Jay Electronica attempted to block the release, but it seems like he felt comfortable enough with A Written Testimony, being his debut effort. That changed when an unnamed entity bought it from a group of hackers for $9,000 and released it on filesharing sites on the internet. Considering his track record it was hard to imagine that we could see another Jay Electronica release in such a short span. The beats were synthy and distorted, still catchy but sounded mainstream from an artist who’s never had an interest or had attempted to sound like that. Although, it was a different direction than what we’ve expected from Jay Electronica when he first released music. This year he finally released an album, A Written Testimony, an album that was well received and was an exposé of his experience from the last 5 years.
Today after their break-up, his focus seemed to shift back to music and his talents. The exposure was such a dichotomy from his nomadic life, being homeless, shooting dice, and finding the meaning of life in coronas. Sequestering to London, with the heiress of the Rothchild fortune from England, he was a tabloid figure and not a rapper anymore. Through the years since his personal life, not his art was becoming the focal point of his persona. Over the years it never was released and the buzz dissipated, ultimately the album was forgotten about.
When a picture of Acts II’s tracklist leaked on the internet in 2012, people started to murmur that an album was soon to be released. Only a small amount of artist could’ve made the initial impact like Jay Electronica, his rise from homeless backpacker to hip-hop's lyrical savior was meteoric, which gave Jay Electronica quite a brand to live up to. Since then, a reclusive and absent Jay Electronica has done very little, and anything that hinted at an album release made the hip hop community talk. A project that teased fans since his groundbreaking single “Exhibit C” was released. For 10 years, Act II: The Patents of Nobility sat in Jay Electronica’s hard drive.
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