Revolt Interviews Jay Electronica At BK Hip-Hop Fest
July 14, 2014 @ 3:07 PM EDT
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Peace To The Gods.
It’s been a minute since we’ve seen Jay Electronica perform, but over the weekend, he made his return to the mainstage at the BK Hip-Hop Festival. Following his performance, he talked to Revolt about his homecoming and struggles with alcohol and smoking. Judging from his slimmed down appearance, it’s good to see Elect kick the habit.
If Jay Electronica wasn’t down with Sean Carter, would Elliott and Brian care as much as they do now
They would… They were there before Jay Z was holding Jay Elec down.
and let the church say, amen
JayElec a beast. now we know who’s chain Jay was rocking…
Hopefully he actually delivers material closer to what he was doing 4-5 years ago when exihbit c dropped and prior because right now the material he has been putting out leaves a lot to be desired.
Droog>>>>>Jay Elec
I agree with the first part of your statement. “Call of Duty”, “The Announcement”, “Shiny Suit Theory”, “Better In Tune With The Infinite” are all good songs, but he set the bar so high with his pre-Roc Nation shit that they don’t as strong in comparison. Hopefully he kept the crack for Act II.
I’m with you, hopefully he’s keeping all the heat for his long overdue debut album. Don’t get me wrong he’s still better than the gimmick pop hop they play on the radio but I’m just not hearing growth (anything new, fresh), or even just as dope as his stuff from a half decade ago.
I don’t get the hold up, if he releases Act2 with or without video and radio airplay he’ll get the same sales results.
No one lyrical is going gold without dumbing it all the way down, getting several r&b singers to handle the hooks, and getting a product endorsement deal for the newest electronical distraction or over hyped movie. Jay Z and Eminem have proven that several times over the past 5 years. Jay Elec is between a ROC and a hard place.
droog is mad overated
What?!?! Who dropped a better hip hop mixtape or album than Your Old Droog ? Take your time, I’ll wait.
well since you asked…(as far as whole albums/tapes are good, no skips)
Mixtape: my favs so far is
Curren$y Drive in theatre..
isiah rashad &
deniro’s rebirth (latter may be an album, not sure)
Albums:
schoolboy,
gibbs/madlib..
and Popcaan’s album
Albums/tapes that had great tracks but not all the way solid:
Styles P’s Phantom CD
Michael Jackson’s cd
YG’s album
Sizzla’s Radical cd
Pharoah Monch’s PTSD album
Taurus Riley’s Love Situation
I like music brah…i dont play that whole “OOOOooo look he sounds like Nas so I gotta jump on the wagon”.
Granted he may turn out to be that dude. but nah, album of the year my battyhole
I listen to music too, so i give you props on the Sizzla, Popcaan, and even the MJ album, but noticed I said Hip Hop. And of all the hip hop projects you mentioned Gangster Gibbs, Curren$y, schoolboy, YG, the god Pharaoh, and even Styles Panero… Y.O.D dropped a better body of work no matter if it sounds like Nas or not and I’m a fan of each artist you mentioned. No skips on Schoolboy Qs album? Homie please, you can’t be serious. Grab that Ab soul fam it goes harder than Q and As my personal favorite tde artist. Play that Droog str8 through no skips and act like he ain’t kill that project.
Ok I can’t lie..I deleted the pharell track but nah..overall the whole Q album I dig more than Solo’s but…different taste. I grew around some cuzzos so I get a better vibe I guess
WORD!
So can we get an album this year or next year?
Hell nah jay elect somewhere reading
Wassup wit the album tho!
hopefully he can keep up this momentum cuz if it dies down the album will drop the same day detox does. not that the album is more important than his sobriety and health.
That nigga jay electronica nice on that mic that why jay z represented for him.
“I’ll make the devil hit his knees and say the Our Father”
@ B.Dot
YOU’RE DEFINITELY THE ROC NATION GROUPIE OF THE WEEK!!!! NEVER SEEN SUCH AN OVERZEALOUS SHAMELESS THIRSTY ASS GROUPIE LIKE YOU!!!! THAT PIC JAY ELECT PUT UP IS PRICELESS!!!! WITH YO GOOF TROOP SQUARE LOOKIN’ ASS!!!! JUST REMEMBER, YOU’RE THE HIRED HELP!!!! YOU AIN’T PART OF SHIT!!!!
…………..HA!!!! IF YA’LL DON’T BELIEVE ME, CHECK HIS TWITTER PAGE!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
you’re my biggest fan.
YEAH WHATEVER CORNBALL!!!! WHERE’S MY FUCKIN’ SHOW TICKETS??!!! WE MADE A BET!!!! I TOLD YOU THAT QUEENS NIGGA HOLLOW WAS GONNA WIN THAT SHIT!!!! I WANT MY DAMN TICKETS BENSON!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
He gave him the 5% chain!?!?!?
Man, so that’s what happened to Elect…. He got lost in drugs…..
So unfortunate as he’s one of the most promising MCs I’ve heard in years…..
Rise up brother. There’s love here.