Jay Stay Paid

Jay Stay Paid
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 2, 2009
Recorded2003–2006 (J Dilla's vocals)
Genre
Length57:54
LabelNature Sounds
Producer
J Dilla chronology
Jay Deelicious: The Delicious Vinyl Years
(2007)
Jay Stay Paid
(2009)
Dillatronic
(2015)
Singles from Jay Stay Paid
  1. "Reality Check"
    Released: May 12, 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubA−[3]
Robert ChristgauB+[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Pitchfork8.1/10[6]
PopMatters6/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
URB[9]
XXL4/5[10]

Jay Stay Paid is the fifth studio album by album by American hip hop producer and rapper J Dilla. It was released as a posthumous album on June 2, 2009, by Nature Sounds.[11] Despite the fact that the album has contributing vocals from several artists, it is roughly classified as an instrumental hip hop album.

  1. ^ "Reviews for Jay Stay Paid by J Dilla aka Jay Dee". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Rabin, Nathan (2009-06-09). "The A.V. Club review". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  4. ^ "Robert Christgau review". Music.msn.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  5. ^ "Los Angeles Times review". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2009-06-09. Archived from the original on 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  6. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.com. 2009-06-02. Archived from the original on 2014-02-17. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  7. ^ Martin, Andrew. "PopMatters review". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  8. ^ Rolling Stone review[dead link]
  9. ^ URB review Archived June 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "XXL review". Xxlmag.com. 2009-06-02. Archived from the original on 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  11. ^ AllMusic information