Here’s Everything We Know About Jay Electronica’s New Album ‘A Written Testimony’

Even as normal social life was grinding to a standstill, with much of the world resigning itself to an uncertain future, waves of dread permeating every conversation, and previously unthinkable sights presenting themselves hourly, there was still a frisson of unreality when, late at night on Friday the 13th, one opened up Tidal and saw Jay Electronica’s “A Written Testimony” just sitting there, ready to stream.

As the world is completely engulfed in the coronavirus outbreak, over on the hip hop end of thingsJoe Budden and Jay Electronica are beefing with each other following the release of Jay’s new album. Things quickly escalated between the two and spilled over to social media—and it’s say to safe neither party is backing down anytime soon.

“Jay’s life philosophy is ‘my train is running on schedule.’ That’s how he lives his life.” 

Ellie Goulding has revealed that her forthcoming album will be one of two halves, feautring both "classically influenced" and modern pop songs.

Jay Electronica’s long-awaited album, A Written Testimony, arrived last week after a decade of anticipation. While fans have praised the project, the crew over at The Joe Budden Podcast had some criticisms that led to a back-and-forth exchange between Jay Electronica and Joe Budden.

Fiona Apple has opened up in a new interview with The New Yorker on Monday (March 16) about her long-awaited fifth album, titled Fetch the Bolt Cutters.

In an extensive and wide-ranging new interview with The New Yorker’s Emily Nussbaum, Fiona Apple shared details of her long-awaited new album. The record is called Fetch the Bolt Cutters, and it consists of 13 songs whose titles include “Newspaper,” “On I Go,” “The Drumset Is Gone,” “Rack of His,” “Kick Me Under the Table,” “Ladies,” “For Her,” “Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” “Shameka,” “Heavy Balloon,” and “I Want You to Love Me.”

Quelle Chris has announced a new album that features Earl Sweatshirt, billy woods, Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus, Denmark Vessey, Homeboy Sandman, Pink Siifu, comedian Josh Gondelman, and more. It’s called Innocent Country 2 and it arrives April 24 via Mello Music Group. He’s also shared a new track from the record, titled “LIVING HAPPY” (featuring Chicago’s Joseph Chilliams and New Orleans-based rapper Cavalier).

Shawn Carter appears on the rapper's long-awaited debut album 'A Written Testimony', which came out today (March 13)

Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.

After 15 years of buzz, rumors and stalled starts, Jay Electronica’s debut album finally dropped Thursday night.

Just when the hip-hop community was ready to close the chapter on Jay Electronica's rap career, the Roc Nation wordsmith hushed his naysayers on Friday (Mar. 13) when he finally unleashed his debut album A Written Testimony.  Despite the 10-plus-year wait, Jay Elect storms

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Many things feel uncertain during this here March of 2020. If there's one thing we can feel pretty sure about, it's the release of Jay Electronica's long awaited album A Written Testimony.

Jay Electronica‘s debut album A Written Testimony is out now, and you can listen to it right here!

After over a decade of delays, Jay Electronica’s debut album, A Written Testimony, has finally arrived. While the elusive artist kept the finer details under wraps, TIDAL put on listening sessions on March 12 in Los Angeles, New York, and New Orleans. This is his first release since his 2007 mixtape Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge).

After years of waiting, Jay Electronica has finally released his debut album. Listen to A Written Testimony—which reportedly features contributions from JAY-Z, Travis Scott, The-Dream, Swizz Beatz, and AraabMuzik—in the live stream from his studio session below.

On February 7 of this year, the unthinkable happened: Jay Electronica, the beloved and barely heard-from rapper and producer who stunned with his debut mixtape Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) back in 2007, announced that his debut album A Written Testimony was done and ready for release. The news was taken with a healthy dose of skepticism: Electronica has released a mere six songs since Eternal Sunshine, and only eighteen guest appearances — an average of less than two a year.

The wait appears to be finally over. After 13 years of countless delays, Jay Electronica's debut album A Written Testimony is on the verge of seeing daylight.