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On one hand, I have NEVER had one of these new rappers hit me the way Jay E hit me when I discovered his sh!t.
Never. Kendrick was close. Actually, Zeroh was pretty close too.
Elucid maybe the closest- and he is having the career I would have hoped for Jay E in terms of eclectic beat selection, releases, subject matter, etc.
Jay E has it all- voice, flow, lyrics, concepts, versatility of subject matter...
It kills me we haven't had an actual album yet.
On the other hand, sh!t is corny at this point. What's most corny about it is the cats who make excuses for him like they know him personally.
Nah, he ain't some mysic Jedi who operates on his own timeline teaching us patience (lol at that sh!t)
Nah, he and Jay Z aren't looking for "the single"
Nah, he hasn't given fans enough through 2 CDRs worth of songs.
Nah, he isn't locked up in some secluded studio perfecting it.
No. He's either lazy or SCARED. Or Both. These days, I lean more towards the latter.
So this is his 2014 song. 2013 was the full version of Dear Moleskin, right? And 2012 was that trash track with Prodigy I think.
One song per year. Wow.
Another tangent- I do wonder how much of the Jay Electronica thing is timing related.
He was basically one of the first blog rappers, no? Came out of no where, rapping over Dilla beats....
and we all had time to track each song down and dissect them. Listen to them over and over.
These days, each month brings a new rapper pretty much. Anyone getting that type of love?
I guess maybe they don't deserve it?
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