Timothy Elpadaro Thedford, better known by his fans as Jay Electronica, is … Read Full Bio ↴Timothy Elpadaro Thedford, better known by his fans as Jay Electronica, is an American rapper born on September 19, 1976. He originates from from the Magnolia Projects in New Orleans, Louisiana. He produced the first track, "Queens Get the Money", on the 2008 Nas album 'Untitled'. The unconventional nature of much of his music, and the lack of conventional release methods for that music, has since 2007 made him the object of much attention. He was perhaps best known for the piece of music Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), until the release of the Just Blaze-produced track "Exhibit C" in late 2009. Announced Friday, November 12, 2010, Jay is an official member of Jay-Z's Roc Nation.
Jay Electronica has yet to release a full-length album but has released two official singles to date, "Exhibit A" and "Exhibit C," which won a Sucker Free Summit Award for Instant Classic. His music so far has been made available through the internet, either through being leaked to what URB magazine describes as "obscure web forums", or through an appearing and disappearing MySpace page (currently two seem to be in existence, at /jayelect and at /jayelectronica). Erykah Badu has questioned whether he ever will release, in her words, "actual albums". From New Orleans, LA he has lived in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Denver, and Detroit, where he recorded his Style Wars-era music with several J Dilla beats, meeting the producer subsequently to ask for permission to use the recordings as a demo. Detroit is where Electronica met producer/engineer Mike "Chav" Chavarria, who introduced him to both J Dilla and Mr. Porter, and who is now a regular collaborator.
Jay Electronica first gained significant attention through Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), made available on a MySpace page in 2007. It is 9:13 continuous minutes of music, without drums, built from Jon Brion's soundtrack to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. There are five segments or movements, marked by changes in music and mood, raps by Electronica, and occasional snippets of sampled dialogue (children arguing in Kurdish, Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka). The first segment is spoken word by Just Blaze and Erykah Badu describing the artist over piano music. The nature of the piece of music, along with the nature of its appearance, led to a slow build-up of interest in Electronica as an enigmatic figure. Songs circulating online as the Style Wars EP gained wider circulation, and other songs, such as the dream-inspired "Dimethyltryptamine", soon appeared. In January 2008, Gilles Peterson's 90-minute Gilles Peterson Worldwide was devoted to the rapper. Hiphopdx.com in 2008 called him "arguably...the most talked about new emcee last year ... at times...more like a myth or urban legend than an actual rapper", and URB ran a cover story on the artist under the banner "Jay Electronica: A Spotless Mind:: An MC’s mystery revealed", which referred to his wanderings as his being "like some sort of hip-hop Jack Kerouac".
Jeff Weiss' piece for the L.A. Weekly, "Jay Electronica: Much Better Than His Name Would Suggest", acknowledged that the rapper could be fairly described as "one of the most buzzed about rappers of 2008", but attempted to temper the hype somewhat, describing Act 1... as "ambitious, wildly original, if not slightly pretentious", while endorsing only to an extent the comparisons URB had made (referencing an "abstract rhyming style") to rappers like Nas and Pharoahe Monch.
According to URB, Act II: Patents of Nobility will feature Nas, and will be the second of a putative trilogy. URB also reported that digital EPs with both Guilty Simpson and producer 9th Wonder were planned. His most recent music as of November 2008 is the Just Blaze-produced track "Exhibit A (Transformations)".
According to a Filter TV interview, Jay Electronica has partnered with Decon to release his debut project. It is being described as a multi-media release and footage from the project which was partially shot in Nepal and Dubai has begun to surface online. The first clip to leak is titled "Dear Moleskine" and can be found on YouTube, the track was produced by Just Blaze and the clip was directed by Jason Goldwatch from Decon. In June of 2009, Decon and Jay's "The Dogon Society" released "Exhibit A" digitally. "Exhibit C" was released on iTunes December 16, 2009 and quickly shot to the top 10 of the iTunes Hip-Hop charts. The following week it was chosen by Hot 97's DJ Enuff as the Heavy Hitter pick of the week. On February 9, 2010, it was announced Jay Electronica will appear at the 2010 Bonnaroo Music Festival. Further proof of the continuing buzz about this artist saw On Jay Electronica sell out 2 nights at the Jazz Cafe Jazz Café, London (UK) on Feb 17, 2010.
Jay Electronica continued his scattered release practice, dropping "A Million In The Morning" on April 4, 2010. The song features a weary Electronica trying to keep himself awake to escape his nightmares.
On April 30th, Jay Electronica debuted "The Ghost of Christopher Wallace" via his Twitter. The song features P Diddy and is produced by London beatsmith Quincey Tones, who is known for producing such acts as Young Jeezy and Royce da 5'9".
On 12th November 2010, Jay-Z announced that Jay Electronica was officially the newest member of his own 'Roc Nation' record label/management company, which boasts such acts as J. Cole and Willow Smith.
Jay has been travelling the world and was in London, United Kingdom for an extended period of time completing his debut album 'Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn)'.
Jay Electronica and Erykah Badu have a child together, a girl named Mars Merkaba, born on February 1, 2009.
Jay Electronica has yet to release a full-length album but has released two official singles to date, "Exhibit A" and "Exhibit C," which won a Sucker Free Summit Award for Instant Classic. His music so far has been made available through the internet, either through being leaked to what URB magazine describes as "obscure web forums", or through an appearing and disappearing MySpace page (currently two seem to be in existence, at /jayelect and at /jayelectronica). Erykah Badu has questioned whether he ever will release, in her words, "actual albums". From New Orleans, LA he has lived in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Denver, and Detroit, where he recorded his Style Wars-era music with several J Dilla beats, meeting the producer subsequently to ask for permission to use the recordings as a demo. Detroit is where Electronica met producer/engineer Mike "Chav" Chavarria, who introduced him to both J Dilla and Mr. Porter, and who is now a regular collaborator.
Jay Electronica first gained significant attention through Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), made available on a MySpace page in 2007. It is 9:13 continuous minutes of music, without drums, built from Jon Brion's soundtrack to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. There are five segments or movements, marked by changes in music and mood, raps by Electronica, and occasional snippets of sampled dialogue (children arguing in Kurdish, Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka). The first segment is spoken word by Just Blaze and Erykah Badu describing the artist over piano music. The nature of the piece of music, along with the nature of its appearance, led to a slow build-up of interest in Electronica as an enigmatic figure. Songs circulating online as the Style Wars EP gained wider circulation, and other songs, such as the dream-inspired "Dimethyltryptamine", soon appeared. In January 2008, Gilles Peterson's 90-minute Gilles Peterson Worldwide was devoted to the rapper. Hiphopdx.com in 2008 called him "arguably...the most talked about new emcee last year ... at times...more like a myth or urban legend than an actual rapper", and URB ran a cover story on the artist under the banner "Jay Electronica: A Spotless Mind:: An MC’s mystery revealed", which referred to his wanderings as his being "like some sort of hip-hop Jack Kerouac".
Jeff Weiss' piece for the L.A. Weekly, "Jay Electronica: Much Better Than His Name Would Suggest", acknowledged that the rapper could be fairly described as "one of the most buzzed about rappers of 2008", but attempted to temper the hype somewhat, describing Act 1... as "ambitious, wildly original, if not slightly pretentious", while endorsing only to an extent the comparisons URB had made (referencing an "abstract rhyming style") to rappers like Nas and Pharoahe Monch.
According to URB, Act II: Patents of Nobility will feature Nas, and will be the second of a putative trilogy. URB also reported that digital EPs with both Guilty Simpson and producer 9th Wonder were planned. His most recent music as of November 2008 is the Just Blaze-produced track "Exhibit A (Transformations)".
According to a Filter TV interview, Jay Electronica has partnered with Decon to release his debut project. It is being described as a multi-media release and footage from the project which was partially shot in Nepal and Dubai has begun to surface online. The first clip to leak is titled "Dear Moleskine" and can be found on YouTube, the track was produced by Just Blaze and the clip was directed by Jason Goldwatch from Decon. In June of 2009, Decon and Jay's "The Dogon Society" released "Exhibit A" digitally. "Exhibit C" was released on iTunes December 16, 2009 and quickly shot to the top 10 of the iTunes Hip-Hop charts. The following week it was chosen by Hot 97's DJ Enuff as the Heavy Hitter pick of the week. On February 9, 2010, it was announced Jay Electronica will appear at the 2010 Bonnaroo Music Festival. Further proof of the continuing buzz about this artist saw On Jay Electronica sell out 2 nights at the Jazz Cafe Jazz Café, London (UK) on Feb 17, 2010.
Jay Electronica continued his scattered release practice, dropping "A Million In The Morning" on April 4, 2010. The song features a weary Electronica trying to keep himself awake to escape his nightmares.
On April 30th, Jay Electronica debuted "The Ghost of Christopher Wallace" via his Twitter. The song features P Diddy and is produced by London beatsmith Quincey Tones, who is known for producing such acts as Young Jeezy and Royce da 5'9".
On 12th November 2010, Jay-Z announced that Jay Electronica was officially the newest member of his own 'Roc Nation' record label/management company, which boasts such acts as J. Cole and Willow Smith.
Jay has been travelling the world and was in London, United Kingdom for an extended period of time completing his debut album 'Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn)'.
Jay Electronica and Erykah Badu have a child together, a girl named Mars Merkaba, born on February 1, 2009.
Act 1%3A Eternal Sunshine
Jay Electronica Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jay Electronica:
@FatBellyBella I said I love you baby, but you ain't act…
A.P.I.D.T.A. This ain′t the right way for the shit, though They doin'…
Abaracadabra Wake up to your grave it's the reminder on the…
Abracadabra are you watching closely? can you feel the dawn approachin…
Annakin's Prayer look at this here shit* smilin in a nigga face…
Attack Of The Clones dont get it confused this message is for solo artists but…
Be Easy Be easy, you ain't really ready for war With a bunch…
better in tune w the infinite It's frustratin' when you just can't express yourself And it…
Bitches And Drugs Sample : "*Annabel Clarke* has learned to live life better, …
Candy Man You look pretty today baby what you smiling at this…
Close Your Eyes Have you ever had that feeling like you been falling…
Colors Gucci prada and vera wang Won't help to rebuild a city…
Dealing at nighttime all i do is pray and cry homie cuz…
Dear Moleskine Yeah I can reconcile being depressed real bad I'm a thinker…
Departure as the tears welled up in my eyes my mama said…
Dimethyltriptamine Narrator : "Once, thirty five years ago...Cheney had worked …
Eternal Sunshine Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind She said she never …
Exhibit A When I was sleepin' on the train Sleepin' on Meserole Ave…
Exhibit B Mos Def I spit that, orchesteral, Medina born exc…
Extra Extra Sample : "Only by strict compliance, of all his directions..…
Ezekiel's Wheel Interrupt this record to bring you a special bulletin Rumors…
Flux Capacitor Tell my uptown posse, yeah Tell my uptown posse, yeah Get th…
Forever this goes out to those that choose to use disrespectful vie…
Fruits Of The Spirit Uh, I snap on the track like the fingers of…
Get 'Em (Mr. Porter) the games about to get hot, ayo doc, you bett…
Ghost Of Soulja Slim So, all you scared to death negroes Just sit down Don't you…
Girlfriend girlfriend, i dont know what you did to me but it…
Google Eyes She said "Jay I'm yours, I've been screamin for the past…
Hagler (Jay Electronica) I banged a lot of shakers And no I don't…
Hard To Get I really wanna take ya home* and make ya feel sooo…
Higher Nas already told you the rap game is like the…
Holiday [Verse 1 - Mos Def] Mark your calendar, holiday work week…
I Feel Good I feel good when I wake up in the morning,…
Jazzmatazz Boom bash dash I had to break, I had to get…
Just Begun "We've only just begun" Oh, yes, indeed, I like this, I…
Letter To Falon I walked across the water I came by myself I climbed the…
Life On Mars I said "I love you baby," "Well you don't act…
Live It I deserve to play, it's been a few days, ain't…
Memories and Merlot Candy coated memories of lookin' at the sky a lot We…
My World Whose world is this? (Uh, the world is yours, the…
New Illuminati I love this record Domino, domino I only spot a few Blacks…
Night Of The Roundtable I think that, you know, for the most part that…
Not a Disturbance (Jay Electronica) mic check one, bitches and drugs ill pop…
Not Too Far From Nothing its more than one way to heal a leper terrorize the…
Posers question, how does one go from chosen to posin? trapped in…
Prelude To A Freestyle I fell out the sky like baby Superman to a…
Prowler 2 Welcome to my little party in your honor The guest…
Real Magic Winston Churchill said that, "The destiny of man is not…
Renaissance Man Neo (The Matrix) : "I know you're out there, I can…
Retro Electro somebody stop me, lord im on fire sucka emcees better call…
Road to Perdition I got that black on black skin tone, actual-fact syndrome Th…
Rough Love Uh huh, uh huh Uh huh, a-here we go now Uh huh,…
Shiny Suit Theory One two, one two, yeah, uh huh, yeah! I'm sailing on…
So What You Sayin' Jay Electronica : Yeah Jay Electronica is now in the build…
Spark It Up Fresh out the gate it's the asiatic Fanatic back at it Spi…
Suckas (Verse 1) This goes out to those that choose to use…
Swagger Jackson's Revenge Michael Jackson - "Just because it's in print doesn't mean…
The Announcement feat. John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy (Address at Rice University on the Nation's…
The Blinding This shit make you wanna talk crazy, crazy, crazy, I'm…
The Cauldron One shot two shot whos that boppin that rocky boy…
The Day Whack niggas sleep rappin' and woke up in trouble Whack nigg…
The Ghost Of Christopher Wallace The game ain't been the same since B.I.G died And Wu…
The Neverending Story Have you ever heard the tale of The noblest of gentlemen…
The Overwhelming Event I don't wanna waste any time I ask the question who…
Trolley Stop in a little while from now if im not feelin any…
Universal Soldier This is the gallant crew that rolled the big super…
Uzi Weighs A Ton when i walk motherfucker, my uzi weighs a ton, when i…
Victory Is In My Clutches I wanna thank ya for bein so fly (so fly) you didnt…
Walk With It (Jay Electronica) im out that third ward where they bussin …
Welcome To Knightsbridge You know the flow is like Hosanna Hosanna Congressional Meda…
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Jose M
Everything is connected
Darkness vs Light
No good
No evil
Just cause and effect.
You choose your destiny in the infinite amount of universes we have.
Every second counts, be yourself.
Be free. Find truth, but never be afraid of it.
Become the “god” you follow.
The true nature of who you are.
We are all one. And it takes one being to change the world.
Montes
[Just Blaze]
I met Jay through, initially through Rashad Smith, a couple of nights. And he kept hitting me about this kid that hew knew who could rhyme crazy, but he just had, he just needed a break. But he felt like he was destined to be one of the great ones. So finally, he sent me some stuff, emailed me some music and I was instantly just like, wow
One day I was on IM and he just IM'd me out of nowhere and we just started kickin' it and at first I'm like, you know. We would talk and I was just like, yo, what is with this dude? He was just so, tryin' to think of the right way to put it. He would basically just ask you the craziest questions like, what would be the best way to attack this or attack that. Cause he's so much of a planner and a tactician and I learned that later on. At the time I didn't realize why he was asking the kind of questions he was asking me. He just wanted to know his whole plan of attack and my thing was always just, yo, just make music
I think once he got in that mindset and just started recording, it was like every other day he was sending me back something crazy. So we turned out to really develop a real type of relationship, almost like a brotherhood really
So it was kinda like I consider him like my, even though this is a cliche saying, like a brother from another mother. Just on the, not so much on the physical, but on the spiritual level and on an artistic level definitely. We just kinda bonded like brothers real quick and I think that's just because we have a love for the music and we're both really good natured people at heart, we just really wanna continue the culture and expand it and stuff instead of doing the same thing over and over again
I think, the reason I had kinda gotten, not necessarily discouraged, but just bored with hip hop in general is because people don't like to take risks, they don't like to try anything different. And in order to really make any kind of impact these days, not just sales-wise, but just on the artistry, you gotta be able to go to the left and try different things. Sometimes you'll get killed for it and sometimes you'll succeed
But he was one of the few artists that was just willing to go all the way to the left with it. Like this Eternal Sunshine thing. I can't think of any other rapper that would even think to do something like this
[Erykah Badu]
I met Jay Electronica in Brooklyn. One obscure day, a friend of mine named SupaNova came over to the house and told me, this is the MC I've been telling you about. He let me hear him maybe a week prior to him coming into the apartment. I remember him coming into the apartment. I remember him taking off the shoes as everyone does. I remember him having on black socks, they were short socks, like Jordan socks or something like that. I remember him sitting on the futon and I was breast-feeding and I was very busy because I was also home-schooling and I was looking around for a place to sit my baby down, my 3, 4 month-old. I handed her to Jay and she rested comfortably there and that's how we initially met. And he and Seven, my son, became fast friends. They actually became friends before he and I became friends. That was the meeting and I remember after hearing his music I wanted to start a record label just on the strength of hearing him
Jay Electronica the person. I wouldn't even call him a person cause he's a weird looking cat. His ears are kinda pointy, he's got a square head. He looks kinda like he's a alien from somewhere really. But in a rare beautiful way, like some kind of mythical creature who would have a bow and arrow on his back and wings under that bow and arrow. He also has spirit to his look. He's very unorthodox in the way he treats people. He's peculiarly intelligent and makes you very curious and draws you in and as he stated before his masculine energy really draws in the female, or the feminine energy. Which makes me happy and mad
He's just very easy to fall in love with because he's such a protector. He's such a positive, in every kind of way if you will. He's a plus in this world. I think everyone he knows becomes dependent on him because he helps us to see who we really are
Montes
[Sample: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]
Grandpa Joe: Wh-When does he get it?
Willy Wonka: He doesn't
Grandpa Joe: Why not?
Willy Wonka: Because he broke the rules
Grandpa Joe: What rules? We didn't see any rules, did we, Charlie?
[Charlie shakes his head briefly]
Willy Wonka: [springs up from his chair, angrily] Wrong, sir! Wrong! Under section 37B of the contract signed by him, it states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void if - and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy:
[grabs a magnifying glass and reads]
Willy Wonka: "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained," et cetera, et cetera... "Fax mentis, incendium gloria cultum," et cetera, et cetera... Memo bis punitor delicatum!
[slams the contract copy and the magnifying glass down, continues shouting]
Willy Wonka: It's all there! Black and white, clear as crystal! You stole Fizzy-Lifting Drinks! You bumped into the ceiling, which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you GET... NOTHING! YOU LOSE! GOOD DAY, SIR!
David McCullough
I thought, "I'll just play this while I work." No. No. I'll sit silently and let it wash over me for the millionth time because I can't believe a human could imagine and deliver something like this. What an achievement. A Written Testimony is a worthy successor, however long it took for Jay to bring it to fruition.
I did Dat
Act 2: the turn (phase 2 of the magic trick styled scheme jay writes in) is part 2 for this. I thing Testimony was watch the throne 2
avrgjsph
What a reminder to live your live for yourself
JahOne4ya
Credit to Jon Brion, the composer who wrote the score to Eternal Sunhine of the Spotless Mind.
WILSONSCLIPS
His greatest piece of art is the most underrated but it’s so beautiful.. so grateful there are artists alive that have created masterpieces like this not just for us but clearly for themselves and we can be present to experience it
ChozKetchum
We’ll put, good sir.
Jacob Daly
I can't believe I lived to see Act II. All Praise To The Most High 🤲🏾🕋
Mylesbeenspinnin _
What does that box represent ? I honestly forgot whether it was Islam or Judaism
Bukky Bakray
@Mylesbeenspinnin _ the Kaaba in Mecca brother. Muslims visit it During Hajj
Mylesbeenspinnin _
@Bukky Bakray don’t they walk around it ? And thank you