Cover Sundays – Alice Smith – “I Put a Spell On You” Nina Simone Cover

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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.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Black Moon – “I Got Cha Opin (Remix)”

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1994, 5ft, Atlanta, Black Moon, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boot Camp Clik, Brooklyn, Brothers who Lyrically Act and Combine Kickin Music Out On Nation, Buckshot, Buckshot Shorty, Bushwick, California, Crooklyn Dodgers, Diggin' in dah Vaults, DJ Evil Dee, Duck Down Records, East Coast, East Coast Hip-Hop, Enta Da Stage, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, I Got Cha Opin, I Got Cha Opin [Remix], Kenyatta Blake, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, music, New York, New York City, Sacramento, The BDI Thug (Beady-Eyed Thug), United States

Yeah, original crooks, original heads. We doin’ it like this

Word up!

I woke up in the morning, hopped on a train I saw my man
He had an L in his hand, hide it from the beast
At least I catch a bus before I hit my block
I take a mega hit frontin’ on the good chip lollipop
Move the hop so I can put the hip in the grip
Everybody slip so I can take a trip to the dip
Dig a deeper hole microphone control with soul
Look at my hot eye’s tell me how could you be cold
I’m coming to you from the underground, with a thunder sound
#1 question, “Yo how can I be down?”

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – OutKast feat Jay-Z & Killer Mike – “Flip Flop Rock”

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2003, Adamsville, Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, Antwan André Patton, Antwan Patton, Aquemini, Atlanta, Big Boi, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, College Park, Daddy Fatsacks, David Sheats, Dungeon Family, East Coast, East Coast Hip-Hop, East Point, Flip Flop Rock, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jay-Z, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Killer Mike, Michael Render, Mike Bigga, Mr. DJ, music, New York, New York City, OutKast, Producer, record producer, Roc-A-Fella, Roc-A-Fella Records, Run the Jewels, Sacramento, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, southern hip hop, Speakerboxxx, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Stankonia, Young Hov

[Big Boi] Yeah.. ATLiens style on y’all ass
[K. Mike] DO OR DIE, AQUEMINI
[K. Mike] Killer Mike, Roc-A-Fella collaboration – holla!
[Y. Hova] Young Hov’ in the place to be
[Y. Hova] Big Boi in the place to be (Young)
[Y. Hova] Andre 3000 (cash) shout out to public housin (b—h)
[Y. Hova] I brought (holla) the whole hood with me
[Big Boi] You got red dirt in your afro
[Y. Hova] Young Hov’ in the place to be (yeah)
[Y. Hova] OutKast in the place to be (yeah)

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – De La Soul – “I Am I Be”

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1993, alternative hip hop, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Buhloone Mindstate, California, Chicago, Dave, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, DJ, Eddie Harris, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, I Am I Be, Illinois, James Edward Pryor, James Willis Ponder, Jefferson Starship, Jimmy Ponder, Keep Your Fat Mouth Out of My Business, Kelvin Mercer, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Lambert, Long Island, Los Angeles, Lou Rawls, Maceo Parker, Maseo, Miracles, Mississippi, music, Native Tongues, New York, New York City, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Plug 1, Plug 2, Poem, Poet, poetry, Posdnuos, Producer, Prose, Rapper, Sacramento, San Francisco, Shades of Brown, Shortie No Mass, Snooky Pryor, Terressa Thompson, The Bronx, The Next Band – Music: Brother Soul Pt. 1, The Soil I Tilled for You, Tommy Boy, Trugoy The Dove, Vincent Lamont Mason Jr, Vocal, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Records, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, You've Made Me So Very Happy

[Verse 1]
I am Posdnous
I be the new generation of slaves
here to make papes to buy a record exec rakes
the pile of revenue I create
But I guess I don’t get a cut cuz my rent’s a month late
Product of a North Carolina cat
who scratched the back of a pretty woman named Hattie
Who departed life just a little too soon
and didn’t see me grab the Plug Tune fame
As we go a little somethin’ like this
look ma, no protection

Cover Sundays – Norah Jones – “Black Hole Sun” – Soundgarden Cover

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, Chris Cornell, Christopher John Boyle, Cover Sundays, Detroit, Folk, Geetali Norah Shankar, Georgia, Grapevine, grunge, Jazz, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Michigan, New York, Norah Jones, Sacramento, Seattle, Soundgarden, Texas, 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 – Run the Jewels feat Big Boi (OutKast) – “Banana Clipper”

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Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, Antwan André Patton, Antwan Patton, Atlanta, Banana Clipper, Big Boi, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Coachella Weekend, Brooklyn, California, Coachella, Coachella Festival, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Definitive Jux, El-P, El-Producto, Fool's Gold, Fool's Gold Records, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jaime Meline, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Killer Mike, Lazerface, Michael Render, Mike Bigga, music, New York, New York City, OutKast, Rap, Run the Jewels, Sacramento, Savannah, Supergroup

[Killer Mike:]
I move with the elegance of an African elephant
I presented the evidence eloquent as the president
Evident is the emphasis, I deserve me a championship
But before I banana clip I’ma chill so my man can rip

[El-P:]
Little man against Hellion with the heart of an orphan
I got the words of a murderer and an eye for distortion
You take a slice of my portion, I’ll take a piece of your profit
I drive at illegal speeds, Keep an O.Z in my pocket

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Kanye West – “Real Friends”

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Adam Feeney, Adam King Feeney, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boi-1da, Brooklyn, California, Canada, Chicago, college, Cydel Young, Cyhi the Prynce, Darren King, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, Frank Dukes, Georgia, Getting Out Our Dreams, Ghostface Killah, Glenda Proby, GOOD (Getting Out Our Dreams) Music, Good Fridays, good music, Havoc, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Houston, Illinois, Jalil Hutchins, Jamaica, Kanye, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Kejuan Muchita, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Kingston, Larry Smith, Lawrence Smith, Life, Los Angeles, Matthew Jehu Samuels, Matthew Samuels, Michael "Mike" George Dean, Mike Dean, Mobb Deep, music, Mutemath, New York, New York City, Ontario, Prynce Cyhi, Queens, Real Friends, Sacramento, St. Albans, Stone Mountain, Texas, The Life of Pablo, TLOP, Toronto, trap, Ty Dolla $ign, Tyrone Griffin Jr, Tyrone William Griffin Jr, United States, Whodini

[Kanye West:]
Real friends, how many of us?
How many of us, how many jealous? Real friends
It’s not many of us, we smile at each other
But how many honest? Trust issues
Switched up the number, I can’t be bothered
I cannot blame you for havin’ an angle
I ain’t got no issues, I’m just doin’ my thing
Hope you’re doin’ your thing too
I’m a deadbeat cousin, I hate family reunions

Music Mondays – Run The Jewels – “Talk To Me”

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2016, alternative hip hop, Atlanta, Big Dada, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, Chapel Hill, Company Flow, Dungeon Family, El-P, Fool's Gold, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Jaime Meline, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Killer Mike, Lazerface, Mass Appeal, Michael Render, Mike Bigga, New York, New York City, North Carolina, OutKast, RTJ, Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 3, Sacramento, Talk To Me, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, Underground hip hop, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 – Black Moon – “Who Got Da Props?”

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1993, 5ft, A3C, A3C Hip-Hop Festival, Blue Hurt, Boot Camp, Boot Camp Clik, Brooklyn, Brothers who Lyrically Act and Combine Kickin Music Out On Nations, Buckshot, Buckshot Shorty, Bushwick, Chapel Hill, D&D Studios, Da Beatminerz, DJ Evil Dee of Da Beatminerz, Drew "Dru Ha" Friedman, Duck Down Records, E1 Entertainment Distribution, East Coast, East Coast Hip-Hop, Enta Da Stage, Evil Dee, Ewart Dewgarde, hardcore hip hop, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Kenyatta Blake, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Life, music, Nervous, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Priority Records, Rawkus, The BDI Thug (Beady-Eyed Thug), UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Who Got Da Props?

[Verse 1: Buckshot]
Put up, what up, BO BO BO!
Suckers want to flow but they got no show
So I’mma grab the mic, flip a script, and leave ya stunned
Buckshot’s the one that gets the job done
Mic check, I get paid to wreck your set
Get ready and jet, cause I’m a threat to your fret
No holds barred, and complete move fakers
Best to play the back and watch your girl, I might take her
If she’s a crab I’mma diss her then slide
If she try to riff I got my Smith on my side
Word to God, here I come so make way
Rugged and rough, killing your set every day
Microphone check 1, 2, here we go
And I’mma let you know, who got the flow
Spitting my verbs like an automatic weapon
Suckers keep stepping, cause I’mma let you know

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Kanye West feat Jay-Z – “Power (Remix)” The Meadows NYC Week (I Guess)

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10/2/10, 2010, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, Chicago, East Coast, East Coast Hip-Hop, G.O.O.D. Fridays, Georgia, good music, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, John Legend, John Roger Stephens, Kanye, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Kasseem Dean, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, music, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, New York, New York City, Oahu, October, October 2nd, Ohio, Sacramento, Sean Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, Springfield, Swizz Beats, The Bronx, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Yankee Stadium

I forgot all about this remix.

[Jay-Z – Intro]
Is this thing on?
Oh, I thought they silenced us, ‘Ye
Power to the people

We’re living in that 31st century, futuristic fly s–t
The penthouse is the projects and everybody flies private
New watches (you know what time it is)
Watch us (you see us)
They can’t stop us
The prophets
Be-otches!

[Chorus: Kanye West]
No one man should have all that power (Yea!)
The clock’s tickin, I just count the hours (Yea!)
Stop trippin, I’m trippin off the power
(“No one man should have all that power!” – [King Crimson])