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

Cover Sundays – Lotte Kestner – “Halo” – Beyoncé Cover

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Anna-Lynne Williams, Atlanta, Beyonce, Blue Hurt, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Cover Sundays, dream pop, Folk rock, Georgia, Halo, indie rock, Key Yemaya Walker, Keypsiia, Keypsiia Walker, Keypsiia Yemaya Walker, Lotte Kestner, Sacramento, Shoegaze, Vocal

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 – A Tribe Called Quest – “Award Tour” requested by Promoter Ike’s World

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12" maxi single, 1993, A Tribe Called Quest, Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, alternative hip hop, Atlanta, Atlanta Braves, bass, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Braves, Brooklyn, Chinatown, Dallas, David Jude Jolicoeur, DC, De La Soul, Delaware, digital download, DJ, Dove, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Houston, Jarobi White, Jazz Merchant Music, jazz-rap, Jive Records, Jonathan Davis, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboard, L.A., Large Professor, London, Long Island, Malik Isaac Taylor, Malik Izaak Taylor, Maryland, Midnight Marauders, Motown, music, N.C., Native Tongues, New Orleans, New York, New York City, New York Yankees, NJ, Nodlew Music, November, NY, Oaktown, Phife Dawg, Producer, Q-Tip, Queens, Queens New York City, Rapper, S.C., sampler, San Fran, Skeff Anselm, Spokane, St. Albans, St. John, Tokyo, Trinidad and Tobago, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove, Turntables, Unichappell Music Inc., United States, Universal Music - Z Tunes LLC, USA, VA, Vocal, Weldon Irvine Jr, Yankees

[chorus Dove from De La Soul:]
We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man
Going each and every place with the mic in their hand
New York, NJ, N.C., VA
We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man
Going each and every place with the mic in their hand
Oaktown, L.A., San Fran, St. John

[Q-Tip:]
People give your ears so I be sublime
It’s enjoyable to know you and the concubine
N—az, take off your coats ladies, act like chorus Dove from De La Soul:
We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man
Going each and every place with the mic in their hand
New York, NJ, N.C., VA
We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man
Going each and every place with the mic in their hand
Oaktown, L.A., San Fran, St. John

[Q-Tip:]
People give your ears so I be sublime
It’s enjoyable to know you and the concubine
N—az, take off your coats ladies, act like GEMS
Sit down, Indian style, as we recite these hymns
See, lyrically I’m Mario Andretti on the mo-mo
Ludicrously speedy, or infectious with the slow-mo
Heard me in the eighties, J Beez on the promo
On my never ending quest to get the paper on the
Caper

Hip Hop Quotable Wednesdays – A Tribe Called Quest – “Can I Kick It”

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1991, A Tribe Called Quest, Abstract, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, alternative hip hop, American hip hop, ATCQ, bass, Battery Studios, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Brooklyn, Calliope Studios, Can I Kick It, Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Dance of the Knights, David Porter, DJ Pete Tong, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Dr. Lonnie Smith, drums, Dumb D.J. Towha's DewDrop Inn, East Coast Hip-Hop, Five Foot Assassin, Fried Okra, Garden Seeker Productions, Golden age hip hop, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Hot Chocolate, Ian Dury, Jarobi White, jazz-rap, Jive, Jive/RCA Records, Jonathan Davis, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboard, Lou Reed, Malik Isaac Taylor, MC Love Child, Mr. Muhammad, music, Native Tongues, New York, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, Phife Dawg, Piano/keyboards, Q-Tip, Queens, R&B, sampler, Sergei Prokofiev, Soul, Soul Con-certo, Spinning Wheel, St. Albans, Sunshower, The Way You Do the Things You Do, Turntables, U.S., United States, USA, Vocal, Vocals, Walk on the Wild Side, What a Waste, You Sexy Thing, Zomba

[Q-Tip]
Can I kick it? (Yes, you can!) *7X*
Well, I’m gone (Go on then!)

Can I kick it? To all the people who can Quest like A Tribe does
Before this, did you really know what live was?
Comprehend to the track, for its why cuz
Gettin measures on the tip of the vibers
Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzz
Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug
If you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbug
Come and spread your arms if you really need a hug
Afrocentric living is a big shrug
A life filled with *HORN* that’s what I love
A lower plateau is what we’re above
If you diss us, we won’t even think of
Will Nipper the doggy give a big shove?
This rhythm really fits like a snug glove
Like a box of positives is a plus, love
As the Tribe flies high like a dove

New 30 Day Song Challenge – Day 25 – Best Vocals – Michael Jackson – “Lady In My Life”

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1982, 30 Day Song Challenge, 6th Album, Best Vocals, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, California, Funk, Immortal, Key Yemaya Walker, King of Pop, Lady In My Life, Legend, Michae, Michael Joseph Jackson, music, New 30 Day Song Challenge, New To You Music Sundays, Not released as single, November, pop, Post-disco, Quincy Jones, R&B, rock, Rod Temperton, Thriller, Vocal, Westlake Recording Studios

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 (Mondays) – Nina Simone – “Here Comes The Sun” – George Harrison Cover

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1969, 1971, Abbey Road, Apple Records, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Cover, Cover Album, Cover Songs, Cover Sundays, Covers, Folk rock, George Harrison, George Martin, Harold Wheeler, Here Comes The Sun, Jazz, Key Yemaya Walker, Nat Shapiro, Nina Simone, pop, Pop rock, RCA Victor's Studio B New York City, Soul, The Beatles, Vocal, Voyager Golden Record

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