Jay Electronica – HighClouds https://highclouds.org HighClouds - A Music Blog Tue, 17 May 2016 15:31:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://highclouds.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/favicon.ico Jay Electronica – HighClouds https://highclouds.org 32 32 110112611 Chance The Rapper – How Great https://highclouds.org/chance-the-rapper-how-great/ https://highclouds.org/chance-the-rapper-how-great/#respond Tue, 17 May 2016 15:31:39 +0000 https://highclouds.org/?p=16279 The amazing Chance The Rapper’s ability to compose great hip-hop songs has been seen several times over the past few years of his young career. From his first project “10 Day”, to his hit mixtape “Acid Rap”, to his part in the critically acclaimed “Surf“, several stand-out tracks have emerged. Tracks like “Pusha Man” and “Favorite Song” off “Acid Rap” were stuck in the heads of mainstream and indie internet hip-hop fans alike. “Surf”’s “Sunday Candy” had iTunes buzzing and new Chance fans bursting out of the woodwork. Now comes “Coloring Book”, a whole new set of tracks branded with Chance’s signature flare; and “How Great” is a perfect example.

“Coloring Book” may have its downfalls as a complete project, but there are select tracks off this tape that earn a great deal of worth in Chance The Rapper’s catalog. Among these there is one particular song that steals the show: “How Great” featuring the elusive Jay Electronica and My Cousin Nicole. This track comes through late in a project that is underwhelming in many ways and resurrects the performance of the tape by giving the listener something spectacular to listen to upon their next full listen.

“How Great” is another highlight from the Chicago’s star Chance The Rapper.

With a simple, steady beat featuring calm bass and claps along with subdued but effective samples, the stage is set for two verses of superb lyricism. First comes Chance, bringing his wordsmith A game to the table as if he knows full well what Jay Electronica is preparing to deliver. With a tight-knit flow and a neatly packed rhyme scheme, Chance delivers bar after bar of well-laid lyrics. This verse follows the gospel theme of the song with impressive lines such as, ”Devil will employee of the month by the dozen/’Til one score and three years from the third when he doesn’t,” weaving together references both to religion and his own artistry.

It should also not be forgotten that singer My cousin Nicole leads off “How Great” with a lengthy gospel segment that brings a great deal of heart to the track.

Nevertheless, it is arguably Jay Electronica/u> who rallies the track and, in many ways, the entire mixtape. Electronica brings heavy lyrical content to the table with lines such as:

[su_quote]O’ son of man, O’ son of man
Who was the angel in Revelations with a foot on water and a foot on land
Who was the angel that rode a Harley from the project to the house of Parliament
And opened the book in the Devil’s chamber and put the true name of the Lord in it?[/su_quote]

In lines like these, Jay Electronica takes the theme of Chance’s song and brings it to depths that surpass what any listener would expect off a Chance project.

Electronica’s level of talent does not take away from what Chance does for this track, however, it simply compliments and improves it. With Chance The Rapper spitting at his best and Jay Electronica doing what he does best, “How Great” is a track to come back to over and over again.

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