New 30 Day Song Challenge – Day 10 – Society Of Soul feat George Clinton – “Blac Mermaid”

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1995, Andre 3000, Atlanta, Big Boi, Big Gipp, Big Reese, Big Rube, BlackOwned C-Bone, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brainchild, Bubba Sparxxx, Cee-Lo Green, Cool Breeze, Esperanza, George Clinton, Joi Gilliam, Key Yemaya Walker, Khujo, Killer Mike, Mr. DJ, Organized Noize, Ray Murray, Rico Wade, Sleepy Brown, Slimm Calhoun, Supa Nate, T-Mo, Witchdoctor

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.

This Should Be In Your Playlist:Music I Like – Artist Joi Gilliam & HotHeavy&Bad Download Link

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Aaliyah, Angie Stone, Atlanta, Big Gipp, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bridgeport, Coko, Connecticut, Da 5 Foota, Dallas Austin, Dawn Robinson, Devon Lee, Dungeon Family, Earwax Records, En Vogue, Erykah Badu, F.Y.E., Freedom, Freedom (Theme From Panther), Freeworld Records, Georgia, Goodie Mob, HotHeavy&Bad, Jefferson Street Joe Gilliam, Jill Scott, Joi, Joi Gilliam, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Kriss Kross, Lisa Lopes, Lucy Pearl, Mario Van Peebles, Mary J. Blige, MC Lyte, Me’Shell Ndegeocello, Monica, Music I Like, OutKast, Pal's Lounge, Panther, Pastor Troy, Patra, Pittsburgh Steelers, Queen Latifah, Raphael Sadiq, Rowdy Records, Salt-N-Pepa, Sam Goody's, Star Kitty’s Revenge, Sunshine & The Rain, SWV, Tennessee, Tennessee Slim Is The Bomb, The Amoeba Cleansing Syndrome, The Pendulum Vibe, This Should Be In Your Playlist, TLC, Trumball, xXx, Yin Yang Cafe, Yo Yo

It took quite some time to gather the right thoughts to make this post. Joi Gilliam, Joi…Joi is virtually the best artist that for some reason the masses has not heard of. Now what do I mean by that? You’ve heard her music often, but you may have not known it. Not to compare her, or to say that she created a music movement, but before you (music listening public) had Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, etc., there was Joi.
In 1994, before I left Atlanta and Georgia I first heard the Tennessee born daughter of Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback “Jefferson Street” Joe Gilliam, Joi’s, classic, “Sunshine& The Rain,” on community radio in Atlanta (“urban” radio stations here would not play Hip-Hop, nor anything thing that was not a national R&B standard, therefore Atlanta natives Outkast, and non-MTV songs by TLC, or Kriss Kross (given for effect) would not make it to local radio). As I often discovered with independent radio, I would find a new song, but it was highly unlikely I would find out who the artists was. Armed with this tape recorded song, I pumped this unknown artist all the way from Atlanta to New York and Connecticut.

Luckily, Joi’s work was released and I remember walking into the Sam Goody’s F.Y.E. concept store in Trumbull mall and seeing the new release wall, and Joi had her entire placement of her debut, The Pendulum Vibe, there. Not knowing that this was the artist I had been bumping, I was always inclined to try out new music, even without having heard it (I returned home after my 2 years in Bridgeport with over 1K CD’s of music, all catalogued in a notebook). Well I picked the CD up, and saw the title “Sunshine & The Rain,” I felt like I had won the lottery, first I had a full length album of an incredible artist that I only had previously had a partial taped song, and a real artist was given the opportunity to put her work out. I walked around that store, until our group left clutching the $18.99 compact disc until it was time to check out. I dropped the disc into my Sony Discman on the way back to campus, and had my first true magical experience with her music. My life was changed. I own, 3 copies of the album, and have purchased copies for friends before it went out of print.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Esthero & Goodie Mob – “The World I Know [Country Livin’ Version]”

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Big Gipp, Blue Lines, Breath From Another, Cee Lo, Cee-Lo Green, Esthero, Goodie Mob, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Slam, T-Mo

Remix from the 1998 film Slam. The original was used in the movie, the remix appeared on the soundtrack. I think that hearing the the small portion of the song in the movie led to me purchasing one of the best albums ever made Esthero’s “Breath From Another.”

[Esthero]
The world I know.. is a world too slow
Don’t move fast enough.. keep your head low
The world I know.. is a world much too slow!
Can’t move fast enough chi-ild
You better stay on the low child!

[T-Mo]
Uhh, my eyes are a glare
Uhh, I’m lookin up at this world from a stare
and really don’t know which way I’ma turn
I could get burned upon contact
I’m makin a bad decision, to get my pockets fattened one day
Support the very thang, that supported me, my family
Gave me love, yes we struggle, and some do hustle
And forced to fly knuckle, for a better future in this game
Do yours thang, get yours cheese, and work to be free

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Goodie Mob feat Outkast “Black Ice”

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Do you ever see that stuff that be…
when it get cold that ice that you can’t see?
See that s–t happens sometimes.
Yep, black ice.

Big Gipp Verse 1:

Now you know and I know I done bumped every hole in the wall y’all
did you catch that phone call most of y’all didn’t met me
thought I was tall, Get flipped like a dip
slipped fell on da black ice
did you think twice, homeslice came and he went
satisfied got bent bars ain’t s–t
Mutant coast to coast yeah laughed and boast man do-si-dos
too many coming close cause

Chorus:
Touched what I never touched before, seen what I never seen before
woke up and seen the sun sky high, sky high

Verse 2:

Circulate like a Sunday paper
capers caught long time with cheap flicks
good picks pay hard watch the hard turn sideways
clip the tale for real sales to the who lose cash

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Goodie Mob – “Beautiful Skin”

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[Cee-Lo]
Mmmm.. this particular song right here is..
dedicated to the black woman
And it doesn’t pertain to all black women
because some of y’all disrespect y’allself
because you don’t know who you are in the first place
This is out of common respect, for all women period
Word up, like this song, yo

Yo, I’m quite single, and occasionally I mingle
But aside from all the rest, she sparks my interest
No, ma’am, I don’t know you
Just offering the common respect I feel I owe you
Also, some conversation, companionship, common-ground and common-sense
There’s no such thing as coincidence in, me finding you here
And I really hate screaming in your ear, so some other time, OK?
I waited a day *phone rings* Hello?