Albums Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony (Discussion Thread)

[beenz]

That Rihanna sample on Flux Capacitor

what song?
shine like diamond?

Flux Capacitor by Jay Electronica on WhoSampled

 

[GreenGhxst]

Jay elect outshining HOV on a few tracks

 

[JA_Carter]

Take over a decade to drop your debut album only to get washed by 50 year old Hov on every single track brehs


Jay Z wasn’t lying when he said he’ll never fall off

 

[The Ruler 09]

On repeat.

 

[GreenGhxst]

Hov almost 50 still giving us GOAT level raps

He 50



Half a century old

 

[Abdi]

brrrrrrrrrr ITS THE ROC

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Incredible album..

 

[old pig]

early assessment but I’m not enjoying jay z’s verses on these songs that much...I’m not gonna OD and say they’re trash it just doesn’t sound like he’s @ his best on this one...I would’ve been content just hearing jay elec on the album...seems like jay z on it was to hold jay elec’s feet to the fire to ensure the album would drop...after waiting so along I would’ve like to hear more jay elec and less jay z

 

[JA_Carter]

‪Jay Z rapping like he finished reading the autobiography of Malcolm X before entering the booth ‬

 

[Hyman Roth]

I snap on the track like the fingers of Thanos...

 

[6CertsAndAMovie]

what does adpita stand for

 

[L. Deezy]

2nd time through. Very very good album. Congrats to Jay Elect for finally focusing on something and delivering. You can tell though, that Hov made this dude focus for 40 days and 40 nights. I appreciate him for doing it. Hip Hop needed this album, and right now. They both put together some great verses. Production was well-done.

Ghost of Soulja Slim (Hov puts on a master class to set the course of the album; Jay Elect followed up with great verse)
The Blinding.... (Swizz on his shyt, AraabMusic & Hit Boy killed that second beat....that beat switch is nuts)
Universal Soldier (Bananas!!!!)
Shiny Suit Theory (old classic, but still crazy to hear Hov spitting like G Rap)
Flux Capacitor ("Get da gat...." - the expected Shawn Carter clear-ish-up, FTW verse, period)
Fruits of the Spirit (so damn smooth and soulful; great production by No ID; Jay Elect murdered this)
A.P.I.D.T.A - classic Jay Elect verses; great outro

In this setting, in this mindstate of making music, The Scientist with Jay Elect, Nas & Hov would have murdered the next decade. We missed out on one there.

I know how I'm spending part of this pandemic......

The Scientist wouldnt fit the mood of this album.. I get why its not on there.

 

[Waterproof]

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

This is that fire!!!!!!

 

[Billy Ocean]

Ok, just finished my first listen. Dope album but definitely not classic. Hov did his thing on here and you gonna be hearing for years how Elec kinda pussied out by having his debut be a duet with a living legend. Elec was spitting and if you're a fan of religion and spirituality in rap you're gonna love it, but this was already much expected from him.

The beats were ok, nothing crazy. Some very underwhelming. That Jay hook on Flux is ass and shoulda been left off. The 2 best tracks imo are the first two. That Soulja Slim track is

Off first listen I'd give this a 3.5, maybe 4 because of the elite rapping. Definitely...off first listen...not an album I'd think I'd be calling a classic but still a solid album.