Jay Electronica Was Embarrased Of His Roots

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Jay Elect tells MTV that as a rapper, he was once ashamed to say he was from the South because of the stereotypes placed on the region. Hey, it ain’t where you from, it’s where ya at.

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  1. Pssssst says:

    he still should be. you got some real stupid mafuckas down there fucking shit shit up, not knowing what life is really about. got mafuckas cooning it up. straight up shuckys. sucking that dick for that dollar. that shit aint. shits disgusting b.

  2. oh bah. rap went to hell when every bamma with an MPC started making music. GTFOH and quit whining, Jay Elecwhineica.

  3. koa29 says:

    This dude needs to STFU and drop Act II already…..

  4. OJ Da Cornball says:

    He shoulda been ashame. Heck, she still should be ashame.

    Ironically, Wacka Flacka is a shame to be from NY. He form South Jamaica Queens, yet he reps the south.

  5. Toya says:

    Ashamed of being from the South? I’m from the South and I love it. We have more “flavor” than our Northern counterparts.

    IMO it depends on what part of the South you’re from. Florida, Georgia, Alabama, the Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas… okay. Arkansas… Yeah, you should be ashamed. It also depends on what you would describe yourself as being (hillbilly, redneck, hick, surbanite, urbanite, etc).

  6. Nathaniel says:

    here we go with some of these ill informed ass east coasters with their misplaced commentary. niggas nationwide are plagued by the same ignorance, self-destruction, and mis-education.

    some of our artists in the south yall niggas dispise. some of yalls artists in the east we despise. but this “the south is fucking hip hop up” shit is just false. time for niggas to do less finger pointing and more mirror peering. we all share the blame, as well as the accolades for hip hop at it’s worst and best.

    and the nigga jay-elec wasn’t whining. just reflecting. yall niggas need to pay closer attention.

  7. OJ Da Cornball says:

    ^^^
    Only good flavor from the south is Cajun. Alll else are eh. the south has down syndrome.

    No, he was really ashamed of what the south stood for musically, lack of true talent.
    I’m sorry, but the south is not hip hop (lol) it’s some form of Urban music.
    I konw south cats fight to say they hip hop, but it’s not.
    it reminds of the gays being granted legal civil union, but no, they want the word marriage to be for them too.
    South ain’t hiphop.

  8. OJ Da Cornball says:

    I’m from GA and just like Pimp C when i get off the plane my watch is at EASTERN STANDARD time.

    Yeah son!

  9. cory says:

    ^^^
    who are you to define what hip-hop is in this day and age?

    you seem to have a very closed mind as to what “hip hop” is. sorry pal, but the genre is changing, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

    outkast isn’t hip hop? t.i. isn’t hip hop? jay electronica isn’t hip hop?

  10. Nathaniel says:

    ^^^

    and most originators from the golden era + the pioneers from the east coast would say the same about much of the trash coming from the northern states too. so who defines hip hop? they used to, when they were the only niggas doing it. now, they aren’t. we are…and “we” is every coast. so we’re all doing it. some better than others, but that isn’t coast specific.

    and Pimp C didn’t create the regional breakdown of America. he was talking out his ass when he said that, AND recanted his statement later. he was just angry at the lack of social commentary in the music. rightfully so…i be angry about it too.

  11. Nathaniel says:

    *and that was @OJ Da Cornball, not @cory*

  12. OJ Da Cornball says:

    Cory, i didn’t mention individual from the south as not being hip hop.
    How could i say Scarface,Outcast and other skillful cats are not hip hop? (Love them)
    I say that for what the South stands for today, “dance records, ignant rhymes”. Your boy Wacka made it clear. He IS a representation of “The New South”. Sorry, but that’s not hip hop.

    I’m nobody but Hip Hop has an identity. You can do anything and call it hip hop. Could Lady Gaga call her stuff Hip Hop and you accept? No, you know there are elements, musically vocally etc… that constitute it hip hop or not.

    Likewise the south deter from orthodoxy, the new south that is. Now surely it derives from hip hop, rap, but it’s become something new.
    You’re right the genre has changed, it’s morphed Urban Music.

    I don’t think the New South should disappear but we need a separation from hip hop music vs. what they do. Just like the marriage vs gay union. The New South is Gay Union, no offense.

  13. Interscope Employee says:

    South is wack

  14. pissed says:

    eh…i don’t think he means he’s embarrassed of the music, its more like if he told people he was from there they probably wouldn’t give him a listen early on, because of the type of music that was coming out of that area at the time, which was bounce music. its just like how people thought the west was all Gangsta Rap but then people saw we had more than that.

  15. HOLLYHOODMANE says:

    THIS SHAMEFUL FAGGOT, WHY ISNT THIS ON THE “YOU PLAYED YOURSELF” SECTION?!? ASHAMED 2 ADMIT WHERE YOU FROM? OFCOURSE RAP RADAR WONT DISS THIS CLOWN CUZ YALL ALL OVER HIS NUTZ LIKE HES SUPPOSED 2 BE SUM RAP-JESUS OR SUMSHYT, MANE FUCK J HOELECTRONICA, THE SOUTH ASHAMED 2 CLAIM YOU NOW HOE!!!

  16. mac DIESEL says:

    THE “NEW SOUTH” CHITLIN RAP SHIT IS FUCKIN’ WACK!!!! I CALL THAT SHIT CHITLIN RAP NOT HIP HOP!!! BUT I CAN’T FRONT, THE EAST BEEN PUTTIN’ OUT SOME WACK SHIT TOO!!!! THEM NIGGAS BE USIN’ THEM WACK ASS DOWN SOUTH CHITLIN BEATS N GETTIN’ THEM WACK ASS CHITLIN RAPPERS ON THEY SHIT!!!! I AIN’T HEAR ANYTHIN’ ILL COMIN’ OUT NEW YORK IN A MINUTE!!!! IT’S THE SAME FUCKIN’ NIGGAS!!!! NAS JAY BUSTA!!!! NOTHIN’ NEW!!!! U GOT ALOT WACK NIGGAS IN NY RITE NOW UNLESS U REACH THE UNDERGROUND CIRCUIT!!!! I APPRECIATE OUTKAST SCARFACE LIL BROTHER KILLA MIKE TI LUDA J COLE ETC…!!!! THEY REP THE SOUTH RESPECTFULLY N TO THE FULLEST!!!! THEM NIGGAS GOT FUCKIN’ SKILLS N TALENT!!!! BUT THAT CHITLIN COUNTRY CRUNK RAP BULLSHIT REALLY FUCKED UP HIP-HOP MORE THAN THE EAST COAST SHINY SUIT ERA!!!! THAT NIGGA JAY ELECT SHOULDA NEVER BEEN EMBARASSED ABOUT BEING FROM THE SOUTH!!!! THAT’S WEAK TO ME!!! OUTKAST WASN’T!!!!! “THE SOUTH GOT SOMETHIN’ TO SAY”!!!! THAT’S WHY I RESPECT THEM NIGGAS!!!!! I DON’T GIVE A FUCK WHERE U FROM!!!! JUST GIVE ME SOME GOOD FUCKIN’ HIP-HOP!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  17. OJ Da Cornball says:

    My opinion is not the end all be all but is very valid. Again, “new south” is not hip hop.

    Love it or leave it.

    I agree the East has been trash. Only authentic rap album we had in mainstream was 50. Jay’z was eh, more like pop Kanye type stuff, Eminem too though he experimented. Other than that it was all BS. Yet, the east still display more skills even on those south beats. New south rappers rap about chitling (figuratively), as mac Deisel said

  18. mike says:

    April 1st = ACT 2 !

  19. g-unot says:

    be embarrased u WACK nigga stfu

  20. HOLLYHOODMANE says:

    MAC DIESEL ON POINT LIKE ALWAYZ. *CO-SIGNZ*

  21. mac DIESEL says:

    @ HOLLYHOODMANE

    REAL RECOGNIZE REAL!!!! ONE!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  22. truth set says:

    jay electronica getting corny quick. he drops more interviews then he does tracks. he need to stick to the studio and get an album out. he killin the mystique studdering like a dumb shit tryin to answer questions. is he trying to drop an album or just drop singles and interviews? hooking up with just blaze is career suicide, look at saigon.

  23. petey says:

    Kanye and eminem are mid west not east coast…

  24. Dan4real says:

    i am from michigan and live in nevada. this nigga is fucking stupid! never listened to his music but i cant belive what im hearing from him, fuckin pussy is not a real rapper! i cant stand pussy fuck rappers!

  25. LULZ says:

    ^^^^^ lmao hahahah man your dumb ass shit are niggas around here really that fucking stupid what about this was offensive to the point that you had to dumb yourself down and make that stupid ass comment? All this nigga was saying is that he was once embarrassed to say he was from the south because of the lack of genuinely good music that was coming out at the time wtf is so “PUSSY” about that? OH I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I’M HEARING FROM HIM BECAUSE IT KINDA MAKES SENSE I HATE WHEN PUSSY FUCK RAPPERS MAKE SENSE IT HURTS MAH BRAIN lmao hahaha man WTF is wrong with this world

  26. Matches says:

    The south never fully recovered from the civil war. Just in general, the quality of life is better ANYWHERE else.

    South has the poorest people, the worst schools, no major cities (IE NYC, LA, CHI-TOWN), the worst food, the KKK, backwoods racists, hicks, coon music, etc

  27. Nathaniel says:

    @Matches

    i think you just said the dumbest shit on the thread my nigga. congratulations. you win an L…wait, you lose a W…ah, whatever, kill yaself.

  28. K.I.D. Style says:

    @Matches your an idiot! Houston is the 4th largest City in the US. What a recluse! Don’t open your mouth unless you speak facts! SOUTH OUT!

    Peace.
    -K.I.D. STYLE

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