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 (Late) – De La Soul – “Buddy”

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'Buddy' doesn't mean 'girl', 'buddy' simply means 'body', 1989, 3 Feet High And Rising, A Tribe Called Quest, Abstract, actor, Afrika Baby Bam, alternative hip hop, alternative rap, bass, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bo Diddley, bodies of all kind, British hip hop, Brooklyn, Buddy, Calliope Studios, Chi-Ali, Commodores, D. Jolicoeur, D.A.I.S.Y. Age, Dana Elaine Owens, David Jolicoeur, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, Debut Album, drums, East Coast Hip-Hop, England, Five Foot Assassin, Girl I Think the World About You, Golden Age, Golden age hip hop, gospel, hip house, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Hit or Miss, House, Huston, Jazz, jazz-rap, Jolicoeur, Jonathan Davis, Jungle Brothers, K. Mercer, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Kelvin Mercer, Key Yemaya Walker, London, Malik Isaac Taylor, Mase, Maseo, Mason, MC Love Child, Mercenary, Mercer, Michael Small, Mike Gee, Monie Love, Murry Bergtraum High School, music, Nathaniel Hall, Native Tongues, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Newark, P. Huston, P.A. Pasemaster Mase, Paul Huston, performance artist, Phife, Phife Dawg, Phife Digggy, Piano/keyboards, Plug 1, Plug 2, Plug One, Plug Three, Plug Wonder Why, Pos, Posdnous, Prince Paul, Producer, Q-Tip, Queen Latifa, Queen Latifah, Queens, R&B, Rapper, Sammy B, Simone Gooden, Soul, St. Albans, Taana Gardner, The Five Footer, The Invitations, Tommy Boy, Tommy Boy Entertainment, Tommy Boy label, Tommy Boy Records, Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove, U.S., United States, USA, V. Mason, Vincent Lamont Mason Jr, Vincent Mason, Vocals, Written on the Wall

DOVE:
Hello
Meany meany meany meany (Say What?)
Meany meany meany meany (Say What?)
Meany meany meany meany mean
Meany meany meany meany (Say What?)
Meany meany meany meany (Say What?)
Meany meany meany meany mean (Okay)
Hello it’s the soul
Troopin’ in wit the Jungle patrol
And this one’s about the KO’s the knockouts out there
Who’s holdin’ my buddy
Hold up
(wait a minute)
POS:
Now just wait
We’re gonna talk about Buddy on this plate
But before we let the herd out the gate
Make sure the all the levels are straight out the jungle
(The Jungle, the Jungle, the Brothers, the Brothers)
AFRIKA:
De La Soul from the soul
Black medallions no gold
Hangin’ out wit Pos hangin’ out wit Mase
Buddy buddy buddy all in my face

Blue Lines Blog – What I learned/Experienced (last two weeks)

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Blue Lines, De La Soul, Joi, Joi Gilliam, Keypsiia, Little Dragon, Mase, Roy Hargrove, San Francisco, Starbucks, The Masquerade, Wine, Yoshi San Francisco

Learning how to listen.
Learning how to be even.
Discovering music that I slept on from one of my favorite artists.
Outfitting my youngest nieces.
Reverse jetlag stinks.
Change is good.
Putting people onto music is cool.
With my catalogue, being put onto music is even better.
Are thoughts reciprocal?
Being humble enough to know that after 409 pages, my manuscript needs work.
Accidentally happening upon the Starbucks Coffee that opens my manuscript.
The iPhone Starbucks card app is great.
Certain beliefs and ideas that you hold, don’t always apply to everything/everyone.
Talking is good, but listening and allowing someone to talk can be so rewarding.
I realized that readers of my manuscript have no clue what Keypsiia looks like.
Building relationships with people in my field that I would just know by face alone.
Life is short, moments are fleeting…make everything worth it.
Learning to not to stress on things more than I need to.
Airports excite me because I always know I’m leaving.
Life is cool during those simple moments, the cool clear mind moments.
Everyone should have a theme song, what’s yours?
Life should have a soundtrack.
Seeing Little Dragon live was great, I was kind of surprised that for $15 there were two opening acts and a show that ran into the wee hours. Joi Gilliam’s attendance and seeing De La Soul attend and introduce, was not shabby either.
Concerts on a school night (Tuesday) don’t make for good sleep.
Boats…I still have to warm up to them.
It was great to see a great friend after a long span of years. I hope to not wait that long to see each other again.
The conversation I had on the second leg of my flight back home was the most unexpected, rewarding conversation lately. I’m really trying out this listening thing.
Debating about music is great!!!
It was great to see a former intern (or Trainee as they were termed) after a long time since 2002, doing the same thing I do. And she’s married with children.
Yoshi’s San Francisco Jazz Club is the bomb.

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.