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

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – De La Soul feat Shorty No Mas – “I Am I Be”

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alternative hip hop, Amityville, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boston, Buhloone Mind State, Buhloone Mindstate, Dave, Dove, East Coast Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, I Am I Be, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Island, MA, Maceo, Mase, music, Plug 1, Plug 2, Posdnuos, Shorty No Mas, Terressa Thompson, Trugoy The Dove

On of my faves!
[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
Now I got a daughter named Ayana Monay
And I can play the cowboy to rustle in the dough
so the scenery is healthy where her eyes lay
I am an early bird but the feathers are black
so the apples that I catch are usually all worms
But it’s a must to decipher one’s queen
from a worm who plays groupie and spread around the bad germ
I cherish the twilight
I maximize, my soul is the right size
I watch for the power to run out on the moon
(And that’ll be sometime soon)
Faker than a fist of kids
speakin that they’re black

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – De La Soul feat Biz Markie – “Lovely How I Let My Mind Float”

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1994, Amityville, Biz Markie, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Breakadawn, Crash Crew, D. Jolicoeur, Dave, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, Egg Harbor Township, Ego Trippin', Ego Trippin' (Part Two), Ego Trippin' 2, Golden Age, golden age of hip hop, High Power Rap, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, K. Mercer, Kelvin Mercer, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Island, Lovely How I Let My Mind Float, Mase, Maseo, music, Native Tongues, New Jersey, New York, P. Huston, Plug 1, Plug 2, Pos, Posdnuos, Prince, Prince Paul, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, The Diabolical Biz Markie, The Markie Kidd, Tommy Boy, Trugoy The Dove, V. Mason, Vincent Mason

I loved “The Ballad of Dorothy Parker” sample in the track also, grabbed me instantly.

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 – De La Soul feat A Tribe Called Quest – “Sh. Fe. Mc’s” Unreleased

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1994, 500 copies, A Tribe Called Quest, Amityville, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Buhloone Mindstate, Buhloone Mindstate sessions, classic, Clear Lake Auditorium, College Radio, Dave, De La Soul, Dove, Golden Age, High School, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Limited Edition, Limited Release, Linden Blvd, Long Island, music, Native Tongues, New To You Music Sundays, New York, Phife Dawg, Plug 1, Plug 2, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, Q-Tip, Queens, Sh. Fe. MC's, Shocking Female, Sony, Tommy Boy, Track 2, Unreleased, Walkman

Strictly for the real hip hop heads. “Sh. Fe. Mc’s” is a track including A Tribe Called Quest from 1994 the distributed EP Clear Lake Auditorium, a result of the Buhloone Mindstate recoording sessions. Only 500 copies of this EP were produced (vinyl + CD) and distributed to top DJ’s across the country. Almost a “New To You” post.

We are here to tell the world just who we are
Shocking female (MC’s), shocking female (MC’s) (Repeat 2x)

Verse 1: Phife

No need for, introductions, cause I know you know my name and
Knocking MC’s out the frame and, putting them suckers to shame and
I live for hip-hop, so I have no time for fun and games and
So just come and peep the unique styles we are displaying
The beat’s just ridiculous, the lyrics articulate
Feels good, as if a girl just touched her c——s
Sucker MC’s, I’m killing ’em, I’m so sick of seeing ’em
Silly s–t when they rhyme, like that red rugby shirt worn by Gilligan
Plus the hat, they s–t is wack
When you see me coming take ten steps back
I make usage of the pronouns, adjectives, verbs
My granny says “You always had a way with words”
And that’s because my word is bond, lyrics are laws
Sucker MC’s look at me like I’m friggin’ eye sore

Verse 2: Posdnuos

Here comes a brother hipping others on the style they lack
I’ve always rhymed abstract, I even know the brother named Abstract
I am the earner of the soul in mine
Forget the physical cause the physical will die with time
I’m shaped to vibrate in definite proportions
Of the kids who need the fix (Just listen to the mix)

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

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Blue Lines, Buhloone Mind State, Buhloone Mindstate, Dave, De La Soul, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Long Island, Maseo, Native Tongues, New York, Posdnuos, Shorty No Mas

On of my all time favorite songs!!! From my favorite De La Soul album Buhloone Mindstate

[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
Now I got a daughter named Ayana Monay
And I can play the cowboy to rustle in the dough
so the scenery is healthy where her eyes lay
I am an early bird but the feathers are black
so the apples that I catch are usually all worms
But it’s a must to decipher one’s queen
from a worm who plays groupie and spread around the bad germ
I cherish the twilight
I maximize, my soul is the right size
I watch for the power to run out on the moon
(And that’ll be sometime soon)
Faker than a fist of kids
speakin that they’re black
When they’re just niggas trying to be Greek
Or some tongues who lied
and said “We’ll be natives to the end”
Nowadays we don’t even speak
I guess we got our own life to live
Or is it because we want our own kingdom to rule?
Every now and then I step to the now
for now I see back then I might have acted like a fool
Now I won’t apologize for it
This is not a bunch of Bradys
but a bunch of black man’s pride
Yet I can safely say
I’ve never played a sister by touching where her private parts reside
I’ve always walked the right side of the road
If I wasn’t making song I wouldn’t be a thug selling drugs
But a man with a plan
and if I was a rug cleaner
betcha Pos’d have the cleanest rugs I am.