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Jay Electronica Promises Debut Album, Multiple Collabo Projects This Year
By Allen Starbury ♦ Published 02/27/2010

Jay ElectronicaFollowing the success of his popular Just Blaze-produced track, "Exhibit C," producer/rapper Jay Electronica isn't resting on his laurels, he's hard at work preparing new music for the rest of the year.

The New Orleans native is currently completing the U.K. leg of his tour, and during the trek, caught up with MTV and revealed new projects in the coming months.

Electronica says that not only does he have the street CD Act II and the official LP Act III coming, but he's also prepping multiple collaborative efforts with the likes of Mos Def, Guilty Simpson, Nas, and if possible, another with Lupe Fiasco.

"It's still Act II. Act III, the official album, which 'Exhibit A' and 'Exhibit C' are a part of [as well as] 'Dear Moleskin,' " Jay told MTV this week. "Me and Mos [Def] have a project that we're doing, me and Guilty Simpson have a project that we're doing. I would like to do a project with Lupe -- [Fiasco] we're going to do a project at some point. Me and Nas have a project that we're doing. I'm just trying. I'm in the process of working and connecting. I don't really feel like a song or an album is the end-all, be-all to what we're doing.

"You can expect my album this year," he added. "You can expect multiple projects this year. We're going to do a lot this year."

He also confirmed that superproducer Just Blaze would be taking the reigns for around 65% of his debut album.

Aside from business, Jay is also focusing on raising a baby girl with singer Erykah Badu, which he says factors in when setting time frames for the aforementioned projects.

"As a person trying to grow and figure out how to handle things, learn and be a man -- all that's a part of the process too," he explained. "It's hard to put a release date on those type of things when you're factoring those things in."

To stay up to date with Jay, follow him on Twitter @JayElectronica.

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    LOOKIN FORWARD FOR THEM JAY ELECTRONICA'S UP-COMING PROJECTS...

  • Ritual

    Saigon is better.

  • Brock Hopkins

    Im going to say this if Jay Electronica did a song with Lupe!! that would be nasty, but Mos Def is my favorite rapper I respect anybody around Mos Def. names such as J.cole, Talib, Hi-tek, all of them and Jay electronica of course and if Jay or Mos did a song with Eminem, pure nasty but Since their style is nothing like ems it wouldn't happen the Underground rappers are where it's at im only 14 but I know what I like.

  • http://www.ballerstatus.com mg supremecy

    jay electronica is pure tallent. its good to see real hip hop making a much needed return. i see jay as one of the heaviest hittin mc's in the industry at the moment. lookin forward to the release of his well inticipated album. hip hop is back.

  • Mark Brown

    Jay is nice!!! Have been hungry for a good hip hop album.
    He reminds me of Nasty Nas, he makes you press rwd.Glad to see him
    sign with RocNation and to already have a commercial (montain dew)
    and hope he is pushed

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