To get back to the question we previously posed, should Jay Elec have signed to Roc Nation? If the new joint "Shiny Suit Theory" in any indication, yes. Yes he should have. Not only did a suddenly resurgent Pete Rock (see "The Joy") throw down an epic beat complete with some nice finishing touches (those applause breaks are brilliant), but his royal Hovaness jumped on the track as well for a solid but oddly mixed verse. Listen and download...
It was fall yet again, winter was creeping up and by and large – Jay Electronica had captured hip-hop’s collective imagination. He did it some three years ago with Act I: Patents of Nobility. He definitively did it last year with the mind-blowing “Exhibit C”. Now Jay-Z gets wee bit narcissist and finds a way to sign hip-hop’s most nomadic rhymer to his Roc Nation label? See more...
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