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

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1986, 1987, 1988, 2017, 2018, Ab-Soul, Aftermath, Alternative, Anderson .Paak, Atlanta, Barbados, 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, Dacoury Natche, DAMN, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, Del Amo, Digi+Phonics, DJ Dahi, drums, electronic, Enfield, England, experimental Hip-Hop, Ferrari, 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, Jazz, jazz fusion, Kendrick Duckworth, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboard, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Killmonger, Korean, Kung Fu Kenny, London, Los Angeles, Mark Spears, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, North Carolina, One-Take Blake, Oxnard, percussion, piano, Pop-Rap, post-dubstep, Pulitzer Prize, R&B, Ralph's, Rapper, Rihanna, Robin Hannibal, Robin Hannibal Mølsted Braun, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, Roc Nation, songwriter, Soul, Soundtrack, Sounwave, Stones Throw, synthesizer, T'Challa, Terrace Jamahl Martin, Terrace Martin, 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

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

New To You Music Sundays – RL Grime feat Daya – “I Wanna Know”

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1991, 1998, 2018, Artbeatz, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boston, California, Chapel Hill, Clockwork, Daya, Dim Mak Records, DJ, drum and bass, electro house, electronic, Fool's Gold, Georgia, Grace Martine Tandon, Henry Alfred Steinway, House, I Wanna Know, India, Interscope, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, Mad Decent, music, New To You Music Sundays, New To You Sundays, Northeastern University, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, pop, Producer, Punjab, Punjabi, Red, RL Grime, Sacramento, Singer, songwriter, Synthpop, trap, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, WeDidIt

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 – Chance the Rapper feat Francis & the Lights – “Summer Friends”

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chance the Rapper, Chancellor Johnathan Bennett, Chano, Chicago, college, Coloring Book, Coloring Book (mixtape), Francis and the Lights, Georgia, Gospel Rap, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Illinois, Jeremiah Felton, Jeremih, Kanye, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, New York, New York City, Nico Segal, Rap, Rapper, Sacramento, songwriter, Summer Friends, The Meadows, The Meadows NYC, The Social Experiment, West Chatham

[Intro:]
Oh, oh, oh, incredible
I would… incredible
Everything…

[Verse 1 – Chance The Rapper:]
Socks on concrete, jolly rancher kids
I was talking back and now I gotta stay at grandma’s crib
Bunch of tank top, nappy headed bike-stealing Chatham boys

Cover Sundays – Bonnie McKee – “When Doves Cry” – Prince Cover

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1984, 2016, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bonnie Leigh McKee, Bonnie McKee, California, Chanhassen, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Georgia, iPhone, iPhone Post, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Minneapolis, Minnesota, music, Paisley Park, pop, Prince, Prince Rogers Nelson, Purple Rain, Reprise, Sacramento, Seattle, Singer, Singer-songwriter, songwriter, Vacaville, Vocals, Washington, When Doves Cry

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 – Tove Lo – “Lost In The World” – Kanye West Cover

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Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bon Iver, California, Cover, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, Djursholm, Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson, Electropop, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Indie pop, Jeff Bhasker, Justin Vernon, Kanye, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, Lost in The World, Love, Malik Jones, music, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Roc-A-Fella, Roc-A-Fella Records, Sacramento, Singer, Singer-songwriter, songwriter, Stockholm, Sweden, Tove Lo, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 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.

Cover Sundays – Antony and the Johnsons – “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” – Bob Dylan Cover

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2007, Antony and the Johnsons, Antony Hegarty, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bob Dylan, California, Chichester, Cover, Cover Album, Cover Song, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, England, Georgia, I'm Not There, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, music, musician, Sacramento, songwriter, Sussex, United Kingdom

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 – Genius/GZA – “Labels”

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1995, 4th & Broadway, Abbot, AM, Arista, Atco, Atlanta, Atlantic, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bobby Digital, Brooklyn, California, Cold Chillin', Columbia, Def Jam, Eastwest, Emerge, Epic, Gary Grice, Geffen, Genius, Genius/GZA, Georgia, GZA, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Island, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, Labels, Liquid Swords, Loud, MCA, Mercury, Motown, New York, New York City, Next Plateau, Pendulum, Platinum, Prince Rakeen, Profile, Rapper, RCA, RIAA, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, Rush Associated Labels, RZA, Sacramento, songwriter, The Genius, The RZArector, Tommy Boy, Tuff City, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United States, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Uptown, Venus, Warner Bros., Warner Brothers, Wild Pitch, Wu-Tang, Wu-Tang Clan

[Intro: RZA]
Lot of people, you know what I’m saying, they be getting misinformed
Thinking everything is everything, that you could just get yourself
A little deal, whatever, youknowhati’msayin you gonna get on you
Gonna get rich. and all these labels be trying to lure us in like
Spiders, into the web, knowhati’msaying. so sometimes people gotta
Come out and speak up, and let people understand, that you know you
Gotta read the label you gotta read the label if you don’t read the
Label you might get poisoned…

[Genius:]
Tommy ain’t my motherf–kin’ Boy
When he fake moves on a n—a you employ
Well I’ll Emerge off ya set, now ya know God damn
I show living large n—az how to flip a Def Jam
And Ruff up the motherf–kin’ House
Cause I smother you Cold Chillin’ mother f–kers are still Warner Brothers
I’m ruthless my clan don’t have to act wild
That s–t is Jive, an old sleeping Bag/Profile
This soft comedian rap s–t ain’t the rough witty
On the reel to reel it wasn’t from a Tuff City
N—as be game, thinking that they lyrical surgeons

Cover Sundays – UB40 – “Can’t Help Falling In Love” – Elvis Presley Cover

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(I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You, 1961, 1993, ACC, Ali Campbell, Alistair Ian Campbell, Astro, Atlanta, Birmingham, Blue Hawaii, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brian Travers, California, Can't Help Falling In Love, Cover, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, DEP, Dub, Duncan Campbell, Earl Falconer, Elvis Presley, EMI, England, George David Weiss, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Graduate, High School Crush, Hugo Peretti, Jimmy Brown, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, Love, Luigi Creatore, Mickey Virtue, music, Music from the Motion Picture Sliver, musician, Norman Hassan, Promises and Lies, Reggae, Robin Campbell, Sacramento, Singer-songwriter, ska, Sliver, songwriter, Terence Wilson, UB40

This takes me back to the year between junior and senior year. This was a constant in talking to girl, and also in my Georgia Tech summer program.

  
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 – Ella Eyre – “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” – Jermaine Stewart Cover

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1986, 2013, 2015, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Chicago, Columbus, Cover, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Ella Eyre, Ella McMahon, England, Feline, Frantic Romantic, Georgia, Illinois, Jermaine Stewart, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia Walker, London, Narada Michael Walden, Ohio, Preston Glass, Sacramento, Singer, Singer-songwriter, songwriter, United Kingdom, We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off, William Jermaine Stewart

The things you find when you just try music. This is a fly, haunting cover of


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.