Albums Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony (Discussion Thread)

[Chip Skylark]

My people out in Flint still bathin' in the slaughter
ICE out here rippin' families apart at the border
Satan struck Palestine, we at another mortar
Lies from the reporters
Ass shots and stripper poles for the eyes of my daughter, hmm
Swing low sweet chariot and 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 orbal was too wide to calculate the azimuth
The journey was technically unexplainable, hazardous
Rise young gods, all paths lead to Lazarus
The dry bones are lifted up from the valley of dust
The prayers of the slaves are the wings that carry us
A field full of dreams is where they tried to bury us

 

[Wall]

This is remarkably close to how I feel about this. I give it a 4.5/5 btw

Jay-Z is going to get a LOT of credit for this album and he deserves it. This is why I was kind of aggy when it was announced it was a joint album. If Jay Elect had been able to drop his debut when the OG Act 2 Tracklisting came out and THEN did a Hov collab album it would have stood more fairly but for this to be Jay Elect’s proper debut and with a FIFTY year old Hov absolutely killing his verses, and his flow so effortless, there are going to be unfair comparisons.


Seriously, i’m super impressed with Hov’s rapping on this album, and not like I didn’t think he still had it in him because I felt 4:44 was a classic. But to just do it so effortlessly. You can HEAR Jay Elect trying his absolute damndest on a few of his verses to keep up. Jay-Z is just supremely talented. His only real competition on the Mic is Nas, Black Thought, and Lupe Fiasco.

 

[ajnapoleon]

Damn...

I swear Im listening to Jay Z like...did this nygga take a crash course on Islam 101

You dont know much about Jay-Z huh





Look what Jaz is wearing this was in 87-88

jaz and Jay was into Dr. York back then

and Jay had some 5% stuff in his songs over the years its not a new thing

 

[Jigganaut]

APIDTA

Man my homeboy lost his 4 year old daughter to cancer last year. And i was telling him in particular this song was a vibe. So he quoted the line last time i kissed you, you was cold but you looked peaceful. nikka my eyes got watery i can't front. Not because of the song you know but because of my homeboys circumstance and I know that joint is probably hitting him particularly hard. We're both avid hip hop heads so you know. Sitting at work with tears in my eyes bruh shyts weird. Fatherhood turned me into a ho. I'm fukking 6'3 245 lbs with watery eyes at my job LOL

 

[NormanConnors]

@Maharishi stop hiding like a chump and explain yourself, stop acting like a mumble mouth broad and speak, this a forum for public opinion

 

[TL15]

Jay Z, when he speaks on religion is still cringy to me

On one hand he seems to have lived his whole life above religion "J Hova" "Hova tha God" "never prayed to God..."even on here "I created my own Easter" "They sold their souls to me" but then he has moments when he seems genuine about it but if comes off as phony. I guess its just the rapper paradox but I don't know

i think how he sees religion and how you see it (no diss ) might be different. Jay seems to be a certified 5 Percenter and his religion is that he is a God or Godlike so none of it is really blasphemy. He doesn’t hide it at all

 

[FocusedDaily]

Been on repeat for 3 and a half hours straight just catching bars.
This is insanity !

 

[FocusedDaily]

Good lord Cats over hyping the hell out of this

Should have known with elect producing most of this there would be some subpar/lazy beats/samples that have been flipped better

No ID had the best beat and it was average for him.

Em picked a better alch beat

Jigga sounding lost/out of place trying to spit god body shyt.

Album was probably made in 3 days

2.5/ 3 mics

horrible take. Keep listening fam.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Any Canadians legally streaming? I'm bumping my Webrip but surprised it ain't up on channels yet here

 

[KillbertArenas]

Good lord Cats over hyping the hell out of this

Should have known with elect producing most of this there would be some subpar/lazy beats/samples that have been flipped better

No ID had the best beat and it was average for him.

Em picked a better alch beat

Jigga sounding lost/out of place trying to spit god body shyt.

Album was probably made in 3 days

2.5/ 3 mics

Listen to it again tomorrow or a few days from now.

This is the type of album most wont like off the first listen

 

[Mowgli]

Jay-Z washed Jay electronica on every song

 

[L. Deezy]

You dont know much about Jay-Z huh





Look what Jaz is wearing this was in 87-88

jaz and Jay was into Dr. York back then

and Jay had some 5% stuff in his songs over the years its not a new thing

No..Every NY nygga was into it somewhat in the 80s..it was actually borderline fad'ish.. along with the red, black and green stuff ..the stuff he kicking now is complete studying mode.

 

[Billy Ocean]

Good lord Cats over hyping the hell out of this

Should have known with elect producing most of this there would be some subpar/lazy beats/samples that have been flipped better

No ID had the best beat and it was average for him.

Em picked a better alch beat

Jigga sounding lost/out of place trying to spit god body shyt.

Album was probably made in 3 days

2.5/ 3 mics

I rate it higher than that (3.5 or maybe 4) but some dudes are overhyping it and I called it yesterday. If you didn't see it coming a mile away than I don't know what to tell you. This the Coli and they see the names Jay Z and Jay Electronica and I just KNEW people were gonna call it incredible and classic regardless of how it sounded. It is what it is.

 

[ajnapoleon]

i think how he sees religion and how you see it (no diss ) might be different. Jay seems to be a certified 5 Percenter and his religion is that he is a God or Godlike so none of it is really blasphemy. He doesn’t hide it at all

Wanted to say the same thing
Jay
Talib
Mos def
Q-tip and the tribe
Big Daddy Kane
KRS
Grand Puba
wise intell
sadat X
lord jamar
The entire Wu
Nas
Carmelo Anthony
and of course Jay Elec

All said they are God Body


Its just you dont hear them as often ....it was huge in the 80's and early 90's







I might get attacked for it but ....

I think the biggest probelm people have With Jay is super simple ....



he does not talk ...He not on twitter and people cant forcast his moves ...


He is a enigma

 

[L. Deezy]

Jay-Z washed Jay electronica on every song

Blah...they worked well together.