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Blue Lines Blog – #FMSPhotoADay – December – Day 7 – Stars

11 Tuesday Dec 2012

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#FMSphotoaday, accordion, activist, bass guitar, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, bongos, California, Calvin Judkins, clavinet, congas, Day 7, December, Detroit, drums, Eivets Rednow, Fat Mum Slim, harmonica, harpejji, Hollywood, iPhone, iPhone 4S, iPhone Post, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, keytar, Little Stevie Wonder, Live Nation, Los Angeles, Lula Mae Hardaway, melodica, Michigan, Motown, multi-instrumentalist, music, piano, record producer, Saginaw, Singer-songwriter, Stars, Stevie Wonder, Stevland Hardaway Judkins, Stevland Hardaway Morris, synthesizer, Tamla, United States, Vocals

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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.

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Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – The Roots – “You Got Me”

17 Wednesday Oct 2012

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1999, activist, Actress, Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Ahmir Questlove Thompson, alternative hip hop, alternative rock, Captain Kirk Douglas, Common, Dallas, Dame DAsh, Def Jam, DGC, Dice Raw, DJ, Drummer, Erica Abi Wright, Erica Wright, Erykah Badu, Eve, Funk, Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, Hip-Hop, Hub, Interscope-Geffen-A&M, Jazz, jazz-rap, Josh Abrams, journalist, Kamal Gray, Leonard "Hub" Hubbard, Malik B., MCA, MCA Records, neo soul, Okayplayer, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Questlove, R&B, Rahzel, Rapper, record producer, Ruff Ryders, Singer-songwriter, Soul, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Tariq Trotter, Texas United States, The Black Thing, The Fifth Dynasty, The Grand Wizzards, The Legendary Roots Crew, The Roots, The Square Roots, Things Fall Apart, U.S., You Got Me

[Featuring Erykah Badu]
[Chorus] x 2
(Erykah Badu)
If you were worried ’bout where
I been or who I saw or
what club I went to with my homies
baby don’t worry you know that you got me
[Verse 1]
(Black Thought)
Somebody told me that this planet was small
we use to live in the same building on the same floor
and never met before
until I’m overseas on tour
and peep this ethiopian queen from philly
taking classes abroad
she studying film and photo flash focus record
said she workin on a flick and
could my click do the score
she said she loved my show in paris
at Elysee Montmartre
and that I stepped off the stage
and took a piece of her heart
we knew from the start that
things fall apart, intentions shatter
she like that sh-t don’t matter
when I get home get at her
through letter, phone, whatever
let’s link, let’s get together
sh-t you think not, think the Thought went home and forgot
time passed, we back in philly now she up in my spot
tellin me the things I’m tellin her is makin her hot
startin buildin with her constantly round the clock
now she in my world like hip-hop
and keep tellin me

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Music I Like: Cover Sundays (Tuesday) – Willie Nelson – “The Scientist” – Coldplay Cover

14 Tuesday Feb 2012

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10 Years, 2002, 2012, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, Abbott, activist, actor, All Things Must Pass, alternative country, alternative rock, Atlantic, Billy Preston, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Capitol, Chipolte, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Columbia, Country, country rock, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, EMI, Fierce Panda, George Harrison, Guy Berryman, Island, Jonny Buckland, Justice Records, Ken Nelson, Key Yemaya Walker, Liberty, Lost Highway, Love, Music I Like, musician, outlaw country, Parlophone, post-Britpop, Producer, RCA, Red Headed Stranger, songwriter, Start, Texas, United States, Valentine's Day, Will Champion, Willie Hugh Nelson, Willie Nelson, X&Y

Such an awe inspiring cover of the Coldplay classic 10 years after the original, that I could not wait until Sunday to post.

“Nobody said it was easy
It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start”


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

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Cover Sundays – Simone (Her Daughter) – “Feeling Good” Live – Nina Simone Cover

01 Sunday Jan 2012

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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.

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Music I Like – Mara Hruby – Official “The Panties” Mos Def Cover Video

07 Thursday Jul 2011

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activist, actor, Beach, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, Brooklyn, California, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Covers, Dante Terrell Smith, From Her Eyes, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Mara Hruby, Minnesota, Mos Def, music, Music I Like, neo soul, New York, Rapper, rock, Singer, The Panties, U.S., Yasiin Bey

Wearing a fur on the beach…She already recreated/reenvisioned/reconstructed this song. I hope you’re still not sleeping on this talented artist. “…oh baby, you make me feel so good, come let me take you by the hand…”


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.

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Cover Sundays – Mara Hruby – “The Panties” Mos Def Cover

10 Sunday Apr 2011

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activist, actor, Andre 3000, Beach, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, Brooklyn, California, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Dante Terrell Smith, From Her Eyes, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Mara Hruby, Minnesota, Mos Def, music, Music I Like, neo soul, New York, Norah Jones, Rapper, rock, Singer, Take Off Your Cool, The Panties, U.S., Yasiin Bey

When I first purchased Mos Def’s The New Danger, I only knew one song, “The Boogieman Song,” because i would listen to the entire album front to back. Most of my friends yearned for a retread of Black On Both Sides, and I was on an island liking this album. With that said, it was not until Mara Hruby covered this song that I knew it’s title, just because I listened to that album back to front. Download her EP “From Her Eyes” here.

Mara brings a new sensual beauty to the track, as she transforms it into a song that rivals one of my all time favorites “Take Off Your Cool,” by Andre 3000 (which she also covers, and I previously posted in sort). Well enjoy, a song that fits that early morning blury eyed smile, that late night after show/game/movie/coffee house move toward home, and that that comes after.


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.

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Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – The Last Emperor feat Poetic and Esthero “One Life”

13 Wednesday Oct 2010

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2003, activist, Aftermath, alternative hip hop, Anthony Ian Berkeley, arranger, Bernardo Bertolucci, Beverly Hills, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, BMG Records, Brothers Grym, California, Canada, Cancer, ceo, Electronica, Emcee, Empire Musicwerks, Esthero, experimental rock, Gee Street, Gravediggaz, Grym Reaper, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Indie, Island, Jamal Gray, Jenny-Bea Englishman, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Island, lounge, Magic, music, Myth, New York, One Life, Ontario, Palace of the Pretender, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Poetic, PolyGram, Producer, R&B, Raptivism, Rawkus, record producer, Red Planet Music, Reprise, Singer/songwriter, Sony, Stratford, The Last Emperor, Too Poetic, Toronto, Trinidad and Tobago, trip hop, U.S., Universal Canada, V2, Warner Bros.

Fitting for a month dedicated to Cancer Awareness. This includes one of the last performances by Poetic (of Gravdiggaz) shortly before he succumbed to cancer.

feat. Poetic (Gravediggaz)
[The Last Emperor]
1993, shortly before Thanksgivin’
I got the call she say Jamal, Derek is no longer livin
Softly she spoke
Is this a joke?
Man, you gotta be kiddin
As my question was raised this explanation was givin
A meaningless death
Made me question the meaning of life
Does my body remain at rest like when I’m sleeping at night?
Will I burn in eternal hell?
Or will I find paradise?
Be rejected or ressurected like the body of Christ
Is it like purgatory the story described by the Catholics?
Or nirvana that Buddha saw in both theory and practice
Like I studied in my college phillosophy classes
Or do my molecules and atoms travel back to the gases
I mean what I’d like to know
Is wheres my spirit go?
After the curtains close
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