I recognize that this Jay Electronica track surfaced a couple of months ago virally but it’s really just starting to catch fire now. I don’t even feel bad about the late pass you want to hit me with. I’m guilty! Still, have you heard “Exhibit C” yet? I mean, really heard it. The song is amazing and is a total return to the art of true MCing. God-like MCing.
Folks are sometimes too quick to make the Jay Electronica/Nas comparisons if you ask me. A writer from Pitchfork wasted half of a review on it this morning. There are some similarities I suppose but I’d say he sounds more like Rakim to me if anybody. Either way, he’s spitting out proverbs and ghetto psalms on just about every track I’ve heard from him thus far and “Exhibit C” is hip-hop’s New New Testament. The number of pure quotables he drops on this track is ridiculous and if you haven’t heard it yet, the first listen is the best.
If you’re already a fan of the “Exhibit” series (Jay Elec+Just Blaze), then you know “Exhibit A” is smoldering but “Exhibit B” with Mos Def was just so so. Trust, “Exhibit C” rectifies all that. You can stream the song and download it right here.
