Celebrating the Life of Prince O(+> 2 Years Later – A Different Take – C Week Ƭ̵̬̊

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Instead of talking about that day, how I felt, or loss, this year I will be different and a celebration. The first year was shock, and Coachella tributes, last year (2017) was my tattoo and party on the anniversary.

In 2011, I made a last minute decision to travel to California…mind you, Los Angeles. In the process of that trip, a late decision was made to attend the Prince residency at the historic Fabulous Forum in Inglewood California on 4/21/11. The building had been recently returned to its venue status, after being a church since the teams had left years ago for Staples Center.

After an already full day, with a game of the Atlanta Braves beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, however losing the series, my iPhone died as we pulled into the Forum parking lot. Excited to see Prince, though the scalped price of $100 per ticket, for face value $25 tickets was not agreeable, especially through my nemesis StubHub, we arrived, and you could hear The Time performing through the paper-thin walls of the building.

Initially our tickets scanned as “already entered,” and I just shook my head on the money spent, knowing that I could’ve gotten legitimate tickets, though we later found out that the tickets were just printed multiple times. Upon entering, the set list was as follows:

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

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[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

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

New To You Music Sundays – Rockie Fresh – “Nobody”

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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.

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 – De La Soul – “Ring, Ring, Ring”

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1991, 30 Day Photo Challenge, Act Like You Know, African medallions, alternative hip hop, Amityville, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Calliope Productions, Curiosity Killed the Cat, D.A.I.S.Y. Age, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, De La Soul is Dead, DJ, Dove, Fat Larry's Band, Help is on the Way, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Honey Drippers, Impeach the President, K. Mercer, Kelvin Mercer, Key Yemaya Walker, Long Island, Maseo, Mercenary, music, Name and Number, Native Tongues, New York, P. Huston, P.A. Pasemaster Mase, Pass the Peas, Paul Huston, peace signs, Plug 1, Plug 2, Plug One, Plug Three, Plug Wonder Why, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, Producer, Rap, Rapper, Ring, Ring Ring Ring, Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey), Spitkicker, The Bronx, The J.B.'s, The Whatnauts, Tommy Boy, Tommy Boy Entertainment, Tommy Boy label, Tommy Boy Records, Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove, United States, USA, Vincent Mason, Warner Bros. Records

My current basic ring tone from De La Soul is Dead.
“Yes, this is Miss Renee king from Philadelphia. I want you to please
Give me a call on area code 215-222-4209 and I’m calling in reference
to the music business. Thank you.”

Dove:
Hey how ya doin’
Sorry ya can’t get through
Why don’t you leave your name
And your number
And I’ll get back to you
Hey how are ya doin’
Sorry ya can’t get through
But leave your name (uh)
And your number
And I’ll get back to you.

Once again it’s another rap bandit
Fiending at I and I can’t stand it
Wanna be down with the Day-Glo
Knocking on my door, saying, “a yo yo”
Knocking on my door, saying, “a yo yo”
“i got a funky new tune with a fly banjo”
I can’t understand what the problem is
I find it hard enough dealing with my own biz
How’d they get my name and number
Then I stop to think and wonder
Bout a plan, yo man, I gotta step out town
You wanna call me up? take my number down
It’s 222-2222
I got an answering machine that can talk to you
It goes

Cover Sundays – Tori Amos “Losing My Religion” (REM Cover)

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1991, 1995, alternative rock, Art pop, Athens, baroque pop, Bearsville Studios, Bill Berry, Bill Rieflin, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Classical, Clavichord, clavinet, college rock, Columbia Pictures, Cover Sundays, Electronica, Fender Rhodes, Georgia, hammond organ, harmonium, harpsichord, Hib-Tone, Higher Learning, I.R.S., jangle pop, John Singleton, Key Yemaya Walker, Kurzweil, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, musician, Myra Ellen Amos, New West, New York, Newton, North Carolina, Out Of Time, Peter Buck, Peter Holsapple, piano, Piano rock, R.E.M., record producer, REM, Scott McCaughey, songwriter, Sony Pictures Studios, Tori Amos, United States, United States; John Keane Studios, vocalist, Vocals, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Records, Woodstock, Wurlitzer

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.