Jay Electronica releases first album under Jay-Z's record label
Updated | By Poelano Malema
Hip-hop artist Jay Electronica has finally released his much-anticipated album and fans are loving it.
It’s been almost a decade since Jay Electronica signed with Roc Nation, a label founded by Jay-Z.
Jay Electronica broke onto the music scene in 2007 with ‘Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)’. The project has five songs and features Erykah Badu and Just Blaze.
He later recorded 'Exhibit C'.
After 'Exhibit C', the rapper released several collaborations and solo songs, but fans have been waiting for a full album from him.
The good news is that the full album is finally here!
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‘A Written Testimony’, the new album from Jay Electronica, was released under Jay-Z’s record label. The announcement of the release was made on Thursday, with the rapper sharing the exciting news on his social media pages.
The album took 40 days to record.
Recorded over 40 days and 40 nights, starting from Dec 26
— J A Y E L E C T R O N I C A (@JayElectronica) February 7, 2020
“...my debut album featuring Hov man this is highway robbery”
— J A Y E L E C T R O N I C A (@JayElectronica) February 7, 2020
Jay Electronica held a listening session on Instagram Live on Thursday night.
#AWrittenTestimony https://t.co/SljH2xVQXt
— J A Y E L E C T R O N I C A (@JayElectronica) March 13, 2020
Peace, going live on IG & and my Youtube channel at 8pm pst.#AWrittenTestimony pic.twitter.com/8W9UGKMlxh
— J A Y E L E C T R O N I C A (@JayElectronica) March 13, 2020
He also released a full song list of the album.
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Jay Electronica featured Jay-Z on one of his songs, 'Ghost Of Soulja'. Listen to the song below.
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