Albums Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony (Discussion Thread)

[CHICAGO]

I guess it does depend on what kind of rap you frequently listen too

Flux capacitor is one of the worse beats in hiphop history and people here saying they like the songs shows you that people ears are accustomed to different things

YEA THAT shyt IS TRASH...

HOV WAS STILL ABLE TO MAKE
SOMETHING OUT OF IT THOUGH.

ELECS VERSE WAS A GARBAGE AS THE BEAT.



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[CHERUB]

I haven't played it since it came out smh. Like its a forgettable album

 

[GoldenGlove]

How many records do yal think Jay Electronica has actually recorded and finished in 11 years?

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

How many records do yal think Jay Electronica has actually recorded and finished in 11 years?

Just this one.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Just this one.

I'm meaning songs when I say records in that post. How many songs you think he's recorded over this long ass time?

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

I'm meaning songs when I say records in that post. How many songs you think he's recorded over this long ass time?

I know what you meant, LOL.

Slight facetiousness aside, I don't think he did many.

 

[50CentStan]

only if travis c00n wasnt on the album.

 

[ROBEEZYKILLA]

Replay value is high I fukks with it all the other shyt is irrelevant

 

[cornercommission2k12]

after listening my expectations were not met with this project. i love the content. love that jay had a few verses where he floated. but im disappointed in jay elect. outside of maybe a verse or 2 his level of lyricism felt mediocre. i expected him to leave earth on a lot of these tracks and he didnt. and i know a lot of credit is being given to jay z but honestly kinda felt he was basic on a few of these tracks too. as far as the beats i liked maybe half of them.

this a track i might keep a few tracks for and toss the rest. which is sad because i been waiting over a decade for this project and when i found out jay z was on it too i was really excited but i would be lying if i said i came away feeling like this was a classic or something that will get more than a couple plays from me.

 

[ISO]

only if travis c00n wasnt on the album.

His part is really short and he sounds like 808’s Kanye on it

 

[El Vato]

I don't think he ever married her but admittedly I don't follow rappers personal lives like that.

Regardless, I'm sure his actions contradict a gang of shyt he's saying on this album but it's no different than any other rapper, really. I take what rappers say with a grain of salt.

Fred.

I mentioned that to him but then he or Jay went all trying to hack lol a billy vs a billy and yes he did marry her. It's the biggest sellout album ever made. He should have release the first which Jay said no.

 

[50CentStan]

His part is really short and he sounds like 808’s Kanye on it

And thats why he should not have been on it.

 

[CHICAGO]

after listening my expectations were not met with this project. i love the content. love that jay had a few verses where he floated. but im disappointed in jay elect. outside of maybe a verse or 2 his level of lyricism felt mediocre. i expected him to leave earth on a lot of these tracks and he didnt. and i know a lot of credit is being given to jay z but honestly kinda felt he was basic on a few of these tracks too. as far as the beats i liked maybe half of them.

this a track i might keep a few tracks for and toss the rest. which is sad because i been waiting over a decade for this project and when i found out jay z was on it too i was really excited but i would be lying if i said i came away feeling like this was a classic or something that will get more than a couple plays from me.

I HONESTLY FELT HOV WAS HOLDING BACK...
HE DIDNT GO HARD AT ALL
AND WAS STILL SHINING.

JAY ELEC IS NOT THE EMCEE WE THOUGHT
HE WAS 10 YRS AGO
BUT HE DID A GOOD JOB KEEP THE MYTH ALIVE
BY NOT RELEASING ANYTHING.

DUDES VERSES SHOULD HAVE BEEN CRAZY
SINCE HE ONLY GAVE US ABOUT 3 SONGS WORTH
OF BARS IN THE WHOLE ALBUM.



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[Ziggiy]

Album has an 84 rating currently on Metacritic

 

[N711oir]

upon further review,

it's still good.

got to give him credit for even having the balls to drop it he didn't have to

and for all the hype, i thought it nearly impossible not to disappoint, and it doesn't, well not really


as many have stated this is a Jay, album/project and that is Jay -Z

He used Jay elec as an excuse to put it out/ like 4:44 he used his extramarital affair/ american gangster it was his being inspired by the movie


even the goats/ are as Erykah Badu put it/ an artist and sensitive about they shyt

so these excuses or caveats help with releasing these projects at least mentally


with that being said / it lacked energy

how the most energetic thing off the project is an 80 year old mans snippet from a speech?

and they callabed on we made it/ which displayed energy

and these stripped beats

like 4:44 was missing any signature beats/ songs when first come on you know what it is/ you anticipate that beat drop

all missing/ don't know what jay is doing/ that whole jay- ye departure, fukking up music for both those artist/

at least jay is still putting out tolerable music/ that ye shyt


and jay elec is a watered down Killah priest/

no way you could be silent for that long and have nothing new to say