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

Blue Lines Blog – Editorial – Gun Culture

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Atlanta, Biggie Smalls, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Editorial, Florida, Gun, Gun Culture, Gun Violence, Kanye, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Murder, New York, North Carolina, Notorious B.I.G, Opinion, Orlando, Pulse, Pulse night Club, Sacramento, The Notorious B.I.G., UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Victory 2004, Webster Hall, writing

During pre-work cardio this morning “Victory 2004” entered my playlist, and to hear the lyrics “shootouts for 20 minutes, until we finish,” came on it though it resonated with the events of the weekend, and further thoughts that the author of those lyrics, Christopher Wallace, was a victim of gun violence.

In the aftermath of the violence in Orlando, there is a collective question of “why,” however we live in a country highlighted by the Aurora massacre, and the tragedy in Sandy Hook. The American public is desensitized to the violence that abounds, and this event will be washed over as the others were, especially to those that it does not touch. The NRA will feel again that this is an affront on their constitutional rights, and there will be some new angle to explain away what happened in the early hours of the morning in Orlando, Florida. We will even receive excuses on why we (U.S. Citizens) should be in possession of AR-15s or any assault rifle.

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..

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – 9/11 – Jay-Z feat Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

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2009, 5× Platinum, 9/11, Actress, Al Shux, Alexander Shuckburgh, Alicia Augello Cook, Alicia Keys, Angela Hunte, Arista, Atlantic, Biggie, Biggie Smalls, Billboard, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Nets, Burt Keyes, Columbia, Def Jam, Empire State Of Mind, entrepreneur, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, J, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic, Jeff Bhasker, Jermone Harmon, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Lexus, Mary J. Blige, McDonalds, music, musician, New York, New York City, New York Knicks, No I.D., Notorious B.I.G, Oven Studios, pianist, piano, Platinum, pop, R&B, Rapper, RCA, record producer, Robert Deniro, Roc Nation, Roc the Mic Studios, Roc-A-Fella, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, Singer-songwriter, Soul, Spike Lee, Swizz Beatz, Sylvia Robinson, The Blueprint 3, The Inkredibles, The Neptunes, The Notorious B.I.G., Timbaland, Tribeca, Ty-Ty, U.S., United States, Vocals, World Trade Center, WTC

Yeah

[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
Yeah I’m out that Brooklyn, now I’m down in TriBeCa
Right next to Deniro, but I’ll be hood forever
I’m the new Sinatra, and since I made it here
I can make it anywhere, yeah, they love me everywhere
I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicano’s
Right there up on Broadway, pull me back to that McDonald’s
Took it to my stashbox, 560 State St.
Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons with them Pastry’s
Cruisin’ down 8th St., off white Lexus
Drivin’ so slow, but BK is from Texas
Me, I’m out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
Say what’s up to Ty-Ty, still sippin’ mai tai’s
Sittin’ courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high five
Nigga I be Spike’d out, I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that I’m most definitely from….

New 30 Day Song Challenge – Day 23 – Funniest Song – The Notorious B.I.G. – “Playa Hater”

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1998, 30 Day Song Challenge, Basketball Jones, Big Poppa, Biggie Smalls, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, C. Wallace, Cheech and Chong, Dave Chappelle, Dave Chappelle Show, Day 23, Frank White, Funniest Song, Hey Love, Hip-Hop, Key Yemaya Walker, Life After Death, music, New 30 Day Song Challenge, New York, New York City, Playa Hata, S. Jordan, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Sean Combs, Sean John Combs, Silky Johnson, Steven "Stevie J" Jordan, The Notorious B.I.G., U.S., W. Hart

Not the funniest, but funny enough none-the-less.


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

Blue Lines Blog: RIP Notorious B.I.G. 15 Years

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1997, Bad Boy, Bad Boy Records, Biggie Smalls, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Key Yemaya Walker, March 9th 1997, music, New York, The Notorious B.I.G.

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 – The NOTORIOUS B.I.G. – “I Got A Story To Tell”

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112, 1997, Al Green, Bad Boy, Bad Boy Records, Big Poppa, Biggie Smalls, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Era, Brooklyn, Buck Wild, Buckwild, Carlos "6 July" Broady, Chucky Thompson, Clark Kent, Club, Daron Jones, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, DJ Enuff, DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Frank White, Havoc, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, I Got A Story To Tell, I'm Glad You're Mine, Jiv Poss, Kay Gee, Key Yemaya Walker, Knicks, Life After Death, music, Nashiem Myrick, New York, New York Knicks, Notorious B.I.G, Paragon, Robbery, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, RZA, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Sean Combs, sex, Stevie J, The Notorious B.I.G., U.S., Vashtie Kola

The Late Great NOTORIOUS, from the 1997 album Life After Death.
Photo of Vashtie in New York Knicks Spiziked Jordans by Vashtie Kola.
Lyrics include Mature content.

Who y’all talking to man?
Uhh
Check it out, check it out
This here goes out
to all the n—as that be f–king mad b—hes
in other n—as cribs
thinkin s–t is sweet
N—a creep up on your ass, hahaha
Live n—as respect it, check it

I kick flows for ya, kick down doors for ya
Even left all my motherf–king hoes for ya
N—as think Frankie p—y whipped, n—a picture that
With a Kodak, Insta-ma-tak
We don’t get down like that, lay my game down quite flat
Sweetness,
Where you parked at?
Petiteness,
But that ass fat
She got a body make a n—a wanna eat that, I’m f—kin’ with you
The b—h official though, d–k harder than a missile yo
Try to hit if she trippin disappearing like Arsenio
Yo, the b—h push a double-oh
with the five in front, probably a conniving stunt
Y’all drive in front, I’m a peel with her
Find a deal with her, she f–k around and steal, huh?
Then we all get laced

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Method Man & Redman – “How High”

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actor, Athens, Beavis and Butthead, Biggie Smalls, Blackout!, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Clifford Smith, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, Def Squad, Earwax Records, EPMD, Erick Sermon, Fly, Fly Robin, Funk Doctor Spock, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Hot Nikkels, How High, Iron Lung, John J, Johnny Blaze, Key Yemaya Walker, Meth, Method Man, Method Man & Redman, Methtical, Month Of The Man, Murder Was The Case, music, MZA, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Newark, Rapper, Redman, Reggie Noble, Reginald "Reggie" Noble, Reginald Noble, Shakwon, Shaolin, Staten Island, The Show, Tical, U.S., UB, UGA, United States, University Of Bridgeport, University Of Georgia, Who Shot Ya, Wu-Tang Clan

Whoa, had a flashback as we rode back from Athens last week, and this took the place of the scheduled Hip-Hop Quotable for this week after an all out performance with Ike on 316. We weren’t listening to the “Fly Robin, Fly,” version.

Intro:

Takin it from the top?
Tippy? Tippy?

How High?….
The Ultimate High….

Verse One: Method Man

Scuse me as I kiss the sky
Sing a song of six pence, a pocket full a rye
Who the f–k wanna die for their culture
Stalk the dead body like a vulture
Tical get, HMMM
Blacker than your blackest stallion
Hit your house’n projects
I represent the Shaolin my n—a
Hell yes, Apocalypse now, the gun blow
It be goin down, diggy diggy down diggy down down

Hip-Hop Quotable – Junior Mafia – “Gettin’ Money (Get Money Remix)”

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1995, and Nino Brown, Atlantic Records - Mega Media Records, Big Beat, Biggie Smalls, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Bugsy, Capone, Cassette, CD, Chico, Conspiracy, dirty rap, DJ Enuff, Don't Look Any Further, gangsta rap, Get Money Remix, Gettin' Money, Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix), Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Junior M.A.F.I.A., Junior Mafia, Key Yemaya Walker, Kim Jones, Lance 'Un' Rivera, Larceny, Lil' Caesar, Lil' Cease, Lil' Kim, Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitudes, music, New York, Notorious, The 6s, The Notorious B.I.G., The Snakes, Trife, Undeas, University Of Bridgeport, vinyl

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.
Video and lyrics after jump.

Music Mondays – Puff Daddy feat The Notorious B.I.G. – “Victory”

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1997, actor, Bad Boy, Bad Boy Records, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Big Poppa, Biggie Smalls, Bill Conti, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Busta Rhymes, Christopher George Latore Wallace, Christopher Wallace, Diddy, East Coast, East Coast Hip-Hop, entrepreneur, Frank White, Going the Distance, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Interscope, Jr., Key Yemaya Walker, Leaders Of The New School, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, Most Expensive Video, Mount Vernon, music, Music Mondays, New York, New York City, No Way Out, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Rapper, record producer, Rocky, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Sean John Combs, Singer, Steven "Stevie J" Jordan, The Hitmen, The Notorious B.I.G., Trevor Tahiem Smith, U.S., Uptown Records

Fitting for going to get this workout in.

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.