Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Genius/GZA – “Labels”

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[Intro: RZA]
Lot of people, you know what I’m saying, they be getting misinformed
Thinking everything is everything, that you could just get yourself
A little deal, whatever, youknowhati’msayin you gonna get on you
Gonna get rich. and all these labels be trying to lure us in like
Spiders, into the web, knowhati’msaying. so sometimes people gotta
Come out and speak up, and let people understand, that you know you
Gotta read the label you gotta read the label if you don’t read the
Label you might get poisoned…

[Genius:]
Tommy ain’t my motherf–kin’ Boy
When he fake moves on a n—a you employ
Well I’ll Emerge off ya set, now ya know God damn
I show living large n—az how to flip a Def Jam
And Ruff up the motherf–kin’ House
Cause I smother you Cold Chillin’ mother f–kers are still Warner Brothers
I’m ruthless my clan don’t have to act wild
That s–t is Jive, an old sleeping Bag/Profile
This soft comedian rap s–t ain’t the rough witty
On the reel to reel it wasn’t from a Tuff City
N—as be game, thinking that they lyrical surgeons

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Ghostface Killah feat RZA and Solomon’s Child – “Stroke of Death” #WuWednesdays

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2000, actor, Ain't No Sunshine, Alize, Bobby Digital, Boy George, Brooklyn, Clarks, David Banner, Dennis Coles, Epic, Epic Records, Florida, GFK, Ghostface Killah, Harlem Underground Band, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Killa Bamz, Larry Johnson, Miami, Mink, New York, New York City, Prince Rakeem, Producer, Razor Sharp, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, RZA, Rzarector, Solomon Childs, Sony, Staten Island, Stroke of Death, Supreme Clientele, The Abbot, The Scientist, Tony Starks, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wallabee, Wu-Tang Clan, WuWednesdays

[Solomon’s Child (formerly known as Killa Bamz)]
Yeah, Soloman marked for life, a million to life
Thug for life, forever eyein the kid
’89 stick-up kid, King of New York
Regulation party, daddy hard body
Rowdy Brighton God-body
Smooth like a leather bop, ’83 hip-hop
Top of the world, get it rizzight
Big to your wizzife, murder cats for the right prizzice
Four-hundred and fifty-six on the dizzice
This is real lizzife, ain’t nothin sweet God
Sit down and think it through God
Cuz comin all outta ya face’ll get ya clap God

[Girl]
You are now listening to the sounds of Supreme Clientele

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Raekwon feat Method Man & Ghostface Killah – “New Wu”

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2009, actor, Aftermath, Author, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bobby Digital, Brian Urlacher, Brooklyn, Brownsville, ceo, Clifford Smith, Corey Woods, Daytona 500, Def Jam, Director, Epic, Ghostface, Ghostface Killah, Ghostface Killer, Hempstead, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, I've Changed, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Island, Loud, Method Man, music, New Wu, New York, New York City, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II, Prince Rakeem, Raekwon, Raekwon the Chef, Rapper, Razor Sharp, record producer, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, RZA, Rzarector, screenwriter, Shallah Raekwon, Soul Temple, Starks Enterprises, Staten Island, The Abbot, The Magictones, The Scientist, Tony Starks, U.S., United States, Universal, Urlacher, USA, Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang Clan

[Intro: Raekwon]
Uh-huh, what up son? Yeah
Maintaining, maintaining, you know?
You good, right? Everything proper, still, right?
Of course, come on, man, what’s the matter wit you, man?
Ain’t nothing, I just want us to be on

[Chorus: Method Man]
Tell a friend, it’s that symbol again, that W
Coming through, bust a shot on your block, give me a suu
Get it right, all my chicks hold ya t-ts, let’s get it in
All my n—as take a toke off this weed, let it begin
Here we go, yo, ya’ll already know what it do
Brand new, n—a, back from the slums, it be the Wu
Now throw ya W’s up, back from the slums, it be the Wu

[Raekwon]
You know how to dress a lad, get rocked, hundred bags, black doorags
Ski masks is on, g-rags
N—a try to take pictures, relax, still in the grass
You’ll learn respect, burst when I ask
Rhyme master busy, Rizzy on the subject
Love Deck, thug buried, drug vest, snub sets, killing the most
Night time toast, gorillas in boats, three boats
Realers is killa, gangsta feel notes
Hibernation yo, switch up, liver nation, fly information
Vivid vacation, deliberation moments
Move like ’91 Romans, cloning everything
Gents only, the rent’s on the stove, I’m in Rome
Maxed out, Amex style, my team brand bandits
Make a move and get blown off the planet, baby
Hold that cannon, just understand we got the whole s–t
Padlocked down, my n—as won’t have it

New To You Music Sundays – Macy Gray – “Still”

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1999, 2000, Abuse, Actress, Andrew Slater, Bill Esses, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Canton, Epic, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Hollywood, Jeff Blue, Jeremy Ruzumna, Los Angeles, Macy Gray, music, musician, Natalie Renee McIntyre, neo soul, New To You Music Sundays, Ohio, On How Life Is, Paramount Studios, Producer, R&B, songwriter, Soul, Still, Sunset Sound Recorders, University of Southern California, US

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 – Remembering Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009)

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1958, 2009, actor, arranger, Beat It, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, businessman, choreographer, dancer, entertainer, Epic, Key Yemaya Walker, King of Pop, Legacy, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, MJJ Productions, Moon Walk, Motown, music, music producer, musician, Paris, philanthropist, Remembering, Singer-songwriter, Smooth Criminal, Sony, Thriller, Universal, Youtube

Thriller

Beat It

Smooth Criminal

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 – Pearl Jam & Ben Harper – “Indifference” Live at Madison Square Garden

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7 Worlds Collide, accordion, alternative rock, Bad Radio, bass, bass guitar, Ben Harper, Benjamin Chase Harper, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues rock, Brad, C Average, California, Claremont, Dave Abbruzzese, Dave Krusen, drums, Eddie Vedder, Edward Louis Severson III, Epic, Evanston, Folk rock, Funk rock, Glen Hansard, gospel, Green River, grunge, guitar, hard rock, harmonica, Hovercraft, Humanitarian, Illinois, Indifference, J, Jack Irons, jam rock, Jeff Ament, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboard instruments, lap steel guitar, Mad Season, Madison Square, mandolin, Matt Cameron, Matt Chamberlain, Mike McCready, Monkeywrench, Mookie Blaylock, Mother Love Bone, music, Music Mondays, musician, Neil Young, neofolk, New York, Pearl Jam, percussion, piano, Reggae, RNDM, Seattle, Skin Yard, slide guitar, Soul, Soundgarden, Stone Gossard, Temple of the Dog, Three Fish, ukulele, United States, Universal Music Group, vibes, Vocals, Wellwater Conspiracy

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 – Tribute to Michael Jackson 3 Years Later – “Immortal Megamix”

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1958, 2009(2009-06-25), actor, arranger, August 29, businessman, choreographer, Cirque du Soleil, composer, dancer, Epic, Immortal, June 25, Las Vegas, Legacy, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, Michael Joseph Jackson, MJJ Productions, Motown, Music I Like, musician, Nevada, philanthropist, record producer, Singer-songwriter, Sony, The Jackson 5

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 – Fiona Apple – “Every Single Night”

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2012, Alternative, alternative rock, Art pop, baroque pop, Bizzarre, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Epic, Every Single Night, experimental rock, Fiona Apple, Indie, Jazz, Key Yemaya Walker, L.A. Reid, Manhattan, music, Music Mondays, musician, New York, New York City, Octopus, optigan, piano, Piano rock, Seedy and Feedy, Singer-songwriter, South by Southwest, Squid, SXSW, The Idler Wheel, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, United States, Vocals

“…Every single nights a fight, with my brain…”
Bizzarely interesting video. Must be the product of an insomniac.


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 – Rebecca Ferguson – “Nothing’s Real But Love”

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20 November 2011, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, Columbia, Eg White, England, Epic, Heaven, Jazz, Key Yemaya Walker, Liverpool, music, Music Mondays, Nothing's Real But Love, Pop soul, R&B, RCA, Rebecca Ferguson, Singer, Syco, The X Factor finalists 2010, UK

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.

New 30 Day Music Challenge – Day 5 – Favorite slow song – Then, Middle, End

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When I was young, and had no idea what it was.

When I had a concept. “…the angels…”

Now. “…all the things I should’ve said, taht I never said…”

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.