Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Noreaga feat Nas – “Body In The Trunk”

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1998, actor, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Body in the Trunk, Capone-N-Noreaga, CNN, Criteria Studios, Dame Grease, East Coast Hip-Hop, Electric Lady Studios, Florida, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Miami, music, Nas, Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones, Nasty Nas, New York, New York City, Noreaga, P.A.P.I., Penalty Records, Queens, Queensbridge, Rapper, reggaeton, sampler, U.S., United States, Victor Santiago Jr., Vocals

[Verse 1]
[Noreaga]
Got out the mall yo
This weeded cat rockin a fade
In my face askin can he see the grenade
I woulda let him see it
The way he came across yo I said nah, beat it
Steph told me buck him
When I reacted Will said chill f–k him
Yo it’ a small world ya know that we’ll see him again
He said f–k you
I said what, repeat it again

[Nas]
Chill son you’e weeded again
Slow down god you’re speedin again
Face lookin like you’re fiendin for Hen
Who that wit you, hide the gat yo n—a come here
You got a pistol that must mean you slingin again

[Noreaga]
Hey yo f–k it yo, I bucked him son
Cause he was on some stupid s–t
Thinking he the real thing
When he was just a duplicate
Saying that he hate our clique
Hate our s–t
Hate the Firm album and the CNN clique
He said he hate you and wish you ain’t have a six
He had coliseum jewelry no Tito tricks

New To You Music Sundays – The Strokes – “One Way Trigger”

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2013, Albert Hammond, Albert Louis Hammond, alternative rock, backing vocals, bass, bass guitar, Black Seal, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brazil, California, Comedown Machine, Cult, Drummer, drums, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, Fab, Fab Moretti, Fabrizio Moretti, Garage rock, garage rock revival, guitar, guitar synthesizer, Guitarist, Gus Oberg, harmonica, Indie pop, indie rock, Jr., Julian Casablancas, Julian Fernando Casablancas, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Los Angeles, melodica, musician, New Line, New To You Music Sundays, new wave, New York, New York City, Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, One Way Studios in Upstate New York, One Way Trigger, percussion, piano, post-punk revival, RCA, Rio de Janeiro, rock, Rough Trade, Rykodisc, Scratchie, Singer, songwriter, Sony BMG, Synthpop, tenor guitar, The Strokes, U.S., United States, 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.

Text Tuesdays – The Yeezus Tour – Blue Lines Blog Review

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808 & Heartbreak, 88-Keys, Ackee Juice Rockers, All Of The Lights, Alone, Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Anthony Kilhoffer, Arca, Article, Atlanta, Ben Bronfman, Benji B, Black Skinhead, Blood on the Leaves, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Blog Review, Bon Iver, Boogz & Tapez, Bound 2, Brodinski, Can't Tell Me Nothing, Carlos Broady, Che Pope, Chicago, Chief Keef, Clique, Coachella, Coachella Festival, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Cold, Coldest Winter, College Dropout, Cruel Summer, Cruel Summer (GOOD Music album), Daft Punk, Dan Black, Def Jam, Diamonds from Sierra Leone, Director, Dom Solo, DONDA, Donda West, Edgar Allen Poe, entrepreneur, Eric Danchick, Evian Christ, fashion designer, Flashing Lights, Georgia, Gesaffelstein, Glow In The Dark Tour, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, GOOD, Good Life, GOOD Music label, Graduation, Guilt Trip, Heartless, Hip-Hop, Hit-Boy, Hold My Liquor, Hudson Mohawke, I Am a God, I Don't Like, I'm In It, Illinois, Illmind, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, Jack Donoghue, Jeff Bhasker, Jesus Walks, Justin Vernon, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West, Ken Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Late Registration, Lifted, Lost in The World, Lunice, Lupe Fiasco, Mannie Fresh, Mano, Mercy, Mike Dean, Mike Will, Mountain, Mufasa, music, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, N.E.R.D., Nas, New Slaves, Nine Inch Nails, No ID, Noah Goldstein, On Sight, percussion, Philips Arena, Power, Rapper, record producer, Rick Rubin, Rihanna, Roc-A-Fella, Runaway, S1, sampler, Send It Up, Sham Joseph, Singer-songwriter, Stronger, synthesizer, Text Tuesdays, The Lion King, The Twilite Tone, The Yeezus Tour, Through the Wire, Tommy Brown, Travi$ Scott, Travis Scott, U.S., United States, Very GOOD Beats, Vocals, Yeezus, Young Chop

“…As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still…”
Excerpt from “Alone” by Edgar Allen Poe.

A top the mountain.

Atlanta – December, 2013

A mountain, a mask, and a fashion of playing to an audience while hiding behind something…

In one of the strangest performances that I have witnessed since Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s opening for Nine Inch Nails, Chicago artist, Kanye West returned to the city of his birth with The Yeezus Tour in support of the aforementioned 2013 album. Poised to present his first solo tour in 5 years (previously touring with his Glow In The Dark Tour featuring Rihanna, N.E.R.D., Lupe Fiasco, and Nas) with opening act Kendrick Lamar.

An elaborately choreographed presentation spanning Kanye’s College Dropout, Late Registration, with some focus on Graduation, but, to my liking, taking the majority of the direction from Yeezus, and 808 & Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy with preceded it, the tour arrived amid the inordinate press that has been known to follow Kanye since 2007. Recent remarks, and blowups have litter current media with talking points regarding the Chicago artist have also followed with the “Talk My Shit,” interludes that now litter dates of his tour.

Ye in action.

The performance intelligently began with Yeezus content, with Yeezy perched atop a mountain with a moon like video board that tempered the climate of the show, whether creating a moon effect, displaying weather, or giving a close up of the performance. Though Kanye, tends to project a larger than life persona, the use of four ornate masks, he plays a high energy show, allowing a separation between he and his audience. Kanye conceals himself for 85% – 90% of the performance. The anonymous and uniform theme is extended to the female dancers and male extras who are covered in full bodysuits, allowing all attention to be focused on the act, Kanye himself.

Music Mondays – Moby feat Skylar Grey – “The Last Day”

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2013, acid house, alternative rock, ambient, bass guitar, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Connecticut, Darien, DJ, downtempo, drums, EDM, Electronic rock, Electronica, Elektra, experimental music, Folk rock, guitar, hardcore punk, Harlem, Holly Brook, Holly Brook Hafermann, Innocents, Instinct, Interscope, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, iTunes, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, KIDinaKORNER, Little Idiot, Machine Shop, Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mazomanie, Moby, music, Music Mondays, musician, Mute, New York, Outer Rhythm, Photographer, piano, pop, Richard Melville Hall, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Skylar Grey, songwriter, techno, The Last Day, Turntables, U.S., United States, V2/BMG, Virgin/EMI, Vocals, Wisconsin, XL

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 – Lana Del Rey – “Heart Shaped Box” Nirvana Cover

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1993, 2012, alternative rock, Australia, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Courtney Love, Cover, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, David Grohl, Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, grunge, guitar, Heart Shaped Box, Heart-Shaped Coffin, In Utero, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, Key Yemaya Walker, Kurt Cobain, Lake Placid, Lana Del Ray, Lana Del Rey, Lana Rey Del Mar, Lizzy Grant, May Jailer, Minnesota, model, music, musician, New York, New York City, Nirvana, Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, pop, Singer-songwriter, Sparkle Jump Rope Queen, Steve Albini, Sydney, trip hop, U.S., 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.

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – OutKast – “Elevators (Me And You)” Fitting with their Coachella Announcement

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1996, 3000, actor, alternative hip hop, André "André 3000" Benjamin, André Lauren Benjamin, Andre 3000, Andre 3K, Andre Benjamin, Andre Patton, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, Antwan André Patton, Antwan Patton, Arista, ATL, Atlanta, ATLiens, bass guitar, Benjamin André, Big Boi, Big Boi and Dre Present... OutKast, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Blue Lines Coachella Weekend, Blue Lines Coachella Weekend 2014, Blue Suede Shoes, Bosstown Recording Studios, Cadillac, Carl Perkins, Chung King Recording Studio, Coachella, Coachella 2014, Coachella Festival, Coachella Valley, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, dancer, Decatur, Def Jam, Delowe, Dookie Blossom Gain the 3rd, Doppler Recording Studios, Dré, Earthtone Ideas, East Point, Elevators (Me & You), Funk, G-funk, Georgia, guitar, Halle Berry, Headland, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Ice Cold, Island/Def Jam, Jazz, Johnny Vulture, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, LaFace, LaFace Records, LaFace Records/Arista Records, Lithonia, Marta, Mr. DJ, music, musician, neo soul, Organized Noize, OutKast, OutKast/Earthtone Ideas, PatchWerk Recording Studio, Possum Aloysius Jenkins, Producer, Purple Dragon Studios, R&B, Rally's, Rapper, Rapping, Ray Murray, RCA, record producer, Rico Wade, Savannah, saxophone, Sir Lucious Left Foot, Sleepy Brown, songwriter, Sony Music, Soul, Sound On Sound Recording, southern hip hop, Studio LaCoCo, SWATS, Three Stacks, Tony Toni Tone, U.S., United States, USA, Vocals, Vogues

Atlanta’s Coachella 2014 Headliner

Verse One: Andre

One for the money yes uhh two for the show
A couple of years ago on Headland and Delowe
Was the start of somethin good
Where me and my n—a rodes the MARTA, through the hood
Just tryin ta find that hookup
Now everyday we look up at the ceiling
Watchin ceiling fans go around tryin ta catch that feelin
off instrumental, had my pencil, and plus my paper
We caught the 86 Lithonia headed to Decatur
Writing rhymes tryin ta find our spot off in that light
Light off in that spot, known that we could rock
Doin the hole in the wall clubs, this s–t here must stop
Like freeze, we makin the crowd move but we not makin no G’s
And that’s a no, no

Verse Two: Big Boi

Yeah, uhh, check it
Ahh one two, ahh one two doe, n—as
in the Cadillac they call us went from Player’s Ball to ballers
Puttin the South up on the map was like Little Rock to bangin
N—as say motherf–k that playin, they payin
We stay in layin vo-cals, locals done made it with them big boys
up in dis industry, Outkast yea dem n—az they makin big noise
Over a million sold to this day, n—az they take it lightly
Ninety-six gon be that year that all y’all playa haters can bite me
…around this b—h

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Beastie Boys feat Q-Tip – “Get It Together (A.B.A. Remix)”

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1994, A Tribe Called Quest, A.B.A. Remix, Abednego, Abstract, Ad-Rock, Adam Horovitz, Adam Keefe Horovitz, Adam Nathaniel Yauch, Adam Yauch, Adrock, alternative hip hop, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, Arista, Atwater Village, bass, bass guitar, Battery, Beastie Boys, Bell Communications, Biz Markie, Bloach, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Buddhist, Capitol, Capitol/Grand Royal, Chachi, Country Mike, Def Jam, Director, disc jockey, DJ, Drummer, drums, Eugene McDaniels, Evan Bernard, Farmers Blvd, film distributor, G-Son Studios, Get It Together, Get It Together (A.B.A. Remix), good music, Grand Funk Railroad, Grand Royal, guitar, Guitarist, Happy Days, hardcore punk, Headless Heroes, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Ill Communication, Ione, Ione Skye, jazz-funk, jazz-rap, Jewish, Jive, Joanie, Joanie Loves Chachi, John Holmes, John Starks, Jonathan Davis, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, King Adrock, Ma Bell, Manhattan, Mario Caldato Jr, MC, MC Love Child, MCA, Meshach, Michael Diamond, Mike D, Moog, Moog Machine, music, musician, Nathanial Hörnblowér, Native Tongues, Native Tongues Posse, New York, New York City, New York Knicks, Nothing Is the Same, NY, percussion, Piano/keyboards, Q-Tip, Queens, Queens New York, Rap rock, rapcore, Rapper, Rapping, Rat Cage, record producer, Sabotage / Get It Together, Shadrach, sitar, songwriter, Sp-1200, St. Albans, The King of Lunch, Tin Pan Alley, Turntables, U.S., United States, Universal Motown, US, USA, Vassar College, Vocals, Young and the Useless

[Q-Tip]
One-two, one-two, keep it on
Listen to the s–t because we kick it ’til dawn
Listen to the Abstract, got it going on
Listen to the ladies, come on and let me spawn
On your eggs, then you go up the river
Listen to the abstract, that freaky n—a

[Ad Rock]
Now I’m Ad Rock and I shock and I tick and I tock
And I can’t stop with the body rock

[Mike D]
See, I’ve got heart like John Starks
Hitting mad sparks
Pass me the mic and I’ll be rockin’ the whole park

[MCA]
Well, I’m the M to the C to the A and it’s a must
The rhymes that we bust on the topic of lust

[Q-Tip]
And my Moms is not butt, but f–k it
Let me get down to the rhythm
Yes, I get funky and I’m shooting all my jism
Like John Holmes, the X-rated n—-r
Listen to the s–t cause I am the ill figure
Nobody’s getting any bigger than this

*Get it together*
Get…
Phone is ringing, oh my God
*Get it together, see what’s happening*

New To You Music Sundays (from my sister) – Johnnyswims – “Heart Beats”

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2012, 2013, Abner Ramirez, Amanda Grace Sudano, Amanda Sudano, Anthony Matula, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, blues, Brooklyn Sudano, California, Donna Summer, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Florida, Folk, Heart Beats, Jacksonville, Johnnyswim, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, music, Nashville, New To You Music Sundays, pop, Singer, songwriter, Soul, Tennessee, U.S.

Donna Summer’s daughter.

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 – Blu & Exile – “Dancing In The Rain”

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2007, Aleksander Manfredi, alternative hip hop, Below the Heavens, Blu, Blu & Exile, Blu And Exile, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Dancing In The Rain, DJ, Exile, hip hop DJ, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Johnson Barnes, Key Yemaya Walker, Los Angeles, MPC, music, Producer, Rapper, record producer, sampler, San Pedro, Sire, Sound in Color, Sound in Color Records, Turntable, U.S., Underground hip hop, Warner Bros. Records, West Coast

Fitting for this monsoon coming down in Chicago this evening.

[Verse 1:]
It’s six o’clock I’m hoppin’ out of the bed
Rain fallin’, callin’ ex but my phoneline is dead
I guess my bills ain’t paid
No ride to work for the day
Second option hop the bus but there’s a traffic delay
My boss trippin’ cause I’m runnin’ late and ain’t no excuse
When I’m about to be 22 without a whip I could swoop
Feel like I’m fixin to shoot my own dome with chrome to escape
Zonin’ out cause workin workin out ain’t worth what I make
My lady callin’ buggin’ always fussin’ just cause we ain’t ballin’
But it’s hard because her cousin is f–kin’ rich cause her husband’s hustlin’
And I ain’t f–kin touchin’ nothin’ but a mic
Five o’clock and off of work ready to go home and write
But I ain’t got a buck to catch the bus, chillin’ at the stop
Rain fallin’ hard as ever and it’s soakin’ my socks
F–k it, kick my kicks off and took off my jacket
Roll my jeans up beat up and my headphones blastin’
Blazed some weed up and started laughin’
While I’m splashin’ in puddles like
Mothaf–k a struggle we dancin’ in the rain

[Chorus 1:]
Don’t nobody wanna dance slow in the rain
Just move yo a-s… just move yo a-s
Don’t nobody wanna liberate the way to the pain
Just move yo a-s… just move yo a-s

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – 9/11 – Jay-Z feat Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

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2009, 5× Platinum, 9/11, Actress, Al Shux, Alexander Shuckburgh, Alicia Augello Cook, Alicia Keys, Angela Hunte, Arista, Atlantic, Biggie, Biggie Smalls, Billboard, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Nets, Burt Keyes, Columbia, Def Jam, Empire State Of Mind, entrepreneur, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Instagram, iPhone, iPhone 5, iPhone Post, J, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic, Jeff Bhasker, Jermone Harmon, Kanye West, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboards, Lexus, Mary J. Blige, McDonalds, music, musician, New York, New York City, New York Knicks, No I.D., Notorious B.I.G, Oven Studios, pianist, piano, Platinum, pop, R&B, Rapper, RCA, record producer, Robert Deniro, Roc Nation, Roc the Mic Studios, Roc-A-Fella, Shawn Carter, Shawn Corey Carter, Singer-songwriter, Soul, Spike Lee, Swizz Beatz, Sylvia Robinson, The Blueprint 3, The Inkredibles, The Neptunes, The Notorious B.I.G., Timbaland, Tribeca, Ty-Ty, U.S., United States, Vocals, World Trade Center, WTC

Yeah

[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
Yeah I’m out that Brooklyn, now I’m down in TriBeCa
Right next to Deniro, but I’ll be hood forever
I’m the new Sinatra, and since I made it here
I can make it anywhere, yeah, they love me everywhere
I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicano’s
Right there up on Broadway, pull me back to that McDonald’s
Took it to my stashbox, 560 State St.
Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons with them Pastry’s
Cruisin’ down 8th St., off white Lexus
Drivin’ so slow, but BK is from Texas
Me, I’m out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
Say what’s up to Ty-Ty, still sippin’ mai tai’s
Sittin’ courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high five
Nigga I be Spike’d out, I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that I’m most definitely from….