Peter Rosenberg’s tweets about Jay Electronica’s “synagogue of satan” lyric didn’t go unnoticed by the elusive MC. After the Hot 97 host noted he was offended by lines from Jay Elec’s A Written Testimony track “Ghost Of Soulja Slim” and 2014’s “Better In Tune With The Infinite,” the man who penned those rhymes responded via Twitter.
Although some of the posts have been deleted, Jay defended his words and took issue with Rosenberg’s criticism.
“We sat down in an interview before and talked about my stance in these matters and it’s there for anyone to go pull up,” he wrote in one since-deleted tweet. “we’re you offended then? then you quoted better in tune w the infinite which was released in 2014.”
Peter Rosenberg Says Jay Electronica's 'Synagogues Of Satan' Lyrics Made Him 'Offended'
Jay wrote in another since-deleted post, “so what #AWrittenTestimony made you go back and listen to BITWTI and you were retro offended? if you have a problem w the term Synagouge of Satan, don’t take it up w me, take it up w the writers of the New Testament. Don’t play w me Peter, i ain’t the one. and you know this.”
Some of Jay’s responses to Rosenberg didn’t get the tweet-and-delete treatment. In one, he said he stood by all of his raps on A Written Testimony.
“clout chasing us at an all time high,” he noted. “and for the record. I stand on every single word i said on this album. #AWrittenTestimony #ISaidWhatISaid.”
Jay closed out his reactions to Rosenberg by declaring he’d discuss the matter in a public forum if necessary.
“and btw, @Rosenbergradio if you REALLY wanna get into it, we are willing to hold a discussion in a PUBLIC FORUM on The Synagogue of Satan and it’s meaning with any Scholars of Theology you would like to bring,” he wrote. “until then. STFU”
Rosenberg was open to the idea.
“I have a public forum everyday if you ever want to talk — feel free,” he fired back. “I am not the only good, supportive, hip hop loving person who was taken aback by some of these bars…happy to discuss it any time ..”
Listen to the tracks that sparked the Twitter back-and-forth below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbGk8xCxxoE
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Rosenberg corny. Cheeseball dude.
How is a guest in the house of hip hop speaking on what the cooks are making in the kitchen!?… dude your opinion is not needed and your not needed either just shut up man
I am saying though. Ever since he got that interview with Phife from Tribe he has been wiggling he way in a coveted space. The grind was relative….opinions are opinions but this dude says the most off the wall things. Get Stretch and Bobbito back in the building.
That’s a bar right there!!!
Electronica is a grade A prick who is constantly posting arrogant tweets and then deleting them moments later just like when he threatened Eminem not long back.
didnt he threaten 50 cent as well? yeah he says crazy shit then deletes his account for 6 months and pretends it never happened. think he might be a raging alcoholic or sumthin
What an utter dick head Jay Electronica is, fuck out of here talking about scholars like you’re an intellect, shits hilarious, pseudointellectuals are funny af.
LMAO AT HIM SAYING “CLOUT CHASING”
Nigga you’ve got Jigga literally all over your album BECAUSE YOURE CLOUT CHASING!!!!!
How the fuck is Rosenberg clout chasing when Jay Elec has no fucking clout of his own hahahahaha
Fuck Gay-Z, he ruined the album.
Rosenberg’s tribe controlled the transatlantic slave trade
The British?
The joos, they are ethnic group, not just a religion.
That’s right Jay! Don’t ever buckle to these devils!
As long as we keep referring to each other as devils and bringing up stuff hundreds of years our society is never going to change. As a 46 year old white guy who grew up on hip hop and lived in the hood, I feel more racism today than I did 30 years ago. It makes me sick. Hip hop shouldn’t be black, rock and roll white, why can’t we move on from color and it be about just the music. Or we just keep the hate going and this world is gonna keep getting worse
That’s the problem. Rock and roll was black. And taken from you devils. And you’re trying to do the same with hip hop. You guys don’t belong. We let you sit down and have a drink, and think you have a place at this table of hip hop. Who gives a shit if you grew up listening to hip hop? We ain’t the same color when police show up.
For the sake of your own integrity, do not ever point your fingers at another race claiming racism. Your post just defined who YOU are, you shouldn’t worry about anyone else until you can get yourself under control. Peace
Who the fuck is we? You haven’t contributed shit to hip hop. In what world do you tell anybody else what to do? You aint the gatekeeper of shit.
Lol so rock and roll is black huh? So guitars were invented in Africa? The problem with this claiming ownership is it can be applied both ways. Electricity must be white then? What about TV? Cars? Computers? Speaking English? If you want to claim rock as a black thing, which by the way was developed and promoted by white money and fans and no doubt played on the white man’s media channels as well as let’s face it white men’s vinyl and music systems, you as a black only proponent have nothing. Be black only and then see just what your life ends up? You aren’t even wearing”black only” clothes. Or is it only an issue when it’s something you think people “stole” from your race? Hypocrisy.
I hate when white people say things like that, when blacks literally built this country off their back smh…
They also built every country in Africa off of the sweat of their black. Here they had the help of the Irish and Chinese. Average YEARLY pay in Africa is US$2000, with a life expectancy of 50. You don’t read much, or think, do you?
Hip hop is universal. Everyone put in bricks to help build this house we call hip hop. Hip hop is composed of 4 elements. Emcees, DJs, B.Boys, and Graf artists. Everyone saying it’s just black is a damn idiot. Must of them haven’t contributed anything to keep this house together. They are tearing down the bricks that keep the house together. Everyone was talking about Eminem being a guest to the point that he felt he should say he’s a guest. Color doesn’t make you hip hop. Eminem it’s responsible for the level of lyrics reaching the level they reached today. Listen to hip hop before and after Eminem to see what im talking about. You go a to a concert. I don’t see no artist turning down money from people that isn’t black. What album sales and streams? Why is nobody talking about the current state of hip hop.
I think we all lived in neighborhoods, but if you’re referring to a low income area then you should say that. Many of us had white picket fence homes with two well employed parents, and a dog. Don’t let the media fool you into thinking that we didn’t.
You are right, racism is having a big revival. This bullshit really makes me sick…
This guys ego is so big he was a nobody for 10 years released like 3 songs which are mediocre by todays standards finally drops a duet album with Jay Z and now he acts like he is untouchable lol I skimmed thru that trash album waited ten years and recorded all that in 40 days plus the old songs?
Maybe you shoulda spent those 10 years making music
Bro all of today’s music is trash. So I’m sure this is gold compared to it.
Came here just to say that same thing and you’re absolutely correct. “Trash by today’s standards.” I chuckled when I read that bullshit. This album isn’t for everyone and it definitely is perfect, but I’d sooner play this than listen to 90% of the bullshit that’s mainstream. Hell, even some of today’s underground hip hop is boring or too “out there” for people to enjoy.
He was dating a Rothschild. He is a high ranking agent.
Anybody who believes any group of ppl are the chosen ones of God/Allah is a doofus and missing the point of pretty much every religion.
The scripture says God has a chosen people and that those people would go into slavery by way of ships, guess who that happen to…do you even read the bible?
The “scripture” also talks about a talking burning bush and Godzilla coming out of the sea to destroy the word. What was who talking about again buddy? Are you talking about the scripture with talking sandwiches and blessed flatulence? It’s hard to keep up with all of the Power Rangers.
“The scripture says God has a chosen people and that those people would go into slavery by way of ships…”
Exactly which scripture?
It also refers to Godzilla coming out of the sea and destroying the earth. There are zombies and dragons and shit in there too. Are you 6 years old?
JayZ new album was okay, but it had wayy too many “Jay Electronica” features…
why doesnt he have an issue with rappers who rap about killing n taking drugs????
Pete needs ratings
Jay needs spins
Why does rosenbergs opinion even matter? He is NOT the culture, he just pays rent.
LOL. Who or what IS the culture, genius? The first act of hip-hop was Kool Herc isolating and looping breaks. DJing. DJing, using more than one turntable with vinyl records, and playing music from vinyl records to a live audience all was created by a white man in the UK 30 years before Herc touched wax. This “culture” shit is ridiculous. Pac and Big are icons in the “culture.” How did that turn out?
If you don’t know what the culture is then you aren’t apart of it and you should take a seat. Hip-hop was born and raised by inner city black men. Paul is a paid guest in hip-hop and and should relax with his comments. He can’t whitewash hiphop like they did to other music. I don’t care what Paul thinks because his opinion doesn’t matter in the culture. He is a sidekick host that is always pushing certain narratives that only a corporate white dude would think.
Wow. You’re a moron. So all of the NBA, NFL and MLB are guests in white culture. Before you say sports aren’t culture, they are They are listed right there in the definition of culture, along with art. Ask a Chinese or Italian person what American culture is. They would say baseball, hamburgers, barbecuing, Fourth of July. You’re an ignorant person for referring to anyone as a guest. The internet was created by white Americans for scientists (mainly white) to exchange information. It’s is a worldwide cultural phenomenon. You’re a guest? How about the fact that the first act EVER of Hip-Hop, it’s creation, was made by Kool Herc in the Bronx DJing. Since you’re talking about “the culture” etc. the first DJ to play records to an audience and use more than one turntable at a time, was a white man from England. Those are all facts, yet see how stupid and selfish that sounds, considering everyone made money off of everything listed, TOGETHER? All of the record execs, A&Rs distributors etc are predominately white. Like the rest of the country. You’re a sad person. I bet you talk about inequality and oppression, yet at the same time holler about “guests in Hip-Hop” when Hip-Hop itself is a guest in DJing. White culture. You’re brainwashed into segregation. That’s why so many brothers are in prison. SMH
Paid guest? LOL. Sign me up for that Air B&B. Your “culture” promotes murder, drug sales, exploitation of women and worshipping material wealth. Hahahahaha. Congrats. You realize that the only reason we are talking about this is because all of America, who are predominantly white, buy Hip-Hop. It’s a waste of time talking to stupid people like yourself. You typed out a paragraph about what dude thinks, talking about “I don’t care what he thinks.” LOL. Dummy.
Rosenberg has contributed to hip hop lot then a lot of these artists nowadays. Also more than you!yo think because you’re non white it “belongs” to a race or culture. What an idiot. You’ll most likely be done wrong by someone from your own “culture”. Wake up you ignorant fool. We all die one day. Opinions don’t matter
Afrika Bambataa is the culture. I heard he is doing some baby sitting part time.
God is a man made construct, all religions are make believe and every race of human contains equally terrible people. This is not my opinion; it is the fucking truth. Use your moral compass to be a better person and stop pointing the finger in the name of race and religion.
Jay Z will be featured heavily in that public forum too lol.
So it’s cool for this guy to diss a whole religion? LOL. When are people going to understand that racism is universal and comes from all angles and races?
If they speak on a public forum, all Jay Electronica has to do is explain some basic teachings of the Nation of Islam, which have nothing to do with Islam or the Holy Koran. 1. The white man was created in a lab and tricked/deceived the black scientist who created him. This was thousands of years ago. 2. The moon was created when a space ship hit the earth and broke a chunk off of the earth, hence creating the moon. 3. The American/African black man is god. 4. It’s a good idea for members of the Nation of Islam to visit the church of Scientology and have audits. THAT’S ALL RIGHT THERE IN THEIR FAITH. I couldn’t make this shit up. The Nation of Islam’s critics have described the theology of the organization as promoting black supremacy, antisemitism and anti-LGBT rhetoric.The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks the NOI as a hate group. FYI.
Electronica said “take it up with the writers of the NEW Testament” and you over here talking about NOI. Remind yourself to STFU before hitting the keyboard…
Is Jay Elect the first person to say “ The Synagouge of Satan” ? No Sir!! Peter needs to stay in a boys place before he gets exposed. Truth hurts the guilty,
I’m sure if Wm said mosque of murderers that would be OK with everyone. Right?
I wouldn’t be the first person to say “Satanic Verses” while referring to the holy Koran. I’m sure that would sit well with Followers of Islam. Jackass. I bet you are one of these weirdos that says shit like this, and on the same breath complains about inequality and oppression.
When is Jay Electronica releasing his debut album?!!
It came out on Friday
No it didn’t. Jay Z dropped a duet album though…..
You’re slow. He was referring to Jay-Z being on every track and murdering Jay Elec on his own shit. Dumb dumb.
When is Jay Electronica releasing his debut album??!!!
When is Jay Electronica releasing his debut album???!!
Theres nothing wrong with criticizing Israel …..
Sure. Eminem should put out a track where he referees to a Mosque of Murderers. I’m sure no one would have an issue with that. Dummy.
Eminem already had islamophobic raps in the past – not surprising considering he has jooish handlers like Paul Rosenberg pulling his strings.
Stay woke Peter… lol
Free promotion for these album. Or maybe not free that’s the new way of marketing. Create a controversy ger people to go listen to ther music. They are both agents of the all seeing eye.
Uhhh
We went from McDowells to Brunches
Soul Glo to Carols Daughters
These Warhols can fund futures is what I told my daughter
Far from where they brought us
They tell us, go back
Not unlike they women once, they go Black
Jealous, it’s so facts
Yo, In fact, I got the same problem, pause
I swipe mine every time I buy an island, boss
We went to pesos from so so pay
Blu’s Basquiats exceeding FIAT
Reasonable Doubt was the book of Enoch
We was Kings and Queens and still is
Nigga listened to Ether and I’m still pissed
Black empowerment, y’all lack endowment
My commas infinite, y’all mad the towel slipped
Inshallah
The first play through I wasn’t feeling it. Then I bump it in the whip a few times. Shit grew on me. Now on constant repeat. Might be too deep for most young peeps. Just listen and soak it in young blood.
Uhhh We went from McDowells to Brunches Soul Glo to Carols Daughters These Warhols can fund futures is what I told my daughter Far from where they brought us They tell us, go back Not unlike they women once, they go Black Jealous, it’s so facts Yo, In fact, I got the same problem, pause I swipe mine every time I buy an island, boss We went to pesos from so so pay Blu’s Basquiats exceeding FIAT Reasonable Doubt was the book of Enoch We was Kings and Queens and still is Nigga listened to Ether and I’m still pissed Black empowerment, y’all lack endowment My commas infinite, y’all mad the towel slipped Inshallah
Wow. Totally wack and nonsensical. LOL
The irony of the whole deal is that a few muslim countries still have Africans in slavery. In actual captivity, chains, whips, etc. Where are the social justice warriors? Where’s the song about this, Jay?
Isn’t “Synagogue of Satan” in the bible? Does Rosenberg believe the new testament is anti-semitic too?
Because if he had of said “Church of Satan” he wouldnt have cared.