![]() Considering his track record, it was hard to imagine that we would see another Jay Electronica release in such a short span. The beats were synthy and distorted still catchy, but mainstream-sounding from an artist who’s never shown an interest in attempting to sound like that. ![]() However, it was a different direction than what was expected from Jay Electronica when he first released music. This year he finally released, to positive reception, an album-A Written Testimony-which also acted as an exposé of his experiences from his hiatus. Then, after their break-up, his focus seemed to shift back to music. The exposure was a departure from his previous nomadic way of life. Sequestered in London with the heiress to the Rothschild fortune from England, he was no longer a rapper, but a tabloid figure. In the years since, his personal life-rather than his art-has become the focal point of his persona. Over the years, it never was released and the buzz dissipated ultimately the album was largely forgotten. When a picture of Act II’s tracklist leaked on the internet in 2012, people started to murmur that an album was soon to be released. His rise from homeless backpacker to hip-hop’s lyrical savior was meteoric, which gave him quite a brand to live up to. Only a small number of artists could’ve made the initial impact Jay Electronica did. Throughout that decade, the reclusive Jay Electronica did very little, and anything that hinted at an album release made the hip hop community talk. Jay Electronica - Shucken' An Jivin' ft.For ten years, Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn) sat in Jay Electronica’s hard drive, remaining an elusive project that teased fans since his groundbreaking single “Exhibit C” was released. Jay Electronica - Act I Part 3 - Voodoo Man Jay Electronica - Act I Part 1 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Jay Electronica - A Million in the Morning Jay Electronica - Prelude To A Freestyle (Rough Quality) Jay Electronica - Higher (Abridged - Verse Only) The Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Love Czars II feat. Jay Electronica - The Ghost Of Christopher Wallace (Abridged) Jay Electronica - Not Too Far From Nothing Reflection Eternal: Talib Kweli & HiTek - Just Begun Jay Electronica - Dear Moleskine (Snippet mixed with Live) Jay Electronica - A Prayer for Michael Vick & T.I Jay Electronica - Victory Is in My Clutches Jay Electronica - Who's Gonna Save My Soul ft. Jay Electronica - Untitled (Ruff Act II - Unreleased) ft. Jay Electronica - Swagger Jackson's Revenge Jay Electronica - Something to Hold on To Jay Electronica - Exhibit B (Exhibit A Remix) ft. Jay Electronica - Act I The Pledge (Abridged) Today I also found a previously unreleased feature, so I dropped that in the Bonus Tracks folder as well." In case you'd like to hear the song in its entirety, I have included the full version, as well as each of the four parts individually as bonus tracks. The first track of Disc 1 is my abridged version of Act I: The Pledge. A few other songs have been trimmed at the end to make it all fit!. And The Ghost of Christopher Wallace is a little over 2 minutes long now, with Diddy's pointless 4 minute rant completely cut out. Songs where Jay is featured, such as Live It, The Day, Cool Relax, Walking, Love Czars, Posers, and Close Your Eyes have been cut to just Jay's verse and the chorus. I also have taken the snippet release for Dear Moleskin and mixed it with a live version to get the best full verse track we can at this point. It is beautiful to listen to the four verses back to back without interruption, and by far my favorite way to listen to it. The very first track, Act I: The Pledge, is 6:26 seconds long and contains just the four verses of the original which is about 9 minutes normally, with the intros and sound clips. "Some of these songs have been abridged (as noted in the tracklist). Props 2 RealHipHopHead for putting this compilation together.
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