Jay Electronica

Kanye's 'Bound 1& 2' go up against Jay Electronica's 'Fat Belly Bella'

While everyone wonders about Jay Electronica's whereabouts, love life and what the status of his Roc Nation debut is The Boombox enlisted early adopter sweeney kovar to revisit Electronica's breakthrough free release, 'Act 1: The Pledge.'

With an extensive, dexterous and name-checking verse, Kendrick Lamar single-handedly made Big Sean's 'Control' one of the most talked-about records of the last few years. But had other situations transpired, we might not have even heard the track for another, oh, 10 years.

Kendrick Lamar's verse on Big Sean's 'Control (HOF)' was not only technically impressive and a wake-up call for the game, it was obviously hugely eclipsing; Jay Electronica and Big Sean's contributions to the track might as well have not happened. That doesn't bother Jay, though.

We've lost count how many times the words "Jay Electronica's album is nearly finished" have been uttered, so feel free to take this with a grain of salt.

Jay Electronica got himself into a little bit of trouble on Christmas Eve, thanks to a drunken Twitter rant. The almost-forgotten Roc Nation signee, whose debut album has been years in the making, dissed a variety of rappers during his booze-fueled tirade, including 50 Cent and Trinidad James...

Kevin Winter, Getty Images In good Chris Brown news, the troubled singer scored a No. 1 with his new album, Fortune, which moved 134,000 copies in its first week, according to SoundScan. Meanwhile, here's a photo of Young Jeezy in zebra print shorts...

Jay Electronica may be close to finishing his long-awaited Roc Nation debut LP, however, the New Orleans native is making a different type of headline today. The once homeless rapper now finds himself in the middle of a love scandal involving two British socialites...

Jay Electronica's label boss Jay-Z has promised that his protege's long-awaited Roc Nation debut Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn) is finally "really close" to seeing release. "I want people to be creative and not traditional, not just a single this time, this time this time," Jay-Z told MTV of his approach in cultivating the gifted, mercurial MC's first official full-le

Somewhere in London, Kanye West and a crack team of singers and rappers are readying the album we're all going to spend the spring talking about. That's the takeaway following recent tweets from British songstress Marsha Ambrosius and rhymer Pusha T, two of the artists helping Yeezy finish his eagerly awaited, ridiculously star-studded G...