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 – Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) – “Gotta Have It”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, Chad Hugo, Chicago, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, East Coast Hip-Hop, Ferris Bueller, Fred Wesley, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, James Brown, Jay-Z, Joseph Roach, Kanye, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, KiD CuDi, New York, New York City, Pharrell, Pharrell Williams, Roc Nation, Roc-A-Fella, Roc-A-Fella Records, Sacramento, Sean Carter, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, The Neptunes, Watch the Throne

[Kanye West:]
Turn my headphones up
Louder
Uh-huh, uh-huh

(What you need, what, what you need)
(What you need, what, what you need)
Oh (I got what you need)

Hello, hello, hello, White America, assassinate my character
Money matrimony, yeah, they tryna break the marriage up
Who gon’ act phonier? Who gon’ try to embarrass ya?
I’ma need a day off, I think I’ll call Ferris up

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Jay-Z – “My President is Black (Remix)”

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Barack Obama, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Inauguration, Jay-Z, Jigga, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Martin Luther King Jr., Maybach, My President is Black (Remix), President, Rosa Parks, Sacramento, Sean Carter, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, Washington, Washington D.C.

chorus x2
My president is Black my Maybach too
and ill be goddamned if my diamonds ain’t blue
my moneys dark green and my Porsche is light gray
I’m headed for dc anybody feel me

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Jay-Z “Hey Papi”

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2000, Amil, Amil Kahala Whitehead, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, Chapel Hill, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, Eddie Murphy, Hey Papi, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jay-Z, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Malik Cox, Marcy Projects, Memphis Bleek, music, New York, New York City, Norfolk, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (soundtrack), Sacramento, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, Timbaland, Timothy Mosley, Timothy Zachery Mosley, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Virginia

Feeling late 90’s on this one.

[Timbaland (Jay-Z)]
All my mamis bounce, uh
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Come on)
I said all my mamis bounce
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Bounce with me)
I said all my mamis bounce
(Yeah, yeah, uh, uh, uh yeah-yea-yeah, yeah-yea-yeah)
(Come on)
I said all my mamis bounce
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah)
Freaky-freaky…

[Jay-Z]
Ay yo I got a resolution
This year I’m playing right
No six fifteen this year
You can stay the night
We can go bowling it ain’t like before
Can’t y’all see that I’m growing?
I was so immature
I was young and having money
Having honeys come to the crib
Thinkin’ they s–t and they couldn’t get cab money from me
Some bad chicks didn’t get pass the bridge

Cover Sundays – Sia, Ed Sheeran and Grouplove – “Drunk In Love” – Beyonce & Jay-Z Cover

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2013, 2014, Adelaide, Andre Eric Proctor, Andrew Wessen, Atlanta, Australia, Beyoncé Knowles, Beyonce, Birthday, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boots, Brian Soko, Brooklyn, Brown Sugar, California, Christian Zucconi, Coachella, Columbia, Cover, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, D'Angelo, Daniel Gleason, Detail, Detroit, Drunk In Love, Echo Park, Ed Sheeran, Edward Christopher Sheeran, England, Florida, Fragment, Framlingham, Georgia, Golden Beach, Grouplove, Hannah Hooper, Hebden Bridge, Jay-Z, Jerome Harmon, Jungle City Studios, Love, Michigan, New York, New York City, Noel Fisher, On the Run Tour, Oven Studios, Parkwood, pop, R&B, Ryan Rabin, Sacramento, sex, Sexuality, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, Sia, Sia Furler, South Australia, Suffolk, The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, Timbaland, Timothy Mosley, trap, United Kingdom, United States, VH1's SoundClash, West Yorkshire

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 Traffic Jam Playlist – 10/16/13

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Alternative, Andre 3000, Anna Calvi, Arctic Monkeys, Big Boi, Birdy, Black Balloons, Blackout!, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, ChicQuibTown, Cold Blooded, Commute, Dig, Dressed In Dresden, Edward Sharpe, El Bombo (Toquemen el Bombo), Elton John, Ghetto Woman, Gimlet, Hip-Hop, How To Destroy Angels, Hulk Hodn, Incubus, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, iTunes, Janelle Monae, Jay-Z, Jim Jones, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, KiD CuDi, Knee Socks, Leon Russell, Local Natives, Man On Fire, Morning Traffic Jam Playlist, music, OutKast, Paper Tongues, Photography, Playlist, rock, Seekir, Standing In The Way Of Light, Suff Daddy, The Hundred In Hands, The Magnetic Zeros, The Union, Too Late All Gone, traffic, Trinity, UNK, Vocals, Walk Out (Remix), Who Gon Stop Me, ZOLA JESUS

Jay Z & Kanye West – “Who Gon Stop Me,”
Local Natives – “Black Balloons,”
Janelle Monáe – “Ghetto Woman,”
Incubus – “Dig,”
Elton John & Leon Russell – “The Union,”
Suff Daddy feat Hulk Hodn – “Gimlet,”
The Hundred In Hands – “Dressed In Dresden,”
ChicQuibTown – “El Bombo (Toquemen el Bombo),”
UNK feat Outkast and Jim Jones – “Walk Out (Remix),”
Arctic Monkeys – “Knee Socks,”
Paper Tongues – “Trinity,”
Anna Calvi – “Blackout,”
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – “Man On Fire,”
Birdy – “Standing In The Way Of Light,”
Kid Cudi – “Cold Blooded,”
How To Destroy Angels – “Too Late, All Gone,”
Zola Jesus – “Seekir”

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”

Morning Traffic Jam Playlist (8/28/13)

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8/28/13, All Gone, Arctic Monkeys, Atlanta, BBC, Beyonce, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bowery, Disappointed, Do I Wanna Know?, Everlasting Arms, F*ckwithmeyouknowigotit, Fabian Almazan, Fall Back, Girls, Gotye, Grimes, Hearts a Mess, How To Destroy Angels, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, Jay-Z, John Legend, Just A Kiss, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Kaskade, Key Yemaya Walker, KiD CuDi, Killer Sin, Lady Antebellum, Lana Del Rey, Local Natives, London Grammar, Metal & Dust, Morning Traffic Jam Playlist, music, My Violent Heart (Pirate Robot Midget), Nas, Nine Inch Nails, Nuetron Wireless Crystal, Oblivion, Pharell, Playlist, Random, Rick Ross, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, Swimming, The Archer, The Beginning, The Hour, The Vicarious Life, This Rhythm, Tiderays, Too Late, Too Short, trent reznor, Valerie June, Vampire Weekend, Volcano Choir, Who Gon Stop Me, Young & Beautiful (PatrickReza Remix), ZOLA JESUS

1) Arctic Monkeys – “Do I Wanna Know”
2) Nine Inch Nails – “My Violent Heart (Pirate Robot Midget)”
3) Zola Jesus – “Fall Back”
4) Grimes – “Oblivion”
5) Kaskade – “This Rhythm”
6) Kid Cudi feat Too Short – “Girls,” Lana Del Rey – “Young & Beautiful (PatrickReza Remix)”
7) Swimming – “Nuetron Wireless Crystal”
8) Volcano Choir – “Tiderays”
9) Valerie June – “The Hour”
10) Killer Sin – “The Archer”
11) Fabian Almazan – “The Vicarious Life”
12) Local Natives – “Bowery”
13) Jay-Z – “F*ckwithmeyouknowigotit”
14) Gotye – “Hearts a Mess”
15) John Legend – “The Beginning”
16) How To Destroy Angels – “Too Late, All Gone”
17) Lady Antebellum – “Just A Kiss”
18) Jay-Z/Kanye – “Who Gon Stop Me”
19) London Grammar – “Metal & Dust”
20) Vampire Weekend – “Everlasting Arms”
21) Nine Inch Nails – “Disappointed”
22) Jay-Z feat Nas, Pharell, Justin Timberlake & Beyonce – “BBC”

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 – Questions for the Author of Blue Lines Part II

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In recent readings, I read Sister Souljah’s The Coldest Winter Ever, and chose to answer the questions she offerered at the close of her novel. Over the coming weeks, I will offer my answers to her questions (some tailored to address my manuscript) in respect to work, Blue Lines. These questions were answered some time ago, earlier this year. I am providing them in that form.

1. Why did you choose to focus on your book subject?
2. Is Blue Lines a true story?
3. How did you write the story so authentically?
4. Did you, and if so, why did you decide to include yourself as a character?
5. Where we’re you when you first started writing Blue Lines?
6. Which character did you create first?
7. How did you write the manuscript, what method?
8. Why aren’t all of your characters Black?
9. What were you trying to achieve with the novel Blue Lines?
10. Will there be a sequel novel?

6. Which character did you create first?

Blue Lines Blog – Questions for the Author of Blue Lines Part I

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A Tribe Called Quest, Arthur Golden, Atlanta, Author, Azul Lewis, Blue, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Capitol, Chapel Hill, college, Common, Common Sense, Creative Writing, De La Soul, East Coast, Education, Gate E, Georgia Dome, Georgia Tech, Gerald Milson, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, iPad, iPad Post, Jay-Z, Job, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Love, manuscript, Memoirs Of A Geisha, music, Nas, New York, Notorious B.I.G, Protagonist, Questions, Renee Turner, Sacramento, San Francisco, Sister Souljah, Starbucks, UNC Chapel Hill, University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wu-Tang Clan

In recent readings, I read Sister Souljah’s The Coldest Winter Ever, and chose to answer the questions she offerered at the close of her novel. Over the coming weeks, I will offer my answers to her questions (some tailored to address my manuscript) in respect to work, Blue Lines. These questions were answered some time ago, earlier this year. I am providing them in that form.

1. Why did you choose to focus on your book subject?
2. Is Blue Lines a true story?
3. How did you write the story so authentically?
4. Did you, and if so, why did you decide to include yourself as a character?
5. Where we’re you when you first started writing Blue Lines?
6. Which character did you create first?
7. How did you write the manuscript, what method?
8. Why aren’t all of your characters Black?
9. What were you trying to achieve with the novel Blue Lines?
10. Will there be a sequel novel?

1. Why did you choose to focus on your book subject?

Around 1995-96 I had wanted to write a work that centered on Hip-Hop music, a love for Hip-Hop and wanted to build that as the backdrop with a love story between a young aspiring artist and the woman he sought and loved, using them as the metaphor of the larger underlying story. With the time periods music ranging from the current Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas and Common, and echoing back to the Golden Age of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and post artists like Wu-Tang Clan, I wanted to you h the 90’s elements in relation to the story’s timeframe. Over the next few years, I developed only five pages of sparse content with space to fill in a story. Honestly, I did not “feel” or have a connection that compelled me to write. Though I wanted to write a book and loved Hip-Hop culture. I wanted to create a valid and quality narrative that would speak to readers beyond a specific genre and target audience. I wanted a well written project that conveyed a universal story.