There isn’t an MC in today’s game as superbly talented, yet astonishingly infuriating, as Jay Electronica. The New Orleans born rapper had the Hip-Hop world in a tizzy when, after bubbling for years, storming through with “Exhibit C” and signing on the dotted line with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, an epic event album was thought to be a given. However, after inking the aforementioned recording contract in 2010— which was announced in grand fashion two years ago to this very day— Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn) is still nowhere in sight.
What makes Jay Elec’s increasingly Detox-like level of record release half-stepping is that he’ll disappear from the public sphere for a little while, then randomly pop up again. This in itself isn’t a problem but it’s just that each time he makes a public cameo, be it on Instagram or in a salacious UK tabloid story, it’s a stark reminder that dude still hasn’t dropped his damn album. In 2012 Jay Electronica was in the news plenty of times, unfortunately it was rarely ever for actually releasing some new product.
Here’s a look at what Jay Electronica was up to in 2012. Whether this proves that Act II is merely a myth, is up to you.
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Photo: Instagram
March 2012
On March 8, Jay Electronica announced via Twitter, that his Roc Nation debut was complete. “Dear Believers and Patient Supporters. Thank you for your patience and support,” Electronica began in a tweet. “The Album will be turned in Tomorrow evening. The wait ends.”
Nope, it didn’t.
March 2012
On a podcast, ?uestlove says Jay-Z has a copy of the album and it’s his favorite of 2012. [Hey, it was March.] “I told Jay, ‘You ain’t getting that record til 2015.’ Then he hit me and said, ‘I got the record,’ and I told him, ‘You ain’t releasing that record until 2015,'” said the Roots frontman. “Jay, Shawn Carter, has the record and listens to it constantly and says its his favorite record of 2012. It has no singles on it though, but it’s his favorite record.”
We’ll believe it when we hear it.
April 2012
Artwork for Jay Electronica’s new album hits the Internets! One problem, though. Jay Elec says it’s not legit. [shakes fists]
April 2012
A day after the non-artwork debacle, Jay Electronica drops the CDQ version of “Dear Moleskine.” Ya know, the song that had been out for a full two years. This, is not a good sign.
May 2012
Jay-Z confirmed that he has indeed heard the Jay Electronica album and that he’s “scary good” as an artist. He also said it’s “really close” to dropping. May 2012 is now really far gone, though.
June 2012
UK the Daily Mail reveals that Jay Electronica is caught up as the cause of a divorce between Ben Goldsmith and Kate Goldsmith, the latter being a Rothschild heiress. Conspiracy theorists quickly point out the irony of a Black man stroking a member of the a family who is allegedly part of the Illuminati.
July 2012
Jay Electronica tweets the tracklist of his debut album, Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn). We’d prefer audio to go with the visual, sir.
September 2012
Jay Electronica flew across the pond to perform at Jay-Z’s Made In America Festival in Philly over Labor Day Weekend. As he closed his set, he revealed that a new single featuring Chris Brown was dropping shortly. Didn’t happen.
September 2012
That Rothschild heiress Jay Electronica has been cavorting with is none too pleased that he’s been spotted with the next chick, who happens to be a model.
November 2012
Apparently Jay connected with Diddy somewhere in France, we think. What happened to “hurts when breathe” b?
