- hip hop, instrumental, instrumental hip hop
- 58 min
- 28 tracks
- Nature Sounds
Jay Stay Paid is the fifth studio album by American hip-hop producer and rapper J Dilla. It was released as a posthumous album on June 2, 2009, by Nature Sounds. Despite the fact that the album has contributing vocals from several artists, it is roughly classified as an instrumental hip-hop album.
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Spare, character-led, grave and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Metacritic 81/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- MSN Music (Consumer Guide)B+
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- Pitchfork8.1/10
- PopMatters6/10
- RapReviews8.5/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- URB4.5/5 ★
- XXL4/5
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Tracks
- 1KJay FM Dedication0:56
- 2King1:28
- 3I Told Yall2:49
- 4Lazer Gunne Funke1:21
- 5In the Night / While You Slept (I Crept)1:59
- 6Smoke2:09
- 7Blood Sport2:58
- 8CaDILLAc2:00
- 9Expensive Whip1:25
- 10Kaklow (Jump on It)0:56
- 11Digi Dirt0:54
- 12Dilla Bot vs. The Hybrid2:24
- 13Milk Money1:27
- 14Spacecowboy vs. Bobble Head2:37
- 15Reality TV2:40
- 16On Stilts1:26
- 17Fire Wood Drumstix1:31
- 18Glamour Sho75 (09)3:02
- 1910,000 Watts1:42
- 209th Caller1:53
- 21Make It Fast (Unadulterated mix)5:01
- 2224K Rap4:22
- 23Big City1:02
- 24Pay Day1:25
- 25See That Boy Fly3:44
- 26Coming Back1:13
- 27Mythsysizer1:44
- 28KJay and We Out1:57
28 tracks, 58 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- J Dilla
- Label
- Nature Sounds
- Released
- June 2, 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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