 Genius Lyrics
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Jay Electronica – Exhibit C
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Produced by Just Blaze, "Exhibit C" is the sequel to Exhibit A.
Jay does the meme "what’s going on in my career right now" trope that is really popular with his peers (c.f. Drake’
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Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z & Travis Scott) – The Blinding
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With an all-star array of producers building a constantly-shifting, dynamic beat, Jay and Jay trade bars that range from the grandeur of their status in hip hop to their spiritual
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Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z) – A.P.I.D.T.A.
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On “A.P.I.D.T.A.,” Jay Electronica and JAY-Z reflect on the death of close ones. The title of the song is an acronym for “All Praise Is Due To Allah,” a phrase often used by
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Jay Electronica & JAY-Z – We Made It Freestyle
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Jay Electronica recruited the El Padrino of his label Roc Nation, JAY Z, to remix one of Soulja Boy’s 2014 tracks.
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Jay Electronica – Jazzmatazz
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[Verse 1] / Boom-bash dash I had to break, I had to get away / Packed my bags, headed for Greyhound and it was a Monday / Time to start my mission, I felt that burning feeling in
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Jay Electronica – Abracadabra
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Audio clips heard throughout the first half of the song are from Christopher Nolan’s film The Prestige, a movie which Jay often references.
The gorgeous beat following the audio
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Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z) – Ghost of Soulja Slim
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James Adarryl Tapp Jr. (September 9, 1977 – November 26, 2003), known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper and songwriter known for the U.S. number-one hit “Slow
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Jay Electronica – Dealing
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This track in on Jay Electronica’s mixtape:
“What The F*cuk is A Jay Electronica”
The track samples horns from Guts' “And the Livin is Easy”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z & The-Dream) – Shiny Suit Theory
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The first track released since Jay Electronica signed to Jay Z’s Roc Nation label.
Jay Electronica raps from the perspective of a soon-to-be successful rapper who receives
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Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z) – Road to Perdition
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After a leaked version surfaced, Jay released the CDQ via Twitter, while in iTunes, the track shows that it was finalized in 2011, just like “better in tune w the infinite”.
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Jay Electronica – Girlfriend
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Jay express his love and pledges to be a one-woman man.
This song follows the format of a phone call, according to Jay.
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Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z) – Flux Capacitor
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The flux capacitor is a fictional electronic device that is essential to the DeLorean time machine being able to travel back in time in the Back To The Future film trilogy.
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Jay Electronica – Memories & Merlot
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[Verse 1] / Candy coated memories of lookin at the sky a lot / We used to laugh a lot, play a lot, cry a lot / My momma used to sit me down and get her Bible out / Two days
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Jay Electronica – Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)
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This song is a combination of 4 songs off of Jay’s first project Act I: The Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) He raps over loops of different parts of the soundtrack of the 2004 film
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Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z) – Universal Soldier
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[Interlude] / This is the gallant crew that rolled the big super fort / Which carried the first atomic bomb to Japan / Piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets Jr. of Miami / Carrying Navy
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Jay Electronica – #TBE The Curse Of Mayweather
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Last week, Jay Electronica made the news over some very candid comments he made during a Periscope session, making what some deemed shady remarks about both Kendrick Lamar and 50
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Jay Electronica – So What You Saying
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This song is Jay Electronica at his most aggressive. He berates wack MC’s in a bunch of different ways, and it’s beautiful.
This is a J Dilla beat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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Jay Electronica – Exhibit A (Transformations)
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“Exhibit A” is the breakthrough track from New Orleans-via-Brooklyn MC Jay Electronica, also Erykah Badu’s baby daddy.
The beat is a Just Blaze production, peppered with samples
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Jay Electronica – Real Magic
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[Intro: Ronald Reagan] / Winston Churchill said that "The destiny of man is not measured by material computations / When great forces are on the move in the world / We learn we are
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Jay Electronica – Extra Extra
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This song is the third song off of Jay Electronica’s mixtape, “What the Fuck is a Jay Electronica?”. It features a Madlib beat off the Dudley Perkin’s album entitled “Dear God.”
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Jay Electronica (Ft. Serge Gainsbourg) – Bonnie and Clyde
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[Intro: Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot] / Vous avez lu l'histoire de Jesse James / Comment il vécut, comment il est mort / Ça vous a plu, hein? Vous en d'mandez encore? / Eh
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Jay Electronica – Something To Hold Onto
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Jay raps over the song of Bilal (same title) who recorded this song but couldnt release the album (Love For Sale) because of his label.
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Jay Electronica (Ft. The Bullitts) – Run & Hide
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This song can only be fully understood in tandem with the video, and the video only in tandem with song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpPDH50P74I
The main character of this story
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Jay Electronica – Be Easy
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“Be Easy” is the 14th track off Jay’s mixtape What the Fuck is a Jay Electronica?“, where Jay seems to freestyle and kills the banger
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Jay Electronica – Life on Mars
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This song is a cut from Act II that was released via Jay Electronica’s twitter account. It samples Wee’s “Aeroplane (Reprise)” (which Kanye later sampled!), and is dedicated to
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Jay Electronica – The Overwhelming Event
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This Intro is a speech done by The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, National Representative for the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Elijah Muhammad. In this speech, Farrakhan
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Jay Electronica – Dimethyltryptamine
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Dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, is a drug that induces intense hallucinations and creates a dreamlike experience for the user. It is also secreted naturally by the body’s pineal gland
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Jay Electronica – FYI
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The Last part of “The Pledge”, some of the lyrics were used on “Glass Everywhere.
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Jay Electronica – Renaissance Man
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First song off of the Style Wars EP, it’s also on the unofficial mixtape What the Fuck is a Jay Electronica. There are two themes; The one, instantiated by the chorus and by the
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Jay Electronica – Swagger Jackson's Revenge
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Jay Electronica is an astute political and cultural commentator. In “Swagger Jackson’s Revenge,” Jay Elec offers commentary on the the state of the American inner-city and its
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Jay Electronica – The Announcement
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This is the freestyle that Jay Electronica performed at the private party Jay-Z held to announce the newest signee to Roc Nation.
That signee was, of course, Jay Electronica
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Jay Electronica (Ft. JAY-Z & The-Dream) – Ezekiel's Wheel
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The song title: “Ezekiel’s Wheel” is a reference to the Book of Ezekiel in the Bible.
“Ezekiel 1:1–3:27: God approaches Ezekiel as the divine warrior, riding in his battle chariot
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Jay Electronica – Letter to Falon
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The introspective “Letter to Falon” finds Jay Electronica ending an eighth-month release drought in honor of his Roc Nation brother Kevin Durant. The elusive Elec dropped the track
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Jay Electronica – Suckas
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A song off the Victory tape. It uses the beat “Jackpot” by the legendary J Dilla and samples the 1967 The Robert Decormier Singers version of the Weavers Kisses Sweeter Then Wine.
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Jay Electronica – My World (Nas Salute)
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This song is Jay’s tribute to Nas, specifically his song “The World Is Yours”.
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Jay Electronica – Dear Moleskine
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Jay speaks from the perspective of a depressed person (possibly a younger version of himself) delivering his thoughts into their notebook (hence the title, “Dear Moleskine”) and
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Jay Electronica (Ft. Tone Treasure) – Jazzmataz (Guru Tribute)
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Jay Electronica’s tribute to MC Guru from Gang Starr. The beat he spits over was produced by DJ Premier, the other half of Gang Starr, and was originally used as the intro to the
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Jay Electronica – Voodoo Man
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Jay Electronica, the voodoo man that’s come to save hip hop
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Jay Electronica (Ft. Tone Treasure) – Victory Is In My Clutches
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This song is produced by Madlib who also goes by alias Quasimoto known for lot of things like Madvillainy, Pinata and his Beat Konducta series.
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Jay Electronica – Nights of the Roundtable (first draft skeleton)
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[Intro: Jay-Z and Winston Churchill] / I think that, you know, for the most part, that was that old way of thinking. That old guard, that this music is here, this music is here. If
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Jay Electronica – Departure
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This is Jay E’s story of how and why he went to NYC. This song details two departures; the obvious one is Jay’s self-exile to NYC, the (somewhat) more subtle one is Minnie’s
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Jay Electronica – New Illuminati
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[Intro] / I love this record / Domino, domino / I only spot a few Blacks the higher I go / [Verse] / I caught 'em lying on the news / It's all good, I'm just trying on my shoes
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