Exhibitionist
October 28, 2009
I've learned from young not to blame other people for your problems. I mastered passing the buck early. The dog that I never had had a persistent and insatiable craving for homework. It was Phil Knight's fault that I was broke and whoever invented Popeye's chicken I want to shake his hand with my right hand and punch him in the gonads with my left, but i digress. Im over the blame game, however there is one situation currently on the table that seems worthy of me taking abject finger pointing out of retirement.
Jay Electronica is the reason i hate rap
Sounds pretty unreasonable doesn't it? Well let me break it down with empirical evidence
Exhibit A
“Exhibit A (Transformations)” produced by Just Blaze
Exhibit B (Sorry, to my knowledge this is the only format this song exists in)
Exhibit C
“Exhibit C” produced by Just Blaze
Jay Electronica's additions to big book of rap are the silver bullet next to the cannon fodder of rap. The platinum plate of filet mignon next to the plastic tray of Lunchables. The race to the itunes once word that another melding of his commanding voice and a Just Blaze track has strutted its way onto the net is akin to the goosebumps I felt tuning into the Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito show at 3am in the morn and hearing Crooklyn Dodgers 2 for the first time. The visceral thrill of hearing something so beautifully poetic yet utterly violent, something that makes you wonder whether a smile is audible while still making you nod like a narcoleptic heroin addict.
So why praytell does he make me hate rap?
Cause other rap ain't this good, and it makes no attempts to be.
Shouts to Jay Electronica for being a good and humble dude and to FWMJ for the introduction amongst other things.
Jay Electronica's delivery, and the words he chooses sounds ferociously beautifull every single rip. Like a rapping world studies teacher. Beastly. Check for "Style Wars", a mixtape with some of his early works, if you haven't already.
Kid is real nasty.
Jay Electronica is above rap, couldn't have said it better myself. Great to see this talented dude get some well deserved credit, well put Emeka.
Thanks for introducing him to me. This is amazing.
Jay Electronica is a gem that is hard to find these days, they are out there though so people need to open their eyes and their minds to embrace the lyricists that do exisf amongst the garbage instead of bitchin all the time strait up.....no4L
Dude I love the way you write. You could've just said "Yo listen to Jay Electronica. Its hot and its better than anything else out there. here are some of his tracks." but maaan The way you set stuff up man....I gotta improve writing skills.
Oh and jay is amazing. At first I was thinking "why would THIS make him hate rap? ....ooooh because nothing else is this good." then I read the rest of the post to find out it was true. I'd be really disappointed if u said he sucked lol.
Thanks for the kind words, i checked out your blog, you're in the runnings to become a great artist
i remember hearing this on the fight night game, im like WHO THE FUCK IS THIS? i searched two days for this track lol and fount it, worth those two days searching
Thanks for writing about Elzhi and Jay Elechanakkah. Both very special MCs that the deserve more shine. IMO, Jay is the best rapper alive. His style is drenched with a complex swagger while rhyming technical and fluid. Seriously what the game needs and is a big breath of fresh air from all the stale shit out there. Super humble dude, had the pleasure of doing a Q+A with him on my site.