Bun B has a observe report that leaves no doubts about his place among the many all-time greats in Hip Hop, however even he was as soon as left speechless upon listening to a physique of unpublished work by Jay Electronica.
Throughout an episode of AUX MONEY that aired on Thursday (December 14), the Houston native recalled being in London for Gumball 3000 in 2011 when the latest Roc Nation signee hit him up out of the blue.
“I’m within the membership, it’s 12 at evening and I get a DM on Twitter from Jay Electronica,” he mentioned. “He’s like, ‘Yo, I’m going to the studio later. Why don’t you come and meet me?’”
Caught off-guard when the New Orleans native mentioned {that a} automobile would decide him up simply hours later at 5 a.m., the “One Day” hitmaker obliged and was pushed out to the English countryside in Surrey quickly after.
“He’s like, ‘Let’s simply watch the dawn, OG,’ proper?” he continued. “And it’s Phil Collins’ previous studio and it’s on a farm, so it’s like, you see goats and cows and shit. After which we prayed, after which he performed me a whole album — that is in 2011.
“I’m sitting there, I’m like getting overwhelmed by all this music, and I’m lifeless drained ’trigger I ain’t went to sleep and I gotta be again in London within the automobile, able to drive at 10 o’clock. So he’s like, ‘What you assume, OG?’ And it was a number of the biggest music I’ve ever heard in my life, on the time.”
He was even supplied a visitor spot on the report, however remembers being too drained to even determine the place he match on the tracklist.
“I’ll be trustworthy, I don’t even know which one among these muthafuckas want me. Like all of this music is superb … however it was actually to this point faraway from when he lastly dropped the album that I can’t bear in mind if something that’s on the brand new album was from again then.”
Watch the UGK rapper mirror on his encounter with Jay Elec on the 28:45 mark beneath:
It’s unclear if Bun B and Jay Electronica have labored collectively on music lately, although the latter did lately tease a brand new venture and even recommended that it could possibly be a star-studded affair. The enigmatic lyricist sparked pleasure in late October by declaring it’s “ALBUM TIME” whereas sharing a snippet of a brand new music, which seems to be known as “Leaflets.”
In a video posted to Instagram, the 47-year-old rhymer hinted at his subsequent report, seemingly titled Bismillah Boys. “Bismillah” is an Arabic time period which means “within the title of God,” which happens on the very begin of the Qur’an and opens the Basmala — a phrase utilized by Muslims earlier than beginning “good deeds” (corresponding to prayer) and most every day actions.
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In his caption, he tagged over 100 accounts, together with fellow musicians like Beyoncé, Diddy, Jadakiss, 2 Chainz, Erykah Badu, Conway The Machine, Simply Blaze, DJ Premier and The Alchemist. Additionally tagged had been NBA star Kyrie Irving, comic Dave Chappelle, actor Mahershala Ali, dressmaker Jerry Lorenzo and legendary radio host Angie Martinez, amongst many extra.
Jay Electronica followers will know to take any album announcement with a pinch of salt contemplating the years-long delay behind his debut album, A Written Testimony, which finally arrived in 2020.
The follow-up to his breakout 2007 mixtape Act I: Everlasting Sunshine (The Pledge), the venture was basically a full-length collaboration with JAY-Z, who signed him to Roc Nation again in 2010.
Whereas followers had lengthy been anticipating the album to be known as Act II: The Patents of The Aristocracy (The Flip), Jay Elec as an alternative recorded A Written Testimony in “40 days and 40 nights” between December 2019 and February 2020.
