Remember when Jay Electronica dropped that Exhibit A & Exhibit C?

[Professor Polo]

 

[Piff Perkins]

Real question

Is Exhibit C the last Hip Hop song that really blew up organically without a big label push?


I remember when Blaze first premiered it (along with Nas’s The Scientist) on a radio mix show. And wird of mouth was so bug they went ahead and dropped it as a single

Just about every Chief Keef single when he first popped up and a host of ATL shyt blew without pushes.

It was certainly one of the last rappity rap songs to do it though. I remember when we were just playing the snippet over and over waiting for the full version. The reaction to the snippet was insane, and I remember a few months later the full thing dropped and the internet went crazy.

 

[Chip Skylark]

Just about every Chief Keef single when he first popped up and a host of ATL shyt blew without pushes.

It was certainly one of the last rappity rap songs to do it though. I remember when we were just playing the snippet over and over waiting for the full version. The reaction to the snippet was insane, and I remember a few months later the full thing dropped and the internet went crazy.

This

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

I remember Just Blaze telling me on SOHH that they were going to put out Exhibit A,B, and C on CD in like a month after I asked him for the DJ-less versions of Holiday and Exhibit B.

I'm still waiting Justin

 

[Motife43]

Little known fact, Exhibit A first appeared on a Guitar Center CD compilation that featured music played by Guitar Center employees

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Fresh-Cuts-Volume-3/release/2111929

 

[Ziggiy]

I legit thought the crown was his when this dropped

 

[RhymesWell]

Issa dream, Issa dream. The flow elegant like Miss Coretta Scott King

 

[Piff Perkins]

Remember that Christmas when Act II was supposed to drop? I remember going to my grandma's house for the holiday, thinking when I got back home I'd hop online and download that shyt. Got home late, ran to the computer...didn't see it. To make matters worse him and Just were saying "it's coming, we just waiting on a Nas verse"


I'm surprised nobody called them out on that at the time. Like the only reason you didn't drop was because of a guest verse...nah fam, stop lying lmao.

 

[Ohene]

oh well

 

[Ohene]

the fact Jay-z force some sort of album release...odd

 

[smokeurobinson]

Real question

Is Exhibit C the last Hip Hop song that really blew up organically without a big label push?

Hot Nikka by Bobby Shmurder. Hot 97 wasnt even playing that song during the spring /summer because dude wasnt signed yet it was the hottest song in the streets of NYC. Hot 97 would play the cringeworthy French Montana version because no label was associated with the official song yet.

 

[Rigby.]

This nikka Jay could’ve had this new woke/conscious lane under his boot heel if he played his cards right. Probably had one of the last unanimous lyrical hip hop classics. Rap game Greg Oden

 

[fukkyalifestyle]

Jay Electronica prob lurks these boards so I hope he reads this when I say that you a bytch. had the game in a frenzy and too scared to drop. what happen to you? used to be one of my favorites.

 

[JuvenileHell]

Jay and Lupe were the biggest wastes of talent ever. They were supposed to be the chosen ones respectively, like Nas was

 

[JuvenileHell]

he even paid homage to the GOAT