Mar 13, 2020
FATMso sad that farrakhan and hov got their hands on this guy, woulda been better off with diddy
jay e has been NOI since pre-2000
Mar 13, 2020FATMso sad that farrakhan and hov got their hands on this guy, woulda been better off with diddy
F*** the underground you need to win a grammy for yo mama and yo family
Mar 13, 2020·1 replyviscerai had visions to that track. i could direct a video for it like fr
the beat speaks a thousand words...the texture of those drums is beautiful
Mar 13, 2020VA7awent straight from Uzi to This lmao
People been waiting on this for a decade lol
I listen to 80’s music all day at work then get in my car and turn on Southern rap I transition seemlessly
- Mar 13, 2020·1 replybased alpha chad
the beat speaks a thousand words...the texture of those drums is beautiful
literally! and then paired with the subject matter? cinematic
- Mar 13, 2020
I’m tryna catch a body
- Mar 13, 2020
jay really making true blood references in 2020... yikes
Mar 13, 2020PND is credited as a lyricist on The Blinding
- Mar 13, 2020
So we can all agree this is AOTY so far... along side Circles
- Mar 13, 2020
gonna need that hov cropped out version whenever someone gets around to it
Mar 13, 2020s*** almost put me to sleep
- Mar 13, 2020·edited·3 replies
This probably the only Electronica album we'll ever get lol
Mar 13, 2020Listening to this makes me sad act 2 never came out
- Mar 13, 2020·1 replyMaga Law· edited
This probably the only Electronica album we'll ever get lol
He acted like he wanted to do this again last night
- Mar 13, 2020viscera
literally! and then paired with the subject matter? cinematic
think he sampled brian eno based off the credits...but those drums dog!!
- Mar 13, 2020AKFresh
He acted like he wanted to do this again last night
Let's hope
- Mar 13, 2020
don’t think I’ll ever be able to listen to that outro without bawling my eyes out
they couldn’t have portrayed that feeling more perfect than that. the motif of “sleep well” in itself is amazing.
Mar 13, 2020
The Retiring Mane^ 2/2
Another thing I aint like is how f***ing pleased of himself this nigga seems to be on this Jay Z album like he doing us a favor. Like...everytime you mention (and ezekiel's wheel was where it really got me pissed off) why you left and you say lines like "And the wee hours of night, tryna squeeze out bars
Bismillah, just so y'all could pick me apart?" or s*** like "Why come for so many years you been exempt?"
'Cause familiarity don't breed gratitude just contempt" ) and it's like...
B**** nigga welcome to Hip Hop. You aint the first rapper to deal with this nor the last. What makes you so f***ing different besides other gifted lyricists that have been there and done that? This would not be an issue, if you had not put anything out between 2010 and now. Y'know what f*** it yo, this would not be an issue, if you had just did your features like Andre and that was IT. But you was taking SHOTS at niggas, other niggas that have been deadass providing the rap game with music for years while you was busy going viral for f***ing ugly billionaire p**** my g. Throwing random shots at a Kendrick Lamar (who yall KNOW I been critical of forever) is ok and won't do anything to breed contempt....but following through on an album will?
And NOW the only way you're coming back is on an 8 track Jay Z album BRAGGING about it ("this a highway robbery") that you keep son's name in your mouth like a groupie my guy?
while you slept, niggas like Mach Hommy, Navy Blue, Mavi (really the whole sLUms crew but those 2 just stick out the most), and Griselda woke tf up and filled a void that honest to god you wasn't doing for years. Star Wars metaphors and New Orleans imagery aint gonna impress us the same way it did back in 2009. Plus, it sounds like son has become mad light on the pen. Almost like @mashallahwallahi said, like he's become a parody of himself.
Until the outro. Let me just say that s*** was f***ing beautiful son. I'm not gonna lie and say that s*** didn't make me shed a tear. But THAT was the Jay Electronica that I was missing for this entire album. The nigga that made words move and painted a picture that made you feel s***. Not the nigga that's the rapper spokesperson for the Final Call (and I know son always been NOI but he was way more smooth/subtle about it back in the days than now). It's because of that outro that makes me mad at this Jay Z featuring Jay E album.
Cause why is the 50 year old nigga spitting with more hunger on majority of this album than the 42 year old that ACTUALLY has something to prove?
And niggas not acknowledging this or keeping it real, is why yall gotta stop moving the goalposts for certain niggas.
This was a cool collab album. Not a "classic." it was cool. No way I'm calling this a debut album when Jay Z's all over this from direction to the damn verses y'herd? It's cool to hear people just spitting but...it's not as impressive when we have so many new niggas out here in that same field now that are doing it...kinda better than son. It's not as empty and barren as it was in '09.
I'm out yo.
I actually really agree with the point you made about the sLums group, Mach-Hommy, Griselda, Earl, Tha God Fahim. Like all those dudes came in and filled a void while he was gone.
S***, you can actually say that void began to get filled once To Pimp A Butterfly dropped and that shifted the culture in regards to what people wanna hear more of. To me, you can also say that Lupe Fiasco came through with kinda vibe with part 1 of Drogas Wave.
This album is very good to me, and that's because I really like all the artists I mentioned above, and they've all been steadily giving me this kind of powerful and enlightening black music. I've never been at a loss for it with Jay Electronica gone.
Mar 13, 2020This s*** got the DMV feeling like a mosque rn
- Mar 13, 2020
Shiny suit theory lol,
Makes me think most of these are old
Mar 13, 2020Seeing him in Chicago April 2nd. Hoping he brings Hov
- Mar 13, 2020https://instagram.com/p/B9f6RdkFJUe
Fahim· editedTracklist
https://twitter.com/JayElectronica/status/1238331379949039616"The 10+ year wait has done these 2 things
Made fans have unrealistic expectations of an album, to the point that even if this album was a classic, it dont even matter, they're gonna call it trash after 1 listen because of the wait
Made fans hype up any and everything that jay dropped to crazy levels, just cause its jay and he's never done this before
And there's tho who enjoy the album for what it is with no high expectations , which is a great album"
@Oblivion99this p good tbh
