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Timothy Elpadaro Thedford, better known by his fans as Jay Electronica, is an American rapper born on September 19, 1976. He originates from from the Magnolia Projects in New Orleans, Louisiana. He produced the first track, “Queens Get the Money”, on the 2008 Nas album ‘Untitled’. The unconventional nature of much of his music, and the lack of conventional release methods for that music, has since 2007 made him the object of much attention. He was perhaps best known for the piece of music Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), until the release of the Just Blaze-produced track “Exhibit C” in late 2009. Announced Friday, November 12, 2010, Jay is an official member of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation.

Jay Electronica has yet to release a full-length album but has released two official singles to date, “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit C,” which won a Sucker Free Summit Award for Instant Classic. His music so far has been made available through the internet, either through being leaked to what URB magazine describes as “obscure web forums”, or through an appearing and disappearing MySpace page (currently two seem to be in existence, at /jayelect and at /jayelectronica). Erykah Badu has questioned whether he ever will release, in her words, “actual albums”. from New Orleans, LA he has lived in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Denver, and Detroit, where he recorded his Style Wars-era music with several J Dilla beats, meeting the producer subsequently to ask for permission to use the recordings as a demo. Detroit is where Electronica met producer/engineer Mike “Chav” Chavarria, who introduced him to both J Dilla and Mr. Porter, and who is now a regular collaborator.

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1		Exhibit A (Transformations)			546
2		Exhibit C			476
3		Exhibit C - Explicit			97
4		Dear Moleskine			76
5		Renaissance Man			75
6		My World (Nas Salute)			74
7		Eternal Sunshine			69
8		Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge)			63
9		Dealing			60
9		Exhibit A (Transformations) (Instrumental)			60
11		I Feel Good			57
12		Exhibit A - Dirty			56
13		Dimethyltriptamine			55
14		Bitches And Drugs			50
15		Uzi Weighs A Ton			48

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