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A Written Testimony

Jay Electronica

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Elpadaro F. Thedford aka Jay Electronica aka the legend without an album! Without a real album, anyway. At 43, the legendary New Orleans producer who has crossed paths with the whole world of rap (Jay - Z, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Mos Def, J. Cole, Mac Miller, J Dilla, Big Sean, Chance the Rapper, Talib Kweli, Vince Staples, Common, DJ Premier...) has decided to release the first album stamped with his illustrious nickname. His moniker could have even featured next to Jay-Z's, as he is an uncredited contributor to eight of the ten tracks on A Written Testimony! A heavyweight accomplice for a heavyweight record; but one with great finesse. An ultra-talented rapper who has cooked up a hearty mille-feuilles of mystical sounds and themes. Even if the general mood is often laid back, everything is thought out. It’s all calculated to the millimetre: from its ideas (including those of the Nation of Islam's controversial Louis Farrakhan whose voice features on the first track); to its values (nods to the hip-hop tradition as on Shiny Suit Theory which uses the same sample as Pete Rock & C. L. Smooth put in their I Got a Love); the choice of guest appearances (Travis Scott on The Blinding and The-Dream on Shiny Suit Theory); and its creative potential (amazing trip-experimental ambient on Ezekiel's Wheel sampling Evensong by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno). Erykah Badu's ex clicked very well with Jay-Z (who sometimes takes the helm here) to create an opus that sounds almost more early 2000s than 2020... © Marc Zisman / Qobuz

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1
The Overwhelming Event
00:02:17

Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Guru, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Khirye Tyler, Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Larrance Dopson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Demarsan, ComposerLyricist - Jay Electronica, Producer, MainArtist - Chris Payton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Louis Farrakhan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Del-Olmo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

2
Ghost Of Soulja Slim Explicit
00:04:26

Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Craig Lawson, ComposerLyricist - John Williams, ComposerLyricist - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Guru, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Tapp, ComposerLyricist - Khirye Tyler, Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Larrance Dopson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Electronica, Producer, MainArtist - Chris Payton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Louis Farrakhan, ComposerLyricist - Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Del-Olmo, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

3
The Blinding Explicit
00:02:48

Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Kasseem Dean, ComposerLyricist - Chauncey Hollis, ComposerLyricist - Swizz Beatz, Producer - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Guru, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Electronica, MainArtist - AraabMuzik, Producer, Co-Producer - Travis Scott, FeaturedArtist - Hit-Boy, Producer - Jacques Webster, ComposerLyricist - Jahron Anthony Brathwaite, ComposerLyricist - Abraham Orellana, ComposerLyricist - G. Ry, Producer, Co-Producer - Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, ComposerLyricist - LAW Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

4
The Neverending Story Explicit
00:04:20

Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - The Alchemist, Producer - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Guru, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Electronica, MainArtist - Daniel Alan Maman, ComposerLyricist - Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, ComposerLyricist - Félix Nebbia, ComposerLyricist - Mirtha Defilpo, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

5
Shiny Suit Theory Explicit
00:04:03

Barbara Mason, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Michael Chavarria, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Guru, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The-Dream, FeaturedArtist - Bryan Wilson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Electronica, Producer, MainArtist - Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

6
Universal Soldier Explicit
00:04:18

Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Guru, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Blake, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Electronica, Producer, MainArtist - Travis Scott, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jacques Webster, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Vashti Bunyan, ComposerLyricist - James Blake Litherland, ComposerLyricist - Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, ComposerLyricist - Ross Abrahams, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bonnie Rae Flower, ComposerLyricist - Wendy Ellen Flower-Freeman, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

7
Flux Capacitor Explicit
00:03:26

Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Parker, ComposerLyricist - Dion Wilson, ComposerLyricist - James Fauntleroy, ComposerLyricist - Robyn Fenty, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Blake, Producer, Additional Producer - Gimel 'Young Guru' Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Electronica, Producer, MainArtist - Badriia Bourelly, ComposerLyricist - Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, ComposerLyricist - Jacob Richards, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Seaberg, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - LAW Parker, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Butler II, ComposerLyricist - Elton Newman, ComposerLyricist - D’Artanian Stovall, ComposerLyricist - Tyrone Cosey, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

8
Fruits Of The Spirit Explicit
00:01:34

Dion Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - No I.D., Producer - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Guru, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Electronica, MainArtist - Rodney G. Massey, ComposerLyricist - Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, ComposerLyricist - Jacob Richards, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Seaberg, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

9
Ezekiel’s Wheel Explicit
00:06:47

Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - James Fauntleroy, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Fripp, ComposerLyricist - Brian Eno, ComposerLyricist - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Young Guru, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The-Dream, FeaturedArtist - Jeymes Samuel, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Electronica, Producer, MainArtist - Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

10
A.P.I.D.T.A.
00:05:28

Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zach Steele, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Dawsey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jay Electronica, MainArtist - Mark Speer, ComposerLyricist - Khruangbin, Producer - Elpadaro F. Electronica Allah, ComposerLyricist - Jacob Richards, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Seaberg, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Emory Jones, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - LAW Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Laura Manders, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2020 Roc Nation, LLC

Album review

Elpadaro F. Thedford aka Jay Electronica aka the legend without an album! Without a real album, anyway. At 43, the legendary New Orleans producer who has crossed paths with the whole world of rap (Jay - Z, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Mos Def, J. Cole, Mac Miller, J Dilla, Big Sean, Chance the Rapper, Talib Kweli, Vince Staples, Common, DJ Premier...) has decided to release the first album stamped with his illustrious nickname. His moniker could have even featured next to Jay-Z's, as he is an uncredited contributor to eight of the ten tracks on A Written Testimony! A heavyweight accomplice for a heavyweight record; but one with great finesse. An ultra-talented rapper who has cooked up a hearty mille-feuilles of mystical sounds and themes. Even if the general mood is often laid back, everything is thought out. It’s all calculated to the millimetre: from its ideas (including those of the Nation of Islam's controversial Louis Farrakhan whose voice features on the first track); to its values (nods to the hip-hop tradition as on Shiny Suit Theory which uses the same sample as Pete Rock & C. L. Smooth put in their I Got a Love); the choice of guest appearances (Travis Scott on The Blinding and The-Dream on Shiny Suit Theory); and its creative potential (amazing trip-experimental ambient on Ezekiel's Wheel sampling Evensong by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno). Erykah Badu's ex clicked very well with Jay-Z (who sometimes takes the helm here) to create an opus that sounds almost more early 2000s than 2020... © Marc Zisman / Qobuz

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