Block of Jay Elec: Electronica, Jay-Z & The-Dream Have a “Shiny Suit Theory” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 11/15/10 | Filed under Downloads, Jay-Z, Jay Electronica, The-Dream, Block of Jay Elec

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...

Block of Jay Elec: The Curious Case of Jay Electronica’s Roc Nation Signing

Posted by Brando on 11/15/10 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Speak of Freedom, Jay Electronica, Block of Jay Elec

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...