Albums Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony (Discussion Thread)

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Some ask me "Jay man
Why come for so many years you been exempt?"
'Cause familiarity don't bring gratitude just contempt
And the price of sanity is too damn high just like the rent
Hmm-hmm, hmm-hmm, hmm-hmm, uh, uh
Sometimes I was held down by the gravity of my pen (Pen)
Sometimes I was held down by the gravity of my sin (Sin)
Sometimes like Santiago, at crucial points of my novel
My only logical option was to transform into the wind

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"Hov hit me up like, "What, you scared of heights?
Know you sister tired of workin', gotta do her something nice"
I'm like, "Don't he know I stay up for Fallon late nights?"
She need bread, she need rice, she need threads, she need ice
Either tell it to my bank account or say it to the dice
When I lay down in my bed it's like my head in the vice
When I look inside the mirror all I see is flaws
When I look inside the mural all I see is walls
And the wee hours of night, tryna squeeze out bars
Bismillah, just so y'all could pick me apart?"


the pressure must've been too much for jay elec but atleast we got it
 

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Once again cant trust yall opinion past the Jay z dikk eating smh

A quick listen. This shyt ain't nowhere as dope as yall saying. Just like Jay last album. Smh
Jay z is not the problem with this project.

1. the production- it don’t take all of this man. It’s no rhythm to these beats. It’s just noise

compare the “fruits of the spirit” production to this.(same sample)


2. Jay elect is monotone af.

3. there are barely any hooks. Just nikkas being fake deep
 

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first listen :ehh:

I'm still fukking amazed this is release...although I was also amazed when Pap, Saigon finally dropped...so better late than never.

gotta digest it a bit more with a few more spins...the shock of actually hearing a Jay Elec project hasn't fully been realized yet.

:scusthov: did his thing, as did Jay Elec
 

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Your grandparents had to deal with strange fruit hanging from trees
And you shopping in Gucci? Stop with the c00nery please
Spending 90 percent of your check on people who hate us but won't give a dime to those with the same skin color that made us
White people get mad when you put them in place
And these the people who walk around thinking they the master race?

:ooh:

Shheeeessshhh
 

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Jay z is not the problem with this project.

1. the production- it don’t take all of this man. It’s no rhythm to these beats. It’s just noise

compare the “fruits of the spirit” production to this.(same sample)


2. Jay elect is monotone af.

3. there are barely any hooks. Just nikkas being fake deep

You must eat pork, my brother :mjpls:
 

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From what I heard Jay Elect is dropping plenty of gems in his verses, still gotta listen to the entire project. Heard Jay also addresses the NFL issue.
 
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