Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – De La Soul – “I Am I Be”

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1993, alternative hip hop, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Buhloone Mindstate, California, Chicago, Dave, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, DJ, Eddie Harris, Georgia, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, I Am I Be, Illinois, James Edward Pryor, James Willis Ponder, Jefferson Starship, Jimmy Ponder, Keep Your Fat Mouth Out of My Business, Kelvin Mercer, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Lambert, Long Island, Los Angeles, Lou Rawls, Maceo Parker, Maseo, Miracles, Mississippi, music, Native Tongues, New York, New York City, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Plug 1, Plug 2, Poem, Poet, poetry, Posdnuos, Producer, Prose, Rapper, Sacramento, San Francisco, Shades of Brown, Shortie No Mass, Snooky Pryor, Terressa Thompson, The Bronx, The Next Band – Music: Brother Soul Pt. 1, The Soil I Tilled for You, Tommy Boy, Trugoy The Dove, Vincent Lamont Mason Jr, Vocal, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Records, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, You've Made Me So Very Happy

[Verse 1]
I am Posdnous
I be the new generation of slaves
here to make papes to buy a record exec rakes
the pile of revenue I create
But I guess I don’t get a cut cuz my rent’s a month late
Product of a North Carolina cat
who scratched the back of a pretty woman named Hattie
Who departed life just a little too soon
and didn’t see me grab the Plug Tune fame
As we go a little somethin’ like this
look ma, no protection

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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.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Kanye West feat Jay-Z – “Power (Remix)” The Meadows NYC Week (I Guess)

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10/2/10, 2010, Atlanta, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, California, Chicago, East Coast, East Coast Hip-Hop, G.O.O.D. Fridays, Georgia, good music, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, John Legend, John Roger Stephens, Kanye, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Kasseem Dean, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, music, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, New York, New York City, Oahu, October, October 2nd, Ohio, Sacramento, Sean Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, Springfield, Swizz Beats, The Bronx, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Yankee Stadium

I forgot all about this remix.

[Jay-Z – Intro]
Is this thing on?
Oh, I thought they silenced us, ‘Ye
Power to the people

We’re living in that 31st century, futuristic fly s–t
The penthouse is the projects and everybody flies private
New watches (you know what time it is)
Watch us (you see us)
They can’t stop us
The prophets
Be-otches!

[Chorus: Kanye West]
No one man should have all that power (Yea!)
The clock’s tickin, I just count the hours (Yea!)
Stop trippin, I’m trippin off the power
(“No one man should have all that power!” – [King Crimson])

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Nice & Smooth – “Sometimes I Rhyme Slow”

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1988, 1991, Ain't a Damn Thing Changed, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, blues rock, Chapel Hill, Cleveland, Daryl Barnes, Fast Car, Folk, Greg Mays, Greg Nice, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, New York, New York City, Nice & Smooth, Ohio, Smooth B, Sometimes I Rhyme Slow, The Bronx, Tracy Chapman, UNC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

[Greg Nice]
Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
I’m sweeter and thicker than a chico stick
Here’s an ice cream cone honey take a lick
I go to Bay Plaza and catch a flick
Wore my Timberland boots so I can stomp ticks

New To You Music Sundays – Major Lazer Feat. Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley ~ “Powerful”

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Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bronx, Clement Picard, Dancehall, Diplo, EDM, electronic, Elena Jane Goulding, Ellie Goulding, England, Feel It, Hold Me, Ilsey Juber, Jamaica, Key Yemaya Walker, Kingston, London, Los Angeles, Mad Decent, Major Lazer, Mississippi, music, New To You Music Sundays, New York, New York City, Omar Riley, Peace Is the Mission, Picard Brothers, Powerful, Producer, Reggae, Singer-songwriter, songwriter, Tarrus Riley, The Bronx, Thomas Wesley Pentz, Touch Me, trap, Tupelo, UNC Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, VP, Youtube

  
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.

Best Of 2012…Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – De La Soul – “Buddy”

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1989, 3 Feet High And Rising, A Tribe Called Quest, Abstract, Afrika Baby Bam, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, alternative hip hop, American, Amityville, Best OF 2012..., Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Buddy, Buddy (Native Tongue Decision), Calliope Studios, D. Jolicoeur, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, DJ Sammy B, East Massapequa, Golden Age, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Jarobi, Jarobi White, jazz-rap, Jonathan Davis, Jungle Brothers, K. Mercer, Kelvin Mercer, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Island, Maseo, MC Love Child, Mercenary, Mike Gee, Monie Love, music, musician, Native Tongues, New York, P. Huston, P.A. Pasemaster Mase, Paul Huston, Phife Dawg, Plug One, Plug Three, Plug Wonder Why, Posdnous, Prince Paul, Producer, Q-Tip, Queen Latifa, Queen Latifah, Queens, Rap, Rapper, Sop Sound, St. Albans, The Bronx, Tommy Boy, Trugoy, Universal Zulu Nation, USA, V. Mason, Vincent Lamont Mason Jr, Vincent Mason, vocalist, Warner Bros. Records

DOVE:
Hello
Meany meany meany meany (Say What?)
Meany meany meany meany (Say What?)
Meany meany meany meany mean
Meany meany meany meany (Say What?)
Meany meany meany meany (Say What?)
Meany meany meany meany mean (Okay)
Hello it’s the soul
Troopin’ in wit the Jungle patrol
And this one’s about the KO’s the knockouts out there
Who’s holdin’ my buddy
Hold up
(wait a minute)
POS:
Now just wait
We’re gonna talk about Buddy on this plate
But before we let the herd out the gate
Make sure the all the levels are straight out the jungle
(The Jungle, the Jungle, the Brothers, the Brothers)
AFRIKA:
De La Soul from the soul
Black medallions no gold
Hangin’ out wit Pos hangin’ out wit Mase
Buddy buddy buddy all in my face

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – GZA/Genius feat Inspectah Deck & D’Angelo – “Cold World (RZA Remix)”

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1995, 1996, 4th Disciple, actor, Allah Justice, Angeles Records, Babygrande, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Cold Chillin', Cold World, Cold World (RZA Remix), D'Angelo, Dot Da Genius, East Coast Hip-Hop, Frank Zappa, Gary Grice, Geffen, Geffen Records, Geffen/MCA, Genius/GZA, GZA, GZA Entertainment, hardcore hip hop, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, In The Rain, Inspectah Deck, Jason Hunter, JUSTICE, Key Yemaya Walker, Koch, Life, Liquid Swords, Loud, Lyricist, Maximillion, MCA, Michael Eugene Archer, music, New York, New York City, Park Hill Projects, Plastic People, Producer, Rapper, Relativity, Rocket Love, RZA, songwriter, SRC, Staten Island, Stevie Wonder, The Bronx, The Dramatics, The Genius, the Head, traffic, United States, Universal Republic, Urban Icon, Wu-Tang Clan

Intro: (first three lines LP only)

I had a bad dream
Don’t be afraid, bad dreams are only dreams
What a time you chose to be born in…

Babies crying brothers dying and brothers getting knocked
S–t is deep on the block and you got me locked down
in this cold, cold world…

Verse One: The GZA

It was the night before New Year’s, and all through the f–kin projects
Not a handgun was silent, not even a Tec
Outside as I’m stuck, by enemies who put fear
and blasted on the spot before the pigs were there
You know hoods robbers snipers new in sight f–k blue and white
They escape before them flash the f–kin lights
Gunshots, shatter first floor window panes
Shells hit the ground and blood stained the dice game
Whether broke callisthenic, any style you set it
Beat n—az toothless, physically cut up like gooses
But with iron on the sides thugs took no excuses
Therefore, your fifty-two handblocks was useless
Links was snatched off necks, scars on throats
Jackets took, after bullet rips through coats
Against those who felt the cold from the steel made em fold
and squeal, once the metal hit the temple of his grill
Destruction worker, who was caught for his bomber
No time to swing the hammer that was hangin from his Farmer’s
And it’s bugged how some n—az catch slugs

Hip Hop Quotable Wednesdays (Late) – Redman – “Rockafella”

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1990's, 1994, 48 Hours, Afro, Atlanta, Blue Chips, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Bob Fudjinski, Bob Morse, Bravos, Breyer's Ice Cream, Brick City, Brooklyn, Cali, Chicago, Chicago Bulls, Chocolate City, Clinton, Collins, Coney Island, Danny Clinch, Dare Iz a Darkside, Dave Greenberg, Def Jam, Def Jam Recordings, Def Squad, DJ Twinz, EPMD, Erick Sermon, Fantasia, Flashlight, Funk, Funky, George Clinton, Haywood, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Hurricane G, I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You, Illtown, Jeff Stewart, Jeff Trotter, Jeru, Jeru Da Damaja, Keith Murray, Key Yemaya Walker, Kraftwerk, Leon Haywood, Lyrics, Mike Bona, music, NBA Jams, New York, Newark, Nick Nolte, NJ, Noble, North Carolina, NY, Parliament, PPP, Q-Tip, Redman, Reggie Noble, Reginald "Reggie" Noble, Rock Box, Rockafella, Run-DMC, Shaft, Shaq, SkyPager, T-LA Rock, The Bronx, The Worlds Playground, Tony Dawsey, Underground, Underground hip hop, Worrell

Intro:

Aiyyo yo yo yo you better pass it
Aiyyo check this out
We coming to you live from that BOMB Chocolate City my man
Where the knotty headed n—-z and the Brick City brigade dwell
And if you don’t know your fool better ask
Aiyyo yo you better pass that blunt
And yo E we comin to you live with the Cosmic type stuff

Verse One: Redman

Well it’s that brother coming six billion feet from beneath
And you should be peep-in how I get smoked-out on the weekend
I swing it to my crew or down to my fans
Schoolin hell of stackas like final exams
Cause, it’s the Funkadelic, hit you with the irrelevant
elements, and it’s coming through your block
Can’t you smell it trick?
Wanna copy-cat my whole format
So you get funk tracks, punch lines and skull hats
Hoooo! Got a little Redman in town
Who’s that effin clown soundin wack with the frown??
I don’t know man, but you better wonder what I would do
While loud on this staff like birds one and two
My crew runs thicka than syrup from the burrow
You get hurt up, word up, Jam-med like Pearl
Knock off from blood clot puff on the rough block
Or I peep my man, Rockafella, it don’t stop

Chorus:

On and on, and it don’t quit
Redman rockin on to the funky s–t, c’mon
On and on, and it don’t quit
Redman rockin on to the funky s–t
I said Jersey’s in the house Jersey’s in the house
I said Brooklyn’s in the house Brooklyn’s in the house
I said Uptown’s in the house Uptown’s in the house
I said the Bronx in the hidouse The Bronx in the hidouse

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Lodi Dodi” Slick Rick Cover – Ready For Coachella

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1985, 1992, A Taste of Honey, Atlantic, Beatboxing, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Coachella, Coachella 2012, Converse Chuck Taylor, Cool Water, Death Row, Doggystyle, Doug E. Fresh, Douglas E. Davis, Dr. Dre, G-funk, gangsta rap, High School, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Music, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Interscope, Jr., Kangol, Key Yemaya Walker, La Di Da Di, Lodi Dodi, Long Beach, Los Angeles, MC Ricky D, Moses Davis, music, New school hip hop, New York, New York City, Old School, Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters, Ricky Walters, Rokusuke Ei and Hachidai Nakamura, Slick Rick, Snoop Dogg, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Sukiyaki, The Bronx, The Show, The Show & La Di Da Di, United States, West Coast hip hop

Yeah, gotta say what’s up to my n—a Slick Rick
For those who don’t like it, eat a d–k
But for those who with me, sing that s–t
As it go a little something like this

La Di Da Di, we likes to party
We don’t cause trouble, we don’t bother nobody
We’re, just some n—az who’re on the mic
And when we rock up on the mic we rock the mic (right)
For all my Doggs keepin y’all in health
Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
Cuz it’s cool when ya cause a cozy conditioning
Which we create, cuz that’s our mission
So listen close, to what we say
Because this types of shit happens every-day
I woke up around 10 o’clock in the mornin
I gave myself a stretch up, a mornin yawn and
went to the bathroom to wash up
I threw some soap on my face and put my hands up on a cup
and said um “Mirror mirror, on, the wall
Who is the top Dogg of them all?”
There was a rubble dubble, five minutes it lasted
The mirror said, “You are you conceited bastard”
Well that’s true, that’s why we never have no beef
So I slipped off my khakis and my gold leaf
Used Oil of Olay, cause my skin gets pale
And then I got the file, for my fingernails

30 Day Photo Challenge – Day 29 – A Picture Of Someone You Miss – My Grandfather

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1997, 30 Day Photo Challenge, A Picture Of Someone You Miss, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Cuba, Day 29, family, Grandfather, Key Yemaya Walker, March 7th 1997, New York, Photography, Queens, Rene C. Sotolongo, Rene Cecil Sotolongo, Rene Sotolongo, The Bronx

My grandfather Rene C. Sotolongo.

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.