Cover Sundays – Joi Gilliam as HotHeavy&Bad – “If And When” – The Three Degrees Cover – Live at Pal’s Lounge (Atlanta)

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A Cover Sunday post I had wanted to do for some while, as I tried to find a video, I remembered I had footage of her performing “The Three Degree’s “If And When” at Pal’s Lounge in Atlanta from 2011. A song that really struck while walking through the new World Trade Center construction in New York during July 2011.


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 – Redman feat K-Solo – “It’s Like That (my Big Brother)”

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1996, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Cold Gettin' Dumb, Def Jam, Def Squad, Dodge, Erick Sermon, Funk Doctor Spock, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, It's Like That (my Big Brother), Just Ice, K-Solo, Keith Murray, Key Yemaya Walker, McDonalds, Mickey D's, Muddy Waters, New Jersey, Ram, Redman, Reggie Noble, Richard Roundtree, Shaft, Total, vinyl

I still have the vinyl for this at the house.

(K-Solo) Erick Sermon, keep keep it on
Def Squad, Erick Sermon, Redman keep keep it on
K to M Keith Murray keep keep it on
Keep keep on, ya don’t stop
Keep keep it on, and ya don’t stop
Keep keep it on, and ya don’t stop
K-Solo, Redman, ya don’t stop
Erick Sermon, Keith Murray ya don’t stop

[K-Solo]
I X’d ya amateur, damage ya, have fools jumpin off
cliffs grabbin their ass cheeks yellin GERONIMO
It ain’t a problem at all when K solve
Three-hundred and sixty degrees rhymes or boulevards
are charged, by my entourage, who put
the Ram in Dodge, rasclaat and bumba claat
Maintain, few remain in the game
So I remain focused; hip hop’s the main aim