, Marlene Barrows, Matt Cameron, Matt Chamberlain, Michigan, Mike McCready, Motown, Motown Records, North Carolina, Pat Lewis, R&B, Rarities, Richard "Pistol" Allen, Richard Allen, Robert White, Seattle, Soul, Stone Gossard, The Andantes, The Funk Brothers, The LoveTones, UNC Chapel Hill, Uriel Jones, Washington

  
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 – OutKast – “Elevators (Me And You)” Fitting with their Coachella Announcement

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1996, 3000, actor, alternative hip hop, André "André 3000" Benjamin, André Lauren Benjamin, Andre 3000, Andre 3K, Andre Benjamin, Andre Patton, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, Antwan André Patton, Antwan Patton, Arista, ATL, Atlanta, ATLiens, bass guitar, Benjamin André, Big Boi, Big Boi and Dre Present... OutKast, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Coachella Weekend, Blue Lines Coachella Weekend 2014, Blue Suede Shoes, Bosstown Recording Studios, Cadillac, Carl Perkins, Chung King Recording Studio, Coachella, Coachella 2014, Coachella Festival, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, dancer, Decatur, Def Jam, Delowe, Dookie Blossom Gain the 3rd, Doppler Recording Studios, Dré, Earthtone Ideas, East Point, Elevators (Me & You), Funk, G-funk, Georgia, guitar, Halle Berry, Headland, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Ice Cold, Island/Def Jam, Jazz, Johnny Vulture, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, LaFace, LaFace Records, LaFace Records/Arista Records, Lithonia, Marta, Mr. DJ, music, musician, neo soul, Organized Noize, OutKast, OutKast/Earthtone Ideas, PatchWerk Recording Studio, Possum Aloysius Jenkins, Producer, Purple Dragon Studios, R&B, Rally's, Rapper, Rapping, Ray Murray, RCA, record producer, Rico Wade, Savannah, saxophone, Sir Lucious Left Foot, Sleepy Brown, songwriter, Sony Music, Soul, Sound On Sound Recording, southern hip hop, Studio LaCoCo, SWATS, Three Stacks, Tony Toni Tone, U.S., United States, USA, Vocals, Vogues

Atlanta’s Coachella 2014 Headliner

Verse One: Andre

One for the money yes uhh two for the show
A couple of years ago on Headland and Delowe
Was the start of somethin good
Where me and my n—a rodes the MARTA, through the hood
Just tryin ta find that hookup
Now everyday we look up at the ceiling
Watchin ceiling fans go around tryin ta catch that feelin
off instrumental, had my pencil, and plus my paper
We caught the 86 Lithonia headed to Decatur
Writing rhymes tryin ta find our spot off in that light
Light off in that spot, known that we could rock
Doin the hole in the wall clubs, this s–t here must stop
Like freeze, we makin the crowd move but we not makin no G’s
And that’s a no, no

Verse Two: Big Boi

Yeah, uhh, check it
Ahh one two, ahh one two doe, n—as
in the Cadillac they call us went from Player’s Ball to ballers
Puttin the South up on the map was like Little Rock to bangin
N—as say motherf–k that playin, they payin
We stay in layin vo-cals, locals done made it with them big boys
up in dis industry, Outkast yea dem n—az they makin big noise
Over a million sold to this day, n—az they take it lightly
Ninety-six gon be that year that all y’all playa haters can bite me
…around this b—h

#FMSPhotoADay – November – Day 12 – A Memory – Atlanta Braves – Fulton County Stadium – Turner Field – 1996 Centennial Olympic Games

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#FMSphotoaday, (404) 522-7630, 19, 1996, 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, 1996 Summer Olympics, 30315, 755 Hank Aaron Dr SW, A Memor, AOL Time Warner, Atlanta, Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta National League Baseball Club Inc., Barton Malow, Baseball, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bobby Cox, Braves, Bud Selig, Centennial Olympic Games, Centennial Olympic Stadium, Centennial Olympics, Chipper Jones, closing ceremonies, Cobb County, Dale Murphy, Day 12, Demolition, Eddie Mathews, Ellerbe Becket, Explosion, Fat Mum Slim, Fulco, GA, Georgia, GN-1 Bermuda Grass, Greg Maddux, Hank Aaron, Heery International, HJ Russell Construction Co, Inc., Instagram, iPhone, iPhone Post, Jackie Robinson, John Schuerholz, John Smoltz, July, Key Yemaya Walker, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Commissioner, MLB, Move, November, Olympic Games, Olympics, opening ceremonies, Phil Niekro, Photo Challenge, Photography, Rosser International, Smyrna, Summer Olympics, Summer Paralympics, TBS, Ted Turner, Thornton Tomasetti, Ticket Sales, Time Warner, Tom Glavine, track and field, Turner, Turner Field, Warren Spahn, Williams-Russell and Johnson, World Series

Fitting today.

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 – GZA/Genius feat Inspectah Deck & D’Angelo – “Cold World (RZA Remix)”

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1995, 1996, 4th Disciple, actor, Allah Justice, Angeles Records, Babygrande, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Cold Chillin', Cold World, Cold World (RZA Remix), D'Angelo, Dot Da Genius, East Coast Hip-Hop, Frank Zappa, Gary Grice, Geffen, Geffen Records, Geffen/MCA, Genius/GZA, GZA, GZA Entertainment, hardcore hip hop, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, In The Rain, Inspectah Deck, Jason Hunter, JUSTICE, Key Yemaya Walker, Koch, Life, Liquid Swords, Loud, Lyricist, Maximillion, MCA, Michael Eugene Archer, music, New York, New York City, Park Hill Projects, Plastic People, Producer, Rapper, Relativity, Rocket Love, RZA, songwriter, SRC, Staten Island, Stevie Wonder, The Bronx, The Dramatics, The Genius, the Head, traffic, United States, Universal Republic, Urban Icon, Wu-Tang Clan

Intro: (first three lines LP only)

I had a bad dream
Don’t be afraid, bad dreams are only dreams
What a time you chose to be born in…

Babies crying brothers dying and brothers getting knocked
S–t is deep on the block and you got me locked down
in this cold, cold world…

Verse One: The GZA

It was the night before New Year’s, and all through the f–kin projects
Not a handgun was silent, not even a Tec
Outside as I’m stuck, by enemies who put fear
and blasted on the spot before the pigs were there
You know hoods robbers snipers new in sight f–k blue and white
They escape before them flash the f–kin lights
Gunshots, shatter first floor window panes
Shells hit the ground and blood stained the dice game
Whether broke callisthenic, any style you set it
Beat n—az toothless, physically cut up like gooses
But with iron on the sides thugs took no excuses
Therefore, your fifty-two handblocks was useless
Links was snatched off necks, scars on throats
Jackets took, after bullet rips through coats
Against those who felt the cold from the steel made em fold
and squeal, once the metal hit the temple of his grill
Destruction worker, who was caught for his bomber
No time to swing the hammer that was hangin from his Farmer’s
And it’s bugged how some n—az catch slugs

Blue Lines Blog – #PhotoADayAug – Day 1 – Outside – Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games 1996

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#PhotoADayAug, 1996, Atlanta, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Centennial Olympic Games, Day 1, Fat Mum Slim, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone 4S, iPhone Post, Key Yemaya Walker, Outside, Photo Challenge, Turner Field

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.

New 30 Day Song Challenge – Day 17 – A Song From Your Favorite Album – Joi Gilliam – “You May Die” from Outkast’s ATLiens

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1996, 2010, A Song From Your Favorite Album, Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Andre Patton, Atlanta, ATLiens, Big Boi, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Joi, Joi Gilliam, Key Yemaya Walker, Love, music, One Music Fest, OutKast, Pal's Lounge, Three Stacks, You May Die

I remember a friend calling, and playing “Elevators” from the album over the phone to me while I was in Bridgeport, Connecticut since it was not being played up north. I also remember while working the 1996 Olympics, we found a cassette tape with songs that both made and did not make the album (showing up on the Soul Food, and Nothing To Lose soundtracks). The sound was extremely low, and the quality was poor, but as fans, we killed that tape.


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 – Cypress Hill – “Boom Biddy Bye Bye [Fugees Remix]

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1996, Adil Omar, B-Real, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boom Biddy Bye Bye (Fugees Remix), California, Columbia, Columbia Records, Cuban, Cypress Hill, Cypress X Rusko, Deadmau5, Diamond D, DJ Muggs, EMI, Everlast, Fergie, Funkdoobiest, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, House of Pain, Ice Cube, La Coka Nostra, Lauryn Hill, Lyrics, music, New Jersey, Pras Michel, Priority, Psycho Realm, Rage Against The Machine, Ruffhouse, Ruffhouse/Columbia Records, Rusko, Sen Dog, Slash, Snoop Dogg, Sol Invicto, Sony Music, Soul Assassins, South Gate, South Orange, The Fugees, Tom Morello, Travis Barker, U.S., United States, Unreleased and Revamped, vinyl, Wyclef, Wyclef Jean, Xzibit, Young De

[Wyclef] Refugee camp, with Cypress Hill
[B-Real] Yo, bringin it on
[Wyclef] Cubans meet the Haitians
Perfect combination, check it

[Verse One: Wyclef, B-Real]

[Wyclef] You say guns
[B-Real] I say pistolas
[Wyclef] Well if you got beef son
[B-Real] Callate la boca
[Wyclef] Go meet me on the island where the Cubans meet the Haitians
[B-Real] A bullet beats the verbal lyrical assassination
[Wyclef] From L.A. to Brooklyn why you doin all that talkin
[B-Real] Think you got a soul but you’re a Dead Man Walking
[Wyclef] Yo toast the host from coasts’ we boast
When we meet again, I will be Casper that Friendly Ghost
[B-Real] You’ll hear shots, like the show Cops
Things are still the same, I’m still growin crops
[Wyclef] Wyclef with B-Real, let me build better yet
[B-Real] Killa bee kill
[Wyclef] Yo B-Real watch your grip

[Chorus: B-Real, Wyclef, Lauryn Hill]

[B-Real] Hi, boom biddy bye bye
[Lauryn Hill] Ahhhahhh, ahhhahhh
[Wyclef] You open up your eyes you’ll be the next one to die
[Lauryn Hill] Ahhahhhh, ahhhahhh
[B-Real] Boom biddy bye bye
[Lauryn Hill] Ahhahhhh, ahhhahhh
[Wyclef] Ohh as simple as they come as simple as they die
[Lauryn Hill] Ahhahhhh, ahhhahhh
[B-Real] Boom biddy bye bye
[Lauryn Hill] Ahhahhhh, ahhhahhh
[Wyclef] Yo who told the boy, to pack a forty-five
[Lauryn Hill] Ahhahhhh, ahhhahhh
[B-Real] Boom biddy bye bye
[Lauryn Hill] Ahhahhhh, ahhahhhh
[Wyclef] Now he rest in the place that they call paradise

New 30 Day Song Challenge – Day 8 – Song you sang the wrong lyrics to for ages – Radiohead – “Karma Police”

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1996, 1997, 30 Day Photo Challenge, 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative rock, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Karma Police, Key Yemaya Walker, music, Nigel Godrich, OK Computer, Parlophone, Phil Selway, Radiohead, Song you sang the wrong lyrics to for ages, Thom Yorke

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.