Jay Electronica

Wednesday, May 6Jay Electronica with Neelam Hakeem / Landon Wordswell / DJ Kitty Ca$h / DJ Kelly Green / Elijah / Westside Lo at Grog ShopHosted by Big HeffDoors 7:00 PM j Show 8:00 PMAll Ages$32.50 advance / $40 day of show / $132.50 VIP+ $3 at the door if under 21VIP Meet and Greet includes:- Meet up for a photo with the artist- Signing of one item- GA ticket to the showJay Electronica (JeRi Allah) is a rapper and producer known for his use of percussionless film soundtracks as a background for his abstract lyrical style, and his associations with Erykah Badu, Just Blaze and Nas. 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, have since 2007 made him the object of much attention. He is perhaps best known for the piece of music Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge).Signed to Badus Control Freaq Records, Electronica is yet to release an album or single. 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). Badu has questioned whether he ever will release, in her words, actual albums.Originally from the Magnolia Projects in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., he has lived in Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Denver, and Detroit, where he recorded his Style Wars EP 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.Jay Electronica first gained significant attention through Act 1: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge), made available on a Myspace page in 2007. It is 15 continuous minutes of music, without drums, built from Jon Brions soundtrack to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. There are five segments or movements, marked by changes in music and mood, raps by Electronica, and occasional snippets of sampled dialogue (children arguing in Kurdish, Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka). The first segment is spoken word by Just Blaze and Erykah Badu describing the artist over piano music.