Jay Electronica is an up-and-coming emcee and producer from New Orleans. He is widely praised for his lyrical style and music which sometimes use samples from film soundtracks, such as “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”. Although he hasn’t released a full-length album, his library of songs is already growing, with some of his most popular songs being “Act 1: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (The Pledge)”“, “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C”. Active in large online communities, Jay somehow seems to stay below the radar while still staying on everyones minds. There are a number of projects with his name attached to them such as a 9th Wonder collabo called “Big Brother”, as well as music with Just Blaze, Guilty Simpson and more. If you are sleeping on this cat, you are missing out tremendously.
Here’s a little hip-hop quotable from the man himself, from the track Exibit A:
I spit that, wonder rhymer shit, me and my conglomerates /
shall remain anonymous, caught up in the finest shit /
get that type of media coverage Obama get /
spit that Kurt Vonnegut, that blow your brain, Kurt Cobain, that Nirvana shit/
who gone bring the game back? who gone spit that Remo on the train tracks?
that gold rope, that 5 finger ring rap/
runnin with my same pack, you can find the Christ
where the lepers and the lames at.
Look out for more from Jay Electronica coming very soon. Act II is due to drop any day!
Been bumping this non-stop for the last few days. A bunch of stuff I’m sure you may have heard before but some newness on there aswell. Altogether a stellar little mix, dig it. Tracklist and download below.
01 Intro
02 Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute
03 Reflection Eternal – In This World
04 Reflection Eternal – Hip Hop
05 Reflection Eternal – Back Again
06 Talib Kweli – Wishing On A Black Star
07 Reflection Eternal – Just Begun f. Jay Electronica, J. Cole & Mos Def
08 Statik Selektah – Come Around f. Termanology & Royce Da 5′9″
09 Reflection Eternal – Internet Connection
10 Reflection Eternal – Let It Go f. Dion
11 Styles P – Testify f. Talib Kweli (prod. Hi-Tek)
12 Reflection Eternal – Time f. Dion
13 Statik Selektah – The Thrill is Gone f. Talib Kweli & Styles P
14 Reflection Eternal – Can We Go Back
15 Reflection Eternal – Fortified Live f. Mos Def
16 Reflection Eternal – Chaos f. Bahamadia
17 Reflection Eternal – Express
18 Black Star – Respiration f. Mos Def & Common
19 Black Star – Definition f. Mos Def
20 Black Star – RE:Definition f. Mos Def
21 Reflection Eternal – Move Something
22 Reflection Eternal – Ghetto Afterlife f. Kool G Rap
23 Reflection Eternal – The Blast (rmx) f. Erykah Badu
24 Talib Kweli – Good To You
25 Talib Kweli – Get By (rmx) f. Mos Def, Jay-Z, Kanye West & Busta Rhymes
26 Talib Kweli – Back Up Offa Me
27 Hi-Tek – Piano f. Ghostface Killah
28 Hi-Tek – Music For Life f. Nas
29 Reflection Eternal – Hang Ups
30 Outro
Madvillain, as I’m sure you know, is the combination of MF DOOM and Madlib. Their debut album in March of 2004 took Hip-Hop heads on a journey of sound unlike any other. DOOM’s lyrics are constantly on the top of his game, his flow is remarkable. Madlib on the other hand is a beatsmith that uses sounds from every possible source, from oldies music to saturday morning cartoons. They followed up that release with Madvillainy 2: The Remixes, which was, in my opinion, not as ill, but a super dope spin on the original songs that I had grown to love. Madvillainy (the original) is easily one of the the top 5 albums of the decade. This here is a preview of their upcoming release with J.Rocc on the wheels of steel. Keep your head up for the next Madvillain album, dropping (supposedly) 2010.
Source: Stones Throw.com
Brand new track from eMC called “Another Day in My Life”. Their new album is set to release sometime in 2010, so keep your eyes open for it. eMC consists of Masta Ace, Punchline, Stricklin and Wordsworth.’
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