Jay Electronica released his debut mixtape, Act I: Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge) in July of 2007, and after years and years of delaying an anticipated debut album, he finally released one, A Written Testimony, earlier this year. During all those album-less years, he had released the tracklist (in 2012) for a second mixtape, Act II: Patents of Nobility (the Turn), which listed guest slots from Kanye West, Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jay-Z, The-Dream, Sean Combs, LaTonya Givens, The Bullitts, and, bizarrely, former president Ronald Reagan (who died in 2004), as well as a song that appeared to be dedicated to Jay’s ex, Erykah Badu.
That mixtape never saw the light of day, but according to Pitchfork, a leak recently began circulating, which Jay acknowledged in a since-deleted tweet (“i actually tried to block this from coming out, but Allah is the best of planners. ??“), and now it’s finally been released. A few of the aforementioned guest slots didn’t make the final cut, but it has almost the exact same tracklist that Jay revealed back in 2012. It’s only available on TIDAL for now, and you can see the tracklist below. (edited)