Jay electronica act 13/30/2023 ![]() “My only logical option was to transform into the wind. “Sometimes I was held down by the gravity of my pen/Sometimes I was held down by the gravity of my sin,” he raps on “Ezekiel’s Wheel,” explaining the wait for A Written Testimony. Taken at a distance, Jay’s story plays a little bit like a superhero myth for hip-hop in the new millennium: the quest for authenticity, the commitment to ethic and craft, the sense that, even in a digital world where everything in the culture feels raked over and revealed, there might be dudes like him out there. You didn’t hear from him often, but when you did-alongside Kendrick Lamar on Big Sean’s “Control,” with The Bullitts or Mac Miller-he made his voice known. At some point, he joined the Nation of Islam at another, he signed with JAY-Z. New York, Philadelphia, the Mid-Atlantic, Colorado, Atlanta, Detroit. But most of the time Jay just seemed content to play it with a depth others hadn’t-or couldn’t-consider, then duck back into his life.īorn Timothy Elpadaro Thedford in New Orleans in 1976, his biography is scattershot, more collage than big picture. But Jay’s course never quite seemed clear, even to him: years between tracks, more than a decade before his first album (2020’s A Written Testimony)-who does that unless he thinks he’s really worth the wait? And yet, the music bore out: dense, lyrical, imaginative, and deeply earnest. The mixtape plays as one 15-minute track, sampling five different tracks of American record producer Jon Brion 's 2004 film score, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. ![]() The talent was obvious: When your first singles are “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C,” you don’t have to fight for a seat at the table. Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) is the debut mixtape by American rapper Jay Electronica, self-published onto MySpace on July 2, 2007. There will never be another song like this Comment by Dinosaur DubstepĤ years later.When Jay Electronica broke in the late 2000s, it felt like a little bit of prophecy fulfilled. I hope yall really listening Comment by Upcoming Freestlyesįlu Season Pandemic Comment by Haas Spitta Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) by Jay Electronica Publication date 2007 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics hip-hop rap urban Language English Jay Electronica - Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) Addeddate 19:39:55 Identifier jay-electronica-act-I-eternal-sunshine-the-pledge Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6. This is really high Art Comment by Meluken Who is this foo talking his ass off over tha piano?. Haha what is this bitch talking about short Jordan socks lol she's on one forsure Comment by OG Had to revis this tape to get some real inspiration. Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate. The other is Style Wars and its an EP that is heavily Detroit-based (recorded when he was living in Detroit with Dilla beats and collaborations with Guilty Simpson and Mr. Heard this when i was 20 and it still goes ~ timeless Comment by Tha Son of Jupitor Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) by Jay Electronica sampled Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Jay Electronica has one or two 'official tapes.' They are Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) it is a 3-song tape. Glad to hear it again here even if in a different mix. Then somewhere along the way I lost that original file. ![]() This takes me back! I remember downloading this from Jay's MySpace account and I would just listen to it over and over. This shit changed my life Comment by KHALID MuhammadĬertified Sounds 801 Comment by DJ Interval Still some of the flighest lines i've heard becuz the wordplay is fresh but it can also go over folks heads if they aint listenin listenin Comment by DEE$OH RECORDINGS Glad i only came across this sixteen years later.īless your soul Jay bless your soul! Comment by DBD Jakobi never knew Jay had this kinda raaaaaange. Genre Jay Electronica Comment by lmvtthivz
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