A Written Testimony
by Jay Electronica

Album
A Written Testimony by Jay Electronica
Year: 2020
Release date: 2020-03-13
Overall rank: 5,669th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 97 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2020 (83rd)
Award Top albums of of the 2020s (421st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,669th)

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A Written Testimony is ranked as the best album by Jay Electronica.

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Overall rank: 5,669th | 2020s rank: 421st | 2020 rank: 83rd  Overall chart history
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69/100 (from 97 votes)
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 !		06/25/2026 04:38 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,31270/100
 
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From 03/14/2020 03:41 | #248708 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Too much Jay-Z. Borders too close to being a collab album
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From 03/18/2020 00:23 | #248825 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
There are handful of AMAZING tracks and too many boring ones
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From 05/07/2020 05:31 | #251017 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Damn, this is quite the religious album. Jay Electronica and Jay-Z rapping a lot about being Black Israelites. The production is amazing beginning to end, but the lyrics aren't always the most engaging. Highlight for me is Shiny Suit Theory.
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65/100
From 11/16/2020 16:54 | #260909 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This feels like a Madvillain album, but without the personality and sense of purpose.
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From 07/08/2020 08:13 | #255210 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I like the album, the intervention of Jay-Z on the tracks.
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