Jay Cinema - A Smile to a Tear (2025) [Hi-Res]

Yonkers’s own Jay Cinema has carved out a personal niche in NYC’s bustling jazz rap scene, and A Smile to a Tear is his most definitive statement yet. Featuring production from Tony Seltzer, best known for working with MIKE, it’s a similarly introspective and heartfelt project, meditative and light in equal measure. With the cassette packaged with an obi strip and a Roy Ayers-indebted cover, EveryDejaVu made sure this lovingly crafted album received a proper presentation.

Tracklist:
1-1 Jay Cinema - Afro Blue [2:51]
1-2 Jay Cinema - The Little Things [2:04]
1-3 Jay Cinema;Lilith - Get over Yourself [2:26]
1-4 Jay Cinema - Yearning [1:18]
1-5 Jay Cinema;Chow - I Wish I Knew [3:53]
1-6 Jay Cinema;Rivan - Weezy F [2:10]
1-7 Jay Cinema;Cam Barnes - Knee High [1:49]
1-8 Jay Cinema;Cam Barnes - Something to Live For [3:03]
1-9 Jay Cinema;Muddy Stone - Sometimes [3:07]
1-10 Jay Cinema - Painterr [2:14]
1-11 Jay Cinema;Wiseboy Jeremy - Above Water [3:22]
1-12 Jay Cinema - Touchdown [2:36]
1-13 Jay Cinema - Split It Even [2:24]
1-14 Jay Cinema - Smiling [1:51]