Album Review: Jay Electronica’s ‘A Written Testimony’

Her rowdy and emotionally stirring second album represents the pinnacle of what contemporary mainstream country can be.

Is it wrong, right now, to be as happy as Dua Lipa’s second album makes you? Is this any time to celebrate pop music at its most ebullient, when we should be bullish on meditation? Shouldn’t we be focusing our attention on weightier matters than how to all guiltlessly throw ourselves a solo disco party?

Orson Welles crafted the menacing noir of “Touch of Evil” and “The Lady from Shanghai,”  yet nothing the director-writer did came close, frame-by-frame, line-by-line, to the magic of “Citizen Kane.” As far as long shadows cast, jumping out of the gate with the epically angst-ridden “Ten” was Pearl Jam’s “Kane.” Its release, in 1991, meant that every slow boiling album that Eddie Vedder and company made since their bugged-out and brooding first full-length has had to live up to that bible of

In the Spring of 2017, a young Colombian Canadian singer named Jessie Reyez performed a short set in a small upstairs bar in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. She’d built a buzz in Canada via a series of singles, particularly the minor-at-the-time hit “Figures,” and had just released her debut EP, “Kiddo,” which included an aggressive and startlingly in-your-face song called “Gatekeeper” about sexual harassment in the music industry.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Since first collaborating with Brian May and Roger Taylor during his almost-triumphant run on 2009’s iteration of “American Idol,” every Queen + Adam Lambert performance features the latter finding new ways to humble himself.

Since first collaborating with Brian May and Roger Taylor during his almost-triumphant run on 2009’s iteration of “American Idol,” every Queen + Adam Lambert performance features the latter finding new ways to humble himself.

Intentionally or not, many recording artists’ careers can be divided into chapters, usually defined by albums with a distinctive sound and, often, look: the Beatles’ psychedelic era, Prince’s early ‘80s new wave phase, David Bowie’s “Berlin trilogy,” Kanye West’s “808s and Heartbreak,” and so on.

As the world is completely engulfed in the coronavirus outbreak, over on the hip hop end of thingsJoe Budden and Jay Electronica are beefing with each other following the release of Jay’s new album. Things quickly escalated between the two and spilled over to social media—and it’s say to safe neither party is backing down anytime soon.

“Jay’s life philosophy is ‘my train is running on schedule.’ That’s how he lives his life.” 

Jay Electronica’s long-awaited album, A Written Testimony, arrived last week after a decade of anticipation. While fans have praised the project, the crew over at The Joe Budden Podcast had some criticisms that led to a back-and-forth exchange between Jay Electronica and Joe Budden.

Jay Electronica just returned after a decade of no-shows with his debut album, A Written Testimony—and his JAY-Z-assisted track, “Flux Capacitor,” samples a cut off Rihanna’s 2016 LP, ANTI.

Shawn Carter appears on the rapper's long-awaited debut album 'A Written Testimony', which came out today (March 13)

Jay Electronica closes out his newly released debut album, A Written Testimony, with “A.P.I.D.T.A.” featuring JAY-Z. Houston rock band Khruangbin is credited as the song’s producer thanks to a sample of its 2018 track, “A Hymn.” As Jay Electronica revealed in an Instagram Live session previewing the album, “A.P.I.D.T.A.” was recorded on the night of Kobe Bryant’s death.

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Many were stunned last summer when Jay-Z unexpectedly announced that his Roc Nation company had struck an entertainment and social-awareness campaign with the NFL. After all, the rapper-mogul had harshly criticized the NFL over its treatment of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose controversial symbolic kneeling during the National Anthem to protest racial inequality in the U.S. has essentially seen him drummed out of the league.

Jay Electronica finally released his long-awaited album, A Written Testimony, which features multiple appearances from his Roc Nation boss JAY-Z. One track that has fans talking is “Flux Capacitor,” which finds Jay addressing his much-criticized partnership with the NFL.

After 15 years of buzz, rumors and stalled starts, Jay Electronica’s debut album finally dropped Thursday night.

Just when the hip-hop community was ready to close the chapter on Jay Electronica's rap career, the Roc Nation wordsmith hushed his naysayers on Friday (Mar. 13) when he finally unleashed his debut album A Written Testimony.  Despite the 10-plus-year wait, Jay Elect storms

Featuring Jay-Z, James Blake, Travis Scott and more

Many things feel uncertain during this here March of 2020. If there's one thing we can feel pretty sure about, it's the release of Jay Electronica's long awaited album A Written Testimony.