Jay Electronica

Released: January 29, 2011

Songwriter: Muhammad Ali Jay Electronica

Producer: Jay Electronica

[Verse]
It’s the Phantom of the Chakra, Slumdog Opera
RapRadar, NahRight, OkayPlayer moshup
I went from nothing into something like the planet Earth
I showed these major labels how to make a man from dirt
And breathe in his nostrils, fill him up with gospel
Leave him at the mountain top, blasting at the Rothschilds
Who that? Jay Elect, Voodoo Man
From the Lost Land of Mu, sans the Zulu scanned
It's just real Black history, Robert LeRoy Ripley
Believe it or not, I'm gon' spit it till they strip me
Crown me with thorns, march me up the hill
Crucifix me then ditch me, the rest is all mystery
I be in New Orleans making water out of whiskey
Casting judgment on the IRS who audited the gypsies
Tipsy, I got the game tipsy
Staggering out the club, dropping coins in the jitney
Patents of Nobility

Timothy Elpadaro Thedford (born September 19, 1976), better known by his stage name Jay Electronica, is an American rapper and record producer. He is from New Orleans, Louisiana and currently based in London, United Kingdom.

Electronica first gained significant attention after the release of the musical composition Act Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), which was made available on a MySpace page in 2007 and has been called a “timeless classic” by Vice Magazine. It is fifteen continuous minutes of music, without drums, built from Jon Brion’s soundtrack to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In late 2009 he released two singles, both produced by Just Blaze, “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C”, the latter of which won a Sucker Free Summit Award for Instant Classic. In November 2010, it was announced Jay Electronica had signed to hip hop mogul Jay Z’s Roc Nation record label.

More than a decade after his last project, What the Fuck is a Jay Electronica, and almost exactly eight years to the DAY after he reportedly finished and turned in his album, Jay Electronica finally released his debut studio album A Written Testimony on March 13, 2020. The album features Jay-Z on eight of its ten tracks, leading some to label it a collab album between the two Jays. The-Dream also makes three appearances, and even Travis Scott makes a surprising appearance on “The Blinding.”

more tracks from the album

Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn)

From the album

Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn) (2020)

Jay Electronica popular songs

Patents of NobilityJay Electronica

Jay Electronica

Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn)