Saturday, March 14, 2020

Coverage of Jay Electronica's A Written Testimony, featuring Jay-Z

Jay Electronica's long-awaited debut album A Written Testimony -- featuring Jay-Z -- was released on Friday, March 13. I've enjoyed my first couple of listens. Jay Elec offering the knowledge and Jay-Z coming in too in top form. Good stuff.

Jay Elec first came on the scene in 2007, and he gained widespread attention in 2009 with the release of his song "Exhibit C." Folks were waiting since then for an album.

I've been following the coverage of A Written Testimony, checking out what folks have been saying and how they're assessing the album.

Here's a roundup of some of the pieces I've read so far:

• March 19: The Curious Case Of Jay Electronica - Jesse Fairfax - Vibe
• March 18: Jay Electronica Remains Prophetic Even If His Debut Doesn’t - Micah Peters - The Ringer
• March 18: Jay Electronica’s ‘A Written Testimony’ - Andrew Barker - Variety
• March 18: JAY-Z’s Evolution Continues on ‘A Written Testimony’ - Frazier Tharpe - Complex
• March 18: Why Jay Electronica's Debut Album Is So Significant - MTV News Need to Know (Dometi Pongo) - Twitter
• March 17: Jay Electronica A Written - Sheldon Pearce - Pitchfork
• March 17: Jay Electronica's Debut Album Isn't What You Might Have Expected - Paull Thompson - GQ
• March 17: Why Are Y’all Arguing About Jay-Z Washing Jay Electronica? - Charles Holmes - Rolling Stone
• March 17: Jay Electronica’s ‘A Written Testimony’ dropped like a comet -  Jesse Childs - Revolt.TV
• March 17: A Timeline From 'Act I' To Jay Electronica's New Album - Kevin L. Clark - Vibe
• March 17: 9 Thoughts About Jay Electronica and His Debut album - Panama Jackson - The Root
• March 17: Jay Electronica – ‘A Written Testimony’ review - Dhruva Balram - NME
• March 17: A Decade Later, Jay Electronica's 'A Written Testimony' Is Right on Time - Eric Diep - Billboard
• March 17: Jay Electronica and Joe Budden Trade Shots Over A Written Testimony - FNR TIGG -Complex
• March 16: US hip hop star releases new album with track list entirely in Arabic - Arab News
• March 16: JAY-Z responds to claims he sold out with NFL deal - Ny Magee - The Grio
• March 15: Jay Electronica and Pete Rosenberg are Sparring Over a Controversial Line - ZO - Okayplayer
• March 15: A Written Testimony Struggles...But Delivers Glimpses Of Greatness - D. L. Chandler - HipHopWired
• March 15: Jay Electronica's A Written Testimony is a righteous step forward - Marcus J. Moore - EW
• March 15: Joe Budden Believes Jay Z Bodied Jay Electronica on album - Dominiq R. - HotNews HipHop
• March 15: Choke No Joke Responds To Jay Z's "A Written Testimony" Bars - Dominiq R. - HotNews HipHop
• March 14: Jay Electronica’s album is proof hip-hop loves a comeback - Keith Murphy - The Undefeated
• March 14: Jay Electronica – A Written Testimony Review - istandard
• March 14: Badu, Diddy, others co-sign Jay Electronica's album - Rosario Harper - SOHH
• March 14: I’m here listening to this Jay Elec Jay Z album - Talib Kweli Greene - Twitter
• March 14: And his grandmother & her reaction - Jay-Z Daily - Twitter
• March 14: Beyonce Is The Owner Of The Pool Depicted...on Album - Wongo Okon - Uproxx
• March 13: This the album rap genius was actually made for - Chance the Rapper - Twitter
• March 13: [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony - weoutheeyah - Reddit
• March 13: [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony - kiakili - Reddit
• March 13: [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony - multiple - Reddit
• March 13: Jay Electronica's Debut Album... Arrives After An 11-Year Wait - Lars Gotrich - NPR
• March 13: Jay Z and Jay Electronica after the final mastering studio session - K.O. - Twitter
• March 13: Jay Electronica’s Album Is Real, and ...Here - Brendan Klinkenberg - Rolling Stone
• March 13: Jay Electronica Completes His Cipher with ‘A Written Testimony - Zachary Schwartz - DJBooth
• March 13: Premature Evaluation: Jay Electronica A Written Testimony - Tom Breihan - Stereogum 
• March 13: Production Credits for A Written Testimony - Navjosh - HipHopNMore
• March 13: Jay Electronica & Jay Z on Writen Testimony - Chris - Twitter
• March 13: Jay Electronica's Debut Album Actually Happened - Tonja Renée Stidhum - The Root
• March 13: Eight Takeaways From...'A Written Testimony' - Andre Gee - Okayplayer
• March 13: Beyoncé took a photograph of her pool, then they made it the cover. - AintNoJigga - Twitter
• March 13: "My saint's SHANGO" - Jay-Z Daily - Twitter
• March 13: I think it's [Backstabbers] is also in reference to this meme - Produce Justice - Twitter
• March 13: JayZ is really a [GOAT] He’s the king of Entendres !!!!! - Ave - Twitter
• March 13: Hov sat in that studio. .. Gave us 5% Carter - AintNoJigga - Twitter
• March 13: Remember when Jay told us "Nobody's ever been this good for this long." - DragonflyJonez - Twitter
• March 13: Your Guide to the Extended Mythology of Jay Elec, Rap’s Great Mystery - Paul Thompson - Vulture
• March 13: 5 Emo Jay-Z Lyrics From Jay Electronica’s A Written Testimony - Zoe Haylock - Vulture
• March 13: #AWrittenTestimony - Jay Electronica - Twitter
• March 13: Easy contender for Bar of the Decade - Wash Ya Hands - Twitter
• March 13: Jay Electronica’s (And Jay-Z’s) Long-Awaited Album in 20 Tweets - Bruce C. T. Wright - NewsOne
• March 13: 10 Big Takeaways From ‘A Written Testimony’ - E. Skelton, S. Setaro, J. McKinney - Complex
• March 13: A Written Testimony credits - Tidal
• March 12: Jay Electronica on 2009..: "Trying to find the meaning of life in a Corona" - Atri - Twitter
• March 12: A Written Testimony - Tidal - Twitter
• March 12: #AWrittenTestimony - Jay-Z Daily - Twitter
• February 6: A Written Testimony - Jay Electronica - Twitter
• February 6: Releasing in 40 days - Jay Electronica - Twitter
• February 6: Recorded over 40 days and 40 nights, starting from Dec 26 - Jay Electronica - Twitter
• February 6: “...my debut album featuring Hov man this is highway robbery” - Jay Electronica - Twitter
• February 6: Album done - Jay Electronica - Twitter

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