Via GRANDGOOD
The always dope GRANDGOOD has snippets of 4 new Jay Electronica tracks, ripped from the latest Gilles Peterson podcast. These are a preview for Act II, which Electronica was set to release last Christmas but didn't. Man, even artists without labels are being pushed back these days :) (Technically, he's signed to Erykah Badu's 'Control Freq Records')
Here's my favourite: "Departure/Are You Watching"
Go there to check the rest of them out.
You can download the full podcast here, which also includes an interview with Jay. Just click "save link as" and save the .mp3 to the folder of your choice.
For those who slept, here's what introduced him to the hip hop community, Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (the pledge). Electronica rhyming over the soundtrack to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. No drums, just rapping and the occasional sample from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Also Just Blaze & Erykah Badu are in there somewhere testifying to his greatness. Bizarre and pretty incredible if you haven't heard it.
Act II, when it does come out, is set to feature production by Jay himself, Madlib, Mr. Porter, Hi-Tek & Beat Autopsy, with guest spots by Guilty Simpson and Nas. You can find out more here.
