For years, Jay Electronica has apparently been sitting on his completed studio debut Act II: Patents Of Nobility (as long as he didn’t delete it). He’s teased its release before, but each time fans have been left waiting for the follow-up to his 2007 breakout mixtape, Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge).
During that time the New Orleans MC has dropped some singles and the occasional guest verse, but in 2016 he ramped up his output, embarking on a short tour, appearing on Chance The Rapper’s Coloring Book, and releasing a single titled “The Curse Of Mayweather.”
The elusive rapper once again teased his album’s release on Saturday night (July 2), posting a series of tweets quoting lines from Christopher Nolan’s 2006 film The Prestige.
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In the final tweet, he tells his followers to “get Tidal,” the music streaming service co-founded by his Roc Nation label boss Jay Z.
“[T]o all those who have been patient with me and supported me over the years, thank you. And get #Tidal#AreYouWatchingClosely?” he wrote shortly before deleting his Twitter account.
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts.
— سيف الله (@JayElectronica) July 3, 2016
The first part is called #ThePledge.The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a M A N.
— سيف الله (@JayElectronica) July 3, 2016
#ThePledgehttps://t.co/4TazswdRf7
— سيف الله (@JayElectronica) July 3, 2016
He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course..it probably isn't
— سيف الله (@JayElectronica) July 3, 2016
The 2nd Act is called #TheTurn.
— سيف الله (@JayElectronica) July 3, 2016
This is where #TheMagician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something EXTRAORDINARY.
— سيف الله (@JayElectronica) July 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/JayElectronica/status/749465967097442304
