#BHS Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – De La Soul (RIP Plug 2 Dave Jolicoeur) feat Mos Def – “Big Brother Beat”

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[Mos Def mumbling]
Centralised or way out in the sticks

[Intro]
Ha ha ha ha
Ha, ha ha ha ha
Ha! Ha ha ha ha
Ah-ha ha ha, ah-ha ha ha ha, ha!!

[Hook: De La & Mos Def]
Now, this goes out to all area cliques
Centralized or way out in the sticks
Remember to keep the De La in the mix
Just like log cabin syrup, our sound is game thick
Now, this goes out to all area cliques
From manicured lawns to projects bricks / from 718 to the 51-6
Remember to keep the Mos Def in the mix
Straight butter hits, drop as good as it gets

[Verse 1: Mos Def, Dove & Posdonus]
Now, come on, y’all, get live, get down
What we have is a brand new sound
So don’t none of y’all just be misled
The De La’s gonna do the body good like wheat bread
Shakin’ laces outta shoes, Mos Def brought the brews
Sittin’ Indian squats to make that bread tie knots
See, I’m out to get the coin like in them rainbow pots (Wooo!)
Swingin’ life like a hammock, invested like stocks
Through your sinus complex, I aims to clog it up
Slappin’ fives with pain is a crew here to gain
We remain on your mind like skulls
Not a dull moment shown
When in the house, all perimeters are blown
Native Tongue come through to make you say, “Yes! Yes!”
This is the mighty Mos Def, style fresh like baby breath
We are the killer combination with the size to administer
The beatdown to swell up all three of your eyes

Shelltoe Thursdays – Brown x Brown at the Inaugural The Meadows in Queens, New York

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2016, adidas, Adidas Originals, Adidas Shell Toe, Adidas Shell Toes, Adidas Superstar, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chapel Hill, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone 6s, iPhone Post, iPhoneagraphy, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Love, music, MW, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Photography, Queens, Sacramento, Shell toe, Shell Toe Adidas, Shell Toe Thursdays, songwriter, U.S., UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 (RIP Prodigy) – Mobb Deep – “Trife Life”

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1995, Albert Johnson, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, East Coast, East Coast Hip-Hop, Georgia, hardcore hip hop, Havoc, Hempstead, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Kejuan Muchita, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Mobb Deep, music, New York, New York City, Norman Connors, Prodigy, Queens, Queensbridge, Rap, Sacramento, The Infamous, Trife Life, You Are My Starship

Check it out now..
Word up Son, s–t is ill kid..
Knahmsayin? Bein that we livin the motherf–kin trife life
Don’t have another day right?
It’s only right
Let me put you on to what happens Son, never believe this s–t
Kick that s–t

[Prodigy]
It’s just another day, drownin my troubles with a forty
That’s when I got the call from this brownskin shorty
She asked me where’s my crew at? Said we could do whatever
She got her crew too, and said that we should get together
I said, “Aight — just call me back in a hour
so I can take a shower and gather up the manpower”
Then I hung up the horn
And I thought to myself that it might be on
Cause this trick ain’t pick up the phone to call me in years (Why?)
Ever since I left the hoe lonely in tears
Ain’t no tellin what her friends puttin up in her ears
Ideas of settin me up, I’m not tryin ta hear
(Check it out, Son) So we take the gats for precautions
Plus this trick live in Brooklyn, home of the coffin
She might got a whole batallion of Bucktowners
Waitin for us to get up off the train and surround us
Or maybe, I’m blowin this s–t out of proportion
But this s–t do happen, to n—az very often
So f–k it, a n—a gotta do what he meant to
My crew got my back, f–k the world is my mental
We put together five soldiers, the bitch called
My blood curdled, told me to meet her on Myrtle
Got to the plaza, we’re waitin for the G train
We put a plan together, just in case the beef came

Music Mondays – Pusha-T feat Kendrick Lamar – “Nosetalgia” – Blue Lines Coachella Week

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alternative hip hop, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Coachella Weekend, California, Clipse, Coachella, Coachella Festival, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, college, Compton, Dominick J. Lamb, Durham, England, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Homer Banks, K-Dot, Kanye, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, KRS-One, Lawrence Parker, Malcolm McLaren, Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren, Memphis, music, Music Mondays, My Name Is My Name, Norfolk, Nosetalgia, Nottz, Nottz Raw, Pusha T, Queens, Raymond Jackson, Sacramento, Scott La Rock, Scott Monroe Sterling, Stax, Stoke Newington, Tennessee, Terrar, Terrence LeVarr Thornton, Terrence Thornton, The Bridge Is Over, The Bronx, The Twilite Tone, Trevor Charles Horn, Trevor Horn, Virginia

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 – Chance the Rapper & Francis and the Lights – “Dear Theodosia (Reprise)”

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actor, Atlanta, Atlantic, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Broadway, California, Carnegie Mellon University, Chance the Rapper, Chancellor Johnathan Bennett, Chano, Chicago, Dear Theodosia (Reprise), Emmy Award, Francis and the Lights, Francis Farewell Starlite, Georgia, Grammy Award, Hamilton, Hunter College High School, Illinois, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, MacArthur Fellowship, Mixtape, New York, New York City, Oakland, Pulitzer Prize, Queens, Rapper, Sacramento, Singer, Singer-songwriter, The Hamilton Mixtape, Tony Award, United States, West Chatham

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 – Kanye West – “Real Friends”

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Adam Feeney, Adam King Feeney, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boi-1da, Brooklyn, California, Canada, Chicago, college, Cydel Young, Cyhi the Prynce, Darren King, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, Frank Dukes, Georgia, Getting Out Our Dreams, Ghostface Killah, Glenda Proby, GOOD (Getting Out Our Dreams) Music, Good Fridays, good music, Havoc, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Houston, Illinois, Jalil Hutchins, Jamaica, Kanye, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Kejuan Muchita, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Kingston, Larry Smith, Lawrence Smith, Life, Los Angeles, Matthew Jehu Samuels, Matthew Samuels, Michael "Mike" George Dean, Mike Dean, Mobb Deep, music, Mutemath, New York, New York City, Ontario, Prynce Cyhi, Queens, Real Friends, Sacramento, St. Albans, Stone Mountain, Texas, The Life of Pablo, TLOP, Toronto, trap, Ty Dolla $ign, Tyrone Griffin Jr, Tyrone William Griffin Jr, United States, Whodini

[Kanye West:]
Real friends, how many of us?
How many of us, how many jealous? Real friends
It’s not many of us, we smile at each other
But how many honest? Trust issues
Switched up the number, I can’t be bothered
I cannot blame you for havin’ an angle
I ain’t got no issues, I’m just doin’ my thing
Hope you’re doin’ your thing too
I’m a deadbeat cousin, I hate family reunions

Text Tuesday – New Prose – “Rebirth” Happy Birthday Mommy

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Atlanta, Birthday, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Cuba, Georgia, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Love, Mommy, Mother, New York, New York City, Poem, poetry, Prose, Queens, Sacramento, Text Tuesdays

Where yesterday never happened,
And tomorrow will never come,
Your future was born years ago,
Less than a day than you had come,

Shell Toe Thursdays – Mother And Daughter In White X Black Stripe Adidas Superstars

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adicolor, adidas, Adidas Originals, Adidas Shell Toe, Adidas Shell Toes, Adidas ShellToes, Adidas Superstar, Adidas Superstar II, Adidas Superstar Sneakers, Adidas Superstars, Airport, Atlanta, Black, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chapel Hill, Daughtet, Georgia, iPhone, iPhone 6s, iPhone Post, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, LaGuardia, Mother, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Queens, Sacramento, Shell toe, Shoes, Sneaker, Sneakers, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, White

  
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 – A Tribe Called Quest – “Butter” RIP Phife Dawg

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1991, A Tribe Called Quest, adidas, Alexander O'Neal, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, alternative hip hop, Atlanta, Battery Studios, Bell Biv Devoe, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, college, Contra Costa County, Dynomutt, East Coast Hip-Hop, Flo, Freaks, Garvey High, Georgia, Heavy D, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jamie Summers, jazz-rap, Jive, Jonathan Davis, Julie, Karen, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Malik Izaak Taylor, Malik Taylor, March, Margarine, Native Tongues, New York, New York City, November, Parkay, Parker Brothers, Phife, Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, Queens, Rapper, RCA, Sacramento, Sharon, Skeff Anselm, Soundtrack Studios, St. Albans, Stacy, The Five Footer, The Five-Foot Assassin, The Five-Foot Freak, The Low End Theory, Tina, Tomika, Tonya, Tracy, Trinidad and Tobago, Underground hip hop, United States, Vocals, Zomba

[Verse One: Phife Dawg]

1988 Senior Year, Garvey High
Where all the guys were corny but the girls were mad fly
Loungin with the Tipster, Coolin with Sha
Scopin out the honeys – they know who they are
I was the b-ball playin fly rhyme sayin
Fly girl gettin but never was I sweatin
Cause when it came to honeys I would go on a stroll
Until I met my match – her name was Flo
Yeah – I messed around with the one called Flo
All the troopers round the way used to call her a ho
But deep down in my heart I knew that Flo was good to go
Cause I thought it was me – like Bell Biv Devoe
But little did I know that she was playin’ with my mind
The only thing I learned is, good girls are hard to find
I feel like Heavy D I need somebody for me

Text Tuesdays – New Prose – “Years”

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40, adidas, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, children, Diamond, Georgia, Instagram, iPhone Post, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, New York, New York City, North Carolina, poetry, Prose, Queens, Sacramento, Text Tuesdays, Time, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Years

3/27/16
Days, hours, and minutes,
Spread out the span of a country,
You from Queens,
You from Los Angeles,
You from Atlanta,
Many places converging as we graduated,