Imma trust Scarves was just trying not to overhype this for myself.

So fkn curious about those verses... Great era for Ye and I feel like Jay probably pushed him to really rap rap on this just like Hov did on Shiny Suit. But also maybe they didn't quite fit... Rly hope the near future will give us answers

Also won't stop being worried about the possibility of Ye barring them from release or wanting them censored, specifically Rough Love he was prolly on his h**** s***

which 1 is that?

Depression makes me sour, but it's still a feelin'
My human heart and all my senses say, "It's still appealin'"

these lines are beautiful together

“I’m very influenced by movies,” Jay says, explaining his motivation for the project. “There’s a scene in Eternal Sunshine when Jim Carrey’s character has just met Clementine, and she’s invited him up for drinks. It was the first time you saw him excited, and you could tell it was going to be a pivotal point in his life. But the music you heard—do-do-do-do-do-do-do—didn’t make you feel so good. It created such a good contrast. I just wanted to do something that felt like that.”

web.archive.org/web/20141102114835/http://urb.com/2008/02/21/jay-electronica-a-spotless-mind

Always wanted to hear some thoughts by Jay on the actual film

One of my fav lines on the record

Scarves a legend. He on here ?

he is, posted a few times itt

Road to Perdition was prod. by Khalil

yea but he remastered act II and did a great job, just wondering if he threw together anything else.

@Oblivion99 possibly interesting reference?

web.archive.org/web/20070722171930/http://rappersiknow.com/media/jayelectronica/Act%201%20Eternal%20Sunshine%20(The%20Pledge).mp3

it just reminds me of all the goat intro tracks when u listen to them you know theres a chance you're about to hear a classic album

its a really laid back track, i just wish i was a fan of new illuminati and patents of nobility a little more. prob 2 of my least favorite on the album thus far.

Yeah, a Ye verse would really bump it up

PoN would have been cool as an intro beat switch but I still like it

It’s the same length in the tracklist picture. Not sure what the plan was for that track

This act 1 right ?

u did the remaster rite? where did that version of life on mars come from

additionally if u did do it then amazing job

Letter To Falon would’ve been a perfect single. I could hear that s*** on huge movie soundtracks.

yeah I'm ngl New Illuminati is one of my least favs too, but it was also possibly the worst mixed song of them all too so I dunno. It seems to be the last leftover from the African drum style tracks like og Patents of Nobility and Act II demo so it does kinda feel out of place now. Wonder if there's a newer version.

youtube.com/watch?v=4w3PjyNU-84
youtube.com/watch?v=qFK-7ANoMOg

don't mind new Patents of Nobility even though it's another weirdly direct lift (just like B&C)

it was a single in 2017 but no one cared for it

Yea,I know it came out earlier but it’s not a single,it just leaked. If it was pushed as a single,it could’ve worked to lead the album.

nah it was an official single, Tidal exclusive

Well,that’s where they f***ed up,making it Tidal exclusive but I’m really talking about if they dropped it in 2012.

it was easily his worst received song so far tbh, a lot of people (me included) didn't f*** with the production or hook that much at first. Jay (Z) probably tried to push it to see if he can get some hype going for Act II again but it kinda backfired and ppl started to be less interested in the album rather than more

I think people expected Jay Elect to be on some some boom bap super duper rap s*** and that song took em off guard. What did you expect Act II to sound like.

I could be dead and gone,
a brass band
A second line,
I could be headed home
A passers by may
shed a tear after she read the stone
.....It's a luxury

I didn’t really fw any of the singles or leaks besides Better In tune but they al sound better as part of the album tbh