Jay Electronica floods fans with new music by dropping four new projects over the weekend.
It’s been five years since the New Orleans rapper put out his most recent offerings, A Written Testimony and Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn). That changed when he released the four surprise projects in three days. On Sept. 18, Jay rereleased the 2020 album, Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn). However, the new version omits the tracks “Better in Tune” and “10,000 Lotus Petals”
The next day, he delivered the A Written Testimony: Power at the Rate of My Dreams EP and the new album, A Written Testimony: Leaflets. He followed up on Sunday (Sept. 21) with the eight-song project, A Written Testimony: Mars, The Inhabited Planet.
Jay Elect is known as one of the most elusive rappers out. Following his 2007 mixtape, Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), his breakout single, “Exhibit C,” was released in 2009. The following year, he signed with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label. After that, he became almost a mythical figure in hip-hop. It would be another decade until he put out his long-awaited debut album, A Written Testimony, in 2020. Several of the songs on the album feature uncredited appearances from Jay-Z.