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

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

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Anohni, Antony, Antony and the Johnsons, Antony Hegarty, Art pop, Atlanta, avant pop, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bob Dylan, California, Chamber pop, Chapel Hill, Chichester, Columbia, Duluth, England, Folk, Folk rock, Georgia, Gordon Carroll, gospel, I'm Not There, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Malibu, Minnesota, Musings, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, piano, Robert Allen Zimmerman, Sacramento, Soundtrack, Sussex, Transgender, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, United Kingdom, 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 – Robot Koch x Delhia De France – “Try Again” – Aaliyah Cover

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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.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Frank Ocean – “Wiseman”

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2012, ballad, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Christopher Breaux, Christopher Francis Ocean, Def Jam, Django Unchained, Django Unchained soundtrack, Frank Ocean, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Long Beach, Louisiana, music, New Orleans, Odd Future Records, poetry, Prose, Quentin Tarantino, Soundtrack, The Island Def Jam Music Group, Unreleased, Vocals, Wiseman

“Frank Ocean wrote a fantastic ballad that was truly lovely and poetic in every way, there just wasn’t a scene for it…I could have thrown it in quickly just to have it, but that’s not why he wrote it and not his intention.” ~ Quentin Tarantino on why “Wiseman was omitted from the Django Unchained soundtrack.

Wiseman closed his mouth
Madman closed his fist
Young man shows his age
Judge man named it sin
Bad man don’ exist no
No evil man exists
Good man don’t exist no
No righteous man exists
Sad man cannot cry in place where man can see
Never witnessed father weep
This old man thought it weak
But strong man don’t exist
No undying man exists
Weak man don’t exist no
Just flesh and blood exists
But your mother would be proud of you
I bet your mother would be proud of you

New To You Music Sundays – Explosions In The Sky – “Your Hand In Mine”

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2004, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Coachella 2012, Explosions In The Sky, Friday Night Lights, Instrumental, Key Yemaya Walker, music, New To You Music Sundays, Post Rock, rock, San Francisco Outside Lands, San Francisco Outside Lands 2012, Soundtrack, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, Your Hand In Mine

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

30 Day Song Challenge – Day 12 – A Song From An Artist You Hate – Sarah McLachlan – “Angel”

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1998, 30 Day Song Challenge, A Song From An Artist You Hate, Angel, ASPCA, City Of Angels, Day 12, Maggie Rice, Meg Ryan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah McLachlan, Seth, Soundtrack

I like the movie City Of Angels, and had no problem with this song, until they began to run it ad naseum in the animal commercials. Spoiled it for me.


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 – Ghostface Killah feat Raekwon, U-God, Masta Killa, & Cappadonna – “Winter Warz”

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Al Capone, Blue Lines, Cappadonna, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood, Georgia Tech, Ghostface Killah, Golden Arms, Inspectah Deck, Key Yemaya Walker, Madison Square Garden, Malcolm X, Notre Dame, P.L.O., Park Hill, Raekwon, Rzarector, Shaolin, Soundtrack, Staten Island, SWV, The RZA, U-God, U.S.S.R., Vidal Sassoon, Weak, Wu-Tang Clan

I remember first hearing this song on Georgia Tech’s campus, visiting for the holidays from Bridgeport, CT. We went to see “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood,” and listened to this gem from the soundtrack.

It’s on…
[Cappa]
Where your sparkle at kid? Rzarector…

[Break: Raekwon the Chef]

Yes the s–t is raw, comin at your door Start to scream out loud, Wu-Tang’s back for more Yes the hour’s four, I told you before Prepare for mic fights (and plus the cold war)

[Verse One: U-God]

This rhyme you digest through the RZA console
Ask why I slam nine diagram pole
Raekwon dropped the bomb, Hunchback, Notre Dame Golden Arms is bronze, buddah palm hit Qu’ran
It blows extreme, mean stream be the theme Supreme team, America’s Cream Team,