Albums Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony (Discussion Thread)

[I'm Blackman]

This makes me like that Jay hook more.

 

[I'm Blackman]

Maybe the expectation was too high , maybe too much time has passed , maybe I’ve been so far beyond jaded for a while now with damn near ALL rap, maybe I’m placing too much emphasis on the sparse production style ...but this feels LIGHT .

And Jay-Z is offbeat too , and isn’t meshing seamlessly with Elect by any means . Jay Z really doesn’t add much at all.



some gems in here tho , but not something I’d consistently revisit .

feels like an overachieving mixtape of loosies ft. Jay Z and not a debut album .

I’ll dive back in later I guess .



low key, Royce’s new album hit me much harder

Royce album flames.

 

[Chip Skylark]

"Like Vince Staples said, we just wadin' in the water
My people out in Flint still bathin' in the slaughter
ICE out here rippin' families apart at the border
Satan struck Palestine with yet another mortar
Lies from the reporters
Ass shots and stripper poles for the eyes of my daughter, hm
Swing low sweet chariot, my train is on schedule
But I had to take the Underground Railroad like Harriet
Weave the whole industry, every jab I've parried it
My cross I carried it
My crown of thorns to cavalry from Nazareth
The orbit was too wide to calculate the azimuth
The journey was technically unexplainable, hazardous
Rise, young gods, all paths lead to Lazarus
The dry bones that lifted up from the valley dust
The prayers of the slaves are the wings that carry us
A field full of dreams is where they tried to bury us (Bury us)"

This verse is mastery levels!

people keep saying Hov got him but he didn’t!

 

[Hip-Hop-Bulls]

THE NATION OF GODS AND EARTHS /NATION OF ISLAM

10 PERCENT BELIEVE IN A SPOOK GOD..

THE FIVE PERCENT BELIE IN THE PHYSICAL..this came from Muslim lessons..

agree to disagree..

The 10% do not believe in a spook. They TEACH the 85% of an invisible spook god to have power over the 85%.
"Believe" is not in the 5% vocabulary. As it means there's a degree of doubt and we speak on what we know.

The 5% teach of the true and LIVING God. WD Fard is not on this planet in 2020. The 85% believe in a spook that cannot be seen by the physical eye. Again, this describes the NOI who sees WD Fard as God and prays to him.

We are not the same.

 

[Chip Skylark]

White boys online are mad af at this ...

how dare he not be politically correct

ive noticed this! Especially on twitter. There really needs to an article or research done on how music is black and white. Those same dudes were saying Em album is better than this

 

[BK The Great]

Yea that's what I'm getting for this...heard it twice but didn't really listen hard I was busy both times

They should’ve put him on there since he’s affiliated with Jay.

 

[Mastamimd]

This verse is mastery levels!

people keep saying Hov got him but he didn’t!

Equal footing, but people like running with narratives because it's the cool thing to do.

 

[Chip Skylark]

 

[mson]

Im going to pour a glass of Japanese whiskey.

What brand?

 

[Mastamimd]

ive noticed this! Especially on twitter. There really needs to an article or research done on how music is black and white. Those same dudes were saying Em album is better than this

Lord Jamar was right, and I fukk with Eminem. Thing is it's not Ems fault, it's his fanbase.

 

[Family Man]

Alright...Jigga the GOAT.

 

[patscorpio]

You must eat pork, my brother

 

[patscorpio]

I'm going to digest this shyt driving up to New Hampshire later today

 

[darealvelle]

The more I've listened to this album, it reminds me of 'Act 1' a lot, mainly because Jay E produced damn near all of it.

The Alchemist beat, may not be one of his most recent sounding, but I get that it was on there because it meshed with the vibe. Also had me a moment, when he mentions 'Santiago disappearing in the wind', on account Santiago being the main character in 'The Alchemist'



Very much this. 'Ezekiel's Wheel' would be right at home on 'You're Dead' next to



and

I agree, some people are just use the same typical hiphop production and hear something different they think its garbage or hard to listen to. Or listeners have to wait until kendrick spits over the abstract beats.

 

[patscorpio]

Aubreys Angels popping their mouth like we give 2 sihts about their musical taste.

Y'all want music with sexual imagery so you can picture "Papi" pouring "champagne" on your forehead