He makes clear on said track: “ Don’t make me have to blast this rocket, uh, Jay Electricity/The thing you need like a hole in his head is publicity.” “ My ancestors took old food, made soul food/Jim Crow’s a troll too, he stole the soul music/That’s the blood that goes through me, so you assumin’,” blasts Jay-Z on the track.Īn introduction from the Nation of Islam leader – Jay Electronica practices Islam himself – and a shoutout to the Big Easy rap hero are reminders that A Written Testimony is still Jay Electronica’s show. That’s soon followed by “ Ghost of Soulja Slim,” a powerful nod to the late New Orleans hip-hop deity. “The Honorable Elijah Muhammad has said that/almighty God Allah revealed to him/that the black people of America are the real/children of Israel/… and they, we, are the choice of God/and that unto us he will deliver his promise!” declares the voice of the controversial Minister Louis Farrakhan. It’s clear from its dramatic opening, “ The Overwhelming Event,” that this album is not for the faint of heart. The album also features production by No I.D., Swizz Beatz, the Alchemist and Hit Boy.
But the album is less Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne collaboration and more Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.Ī Written Testimony finds Jay Electronica in the driver’s seat while a rejuvenated Jay-Z calls shotgun, flexing skills like a sneering Ghostface. The headline, of course, is the inclusion of hip-hop vet Jay-Z, who signed the hibernating spitter to his Roc Nation imprint. But after a 13-year wait, Jay Electronica returns with A Written Testimony, a debut that’s as satisfying as it is mercurial. To outside eyes, the hype had become too much.
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