[2][3] Tannone began work on Jaydiohead about a year prior to the album's completion, beginning with the tracks "Wrong Prayer" and "Ignorant Swan".

[4] The remainder of the tracks, which incorporate Jay-Z's a capella releases and samples from Radiohead songs,[5][6] were mixed and produced beginning in August 2008.

[4] Due to copyright infringement issues, similar to the release of most mashups, the songs were offered free of charge from the official website,[6][8] and no legal action has been taken against Tannone.

[12] Others have mentioned the similarity between Jaydiohead with that of Girl Talk's track "Set It Off", which mixes Jay's "Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." with Radiohead's "Paranoid Android", albeit for a very short amount of time in comparison with the full album Tannone has made.

[30] Vice magazine called the album "supremely lame and tame",[31] and some have joked that the track names leave little room for surprise.

[11][30] Although both have performed, but not appeared in the same year at the Glastonbury Festival, critics have also played with the idea that this shared attribute would spark a "Collision Course" and subsequent tour.