Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Jay-Z – “Encore”

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2003, Atlanta, Baseline Studios, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, Chicago, Def Jam, Don Crawley, Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Gimel Keaton, GLC, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, John Legend, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, music, New York, New York City, Record Plant Studios, Roc-A-Fella Records, Sacramento, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, The Black Album, Young Guru

Thank you, thank you, thank you, you’re far too kind

[Chorus]
Now can I get an encore, do you want more
Cookin raw with the Brooklyn boy
So for one last time I need y’all to roar

Now what the hell are you waitin for
After me, there shall be no more
So for one last time, n—a make some noise

[Verse One]
Who you know fresher than Hov’? Riddle me that
The rest of y’all know where I’m lyrically at
Can’t none of y’all mirror me back
Yeah hearin me rap is like hearin G. Rap in his prime
I’m, young H.O., rap’s Grateful Dead
Back to take over the globe, now break bread
I’m in, Boeing jets, Global Express
Out the country but the blueberry still connect

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Lupe Fiasco – “Kick, Push”

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1st & 15th, 1st & 15th Studios, 2005, alternative hip hop, Atlantic, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brandon Howard, Celeste Legaspi, Chicago, Craig Kallman, Food & Liquor, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Kick Push, Lupe Fiasco, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, Magtaksil Man Ikaw (Bolero Medley), Midwest hip hop, Mike Shinoda, music, Needlz, Prolyfic, Record Plant Studios, Right Track Studios, skateboarders, Soundtrakk, The Neptunes, Wasalu Muhammad Jaco

[Intro]
Uh, what up ya’ll
Soundtrack what’s poppin’ baby
Ya’ll ain’t know
I go by the name of
Lupe Fiasco
Representin’ that 1st & 15
Yea
And this one right here
I dedicate this one right here
To all my homies out there grindin’ (ya know what I’m saying)
Legally and Illegally
Ha
You know what I’m talkin’ ’bout
So, check it out

[Verse 1]
First got it when he was six
Didn’t know any tricks
Matter fact
First time he got on it he slipped
Landed on his hip and bust his lip
For a week he had to talk with a lisp
Like this
Now we can end the story right here
But shorty didn’t quit it was something in the air
Yea
He said it was somethin’ so appealing
He couldn’t fight the feelin’
Somethin’ about it
He knew he couldn’t doubt it
Couldn’t understand it
Brand it, since his first kickflip he land it
Uh
Labeled a misfit, abandoned
Ca-kunk, ca-kunk, kunk
His neighbors couldn’t stand it, so
He was banished to the park
Started in the morning wouldn’t stop till after dark
Yea
When he said it’s getting late in here
So “I’m sorry young man there’s no skating here”

Cover Sundays – Maxwell – “Gotta Get: Closer” NIN Cover

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1994, 1997, A&M Studios, Alan Moulder, alternative rock, Beverly Hills, Blue Lines, Brooklyn, California, Closer to God, Columbia, Contemporary R&B, Cover Sundays, Electronica, Flood, Funk, Gotta Get: Closer, Halo 8, Halo 9, Halo 9 - Closer - Closer To God, Hard Rock Cafe, industrial metal, Industrial rock, Jazz, Key Yemaya Walker, Le Pig, Maxwell, Maxwell MTV Unplugged EP, MTV Unplugged, MTV Unplugged EP, Musze, neo soul, New York, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Nothing/TVT/Interscope, Producer, Puerto Rico, quiet storm, R&B, Record Plant Studios, Se7en, Singer-songwriter, Soul, The Downward Spiral, The Fan, trent reznor, United States, USA, Vieques

Most people do not realize that the “Gospel-esque” song “Closer,” performed by Maxwell, highlighted by MTV Unplugged, and his live shows, was actually a cover of Nine Inch Nails song with has appeared by official release under the the titles, “Closer,” and “Closer To God.” Also played in the opening credits of the 1995 film Se7en and the San Francisco Giants themed, The Fan.



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 – Mogwai – “Don’t Cry (G’N’R cover)”

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1991, 1998, 1999, A&M Studios, alternative rock, art rock, Axl Rose, Balfron, Barry Burns, bass, bass guitar, Blantyre, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues rock, Brendan O'Hare, California, Cambuslang, cello, Chemikal Underground, Cleveland, columnist, Conway Studios, Conway Studios & Metalworks Recording Studios, Cover, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Dalserf, devil, Dominic Aitchison, Don't Cry, drums, Duff "Rose" McKagan, Duff McKagan, electric guitar, England, evil spirit, film producer, flute, Geffen, Geffen Records, Glasgow, guitar, Guns 'N Roses, Hampstead, hard rock, hardcore punk, heavy metal, Image Recording, Indiana, instrumental rock, investment advisor, Izzy Stradlin, Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds, Jeffrey Dean Isbell, John Cummings, John Peel Sessions, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Lafayette, laptop, London, Los Angeles, Martin Bulloch, Matador, Metalworks Recording Studios, Michael Andrew McKagan, Michael Coletti, Mike Clink, Mogwai, music, musician, Ohio, percussion, piano, pLasmatroN, Play It Again Sam, Post Rock, punk rock, Record Plant Studios, record producer, Rock Action, Rocket Girl, sampler, Saul Hudson, Scotland, September 17, Singer-songwriter, Skip Saylor Recording (album mixing), Slash, songwriter, South Lanarkshire, Steven Adler, Stirlingshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Stuart Braithwaite, Stuart Leslie Braithwaite, Studio 56, Sub Pop, synthesizer, U.S., United Kingdom, Use Your Illusion I, Use Your Illusion II, Velvet Revolver, Violin, Vocals, W. Axl Rose, William Bruce Bailey, William Bruce Rose Jr

Interesting Cover of Guns ‘N Roses

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.