Jay Electronica is considered by many to be among the elite when it comes to lyricism in Hip Hop. However, the New Orleans-bred rapper can recognize when others are on another level rap-wise.
On Saturday (January 22), Electronica jumped on Twitter amid hyping up Kanye West and The Game’s “Eazy” single and highlighted Drake’s work on “Champagne Poetry,” the opener to the Toronto rap star’s Certified Lover Boy album.
“For Drake’s bars on Champagne Poetry alone, his face gets carved in the pyramids,” Electronica wrote.
The Noah Shebib-produced track finds Drake posturing about his stature in rap, still a chart and streaming giant who’s been hot “since the birth of [his] son” and responsible for some of the “greatest quotes” under Instagram pictures, whether by old flames or his fans.
Conversely, the track features some of the 6 God’s more vulnerable bars regarding friends in Toronto and beyond.
”I know I tend to talk about how I got a fortune on me,” he raps. “But with that comes the politics the city been forcing on me/Man, I can’t even R.I.P. and show my remorse to the homie/Know I carry the guilt of the city’s misfortunes on me.”
Fueled by “Champagne Poetry,” Certified Lover Boy continued Drake’s streak of No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart and broke steaming records on Apple and Spotify. In total, the album made Drake the biggest artist on Spotify — again to close out 2021.
Jay Electronica’s love for Drake goes beyond lyricism. In 2018, Electronica found himself singing “Feel No Ways” from Drake’s 2016 album Views to an unsuspecting Erykah Badu, who was less than impressed with his vocals. The video was eventually deleted from his Instagram page, but there’s no mistaking it, he’s a fan of the 6 God.
Revisit the CLB opener from Drizzy below.
Just stop. This guy doesn’t write his rhymes. Sings for girls on every song. And is a pop star. Just stop gassin this dude it makes 0 sense
You sound like a bitch
You defending it so…. you the bitch
To :Dman- your defending it so….. you the bitch
Your mom and ugly girlfriend are Drake fans though 😉
oh bless us drake. we’re not worthy. you are a god amongst men.
Bad Bunny was #1 artist globally in 2021 and 2022.
Oh look. Another “ real hip hop” artist praising Drake. How will the “real hip hop” crowd react to this?
The pyramid of what lol
Satanic bisexual copycat singers. If ur a dude who listens to this guy come out of the closet
Of your a female, repent now!
I come complete with the white suit and stethoscope, listen to your heart beat delete, beep-beep-beep. Your insurance is high but my price is cheap.
Whatever Jay…..You’ve been nothing but hype and disappointment.
Drake haters are funny. You can hate dude all you want- thats fine . I get it: he looks corny, hes light, hes from Canada and talks like the soul glo guy in interviews…He absolutely does straight pop songs without any strong lyrical depth but if you truly understand the art of lyricism in hiphop, there is absolutely no doubt regarding his skill when he decides to spit. Its just undeniable. Been listening to hiphop since Rakim. I actually use thoughts on Drake to gauge a person’s real hiphop knowledge. I know if they say some stuff like “Drake is a terrible rapper and has no skill, hes MC hammer” that they are completely superficial listener of hiphop and don’t really understand what lyrics mean.. Hate or love his music or claim he doesnt write…..thats fine, thats a preference or your belief of course… but his bars objectively are good…that part is just undeniable. If you say otherwise, I know you think hiphop is just a fashion show/drug dealer bravado and you dont really know how to dissect bars.
Drake like Eminem is the white people’s rap champ. However unlike Emimen who won respect in hip-hop by brute lyrical force and some impressive productions, Drake’s secret weapon is that middle class black women like him and every black dude in the northeast has a cousin that look like him. Sure he can rap but his light skin and Disney pedigree is what jay electronica is in love with
Small correction: overweight women love Drake as well. Remember, selling women fantasy is an industry all to itself.
Truth.
TRUE, Something just doesn’t smell right. Given your expertise, you should be aware of this. Don’t ever mention Rakim in the same sentence.
Lot of technology has come down the line the last 15 years and now if you want to make real rap records you can. It’s super difficult because the technology means it’s very easy to come up with something decent sounding and boring similar to something already popular. Transcending those templates is what separates the greats from the merely ok.
Damn, dood got inseminated… again
Jay Elec throating everybody. This shit gay.
What do you think about him not writing his bars?