Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony (OUT NOW)

Started by Zeugma, Feb 7, 2020, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Antman
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    Antman No Cap

    Mar 13, 2020
    Feel like it started so much stronger than it finished. Kind of loses you when you hit the half way point. I feel like jay z’s verses pop out more than jay elec’s. Ezekiels wheel drags so f---ing bad too. Song should’ve just been cut. Feel he crumbled underneath his own hype bc this s--- ain’t ten years of hunger bruh. This your boss making money off your name and carrying your a--- through an album lol. Idk man. Just my first initial thoughts. He sounds great on a lot of the songs tho
     
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  2. Zeugma
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    Zeugma thugger thugger my brother

    Mar 13, 2020
    shiny suit theory lowkey still the best song on here
     
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  3. BIGFOOT
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    BIGFOOT More than a myth!

    Mar 13, 2020
    As a Jay Elect fan im pissed off that I had to wait 10 years for this s--- smh.
     
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  4. Trackz
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    Trackz BARCODE

    Mar 13, 2020
    i love Ezekiel's Wheel
     
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  5. KLD3816
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    KLD3816 Love yourz.

    Mar 13, 2020
    hov Was the standout.
     
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  6. Michael Myers
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    Michael Myers Moderator

    Mar 13, 2020
    This is not even remotely close to wtt :emoji_slight_frown:

    Never really got the jay elec hype, he's talented but pretty boring. Hov was way more interesting here and even he couldn't interest me all the way through the album. Most songs are kinda ok I guess but not something I would revisit often.

    Its kinda funny and sad at the same time that shiny suit is by far my favorite song here. The Flux song and (lol) the travis scott one are cool as well tho
     
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  7. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

    Mar 13, 2020
    This is good. Obviously not ten years worth of hype good but better than it probably should be after such a long time.

    Hov is in rare form on this
     
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  8. Lil Squeed
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    Mar 13, 2020
    I'm listening to this right after I finish Uzi's album so it better not destroy my buzz
     
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  9. Enigma
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

    Mar 13, 2020
    “I gotta shine, it’s in my boood, I’m a Harlem kid, I treat my babies right, treat my ladies lady-like, hit ‘em with a remix to make sure that they play me twice”

    Shiny Suit Theory >>>
     
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  10. Jerome
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    Mar 13, 2020
    The vibe of this album is crazy
     
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  11. gdot
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    Mar 13, 2020
    Get Jay Electronica off Jay Z album
     
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  12. Chrollo
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    Chrollo

    Mar 13, 2020
    I'm all for lyrical rap that makes you think and go like "Woooaaah", but I don't see myself ever coming back to this. Maybe I'm not woke enough yet...
     
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  13. Chrollo
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    Chrollo

    Mar 13, 2020
    The blinding kinda good tho
     
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  14. icecube
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    icecube West Coast is the Best Coast

    Mar 13, 2020
    d---, reading the comments cements that JE just dug his own grave. I'm kinda not denying this but dude just dropped a fricking AWESOME album. We're just lucky that 60% was a different Jay. That said, JE remains a brilliant party of this release. However I can understand if people feel short changed. f--- that though...HOV!
     
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  15. Sav Stanfield
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    Mar 13, 2020
    First listen down... I need to digest this, listen a few more times. I can't help but feel disappointed in the context around this but both Hov and Jay E on absolute fire.
     
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  16. Enez
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    Enez Purple Heats Forever

    Mar 13, 2020
    this feels like a type of album where i think its just ok, maybe give a few relistens, and never go back to it again
     
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  17. Lil Squeed
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    Mar 13, 2020
    not gonna lie

    I enjoyed Blueface's album more than this
     
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  18. joeyp363
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    Mar 13, 2020
    This is so boring unfortunately
     
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  19. Enigma
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

    Mar 13, 2020
    Hov def stole the show on here but I’m not mad at this. It was never going to be able to live up to the hype of a debut Jay Electronica album but it’s solid & has its moments.
     
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  20. icecube
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    icecube West Coast is the Best Coast

    Mar 13, 2020
    This album is far from boring. It's an absolute masterpiece. But advertising this as a Jay Electronic album is verging on a lawsuit with Trading Standards. Not that I'm complaining, I'm always in for new Hov!
     
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