Damn Jay is almost on every track 
May be a debatable topic later on but I would argue this is a Jay and Jay album.
May be a debatable topic later on but I would argue this is a Jay and Jay album.
Albums Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony (Discussion Thread)
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steadyrighteous
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I’ve played this through 4 times. I don’t have a rating or any of that shyt...
Musically/sonically, I won’t argue if people say they don’t like it. I like most of the production outside a couple of songs, but nothing blew me away. At average, most of the beats are serviceable and fit for purpose...
Lyrically?
If you say you like rap and you don’t like this, check your biases. There isn’t a single weak verse on any song. Even the songs I don’t like I have to run back to catch the gems. This is writing at a very high level.
Every verse on every song sounds like a guest verse.
That doesn’t make it a perfect album. shyt, it might not even make it a good album, but man if somebody told me that Jay & Hov were gonna basically drop 9 Shiny Suit Theory level songs lyrically I would have thought it would be too difficult to be that dense every time.
But I’ll be damned if these nikkas ain’t do it.
Musically/sonically, I won’t argue if people say they don’t like it. I like most of the production outside a couple of songs, but nothing blew me away. At average, most of the beats are serviceable and fit for purpose...
Lyrically?
If you say you like rap and you don’t like this, check your biases. There isn’t a single weak verse on any song. Even the songs I don’t like I have to run back to catch the gems. This is writing at a very high level.
Every verse on every song sounds like a guest verse.
That doesn’t make it a perfect album. shyt, it might not even make it a good album, but man if somebody told me that Jay & Hov were gonna basically drop 9 Shiny Suit Theory level songs lyrically I would have thought it would be too difficult to be that dense every time.
But I’ll be damned if these nikkas ain’t do it.
This is a lyrical masterpiece
Too many gems
Too many gems
The Neverending Story:
Breh...dude really taking me back to my deem where I read "Soul on Ice" at my cash register while white folks gave me the grissley. I'm wondering what I do
This shyt is like a love letter to blackness
Breh...dude really taking me back to my deem where I read "Soul on Ice" at my cash register while white folks gave me the grissley. I'm wondering what I do
This shyt is like a love letter to blackness
Conscious Pilot
Do Better.
Why are so many shocked that Hov is getting Jay Elect on every track ( which I don’t agree nor disagree with)
Like Jay-Z isn’t regarded as one of GOAT Rappers or something
Like Jay-Z isn’t regarded as one of GOAT Rappers or something
Conscious Pilot
Do Better.
When I look in the Mirrors.. all I see is Flaws
Don’t we all
Don’t we all
You forget what website you on?Why are so many shocked that Hov is getting Jay Elect on every track ( which I don’t agree nor disagree with)
Like Jay-Z isn’t regarded as one of GOAT Rappers or something
Lanks
Why are so many shocked that Hov is getting Jay Elect on every track ( which I don’t agree nor disagree with)
Like Jay-Z isn’t regarded as one of GOAT Rappers or something
I was skeptical at first because
"Jigga", but so far this shyt feels like OB4CL with gems being sold instead of drug tips. This is the album that we really NEED right now in the mist of junkie rappers, conscious rappers being on a revolutionary Twitter tip, and the entire community being all over the fukking place instead of forward
Shiny Suit Theory:
I was highkey disappointed when I first saw the track list and saw Shiny Suit Theory on there but damn if it didn’t fit perfectly 
ThaEruditious
She luv it over here like Gold Watch.
That shyt always bothered me as well. nikkas seem to not understand writing credits and publishing where 99% of the time the producer(s) get that stamp for "writing" the music.
Lanks
I'm copping on vinyl ASAP but this plz^^
Universal Soldier:
Neverending Story might be the pinnacle of Hip Hop
WhoShotCha
Superstar
There is no logical argument that can be made against Jay Electronica being the best lyricist ever.