Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Pulitzer Prize Kendrick Lamar feat Rihanna – “LOYALTY.” C Week

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Last years glo-up, Pulitzer Prize winning artist and album (2018).
[DJ Dahi:]
I said I’m geeked and I’m fired up (fired, fire)
All I want tonight is just get high up (high, high, high)
Girl, you look so good, it’s to die for (die for)
Ooh, that p—y good, it’s to die for (on fire)

[Kendrick Lamar & Rihanna:]
It’s a secret society
All we ask is trust
(All we ask is trust)
All we got is us
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty
Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty

[Kendrick Lamar:]
Kung Fu Kenny now
My resume is real enough for two millenniums
A better way to make a wave, stop defendin’ them
I meditate and moderate all of my wins again
I’m hangin’ on the fence again
I’m always on your mind
I put my lyric and my lifeline on the line
And ain’t no limit when I might shine, might grind
You rollin’ with it at the right time, right now
(Only for the dollar sign)
[https://youtu.be/Dlh-dzB2U4Y]

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Ab-Soul, Anderson .Paak, & James Blake – “Bloody Waters”

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1986, 1987, 2018, Ab-Soul, Aftermath, Alternative, Anderson .Paak, Atlanta, Black, Black Hippy, Black Panther, Black Panther Soundtrack, Bloody Waters, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brandon Paak Anderson, Breezy Lovejoy, California, Carson, Chapel Hill, Compton, Del Amo, Digi+Phonics, drums, electronic, Enfield, England, experimental Hip-Hop, Footprints, Funk, Georgia, Glock, Hail Mary, Harmonimix, Herbert Stevens IV, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Interscope, Jamaica, James Blake, James Litherland, Kendrick Duckworth, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboard, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Killmonger, Korean, London, Los Angeles, Mark Spears, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, North Carolina, One-Take Blake, Oxnard, percussion, piano, Pop-Rap, post-dubstep, R&B, Ralph's, Rapper, Robin Hannibal, Robin Hannibal Mølsted Braun, songwriter, Soul, Soundtrack, Sounwave, Stones Throw, synthesizer, T'Challa, The Lox, Top Dawg, Top Dawg Entertainment, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United Kingdom, United States, Universal Music Publishing Group, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vocals, Zacari

[Ab-Soul:]
Meet the man in the mask
Meet the man in the mask
[James Blake:]
All those days and all that stays and
I don’t keep it
I won’t be here for it
All those days and all that stays and
I don’t keep it though
I won’t be here for it

[Anderson .Paak:]
Yes Lord, huh
Hail Mary’s in the sky
Bossed up let’s get buried alive
Head on the throne ’cause that’s where I reside (reside)
Ways of the world that we won’t survive
Something’s in the water
My n—a we lawless (lawless)
Please move with caution
Who set the fair way? (fair way)
Damn right I need all this (all this)
Yeah Jack I need all this, eyy

Music Mondays – Little Dragon – “Best Friends”

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2018, Alternative, Atlanta, Because, Best Friends, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chapel Hill, chill out, dance, downtempo, dream pop, electro indie, Erik Bodin, Fredrik Källgren Wallin, Georgia, Gothenburg, Håkan Wirenstrand, Japan, Jazz, JVC Victor, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Little Dragon, Loma Vista, music, Music Mondays, North Carolina, Off The Wall, Peacefrog, percussion, Republic, Sacramento, Soul, Sweden, Synthpop, trip hop, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vocals, Yukimi Eleanora Nagano, Yukimi Nagano, Yusuke Nagano

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 To You Music Sundays – Damien Rice – “Accidental Babies”

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2006, 9, Accidental Babies, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, cello, clarinet, Cora Venus Lunny, Damien Rice, drums, Fender Rhodes, Glasses, guitar, Joel Shearer, Key Yemaya Walker, live, music, New To You Music Sundays, Olympia, Paris, percussion, piano, Producer, Shane Fitzsimons, Singing Bowls, Tom Osander, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Viola, Violin, Vyvienne Long

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 To You Music Sundays – The Strokes – “One Way Trigger”

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2013, Albert Hammond, Albert Louis Hammond, alternative rock, backing vocals, bass, bass guitar, Black Seal, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brazil, California, Comedown Machine, Cult, Drummer, drums, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, Fab, Fab Moretti, Fabrizio Moretti, Garage rock, garage rock revival, guitar, guitar synthesizer, Guitarist, Gus Oberg, harmonica, Indie pop, indie rock, Jr., Julian Casablancas, Julian Fernando Casablancas, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Los Angeles, melodica, musician, New Line, New To You Music Sundays, new wave, New York, New York City, Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, One Way Studios in Upstate New York, One Way Trigger, percussion, piano, post-punk revival, RCA, Rio de Janeiro, rock, Rough Trade, Rykodisc, Scratchie, Singer, songwriter, Sony BMG, Synthpop, tenor guitar, The Strokes, U.S., United States, Vocals

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.

Text Tuesdays – The Yeezus Tour – Blue Lines Blog Review

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808 & Heartbreak, 88-Keys, Ackee Juice Rockers, All Of The Lights, Alone, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Anthony Kilhoffer, Arca, Article, Atlanta, Ben Bronfman, Benji B, Black Skinhead, Blood on the Leaves, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Blog Review, Bon Iver, Boogz & Tapez, Bound 2, Brodinski, Can't Tell Me Nothing, Carlos Broady, Che Pope, Chicago, Chief Keef, Clique, Coachella, Coachella Festival, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Cold, Coldest Winter, College Dropout, Cruel Summer, Cruel Summer (GOOD Music album), Daft Punk, Dan Black, Def Jam, Diamonds from Sierra Leone, Director, Dom Solo, DONDA, Donda West, Edgar Allen Poe, entrepreneur, Eric Danchick, Evian Christ, fashion designer, Flashing Lights, Georgia, Gesaffelstein, Glow In The Dark Tour, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, GOOD, Good Life, GOOD Music label, Graduation, Guilt Trip, Heartless, Hip-Hop, Hit-Boy, Hold My Liquor, Hudson Mohawke, I Am a God, I Don't Like, I'm In It, Illinois, Illmind, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, Jack Donoghue, Jeff Bhasker, Jesus Walks, Justin Vernon, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Ken Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Late Registration, Lifted, Lost in The World, Lunice, Lupe Fiasco, Mannie Fresh, Mano, Mercy, Mike Dean, Mike Will, Mountain, Mufasa, music, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, N.E.R.D., Nas, New Slaves, Nine Inch Nails, No ID, Noah Goldstein, On Sight, percussion, Philips Arena, Power, Rapper, record producer, Rick Rubin, Rihanna, Roc-A-Fella, Runaway, S1, sampler, Send It Up, Sham Joseph, Singer-songwriter, Stronger, synthesizer, Text Tuesdays, The Lion King, The Twilite Tone, The Yeezus Tour, Through the Wire, Tommy Brown, Travi$ Scott, Travis Scott, U.S., United States, Very GOOD Beats, Vocals, Yeezus, Young Chop

“…As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still…”
Excerpt from “Alone” by Edgar Allen Poe.

A top the mountain.

Atlanta – December, 2013

A mountain, a mask, and a fashion of playing to an audience while hiding behind something…

In one of the strangest performances that I have witnessed since Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s opening for Nine Inch Nails, Chicago artist, Kanye West returned to the city of his birth with The Yeezus Tour in support of the aforementioned 2013 album. Poised to present his first solo tour in 5 years (previously touring with his Glow In The Dark Tour featuring Rihanna, N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco, and Nas) with opening act Kendrick Lamar.

An elaborately choreographed presentation spanning Kanye’s College Dropout, Late Registration, with some focus on Graduation, but, to my liking, taking the majority of the direction from Yeezus, and 808 & Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with preceded it, the tour arrived amid the inordinate press that has been known to follow Kanye since 2007. Recent remarks, and blowups have litter current media with talking points regarding the Chicago artist have also followed with the “Talk My Shit,” interludes that now litter dates of his tour.

Ye in action.

The performance intelligently began with Yeezus content, with Yeezy perched atop a mountain with a moon like video board that tempered the climate of the show, whether creating a moon effect, displaying weather, or giving a close up of the performance. Though Kanye, tends to project a larger than life persona, the use of four ornate masks, he plays a high energy show, allowing a separation between he and his audience. Kanye conceals himself for 85% – 90% of the performance. The anonymous and uniform theme is extended to the female dancers and male extras who are covered in full bodysuits, allowing all attention to be focused on the act, Kanye himself.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Beastie Boys feat Q-Tip – “Get It Together (A.B.A. Remix)”

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1994, A Tribe Called Quest, A.B.A. Remix, Abednego, Abstract, Ad-Rock, Adam Horovitz, Adam Keefe Horovitz, Adam Nathaniel Yauch, Adam Yauch, Adrock, alternative hip hop, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, Arista, Atwater Village, bass, bass guitar, Battery, Beastie Boys, Bell Communications, Biz Markie, Bloach, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Buddhist, Capitol, Capitol/Grand Royal, Chachi, Country Mike, Def Jam, Director, disc jockey, DJ, Drummer, drums, Eugene McDaniels, Evan Bernard, Farmers Blvd, film distributor, G-Son Studios, Get It Together, Get It Together (A.B.A. Remix), good music, Grand Funk Railroad, Grand Royal, guitar, Guitarist, Happy Days, hardcore punk, Headless Heroes, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Ill Communication, Ione, Ione Skye, jazz-funk, jazz-rap, Jewish, Jive, Joanie, Joanie Loves Chachi, John Holmes, John Starks, Jonathan Davis, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, King Adrock, Ma Bell, Manhattan, Mario Caldato Jr, MC, MC Love Child, MCA, Meshach, Michael Diamond, Mike D, Moog, Moog Machine, music, musician, Nathanial Hörnblowér, Native Tongues, Native Tongues Posse, New York, New York City, New York Knicks, Nothing Is the Same, NY, percussion, Piano/keyboards, Q-Tip, Queens, Queens New York, Rap rock, rapcore, Rapper, Rapping, Rat Cage, record producer, Sabotage / Get It Together, Shadrach, sitar, songwriter, Sp-1200, St. Albans, The King of Lunch, Tin Pan Alley, Turntables, U.S., United States, Universal Motown, US, USA, Vassar College, Vocals, Young and the Useless

[Q-Tip]
One-two, one-two, keep it on
Listen to the s–t because we kick it ’til dawn
Listen to the Abstract, got it going on
Listen to the ladies, come on and let me spawn
On your eggs, then you go up the river
Listen to the abstract, that freaky n—a

[Ad Rock]
Now I’m Ad Rock and I shock and I tick and I tock
And I can’t stop with the body rock

[Mike D]
See, I’ve got heart like John Starks
Hitting mad sparks
Pass me the mic and I’ll be rockin’ the whole park

[MCA]
Well, I’m the M to the C to the A and it’s a must
The rhymes that we bust on the topic of lust

[Q-Tip]
And my Moms is not butt, but f–k it
Let me get down to the rhythm
Yes, I get funky and I’m shooting all my jism
Like John Holmes, the X-rated n—-r
Listen to the s–t cause I am the ill figure
Nobody’s getting any bigger than this

*Get it together*
Get…
Phone is ringing, oh my God
*Get it together, see what’s happening*

#FMSPhotoADay – October – Day 24 – Dark – Nine Inch Nails Tension 2013 Tour

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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 – Cassandra Wilson – “Fragile” Sting Cover

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...Nothing Like the Sun, 1987, 1988, 2003, Acoustic rock, Air Studios, AM, arranger, bass guitar, bass pedals, Blue eyed soul, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Note, Blue Note/EMI, Cassandra Wilson, Columbia, Deutsche Grammophon, DIW, double bass, drum machine, England, eOne, Fabrizio Sotti, Glamoured, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, guitalele, guitar, harmonica, hurdy gurdy, Interscope, Jackson, Jazz, JMT, keyboards, lute, mandolin, Mississippi, Montserrat, musician, New Age, new wave, Northumberland, oboe, percussion, piano, PolyGram, pop, Producer, Reggae, rock, saxophone, Singer-songwriter, soft rock, songwriter, Sting, synclavier, The Police, United Kingdom, United States, Universal Music Group, vocalist, Vocals, Wallsend, Winter & Winter

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 – Coldplay – “Atlas”

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acoustic guitar, alternative rock, Antique dealer, Atlas, banjo, bass guitar, bassist, bells, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Capitol, cello, chimes, Chris Martin, Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin, Christopher Anthony John Martin, clarinet, Coldplay, Daniel Green, Devon, double bass, Drummer, drums, electric guitar, England, Exeter, french horn, glockenspiel, gong, Guitarist, Guy Berryman, Guy Rupert Berryman, harmonica, Islington, Jonathan Mark "Jonny" Buckland, Jonathan Mark Buckland, Jonny Buckland, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Kirkcaldy, lead guitar, lead vocals, London, lute, mandolin, multi-instrumentalist, music, Music Mondays, musician, organ, Parlophone, percussion, percussionist, Photographer, piano, post-Britpop, Producer, recorder, resonator guitar, Rik Simpson, santoor, saxophone, saxophone player, Scotland, sitar, Southampton, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, timpani, trumpet, United Kingdom, vibraphone, Violin, Vocals, Will Champion, William "Will" Champion, William Champion, yangqin

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.