Jay Electronica’s Electrochemicals
Not sure why I just now stumbled onto this fairly comprehensive compilation from the one rapper the Internet hasn’t conspired to crush (give it time). Maybe Jay Electronica really is that great. Or maybe it’s that he’s the only one savvy enough to concoct an air of mystery, aware that no one needs to know the frequency of his bowel movements, whether or not he’s partial to soy milk, and when his baby’s mother is about to deliver. Scratch the last one. For those of you wary of an emcee whose name sounds straight out of an Ibiza chill-out mix, Jay Elect is the one exception, the first rapper to sample Dostoyevsky, the first rapper to call himself “Jay Electyamulkah,” the first rapper to sip Manischewitz on wax. That last statement might not be true–I have yet to hear the new Paul Barman jaunt.
Tracklist below the jump.
Download: (Via Think Differently, H/T Dutty Artz)
ZIP: Jay Electronica-”Electrochemicals” (Left-Click)
MP3: Jay Electronica-”Exhibit C”
Tracklist
1: Abaracadabra 2: Candy Man 3: Transformations II x Untitled (Snippets) feat. MOS DEF 4: Swagger Jackson’s Revenge 5: Exibit A (Transformations) 6: Posers 7: Hagler 8: Retro Electro 9: Spark It Up 10: Dimethytriptamine 11: Dealing 12: Girlfriend 13: INTERMISSION: Jay Electronica Speaks About OB4CL… 14: Who’s Gonna Save My Soul {remix} 15: Victory Is In My Clutches 16: Because He Broke The Rules [Acapella] 17: So What You Sayin 18: Get’Em 19: INTERLUDE: Fyodor Dostoevsky - Notes From The Underground 20: Departure/Are You Watching 21: Annakin’s Prayer 22: Something To Hold On To 23: When The Levee’s Broke
Stumble It!
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Lauryn Hill’s been sippin’ on the Chevitz since “Final Hour”.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Cheers to this.
Exhibit C is tied for rhyme of the year with Ghostface on 10 Bricks. Jay Elec is fucking beast and might be rap’s last, best hope if he can release a damn album.
December 2nd, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Props on that Gibbs’ piece over at LA Weekly. Good shit. So is Jay Elec, despite his corny moniker.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:25 pm
I really need this. My d/l link is screwed up. Anyone have another link?
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:29 am
Air of mystery? I present a selection of @JayElectronica twitter posts:
Is there any place in nyc where I could get a saints hoodie?
bring your cameras and laptops so we can ustream and broadcast
who uses tumblr?
My Name is @JayElectronica, and I’m a #twittaholic.
i miss new dilla music.
Just remembered I got a court date in chi from the house of blues ordeal. Plus Im gon go see me a man face to face so we can build like men.
if all of a sudden there was no internet, how would your life be different?
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:00 am
Ha. Fair enough. But to his credit, his Tweets are protected for everyone but his followers. I don’t have a Twitter account and while I don’t begrudge anyone for having one, I don’t feel like I’m missing much.
Try this other link Thomas:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ywyitznzguu
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 am
Trust me, Weiss…you’re not missing much.
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:57 am
[…] A compilation of some of his best songs. Tracklist after the click-thru. (Via Passion of the Weiss) […]
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:45 am
Weiss-
You are missing everything. You haven’t lived until you have an argument at 4 a.m. on whether or not, somebody’ Best Of Decade list is authentic, enough. The comedy, Jeff. The comedy.
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 am
Gangstas don’t dance, they Twitter.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:58 am
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