Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn)

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Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn)
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Studio album by
Jay Electronica
ReleasedOctober 5, 2020
Recorded2010–2012
Genre Hip hop
Length52:07
Label
Producer
Jay Electronica chronology
A Written Testimony
(2020)		Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn)
(2020)
Singles from Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn)
  1. "Life On Mars"
    Released: July 7, 2010 [2]
  2. "Shiny Suit Theory"
    Released: November 5, 2010
  3. "Better in Tune"
    Released: March 15, 2014
  4. "Road to Perdition"
    Released: March 6, 2015
  5. "Letter to Falon"
    Released: June 6, 2017

Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn) is the second studio album by American rapper Jay Electronica. It released on October 5, 2020, after leaking in full the day prior, and seven months after the release of his debut album, A Written Testimony . It features guest appearances from Jay-Z, The-Dream, Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Bullitts, and LaTonya Givens.

Contents

Soon after Jay Electronica released his debut mixtape Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) in 2007, he announced Act II as a follow-up. A track listing was revealed in 2012. Several songs from the project were released as loose singles that Jay Electronica dropped over the years, among these are: "Life On Mars", "Better in Tune", "Road to Perdition", "Shiny Suit Theory", and "Letter to Falon".

Background

"Dinner at Tiffany's", featuring French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, and "Shiny Suit Theory" are two movements of the same piece. Charlotte Gainsbourg Cannes 2019.jpg
"Dinner at Tiffany's", featuring French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, and "Shiny Suit Theory" are two movements of the same piece.

Jay Electronica's debut mixtape Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) (2007) was meant to be the first part of a trilogy, with each title being inspired by the 2006 British-American film The Prestige . [3] In September 2007, Jay Electronica indicated that he planned to create Act II and Act III. [4] Following the official release of his hit single "Exhibit C", he announced on American music station Shade 45 that Act II would be released on Christmas Day 2009; American record producer Just Blaze confirmed shortly after that the album would miss this date. [5]

Jay Electronica announced that The Patents of Nobility (The Turn) was complete in 2011 and shared a track listing on his Twitter page in 2012. [3] The track listing included guest appearances from American rappers Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Sean Combs, American singer The-Dream, and English-French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, amongst others. [6] The album was not released. [3] In 2014, Jay Electronica again announced that his album would be releasing that year. [7] In February 2020, Jay Electronica announced that he completed his debut album over the course of 40 days, titled A Written Testimony . [8] The album was released on March 13, 2020, nearly thirteen years after the release of Act I. [9] [10]

Several songs included on the Act II track list were officially released or leaked online. [11] The songs "Shiny Suit Theory", "Better in Tune With the Infinite", "Road to Perdition", and "Letter to Fallon" were officially released as singles. [12] [13] [14] [15] British singer-songwriter The Bullitts released "Run & Hide" as a short film in July 2011. [16] The tracks "Memories & Merlot" and "Real Magic" leaked in July 2019 and September 2020, respectively. [11] [17] [18] The entire album leaked in October 2020, after which Jay Electronica announced the album would be officially released. [19]

Recording

"Shiny Suit Theory" came as a result of Jay Electronica meeting American rapper Jay-Z by chance at a birthday celebration for Atlantic Records COO Julie Greenwald at The Spotted Pig. [20] The meeting was followed by "weeks of intense daily communication and creative courtship" related to Jay-Z wanting to sign Jay Electronica to his record label Roc Nation. [21] According to American journalist Miss Info, Jay Electronica knew Jay-Z was serious when he attached a recorded verse to his second reply email. [21] "Shiny Suit Theory" is the second movement of a two-part song, with the first movement being titled "Dinner at Tiffanys". [20] "Dinner at Tiffanys" was composed by British singer-songwriter The Bullitts, who worked on the movement's strings. English-French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg had a guest appearance on the movement, though Jay Electronica initially wanted English actress Julie Andrews. [20] Both "Dinner at Tiffany's" and "Shiny Suit Theory" were listed together as one piece on the album's 2012 track list.

American rapper Big Sean's 2013 song "Control" was originally meant to be on Jay Electronica's album, but it was eventually given to Sean, who wanted it on his sophomore studio album Hall of Fame but couldn't clear the sample in time. [22] However, Big Sean instead released the song as a promotional single after American rapper Kendrick Lamar recorded his controversial verse for it. [22]

Release and promotion

The album was originally announced in 2007, but was delayed several times. [4] [23] Jay Electronica claimed that Act II: Patents of Nobility (the Turn) was finished in 2011, [3] then later revealed the track listing in July 2012. [6] The album never released and was delayed indefinitely. On October 4, 2020, almost 11 years after its originally announced release date, it leaked online after a group of internet users on Discord raised $9,000 to purchase it from a hacker. [23] [24] Shortly after the leak, Jay Electronica went to his Twitter and Instagram to acknowledge the leak and thanked his fans for the warm response to the album. [25] [26] In a series of now-deleted tweets, Jay Electronica said they would try to clear the samples, then get it on Tidal as soon as possible. [25] The following day, Jay Electronica posted a link on his Twitter page to the official Tidal release. [27] [26] [28]

On October 28, 2020, the album was taken down from Tidal for unknown reasons. A month later, Jay Electronica revealed in his Discord server that the finished version of Act II has unreleased verses from Kanye West and that he would try to get them cleared before re-releasing the album. [29] [30] [31]

Singles

In July 2010, Jay Electronica posted a video to his YouTube channel titled "Act II: Ruff Songs that didnt make the final cut." which had an early version of the song "Life On Mars" also known as "@FatBellyBella", the title is in reference to his and Erykah Badu's daughter Mars Merkaba. [2] [32] In November 2010, Jay Electronica released the song "Shiny Suit Theory" featuring Jay-Z and The-Dream. [12] The song was later included on A Written Testimony. [33] Jay Electronica released the songs "Better in Tune With the Infinite" featuring LaTonya Givens in March 2014 and "Road To Perdition" featuring sampled vocals from Jay-Z in March 2015. [13] [14] In June 2017, he released "Letter to Falon", produced by English musician Paul Epworth, after being inspired by American basketball player Kevin Durant's performance at the 2017 NBA Finals. [15]

Controversy

On 12 July 2020, British radio station Rinse FM broadcast the track "Better in Tune With the Infinite", after which a listener complained that the lyrics contained antisemitic hate speech. Following an investigation, British media regulator Ofcom found Rinse FM to be in breach of three rules of its broadcasting code, concluding that "the track contained antisemitic hate speech, abusive, derogatory and potentially offensive lyrics which were not justified by the context". Ofcom also stated that the breaches were serious enough to be considered for a statutory sanction of Rinse FM. [34]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 8.7/10 [35]

Pitchfork lauded the record, awarding it "Best New Music", with Matthew Ismael Ruiz writing "even slightly unfinished, it is nearly an all-time classic, the kind of record that celebrates an art form while simultaneously pushing it forward." [36] Craig Jenkins of Vulture said "Act II foregrounds Jay Electronica’s words in a way that sticks out among major-label hip-hop releases then as now, front-loading the project with intricate, personal storytelling exercises most artists might relegate to a late-album interlude." [37] In a less positive review, Paul Thompson in GQ stated "Act II is strange—the third song is, simply, the audio from a Dick Tracy Two-Way Wrist Radio commercial laid over music—and in spots rewarding. But it must be said that few of its songs rank among Jay Electronica's best." [38]

Pitchfork included Act II on their best albums of 2020 list at number 14. [39]

Track listing

Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Real Magic"
 3:09
2."New Illuminati"
  • Allah
 1:31
3."Patents of Nobility"  1:14
4."Life on Mars"
  • Allah
 1:41
5."Bonnie and Clyde"
  • Jay Electronica [41]
4:35
6."Dinner at Tiffany's" (featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg)
3:04
7."Shiny Suit Theory" (featuring Jay-Z and The-Dream)
  • Jay Electronica [43]
3:43
8."Memories & Merlot"
  • Allah
2:39
9."Better in Tune" (featuring LaTonya Givens)
 4:39
10."Letter to Falon"
  • Allah
3:54
11."Road to Perdition"
  • Allah
3:32
12."Welcome to Knightsbridge"
  • Allah
 3:28
13."Rough Love"
  • Allah
 2:38
14."Nights of the Roundtable"
  • Allah
 3:55
15."Run & Hide" (featuring The Bullitts)
4:37
16."10,000 Lotus Petals"
3:48
Total length:52:07

Notes

Sample list

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