Review: Jay Electronica - Exhibit C

What is good with Hip-Hop? Amidst the media hype surrounding artists like Drake (deserved hype I’d argue), Jay Electronica has stayed largely on the underground hip-hop scene. The heavy sampling on his latest single Exhibit C and his old school flow could be compared to a freshman Jigga. But truthfully, Jay is an individual. Despite those stereotypical references to money: ‘shittin’ out chains’ and drugs: ‘smokin’ weed on the corners’, they are entwined in a kind of lyrical purity that sets him apart from Fiddy or Lloyd Banks. Talking Hanukkah and 5 percenters, his rhyming pattern almost confuses you at first but it’s presented in such a way that forces you to do a double take. Citing the boyhood metaphors of ‘transforming with the MegaTronDon’, even extracting influence from MGMT, his ability as good as it is, is carried through with heavy production from Just Blaze that will have you bopping your head to the accentuated drum machine. Any nostalgic Hip-Hop fan wondering how the links between the Old School and the New School tattered will ask where Jay Electronica has been all this time.


Rating: 5/5
For Fans of: Nas, Jay-Z, Common


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