Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Frank Ocean feat Andre 3000 – “Solo (Reprise)

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2016, André Lauren Benjamin, Andre 3000, Andre 3K, Andre Benjamin, Atlanta, Blond, Blonde, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Christopher Edwin Breaux, Christopher Francis Ocean, Dungeon Family, Frank Ocean, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Mike Dean, music, musician, OutKast, Rapper, Sacramento, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Solo (Reprise), UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This is truly the most real statement in Hip-Hop right now.

[Intro: André 3000]
Aye, aye, so now I’m—

[Verse: André 3000]
So low that I can see under the skirt of an ant
So low that I don’t get high no more
When I “Geronimo!”, I just go “Eh”
Solo, my cup is a rojo, my cholo, my friend
So low that I can admit
When I hear that another kid is shot by the popo
It ain’t an event no more

Music Mondays – Frank Ocean – “Back”

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Atlanta, Back, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Christopher Edwin Breaux, Christopher Francis "Frank" Ocean, Frank Ocean, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Long Beach, music, New Orleans, R&B, Sacramento

“…I will never sleep with my back to you…”


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.

Cover Sundays – Major Lazer feat MØ – “Lost” Frank Ocean Cover

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2012, 2015, adidas, Alternative, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Channel ORANGE, Chess Club, Christopher Breaux, Christopher Edwin Breaux, Cover Sundays, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, Denmark, electronic, Frank Ocean, Georgia, Indie pop, James Ryan Ho, Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Long Beach, Mad Decent, Major Lazer, Malay, MØ, Micah Otano, music, Odd Future Records, Odense, Peace Is the Mission: Extended, Rapper, RCA Victor, Reggae, Sacramento, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Sony, Sony Music, Soul, SoundCloud, Ubberud

  
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 – Frank Ocean – “Swim Good”

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adidas, Atlanta, Beach, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Francis, Frank Ocean, Georgia, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, Music Mondays, Sacramento

  
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.

Covers Sundays – 20 Covers that Reinvent the Original

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Abel Testefaye, Antony and the Johnsons, Atlanta, Australia, Beyonce, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bob Dylan, California, Canada, Cassandra Wilson, Cee-Lo Green, Chris Cornell, Citizen Cope, Closer, Cover, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Crazy in ove, Damien Rice, Delhia de France, Diplo, Easy Star All Stars, Elastic Heart, FKA Twigs, Foo Fighters, Frank Ocean, Gary Jules, Georgia, Gnarls Barkley, Gotta Get: Closer, Heartless, Hurt, iPhone, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, José González, Josef Salvat, Joy Division, Kanye West, Karma Police, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, Lost, Macy Gray, Mad World, Major Lazer, Maxwell, Music Mondays, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Nouela, Prince, Radiohead, Reckoner, REM, Rihanna, Robot Koch, Sacramento, Sail, San Andreas, Sia, Sia Furler, Soundgarden, Stina Nordemstam, Swann, Tears For Fears, The Church, The Fray, The Hunger Games, The Mamas and the Papas, The Rock, The Weeknd, trent reznor, U2, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, Under The Milky Way Tonight, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Yul Anderson

Based on a conversation with my best friend last night and subsequent article that I read upon his recommendation, I felt compelled to share some of the best covers that I have heard. I wanted to identify cover songs that create a new sonic experience that often confuses the listener to whom the song should originally be attributed to. Common examples that come to mind are Jimi Hendrix classic rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Along the Watchtower,” and Johnny Cash’s iconic cover of Nine Inch Nails opus “Hurt,” which I would have preferred to put in the top slot.

The following twenty covers re-imagine and recreate the original songs. In many cases, they reinvent the songs and the new versions make them listenable music.

Music I Like – Walking Playlist in Chicago

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3BallMTY, A Little Opera Goes A Long Way, Acura Integurl, All Is Full of Love [Plaid Mix], Anita Tijoux, Anthony Hamilton, Around The Block, Ayo, B-Side Blues, Beate, Beautiful, Bengala, Björk, Black And Grey, Chicago, Cimorelli, City Of Angels, Cut Copy, Daft Punk feat Panda Bear, Dave Matthews Band, Despabilate, Doin' It Right, Explosions In The Sky, FATHER JOHN MISTY, Fiction (Pearson Sound Remix, Foster the People, Frank Ocean, Good Lovin', Harder Than You Think, Heart Shaped Box (Live & Loud), Helena Beat, Jezzebella, Kiss & Kill, Le Butcherettes, Lenny Kravitz, Lights And Music, London Grammar, Made In America, Makano, Me Gustas Tanto, Meshell Ndegecello, Milky Way, Mum, Music I Like, Night, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Noble Society, Nunca Digas Nunca, One Smile, Paulina Rubio, Pearl Jam, Playlist, Pretty Lights, Public Enemy, Sky Sailing, Snow And Lights, Suff Daddy, The Swarm, The xx, Thirty Seconds To Mars, This Is Sally Hatchet, Traición, Vessel (Mix 2) (Appendage Only), Vintage Trouble, walking, Wasting My Young Years, While I'm Still Here, Woo, Write A Song, Yellow Moon, Zaki Ibrahim, ZOLA JESUS

Cut Copy – “Lights And Music,”
London Grammar – “Wasting My Young Years,”
Frank Ocean – “Acura Integurl,”
Nine Inch Nails – “While I’m Still Here,”
Daft Punk feat Panda Bear – “Doin’ It Right,”
Father John Misty – “This Is Sally Hatchet,”
Vintage Trouble – “Jezzebella,”
Makano – “Traición,”
Nirvana – “Heart Shaped Box (Live & Loud),
Cimorelli – “Made In America,”
Björk – “All Is Full of Love [Plaid Mix],”
Dave Matthews Band – “Write A Song,”
Lenny Kravitz – B-Side Blues,”
Pretty Lights – “Around The Block,”
Anthony Hamilton – “Woo,”
Zaki Ibrahim – “Black And Grey,”
Bengala – “Nunca Digas Nunca,”
Mùm – “One Smile,”
Lenny Kravitz – “Good Lovin,'”
Pearl Jam – “Yellow Moon,”
Explosions In The Sky – “Snow And Lights,”
Nine Inch Nails – “Vessel (Mix 2) (Appendage Only),”
Ayo – “Milky Way,”
Sky Sailing – “A Little Opera Goes A Long Way,”
Suff Daddy – “Beate,”
Zola Jesus – “Night,”
Thirty Seconds To Mars – “City Of Angels,”
Public Enemy – “Harder Than You Think,”
Anita Tijoux – “Despabilate,”
Le Butcherettes – “Kiss & Kill,”
Paulina Rubio feat 3BallMTY – “Me Gustas Tanto,”
Noble Society – “The Swarm,”
The xx – “Fiction (Pearson Sound Remix,”
Meshell Ndegecello – “Beautiful,”
Foster the People – “Helena Beat”

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.

Morning Jam Playlist Chicago Walk – 7.91 Miles

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"Get 'Em High, 7.91 Miles, A Walk, All Time Low, Allie Jones, Almanac, Alternative, Andre 3000, Angela McCluskey, Asylum, Atoms for Peace, Avalanche (Slow), BBC, Ben Howard - "Only Love, Bitter, Björk, blog, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Work, Boarder Line, Bobby Womack, Bonita Play on Elevators (Nappy DJ Needles Blend), Built For This, Call Me Wise, Chicago, Coco O., Color of My Soul, Cover My Eyes (Costra Nostra Edit), Da Enemy If Storytellin (Nappy DJ Needles Blend), Daft Punk, Dancepack, Dirty Vegas, DJ Cam, DJ Crush, Elephant Man, Eraser (Denial; Realization), Esthero, Explosion In The Sky, Far Celestial Shore, Final Home (Piano Mix), Flatbush Zombies, Frank Ocean, Freddie Gibbs, Funk, Glittering Blackness, Hair Of The Dog, Hanalei, Hip-Hop, How To Destroy Angels, I Know You Are But What Am I, Illinois, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, iPhone5, Jay-Z, John Legend, John Legend - "All Of Me, Just Blowin' In The Wind, Kanye West, Kaskade, Key Yemaya Walker, Kick, KiD CuDi, King Krule, La Roux, Linkin Park, Lost in The World, Lupe Fiasco, Major Lazer, Mavis Staple, Mayer Hawthorne, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Method Man, Mileage, Mogwai, Morgan Page, Morning Jam Playlist, music, New Divide, Nickels and Dimes, Nine Inch Nail, Nine Inch Nails, Nine Inch Nails - "The Day the World Went Away, Nothing I Can Say, Opal, Outkast x A Tribe Called Quest, Paper Doll, Pink Matter, Pretty Lights, Push II, Pyyramids, Raekwon - "Prince Of Theives, Recursive Self-Improvent, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ribbons & Detours, rock, RZA, Silversun Pickups, Sneaker Pimps, Spin Spin Sugar, Streetlife, Stuck Together Pieces, Success (Thievery Corporation Remix), Tell Me Why, The Bravest Man In The Universe, The Flight Of The Moon Man, The Hour, The xx, Together, Touch, Tycho, Valerie June, Vokuro, Volcano Choir, Walk, Walk Into The Sun, Washed Out - "Pull You Down, Where the Wind Blows, While I'm Still Here (Breyer P-Orridge 'Howler' Remix), Wind Up, Your Song (Outro), Zaki Ibrahim, ZOLA JESUS

Silversun Pickups – “Ribbons & Detours”
Tycho – “A Walk”
Method Man, Freddie Gibbs & Streetlife – “Built For This”
Björk – “Vokuro”
Jay Z – “BBC”
Kanye West – “Get ‘Em High”
Kanye West – “Lost In The World”
Nine Inch Nail – “Eraser (Denial; Realization)”
Atoms For Peace – “Stuck Together Pieces”
Me’Shell NdegeOcello – “Bitter”
Daft Punk – “Touch”
Mayer Hawthorne – “Allie Jones”
Pyyramids – “Paper Doll”
Kid Cudi – “The Flight Of The Moon Man”
Coco O. – “Where the Wind Blows”
Nine Inch Nails – “The Day the World Went Away”
Major Lazer feat Elephant Man & Opal – “Wind Up”
Mavis Staple – “Far Celestial Shore”
Ben Howard – “Only Love”
Raekwon – “Prince Of Theives”
How To Destroy Angels – “Recursive Self-Improvement”

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Skillz – “2012 Rap Up″

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2 Chainz, 2012, 2012 Rap Up, 2Pac, Atlanta, Atlantic, Atlantic Records, Aurora, Barack Obama, Bath salt zombies, Beyonce, Big Beat, Big Bird, Big Kidz Entertainment E1 Music, Blackhand label, Blue Ivy, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brian McKnight, Cassie, Chad Johnson, Chick fil A, Chris Bosh, Chris Brown, Coachella, Common, D'Angelo, Detroit, Diddy, Drake, East Coast, Eddie Murphy, Election, Elmo, Frank Ocean, Gabby Douglas, Gangham Style, Gays, Ghostwriter, Giants, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Hurricane Sandy, Jay-Z, Jersey Shore, Key Yemaya Walker, KONY, Lakers, Lance Armstrong, LeBron James, Lil Wayne, Linsanity, Mad Skillz, Madd Skillz, Mary J. Blige, Mayan, Mayan Apocalypse, Mayans, Miami Heat, Michigan, Mike Brown, Mitt Romney, Molly, music, New York, New York Football Giants, New York Giants, Obama, Ocho Cinco, Olympics, Prince Harry, PSY, Rap Up, Rap Ups, Rapper, Rawkus, Richmond, Rihanna, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, Same Sex Marraige, Scrappy, Sean Combs, Shaquan Lewis, Snoop Lion, Songwriter Producer Actor, Sure Shot, the Tupac hologram, Trayvon Martin, Trinidad James, Tupac, Tupac Shakur, U.S., VA, Venus Williams, Virginia, Whitney Houston

[Verse 1]
Yo, it’s the rap up 2012, let’s get this thing crackin’
I’mma tell y’all right now, this whole song gon’ be ratchet
Common threw a shot at Drake, but he ain’t wanna catch it
Giants won the Super Bowl, plus that whole Kony madness
Linsanity had New York on fire like wasabi
And you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing about Blue Ivy
Congrats to Jay and B for adding to they crew
I mean why was y’all so shocked, ain’t that what married people do?
And I’m still in my hoodie cause this violence ain’t stopping
Hope we see justice for the youngin’ Trayvon Martin
And Nicki dissed the fans, bands a make ’em dance
We got that iPhone 5, and ran to Instagram
Brian Mcknight, dumbest song of the year
Let me show how your —– works, but he ain’t get no volunteers
Kim and Kanye, huh, had us all tripping
Yeah, Mary J. Blige was out here singing for chicken
Y’all slipping, man
Bath salt zombies was all over the tubes
Same sex marriages, yes, Obama would approve
Drake met Chris Brown with a bottle in between
D’Angelo came back, LeBron got that ring

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Frank Ocean – “Wiseman”

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2012, ballad, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Christopher Breaux, Christopher Francis Ocean, Def Jam, Django Unchained, Django Unchained soundtrack, Frank Ocean, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Long Beach, Louisiana, music, New Orleans, Odd Future Records, poetry, Prose, Quentin Tarantino, Soundtrack, The Island Def Jam Music Group, Unreleased, Vocals, Wiseman

“Frank Ocean wrote a fantastic ballad that was truly lovely and poetic in every way, there just wasn’t a scene for it…I could have thrown it in quickly just to have it, but that’s not why he wrote it and not his intention.” ~ Quentin Tarantino on why “Wiseman was omitted from the Django Unchained soundtrack.

Wiseman closed his mouth
Madman closed his fist
Young man shows his age
Judge man named it sin
Bad man don’ exist no
No evil man exists
Good man don’t exist no
No righteous man exists
Sad man cannot cry in place where man can see
Never witnessed father weep
This old man thought it weak
But strong man don’t exist
No undying man exists
Weak man don’t exist no
Just flesh and blood exists
But your mother would be proud of you
I bet your mother would be proud of you

Music Mondays – Frank Ocean feat Andre 3000 – “Pink Matter”

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3000, alternative hip hop, André Lauren Benjamin, Andre 3000, Andre 3K, Andre Benjamin, Atlanta, Benjamin André, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, California, Christopher Breaux, Christopher Francis Ocean, Def Jam, Dookie Blossum Gain the 3rd, Dré, drum and bass, Frank Ocean, Funk, Georgia, Ice Cold, James Ho, James Ryan Ho, jazz fusion, Johnny Vulture, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Beach, Louisiana, music, Music Mondays, New Orleans, Odd Future Records, OFWGKTA, Pink Matter, pop, Possum Aloysious Jenkins, Rapper, rock, Singer-songwriter, southern hip hop, The Island Def Jam Music Group, Three Stacks, U.S.

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.