Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Blu & Exile – “Dancing In The Rain”

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2007, Aleksander Manfredi, alternative hip hop, Below the Heavens, Blu, Blu & Exile, Blu And Exile, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Dancing In The Rain, DJ, Exile, hip hop DJ, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Johnson Barnes, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, MPC, music, Producer, Rapper, record producer, sampler, San Pedro, Sire, Sound in Color, Sound in Color Records, Turntable, U.S., Underground hip hop, Warner Bros. Records, West Coast

Fitting for this monsoon coming down in Chicago this evening.

[Verse 1:]
It’s six o’clock I’m hoppin’ out of the bed
Rain fallin’, callin’ ex but my phoneline is dead
I guess my bills ain’t paid
No ride to work for the day
Second option hop the bus but there’s a traffic delay
My boss trippin’ cause I’m runnin’ late and ain’t no excuse
When I’m about to be 22 without a whip I could swoop
Feel like I’m fixin to shoot my own dome with chrome to escape
Zonin’ out cause workin workin out ain’t worth what I make
My lady callin’ buggin’ always fussin’ just cause we ain’t ballin’
But it’s hard because her cousin is f–kin’ rich cause her husband’s hustlin’
And I ain’t f–kin touchin’ nothin’ but a mic
Five o’clock and off of work ready to go home and write
But I ain’t got a buck to catch the bus, chillin’ at the stop
Rain fallin’ hard as ever and it’s soakin’ my socks
F–k it, kick my kicks off and took off my jacket
Roll my jeans up beat up and my headphones blastin’
Blazed some weed up and started laughin’
While I’m splashin’ in puddles like
Mothaf–k a struggle we dancin’ in the rain

[Chorus 1:]
Don’t nobody wanna dance slow in the rain
Just move yo a-s… just move yo a-s
Don’t nobody wanna liberate the way to the pain
Just move yo a-s… just move yo a-s

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Recess (Sene & Blu) – “How do you sleep?” Blu’s verse

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Atlanta Braves, Blu, Blue Lines, California, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, How do you sleep?, I Need Sleep, Key Yemaya Walker, Recess, Sene, Sene & The Clubhouse Are Recess, Sleep

Being that I got no rest last night, this is appropriate.

Blu:
Yeah,
I just dream about another finer beauty, silent minds undiscovered,
Hiding under covers,
Let me climb up in, and sit and wonder,
About a distant lover,
Or about a mother, makes you ponder about creation,
All I am is creative, the monster or the nightmare
Staring darkness in the eyes, until I rise,
Staring at the hands of time as if a button could rewind,
It all,
Have you ever slept and dreamt you were a god,
Will you leave this life the same, or will it actually evolve…


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.

Music Mondays – Blu – “Wind(terlude)”

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Blu, Blue Lines, HerFavoriteColo(u)r, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, Music Mondays, Up All Night

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.

Music I Like – Blu – “Amnesia (Remind)”

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Amnesia (Remind), Bay Area, Blu, Blue Lines, California, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, Music I Like

Something about the little things you make me say
Amazed by the ways you be keeping me dazed
Tried to spit game, but these girls don’t play
Bangin’ little waist, with a cute ass face
Something about the little things you make me do
Something about conditioning with no shampoo
Tried to stick around, without the elmers glue
Told anything she needed I would help her through
Rule #1 you gotta quit runnin’ from fools,
campaign or no campaign they runnin’ for you.
I mean the way you do your hair and the way that you move,
Actin’ like you don’t care when deep down you do…
Like the way you ride your bike through the park around 2,
Told her don’t believe the hype, you got play plus juice
And only if its right, I write my love too, no I’m not down I always was Blu(e)
But I knew your favorite color was another (green) butter rican,
Praline dream picked her up for the weekend,
Tried to hide feelings, but the just kept leakin’
Had the M-A-S-K but wasn’t trick-or-treating,
One thing about real love, it’s worth seekin’
What’s the point in cheatin’ when it’s something worth keepin’
She asked why I did it, didn’t really have a reason,
But it’s something ‘bout her grin that had me ch-ch-ch-cheesin
Back of my mind, I had my subconscious speaking,
Note on the door said “Sorry, but I’m leaving.”

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 – Dela feat Blu – “Mars (Remix)”

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alternative hip hop, Blu, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Dela, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Johnson Barnes, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, Rapper, record producer, San Pedro, Sire/Sound in Color Records/Warner Bros. Records, U.S., Underground hip hop

Yes indeedy wrote graffiti on the bus
Now I’m on the cusp so hush
Grown man talk don’t interrupt
Tell’em where you been Jay sittin’ on the cusp
Making all exhisiting stars dust

Ay yo trust that we go where no man before
Deepest in the seashore high off trees

Surrender my piece in the circle of emcee’s
Surrounded by b-boys and killer cali chiefs
My words are like weapons I direct them when I speak
Kapish and kush blunts, kish for lunch
Eat rappers like take out, ’bout once a week
‘Bout to make it once a month, hibernating in the cut
Sleep walking writing raps dreamin’ ’bout counting bucks
I still bust it free for my peeps

Updated Again 2012: Dynamic Post – Artists Who Need To Put Out New Material

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Alice Smith, Alien Ant Farm, Amel Larriuex, Ayo, Billie-Eve, Black And White America, Blu, Cassandra Wilson, Coachella, Coldplay, Common, CRS, Damien Rice, Esthero, Every Opposite, Everything Is Expensive, Foo Fighters, Gnarls Barkley, HotHeavy&Bad, I'm With You, I'm With You Sessions, Joi Gilliam, Kenneth Suffern, Key Yemaya Walker, Lenny Kravitz, Maxwell, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mylo Xyloto, Nine Types Of Light, OutKast, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Santigold Blue Lines, Santogold, Spank Rock, The Believer, The Dreamer, The Dreamer/The Believer, The King Of Limbs, TKOL RMX 1234567, TV On the Radio, Wasting Light, Weather, Zaki Ibrahim

Updated 1/31/12 11 of 23 wish list items from this time in 2011 completed, not bad.
In no specific order:
Kenneth Suffern’s Blue Lines Still waiting.
Ayo – Billie Eve
Zaki Ibrahim (No, “Ansomnia” was it only whet the appetite) Still waiting. Every Opposite

Alice Smith
Amel Larriuex Still waiting. (Ice Cream Every Day rumored)
Blu Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them
Outkast (as a group) still waiting (headlined Coachella 2014) .
Alien Ant Farm still waiting.
Red Hot Chili Peppers I’m With You (still growing n me) and I’m With You Sessions (much better material)
Foo Fighters (yeah, you say you are, prove it) Wasting Light (LOVE)
Common The Dreamer, The Believer
Radiohead The King Of Limbs and remix album TKOL RMX 1234567
Coldplay Mylo Xyloto (ehh)
Cassandra Wilson
CRS (Waiting on the album) gave up.
Maxwell (I thought this was a 3 album series) gave up
Damien Rice.
Gnarls Barkley (Cee-Lo the solo album was cool, but we need more Gnarls) still waiting.
Esthero (ummmm yeah…) still waiting. Everything Is Expensive
Joi Gilliam (HotHeavy&Bad, need it) want Joi only, however HotHeavy&Bad had mix tape that was my NYC soundtrack.
Lenny Kravitz Black And White America
Me’Shell Ndegeocello Weather
TV On The Radio Nine Types Of Light
Santogold/Santigold some appearances, and will be at Coachella, great performance and new album Master of My Make-Believe

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 – Blu & Exile – “Seasons”

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Aleksander Manfredi, alternative hip hop, Blu, Blu & Exile, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, disc jockey, Exile, Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Johnson Barnes, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, MPC, music, Producer, Rapper, record producer, sampler, Seasons, Sire/Sound in Color Records/Warner Bros. Records, Turntable, U.S., Underground hip hop, United States

“…casually I dress while addressing her majesty…”
This song seems wintery and like new beginnings…2011!!!


Can we transform? Revelations born from the madness / Ashes to ashes, no more classics ,
Rap has become, so pornographic / When life has become something never imagined,
Passions pass, new feelings emerge / Emotions, flying in the sky with the birds,
Where’s hope when we need it? / Quotes they compete get us higher than that dope that we chief,
Where’s focus when functions retreat to the soul? / It’s a black hole moguls, following them,
Role models in bottles of belief keep swallowing / Drowning in the shallow end deep,
Told we can climb ounces of belief / Where’s peace when you need it?
Visions of the meek in the jungle and humble / As the sheep make you wonder why you speak when you’re spoken to,
Feel something holding you back, you want to throw the truth / The lies fly, it’s like time used to wonder what makes the wise wise,
Had to visualize in surprises / Nothing that them eyes have ever seen,
Hold up, is this a dream? / Some blacked out after the last bout I hatched out all of my issues and put a mag out,
Crashed through the glass house, some took the back route / I had to travel lightspeed to dodge that black cloud,
Raining on my parade / Sun shining but it ain’t enough shade,
To hide, the game blind I played / Silly games and too many charades,
Maskless in this masquerade / Came conquered never saw,
Raising hell hoping heaven falls / Took the “L” but I never lost,
Stepping off the axis / Balancing the galaxy,
Realizing facts are hidden behind reality / Casually I dress while addressing her majesty,
Flirting passably to other palaces surrounding me / Once crowned king humble down to the queen,
Gave my kingdom up / Became a mortal man walking Earth seeking love / Woe is me, I still believe,
Openly speaking it deviant in this woolen form of poetry / Took leadership brain cells just too close to see,
Obedient never winning hope it’s known to be me / Got free now they rope in your dreams,
With a gold chain, pimp striped suit and a code name / Sweater under leather trying to tell her it’s a cold game,
And I don’t mean it won’t change

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.

2010 Music Wrapup iTunes Shuffle

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& Bethany Cosentino, 50 Cent, 9th Wonder, Agnes, Alicia Keys, Alkaline Trio, Allie Moss, Aloe Blacc, AM, American Bang, Amerie, Ana Tijoux, And Inspectah Deck, And Rae, And Raekwon, Andre 3000, Andy Allo, Annie Lennox, Arcade Fire, Archie Bronson Outfit, Audrey Assad, Avenida 6, Avi Buffalo, B.o.B, Band Of Horses, Banda de Turistas, Basia Bulat, Battles, Beach House, Beastie Boys, Beck and Bat For Lashes, Beckah Shae, Bee Gees, Belle & Sebastian feat. Norah Jones, Best Coast, Big Boi, Bilal, Billy Lamont, Black Eyed Peas, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blackstar, Blakroc, Blu, Bob & Gene, Bobby Vidales, Bombay Bicycle Club, Brad, Brendan James, Bring Me the Horizon, Broken Bells, Broken Social Scene, Busta Rhymes, Cam'ron & Vado, Capone-N-Noreaga, Caribou, Ceci Bastida, Cee Lo, Cee-Lo Green, ceo, Charlie Hunter feat. Norah Jones, Chasen, Cherryholmes, Child Rebel Soldier, Chino & Nacho, ChocQuibTown, Chris Brown, Christopher von Uckermann, Ciara, Citizen Cope, Clipse, Clorofila, Common, Consequence, Corinne Bailey Rae, Cory Morrow, Court Yard Hounds, Currensy, Cypress Hill, Daft Punk, Daniel Hope, Dapuntobeat, Dave Barnes, David Banner, David Banner and 9th Wonder, Dead Prez, Delta Spirit, Destinee & Paris, Diddy, Diddy-Dirty Money, Dierks Bentley, Diggy, Dirty Dozen Brass Band feat. Norah Jones, Dirty Little Rabbits, Dirty Money, DJ Center, DJ Kay Slay, DJ Mathematics Presents Meth Ghost Rae, DJ Muggs VS Ill Bill, Don Covay, Dondria, Dr Dre Ft Eminem, Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre Ft Snoop Dogg & Akon, Drag-On, Drake, Duffy, Duran Duran, Eastern Conference Champions, Eddie Vedder, El Madmo, Elton John & Leon Russell, Emika, Eminem, Eminem & Royce Da 5'9, Erykah Badu, Estelle, Fabolous, Fanfarlo, Far East Movement, Fefe Dobson, Feist, Field Music, First Aid Kit, Florence and The Machine, Foo Fighters feat. Norah Jones, Four Tet, Fran Healy, Frank Howard & The Commanders, Frazey Ford, Freeway, Frightened Rabbit, GBH, Gerardo Ortíz, Ghost, Ghostface, Ghostface Killah, GLC, Goapele, Goldfrapp, Good Old War, Goodie Mob, Gorillaz, Greg Laswell, Gurrumul, GZA, Herbie Hancock feat. Norah Jones, Hey Monday, Holly Miranda, Hot Chip, House of Heroes, Howard Shore, Inspectah Deck, Iration, Iskander, Iyaz, J King y Maximan, J. Holiday, Jack Johnson, Jadakiss, Jakob Dylan, Janelle Monae, Jay Electronica, Jay-Z, Jazmine Sullivan, Jónsi, Jeremih, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Norman, Jonathan Cohen, Jorge Drexler, Josh Groban, Josh Ritter, Josh Rouse, Joss Stone, Jukebox the Ghost, Julieta Venegas, Junip, JYJ, Kanye West, Kanye West & Jay-Z, Karina Pasian, Keith Murray, Kelis, Keri Hilson, KiD CuDi, Kidz In The Hall, King Curtis, Kings of Leon, Kristian Bezuidenhout, KRS-One & True Master, La Roux, Lady GaGa, Laura Veirs, Lee Fields, Leela James, Lil Wayne, Linkin Park, Little Brother, Little Richard, Local Natives, Lorenza Borrani, Los Claxons, Los Lobos, Love Star, Ludacris, Lupe Fiasco, Luz Rios, Lylit, M.I.A., Macy Gray, Major Lazer, Major Lazer & La Roux, Maldita Vecindad, Mariah Carey, Massive Attack, Masta Killa, Mavis Staples, Maximum Balloon, Mêlée, Medina Green, Menahan Street Band, Meth, Method Man, Metric, Michael Jackson, Michoacan, Miguel, Millionyoung, MiMi, Minus the Bear, Monica, Mos Def, Mr. Hudson, Murs & 9th Wonder, Muse, N.E.R.D., N.O.R.E., Naomi Davis & Sugarman Three, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens, Nas, Neon Trees, New Politics, Nicki Minaj, Nneka, Norah Jones & Sasha Dobson, Norah Jones feat. Dolly Parton, Norah Jones feat. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Norah Jones feat. M. Ward, Omarion, Our Last Night, OutKast feat. Norah Jones, Ozomatli, Panoptica Orchestra, Papoose, Patty Griffin, Paty Cantu, Peter Silberman of the Antlers, Pharrell, Philip Selway, Pink Martini, Plain White T's, Plants and Animals, Polock, Public Enemy, Q-Tip, Q-Tip feat. Norah Jones, Raekwon, Ray Charles feat. Norah Jones, Ray Sharpe, Red Cafe, Redman, Reflection Eternal, Rich Hil Ft Kid Cudi, Richard Galliano, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Robert Plant, Robin Thicke, Rogue Wave, Rosa Lee Brooks, Rostam Batmanglij, Ryan Adams feat. Norah Jones, RZA, Sade, Sarah McLachlan, Scissor Sisters, Seabear, Sean Bones feat. Norah Jones, Sean Price, Semi Precious Weapons, Senator & The New Republic, Shanell, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Shout Out Louds, Sia, Skillz, Sky Sailing, Slash, Sleigh Bells, Snoop Dogg, Stacy Clark, Stefan Maass, Stefan Rath & Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester & Karl Münchinger, Sugarman Three, Superlitio, Surfer Blood, Swedish House Mafia, T.I., Talent Couture, Talib Kweli, Talib Kweli feat. Norah Jones, The Bamboos, The Band Perry, The Bird And The Bee, The Black Keys, The Bravery, The Budos Band, The Chieftains, The Constellations, The Cool Kids, The Daktaris, The Dead Weather, The Foreign Exchange, The Gracious Few, The Head and the Heart, The High Wire, The Icemen, The Isley Brothers, The Jones Sisters, The Little Willies, The Mighty Imperials, The Minions, The National, The Poets of Rhythm, The Rescues, The Roots, The Secret Sisters, The Soft Pack, The Sylvers, The Virginmarys, The Watson Twins, Theophilus London, Timbaland, Toro Y Moi, Travis Porter, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Troy Olsen, Two Door Cinema Club, UNKLE, Usher, V.V. Brown, Vampire Weekend, Various Artists, Villagers, Vivian Green, Waka Flocka Flame, Wale, Willie Nelson feat. Norah Jones, Wintersleep, Wu Tang Vs The Beatles, Wye Oak, Yeasayer, Yelawolf, Yoav, Zac Brown Band, Zo!

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.

Road Tripping – GSU vs Alabama iPod Playlist

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Aaron Lewis, Alicia Keys, Band Of Horses, Björk, Blu, Blu & Exile, Bozoo Bajou, Bush, Cee Lo, Cee-Lo Green, Citizen Cope, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, Des’ree, Esthero, Georgia State University, Georgia State University Athletics, GSU, GSU Football, GSU Panthers, James Blunt, Joi, Joi Gilliam, Keegan Dewitt, Kelis, Los Claxons, Maxwell, Mogwai, Mos Def, Mychael Danna, Noreaga, Paty Cantu, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rihanna, Staind, The Gracious Few, Tori Amos

My Playlist on the way to and back from Tuscaloosa for our last game of the Inaugural Goergia State Panthers Football Season.
Complicated – Rihanna
No Greater Love – Blue and Exile
Afortunadamente No Eres Tu – Paty Cantu
I Can’t Hear The Music – James Blunt
Tal Vez Me Estoy Tomando el Pelo – Los Claxons
Closer – The Gracious Few
I Miss You – Bjork
Body In The Trunk – Noreaga
Golden Porsche – Mogwai
Way Down – Bozoo Bajou
Trouble (acoustic live) – Coldplay
Kalifornia – Mos Def
Kissing You – Des’ree
Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Gone – Esthero feat Cee-Lo
Venus As A Boy (Q Covermount)/Bjork Cover – Corinne Bailey Rae
That’s The Truth – Joi

New To You Music Sundays – Andy Allo (feat) Blu – “DreamLand”

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Andy Allo, Blu, DreamLand, musical inspiration, New To You Sundays

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.