Remember when you first heard Jay Electronica? It had to have been around 2007/2008. Rap was getting stale, right? At least that’s how I felt, you probably felt that way, too, and maybe you still feel that way. The Internet was just starting to become a thorn in the music industry’s side, making it harder for mainstream radio to play underground records. The guy sounded like the one—the messiah, the lamb. Jay's sound was Golden Era but it didn’t feel forced, and like Guru, he never wasted a bar.
I first heard about him around 2008 when he and Erykah Badu were rumored to be dating and was hanging around Nas during the Untitled sessions. I did some digging and came across Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) and his Style Wars EP, then I heard “Exhibit A” and it changed my opinion on the future of hip-hop. I was fucking sold. I was ready for him to demolish wack rap once and for all. By the time “Exhibit C” came out, I was already a stan. There was an energy about him, an energy that has dimmed the last couple years. But damn, what happened, Jay? We were all rooting for you. (VIA COMPLEX)
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