Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne (Full Album Stream) | Hypebeast

This shit still cray. Ain’t it Jay?

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jayz is the only one going hard on this album lyrical and swagger

ALL Hype little substance … you might as well listen to Baller Rap.

This album is so out of touch with what’s going on in the world, essentially it’s self indulgent, “Look at me” crap. This is the equivalent of Hair Metal right before rock got real again.

Jay-Z got snowed by Kanye’s fluffering … get back to creating music for the people, times are tough, people need a message, not just look at me in my gold Bentley (that shit is for when times are good).

ALL Hype little substance … you might as well listen to Baller Rap.

This album is so out of touch with what’s going on in the world, essentially it’s self indulgent, “Look at me” crap. This is the equivalent of Hair Metal right before rock got real again.

Jay-Z got snowed by Kanye’s fluffering … get back to creating music for the people, times are tough, people need a message, not just look at me in my gold Bentley (that shit is for when times are good).

lmao wat does chocolate have to do with rappin

mmm food was the shit

mmm food was the shit

Mannnn I’m from the Chi and I totally agree … The College Dropout Kanye was a demon … I believe he so watered down now. Now he had some breakout moments like whn his mother passed but since then he has been washed up. Jay-Z on the other hand is also watered down ….He tries so hard to show his prestige over the average artist now that he just sounds AVERAGE …

that answers all questions and hate on this page lol

“Thumbs Up”

Yeah this time time of tom foolery!!!

I just chose chocolate because i was eating some. You can substitute it for whatever connection you want. 

That’s the point I’m making H the 2nd. What else is there to compare. It’s like the old Soviet Union, You only have one place to buy chocolate and it’s their chocolate. Of course it’s good, but the moment you take your ass to Switzerland and taste their chocolate you lose your damn mind!!!!!! Now you have variety. now you can decide if you like the Soviet’s chocolate because you have other chocolate to chose from. you smell me?!

That’s the point I’m making H the 2nd. What else is there to compare. It’s like the old Soviet Union, You only have one place to buy chocolate and it’s their chocolate. Of course it’s good, but the moment you take your ass to Switzerland and taste their chocolate you lose your damn mind!!!!!! Now you have variety. now you can decide if you like the Soviet’s chocolate because you have other chocolate to chose from. you smell me?!

Had a hard time reading you comment,but i’m going to address your concerns as well. J.Cole is from where I’m from, but he falls underneath jay’s umbrella. Wale is a real nasal flow that makes it hard to understand what he’s saying. Attention Defect wasn’t a classic album, I know i bought it. Big sean’s super boring to listen too. Whiz talks about Weed and Money. Why get excited about something that isn’t yours. Wayne can’t even compete with Jay’s or Kanye’s bodies of work. Album of the year that’s a bit far fetched, plus he has like 30 damn guest spots on his album. You know what that say’s to me. He can’t hold his own album down.

Had a hard time reading you comment,but i’m going to address your concerns as well. J.Cole is from where I’m from, but he falls underneath jay’s umbrella. Wale is a real nasal flow that makes it hard to understand what he’s saying. Attention Defect wasn’t a classic album, I know i bought it. Big sean’s super boring to listen too. Whiz talks about Weed and Money. Why get excited about something that isn’t yours. Wayne can’t even compete with Jay’s or Kanye’s bodies of work. Album of the year that’s a bit far fetched, plus he has like 30 damn guest spots on his album. You know what that say’s to me. He can’t hold his own album down.

Thanks.

Well you said call you a dick rider!! Lol! Come on man don’t get your panties in a bunch. like what you like I’m not telling you what you should listen too. tyler has no repect for anyone, You think that’s cool?

 I’m going to address some things just for you. 1. Lyrically Jay is stagnant. he has really changed how he flows on a track since american gangsters “no hook” Kanye is trying too hard to impress Jay on songs. 2. The production it self is fantastic. the choice of samples cope with the real musical compensation on top has always been a main stay for Mr West. 3. The lay out on some songs as far as the arrangement’s could have been changed. All and all it’s a great album  if you consider today’s standards of music. Is it a good listen yes, Is it they’re best work ? No. 

It doesn’t take 5 years for some one to appreciate great music. I never said that i didn’t “like” it. It’s just not as hot as what some people are making it out to be.

@ryangomez: you didn’t get truly read my post. I understand that times changes and so does someone’s life, but the argument that is being made here isn’t the fact that these two aren’t progressive artist. It’s being too hype about a piece of work when there isn’t ANYTHING else for this piece of work to be compared too. The thing about the 90′s and early part of this new decade was the fact that there was a variety of great product for something like this to be compared too. Like for instant, When Blueprint came out, you had De La Soul’s  Art Official Intelligence album. Both artist where from New York both artist were on two different spectrum of what hip-hop reflected at the time. On the underground side of things you had MF Doom’s Mmmmh Food LP. When jay-Z released La Familial Lp in 2000 you had Outkast Stankonia that came out. Both were stellar albums in regard to pushing the boundaries of hip-hop. Now you have Watch the Throne. What would this album be compared to to test it’s greatness? How far will we stupefy ourselves to the general released audio waste the failing “Industry” is pushing to us as music until we are feed up? So do I think this album is wack? Hell no it’s a good album from two proven great artist. But is it there best work? that’s the question that still looms. I appreciate your input on the subject matter Mr Gomez.

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People use to get excited for album because people actually put albums out. The industry was focus on putting albums out. Now they worry about the next single and honestly, they don’t put the time and effort into developing a project to make it something special.

It’s good that you want to rap, not issue with that, I just don’t understand the game needs a change angle because the game now is the same as it was 20 years ago. BS rap and good rap. Classic shit and 1 hit wonders. Honestly, the only real difference is the radio (media) and now there is a big influence on album sales. Before 50, no one gave a shit about sales but now, first week sales proves if your album is good or not. 

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This is the passing of the torch IMO. This has Yeezy written all over it, and if you listen to the lyrical content, Kanye’s flow  is surpassing Jay’s each year. I think he knows that and he wanted to make an album with him cause the tables are definitely turning. It’s a great thing for music period. This is a great overall album even if It doesn’t meet the hype for some people.

3 decent songs when u know a person is able to produce classical music yopu dont give them sympathy when they make trash

fix the freakin stream

I have a second opinion on this album. I LOVE IT!!!

I thought it was a pretty f’in sweet production, yeah some of the raps were kind of weak but the overall production value was worth the listen!!–oh yeah I bought this one and payed the extra $3 for the deluxe version–that was money well spent also!

I thought it was a pretty f’in sweet production, yeah some of the raps were kind of weak but the overall production value was worth the listen!!–oh yeah I bought this one and payed the extra $3 for the deluxe version–that was money well spent also!

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@henry i totally agree. this sh#t hot!!! whatever you do in this world today. people are gonna have something to say!!! knowing that. might as well do what you want!! jay-z & kanye west already know they are gonna get mixed reviews on this one!! that’s why they did it……….. i think it is ingenuis of them!!!!!

@henry i totally agree. this sh#t hot!!! whatever you do in this world today. people are gonna have something to say!!! knowing that. might as well do what you want!! jay-z & kanye west already know they are gonna get mixed reviews on this one!! that’s why they did it……….. i think it is ingenuis of them!!!!!

Amen to that!

I don’t understand. This is the best album out right now. Nothing can compete but then again what artist in the game is fucking with Kanye or ESPECIALLY JAY-Z? So even if other hot albums were out, you still think this wouldn’t be the hottest shit out?

i still think kanye’s my beautiful dark twisted fantasy is better. i’ve listened to this about fifteen times so far and it just isn’t as lyrically fulfilling. i think jay goes harder than he did on blueprint 3, and kanye has some great lines, but i expect more from these guys, and at times it just feels disjointed. these guys set the bar at the highest, and then to call themselves ‘the throne’….i guess i was just expecting more, something classic like blueprint/reasonable doubt/college dropout/my beautiful dark twisted fantasy. as far as production quality, it’s pretty topnotch. with that said, i still bought tickets to see em in nola and it’s still probably the best album that’s come out this calendar year.

People shouldn’t compare albums, each album is from a different time, when different views, movements and styles were all applicable. All of this changes with time, old Jay Z or Kanyes stuff can’t be compared with this because artists change, mature and shift styles. For what is is within the album and nothing beyond it, Watch The Throne captures what has changed in the game and is a highly expressive album within it’s own right. 

“N*****’s want my old sh*t, buy my old album…”

- Jay – Z.

Not a a huge fan of the album. I do have one HUGE problem with it though. The last track should be titled “I love you so” by Cassius feat. Jay-z & Kanye. That being said if you’re going to rap over another artists actual piece  of musical creation don’t bother to call your album Watch the “Throne”.

I just paiid $21.86 for an i P a d2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her

Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.74 there arriving tomorrow

by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again.

Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $658 which

only cost me $62.80 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from,
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im pretty sure he tries hard to be himself and if thats diffferent to you then so be it.. as an artist u have to respect what the dude is doing w music and visually imagine ..in a few yrs the level he be at …hey everyone ima dick riderrrrr, cuz i dont just go and look for what everyone else is NOT doing so i can do THAT hahaha

Murder to Excelence…. Sick ass track.

Murder to Excelence…. Sick ass track.

Kanye Production…?  Boffamy ridden? Not a big fan of Kanye’s rhymes, but I gotta say he’s killin J on this.

My favorite quote thus far referring to this album:

“Why have all that power and cash and volume if you’re not going to do anything with it except collect more?”

Without stressing too much over this album and diving into how
disappointing this “music” is: This is MTV rap . . . plain and simple.

i’m pulling father MC out the crates, cha…

i’m pulling father MC out the crates, cha…

bollocks

bollocks

bollocks

your a fuckin idiot if you think fucking college drop out, and reasonable doubt is better than watch the throne. ye and hov are progessing as musicans, fuck that early two thousands, and late ninetys crap. knowledge 1 my ass. listen to made in america. its all about the future , here and after.

HA HA!!

No we have Bullshit filters on! Only true dudes need to reply!

Yes I did, I didn’t say it was a bad album. the production is the stand out feature on the album, but my point is what else is there in the market that can compete? hell, jay said it himself and i quote ” You remember when people us to be excited about albums when they were release? It was like so and so’s album is better than so and so album or did you just hear what that “N” just said?! Now  in the ring competing against myself” end quote. 

Oh you posted the same thing twice. you can keep those K-swiss Cuz because them shits are hella Ugly!

Okay! your a Dick rider. those Fuckers are gimmicks. It seems your boy,Tyler tries too hard to be different.

Okay! your a Dick rider. those Fuckers are gimmicks. It seems your boy,Tyler tries too hard to be different.

Whatever with that, they’re still rappers and hip-hop is an art form,so trying to separate the two doesn’t make any sense.

The Joy got it. I like this album but until I listen to it some more, I’m still banging Fabs Soul Tape. Riesling & Rolling Papers!

Hip Hop is dead, like Doo-Op is dead, like Baroque music is dead like House Music(Chicago House) is dead.  It can exist in pockets or be resurrected for a album or a track, but it is more in the spirit of Hip-Hop than the actual thing.  You don’t see a lot of innovators just putting out work like you saw roughly 10 years ago and further. Organic rap does exist but you have to look for it. I feel like Jay-Z has seen where rap has gone and even probably knows his best work his behind him, in fact most artist do there best work in there 20′s thats in music, paint, sculpture mathematics or whatever but he probably sees what the genre has become and at least feels that his work is needed so we don’t become totally retarded ppl lol  I must admit that the some of the lyrics sound recycled in some way, shape or form, but it is steal delivered better than most of these young rappers can do today.  Ive seen on a lot of blogs and comments mad at the amount of samples used, but I feel like they probably know the wide array of the listeners and feel that if they didn’t sample this music, some of the people would never be expose to other genres. I give the Album a hard B-, and on the mainstream level it is probably the Rap Album of the Year at all of the Award Shows. Just an Opinion.

college dropout was better than this album….
reasonable doubt was better than this album….
Just about any album from the 90s u can name.. this is no secret to anyone, I HOPE

great music with a warped message. hip hop a decade ago was a lot more solid on lyrics.

“N’s want my old sh1t, buy my old album…”

- Jay – Z

“N’s want my old sh1t, buy my old album…”

- Jay – Z

Although it is “arguably” changing, its all drifting in the same direction. 808/Heartbreaks IMO was change. Without that album much of what we hear now would’ve remained the standard mpc/femalevocals/MC stereotype. Not that theres something genuinely wrong with it, just that, unless its some classic a.k.a. “Low End Theory” most of it is bland and the MC’s aren’t killer at the execution anymore.
In order to be great you have to make a drastic change. I’ve heard a lot in the modern rap game but change is hard to come by. I am excited though. Check KIDS THESE DAYS.
Wonderful mix of old and new gets you at the core.
Traphouse Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAopeQdGe8Y

surrounded by garbage? naa mann …go ahead and call me a dcck rider but, OFWGKTA

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you will like this in 5 years…you not there yet bro…

Interesting that the two tracks that seem to stand out from the others both sample electronic artists. Seems to be the current trend in music. “Who Gon Stop Me” samples Flux Pavillion’s “I Can’t Stop” and “Why I Love You” samples Cassius’ “I <3 U So". Generally, hip hop/rap has always thrived on the sample and it seems that it always will. Obviously, there are exceptions now and then. I definitely agree with a few others here that the production overshadows and even at times overwhelms the content lyrically on this album though, which is surprising given it's Jay-Z and Kanye West.

Trollin’… #FAIL

feel you, cats have adhd nowadays lol

You should be banned!

You should be banned!

Bro., you’re trying to analyze some lyrics and half assing while doing it.

“Human Beings in a Mob…”
“What’s a Mob to a King?”
“What’s a King to a God?”
“What’s a God to a non-believer, who don’t believe in anything?”

There are people who “believe” in Witchcraft, spells/roots, ghosts, aliens, etc. – but what are these things, to those who DON’T “believe” in them?

Truth is, there ARE non-believers when it comes to religion, is that something to be ignored? No. Is it something to go ape shit over? Fuck no!

If there is “the wild,” there’s no church, in a sense, to even “believe” in a God. That’s not to say one doesn’t exist, but there’s no evidence of one to believe in, IN “the wild.”

“The wild” could also symbolize one who is “lost” in the world and has no rules to abide by. And I’m not even going to touch that nonsense of a statement, that there are no lyricists in Hip Hop.

they’re artist not rappers, it’s called like jay said” nggas don’t get mad it’s all about progression”, we’re not trying to be in one spot doing what everyone else is doing, in Hip-Hop you set the tremds, you should know that as a Hip-Hop fan if thats what you call yourself, but Hip-Hop is about opion and having a voice is what Pac wanted to do, Thug Life standing up for what you believe in and like he said checking the powers that be and not confirming to everything thats popular  BEING ORIGINAL and bring the purity back to Hip-Hop instead of being a gimmick, making white america think we ain’t got no fcking since and nt concious, come on PLAYA when you’re wearing Jordans, i’m wearing K-Swizzs’ get my point and im, probably a bigger ye’ and jay fan than you are

I’m doing the same on Friday. EARLY!

And after more listens, particularly to the lyrical delivery and content, although it’s bragging and boasting (who does it better than these two?) I cannot give this album ANYTHING less than an 8 on a 10 rating!

Production is super epic! The feeling that I actually get listening to the instrumentation, the mixes, all of that is SUPERB!! This is much better than MBDTF and most of you probably drooled all over that album!

Standout Tracks:

1. “No Church in the Wild”
5. “Gotta Have It”
6. “New Day”
8. “Welcome to the Jungle”
9. “Who Gon Stop Me”
10. “Murder to Excellence”
11. “Made In America”
13. “Illest Motherfu**er Alive”
14. “Primetime”

The production on “Primetime” is like Kanye went back in a time machine and pick up some shit from College Dropout.

And we don’t even need to speak on track 16. “The Joy”

You people need to wise up and stop fighting the fact that this joint IS pretty fucking amazing, all because you don’t want to feel like “followers!!”

**Notice that “H•A•M” nor “Otis” was in my opinion about makes it classic and that’s not to say these track aren’t tough**

Even “Lift Off” is better than actually expected, but it’s not one of my “standouts.”

bottom line they my SuperHeros, so like i said if you have anything clever to say, well that you think is clever hit me up

I’M INFORMING EVERYONE ON THIS PAGE, PLEASE GET THE MESSAGE AND LISTEN, DON’T HEAR LISTEN TO THEM , BLACK EXCELLENCE, THIS ALBUM WILL DEFINITELY SEPERATE THE RAP FANS FROM THE HIP-HOP FANS AND WHO’S REAL AND WHO’S NOT, REAL TALK……………..HOLLA AT YOUR BOY, I RIDE WITH THEM NGGGAS TILL THEY IN THE GROUND” RUN UP ON YEEZY THE WRONG WAY, I MIGHT MURK YA”

they’re artist not rappers, it’s called like jay said” nggas don’t get mad it’s all about progression”, we’re not trying to be in one spot doing what everyone else is doing, in Hip-Hop you set the tremds, you should know that as a Hip-Hop fan if thats what you call yourself, but Hip-Hop is about opion and having a voice is what Pac wanted to do, Thug Life standing up for what you believe in and like he said checking the powers that be and not confirming to everything thats popular  BEING ORIGINAL and bring the purity back to Hip-Hop instead of being a gimmick, making white america think we ain’t got no fcking since and nt concious, come on PLAYA when you’re wearing Jordans, i’m wearing K-Swizzs’ get my point

wait. I like the production too. Not in huge love with the lyrics, Jay-Z really let me down. But lets not act like this is a musical revelation to all genres. The beats here have strong European reflections. This is great for Rap/HipHop/whateveryallarecallingitnow.

no tell the other listeners that if they think WTT ain’t the shit, to seriously educate themselves, obviously they don’t know the game, @#$% we have Q-TIP, RZA, THE NEPTUNES, NO ID, KANYE @#$% get the fck outta here, CLASSIC, don’t be bothered by the lames, they just don’t know lol

i feel you, finally some one with LOVE

it’s called luxury rap, for the grown

i’m just going to keep it simple, all the post i’ve seen i’m not feelin, i find that cats are afraid of change and originality in fear of catching a break on their album, jay and ye are the Blueprint i respect the shit they do, i find the beats they spittin over they finding pockets and being original,like Pac said ” you don’t have to bump this, but please respect it”. I’m going to say this these other idiots in the rap game, not mcees but rap #$%@ are definitely not getting any sleep, it’s a wrap like ye said” got’em jumpin outta buildings, watch out below, a million out the door” so if anyone has anything they think is clever hit me up, i’ll schoool you, oh by the way did anyone get any leaks lol lol lol

i’m just going to keep it simple, all the post i’ve seen i’m not feelin, i find that cats are afraid of change and originality in fear of catching a break on their album, jay and ye are the Blueprint i respect the shit they do, i find the beats they spittin over they finding pockets and being original,like Pac said ” you don’t have to bump this, but please respect it”. I’m going to say this these other idiots in the rap game, not mcees but rap #$%@ are definitely not getting any sleep, it’s a wrap like ye said” got’em jumpin outta buildings, watch out below, a million out the door” so if anyone has anything they think is clever hit me up, i’ll schoool you, oh by the way did anyone get any leaks lol lol lol

i’m just going to keep it simple, all the post i’ve seen i’m not feelin, i find that cats are afraid of change and originality in fear of catching a break on their album, jay and ye are the Blueprint i respect the shit they do, i find the beats they spittin over they finding pockets and being original,like Pac said ” you don’t have to bump this, but please respect it”. I’m going to say this these other idiots in the rap game, not mcees but rap #$%@ are definitely not getting any sleep, it’s a wrap like ye said” got’em jumpin outta buildings, watch out below, a million out the door” so if anyone has anything they think is clever hit me up, i’ll schoool you, oh by the way did anyone get any leaks lol lol lol

i’m going to keep it simple since it seems as if y’all don’t know where Hip-Hop is about, bottom line they ain’t never scared, switching lanes on @#$% It’s The Blueprint, like pac said” you don’t have to bump this, but please respect it, but like true Hip-Hop artist you’re entitled to your opion

agree with most comments..not revolutionary..just evolutionary.  Will definitely be listening to it, but would have liked to have seen some more musical innovation from this duo..some mashups, some 80′s music with slight changes, seems a bit lazy.  They are capable of a ton more.  Some hypocrisy in here as well.  Jay release DOA and then there’s auto-tune all over this release. 

agree with most comments..not revolutionary..just evolutionary.  Will definitely be listening to it, but would have liked to have seen some more musical innovation from this duo..some mashups, some 80′s music with slight changes, seems a bit lazy.  They are capable of a ton more.  Some hypocrisy in here as well.  Jay release DOA and then there’s auto-tune all over this release. 

agree with most comments..not revolutionary..just evolutionary.  Will definitely be listening to it, but would have liked to have seen some more musical innovation from this duo..some mashups, some 80′s music with slight changes, seems a bit lazy.  They are capable of a ton more.  Some hypocrisy in here as well.  Jay release DOA and then there’s auto-tune all over this release. 

tell him knowledge
 

tell him knowledge
 

 now there is someone with a mind mr. yancey! let em know!

 now there is someone with a mind mr. yancey! let em know!

 gucci mane garbage fake ass slob

 gucci mane garbage fake ass slob

My take on this “WATCH THE THRONE” album is described by two words only,and that is “BLACK EXCELLENCE” #9D

My take on this “WATCH THE THRONE” album is described by two words only,and that is “BLACK EXCELLENCE” #9D

If you’re into music like I am, myself, it’s very easy to argue WHY this shouldn’t be. Even as good as it is… but In the mainstream world, who else is going to get it over this? Drake? Nicki Minaj? Lil’ Wayne? Think about it.

If you’re into music like I am, myself, it’s very easy to argue WHY this shouldn’t be. Even as good as it is… but In the mainstream world, who else is going to get it over this? Drake? Nicki Minaj? Lil’ Wayne? Think about it.

There is NOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAAYYYYYY you could do this with a Gucci man CD!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

That is what makes the discussion so beautiful. Innovation! Tracks go hard but the subject matter doesn’t. your rebuttal my good sir.

That duo can’t hold a candle to the current duo we’re listening to now!

To shay my good brother! I was just about to put those folks up there.
Mos Def
Andre3000
even Diggy Simmons! HA!

“there are no lyricists in the game”
listen to:
The Roots (Black Thought)
Blu
Lupe
Jay Elect.

if not lets hear some of you MFs rap lololol

The Throne> 

the only thing left to overstand is that there is nothing new under the sun that being said its all about presentation at this point therefore i must say their presentation is pretty Hard_as_a_M….

p.s. until the the Red Nation by Game comes out then the recycled hate begins  

the only thing left to overstand is that there is nothing new under the sun that being said its all about presentation at this point therefore i must say their presentation is pretty Hard_as_a_M….

p.s. until the the Red Nation by Game comes out then the recycled hate begins  

your gay dude.

your gay dude.

Well one those albums were new at one point and they something more to say as oppose to talking about how much money they have the bitches they fuck and the clothes they wear! we get it ya’ll motherfuckers are rich okay already with the rich rap! As far as the production that’s only half of the battle, we can go on and on about our opinions but what is the standard for one to judge this music we supposedly love so much. evidently you  to didn’t read my entire post or you would’ve gotta the jest of what I was saying…….P.S this Rap game is too over saturated with hopeless Jay-Z and Kanye clones for me.

Id only buy 3 songs off of this album ( Lift off, Made in America, and why I love you) the rest are meh.

Id only buy 3 songs off of this album ( Lift off, Made in America, and why I love you) the rest are meh.

This ALBUM is the best I’ve heard all year.  In a single driven music world, this is a true rarity. Must be heard from beginning to end.  For those who know the true impact and album can have, and the attention to detail that it takes to make 10+ songs gel together in a way that sends a UNIVERSAL message, it’s a hard feat to achieve in 2011.  This ALBUM is an instant classic.  We will be hearing these songs in random orders for the rest of the year and next.  The fact that it didn’t leak is a very, very strong message in itself.  I’m super inspired, and I don’t even make hip hop records!  This album is more than just J & Yeezy.  The beat makers, mix engineers, and producers did a FANTASTIC job.  Lot’s of Lower East Side and WillyB/ East Bushwick Indie Pop influences.  Folks, silence the hate that’s been spoon fed to you, relax, open your minds and fall in love ‘Watch the Throne’ and bow down to a phenomenon thats truly ahead of it’s time!

This ALBUM is the best I’ve heard all year.  In a single driven music world, this is a true rarity. Must be heard from beginning to end.  For those who know the true impact and album can have, and the attention to detail that it takes to make 10+ songs gel together in a way that sends a UNIVERSAL message, it’s a hard feat to achieve in 2011.  This ALBUM is an instant classic.  We will be hearing these songs in random orders for the rest of the year and next.  The fact that it didn’t leak is a very, very strong message in itself.  I’m super inspired, and I don’t even make hip hop records!  This album is more than just J & Yeezy.  The beat makers, mix engineers, and producers did a FANTASTIC job.  Lot’s of Lower East Side and WillyB/ East Bushwick Indie Pop influences.  Folks, silence the hate that’s been spoon fed to you, relax, open your minds and fall in love ‘Watch the Throne’ and bow down to a phenomenon thats truly ahead of it’s time!

Your computer speakers will not do this album any justice…. You have to have a system and turn it up! Is it better than there past work… Speaking in a traditional hip hop sense no, because it is not traditional hip hop music. But as far as music goes I think its great! They are trying to take a step in another direction, This album is for a much broader audience, someone who may not like hip hop might like this. Personally I love it!

Everyones a critic kind of ridiculous, make your own tracks and write your own lyrics and see if you say anything significant that hasn’t been said. Everything’s recycled, its now the art of how to make it sound like something is new again, hip hop is at a dead end REALIZE THE FACTS. No imagination in this generation, just media injection and add campaign selections that make the Hype, that make you buy it. Hov’s new ish is like your tool kit. By the time you listen to it and take it all in you’ll realize hip hop just caught its second wind!

Everyones a critic kind of ridiculous, make your own tracks and write your own lyrics and see if you say anything significant that hasn’t been said. Everything’s recycled, its now the art of how to make it sound like something is new again, hip hop is at a dead end REALIZE THE FACTS. No imagination in this generation, just media injection and add campaign selections that make the Hype, that make you buy it. Hov’s new ish is like your tool kit. By the time you listen to it and take it all in you’ll realize hip hop just caught its second wind!

Everyones a critic kind of ridiculous, make your own tracks and write your own lyrics and see if you say anything significant that hasn’t been said. Everything’s recycled, its now the art of how to make it sound like something is new again, hip hop is at a dead end REALIZE THE FACTS. No imagination in this generation, just media injection and add campaign selections that make the Hype, that make you buy it. Hov’s new ish is like your tool kit. By the time you listen to it and take it all in you’ll realize hip hop just caught its second wind!

I love Flux Pavilion. They better have gotten the rights to that song.

I love this album, they have some serious flow and music compositions here.  One of the best since Kanye’s Drop out.

I love this album, they have some serious flow and music compositions here.  One of the best since Kanye’s Drop out.

Lol, yes it is

So far its all right. Commercial hip-hop at its materialistic best i guess De La Soul’s Stake is High is better. And that is 1996 for yall that dont know. . I’d like to see some post of albums current or past that yall think is better. I have a little list–
Ghostface – Supreme Clientele, KRS-One too many to name, L.O.X – WE ARE THE STREETS,
BLACK MOOON – ENTA DA STAGE, OUTKAST- AQUEMINI, DIPLOMATS- DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY, NAS- ILLMATIC, I AM, HIP HOP IS DEAD, LAURYN HILL- MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL, DEAD PREZ- LET’S GET FREE. I can put more but I’ll stop there. I’m gonna listen to it some more and see how I really feel.

I paid $22.85 for an iPhone 4-32GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $674 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, CentHub.com

I paid $22.85 for an iPhone 4-32GB and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS. I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $674 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, CentHub.com

check out I Can’t Stop by Flux Pavilion, that’s where the sample came from.

Most definitely plan to buy the album–gotta keep money in the game! Ha!

Most definitely plan to buy the album–gotta keep money in the game! Ha!

Preach my nigga… Ain’t this the truth.  In 10 years time, multiply the retards out now and what they think is cool. It’s creating a simpleton society of acceptance in regards to what is pure utterly shit. Im really afraid of the future unless an enlightenment happens soon. If not…What the hip hop pioneers worked so hard to establish will be lost in dusty crates. Long live the last pure artists which actually pay homage to the ones before them by putting out music which builds off of the last…Music is a reflection of society…now look around you and ask how many dumb ass people are there…technology can’t replace basic common sense nor wisdom.

i lost my virginity to this album.

without change, where would we be?  this album is an evolution of music and represents it’s time to some degree.  rd and do are hot; will stand the test of time and embody, to some regard, what music was during that time.  i love what they did with this album – replay value is off the charts.

This is some beautiful art..Fck opinions if you don’t like it you dont know music enough, appreciate music enough, or are jus a stubborn hater. Even deaf ppl like this.

problem is it’s a lot of the same. there’s just no innovation here as there were with reasonable doubt and drop out. I agree with Knowledge1 here..dope..but not worthy for a king

oh because u have put out better music apparently, smfh

oh because u have put out better music apparently, smfh

Shit is whack, just like everything either of these two have put out in the past 5 years.

Shit is whack, just like everything either of these two have put out in the past 5 years.

Shit is whack, just like everything either of these two have put out in the past 5 years.

love your comment!

love your comment!

Chuu Be Hatin..

Demon Fire!!! This is for all the YOUNG BLACK NIGGAS  getting it, forreal. I feel so proud being young and black listening to this album, real talk. NIggas is Paris is great.

Demon Fire!!! This is for all the YOUNG BLACK NIGGAS  getting it, forreal. I feel so proud being young and black listening to this album, real talk. NIggas is Paris is great.

I cant front.. I expected more of a movement/impact.. but it better than a lot of music out there real talk

thats my bitch is crazy… 2011 native tongue ish…nice

thats my bitch is crazy… 2011 native tongue ish…nice

thats my bitch is crazy… 2011 native tongue ish…nice

thats my bitch is crazy… 2011 native tongue ish…nice

thats my bitch is crazy… 2011 native tongue ish…nice

pussy boy

It’s really annoying how the first track has these audio “cuts” in it. I thought it was a bad copy or something but they did it on purpose. 

“Gotta have it”…is that JAWNT. Damn I love hovito, the modern day Sinatra!!!

swag

swag

you didnt address anything involving this album tho

you didnt address anything involving this album tho

all I really have to say about this albums is…..THAT SHIT CRAY

dubstep FTW

If you guys wanna wake up and listen to SHABAZZ PALACES which blows away this album. If you remember Digable Planets then you’ll recognize one half of Shabazz Palaces the album is called BLACK UP and ISH calls out rappers like Jay-z and kanye as ‘corny nigga’s’ who have nothing to say so they talk about their love of materialism.

BLACK UP—album of the year

Its pretty sick, as much as I don’t want to admit it, Kanye outshines Jay on most of the tracks.  Illest Motherfucker Alive might have made me jizz my pants

…..but you can’t spell weak? VACATE!

That is DEF a dubstep beat. Flux Pavillion- I can’t stop. Got a bit of a remix touch. Learn yourself

That is DEF a dubstep beat. Flux Pavillion- I can’t stop. Got a bit of a remix touch. Learn yourself

That is DEF a dubstep beat. Flux Pavillion- I can’t stop. Got a bit of a remix touch. Learn yourself

Thanks HB now I can save my money!  Does Kanye have to make that annoying “Ha!” sound on every track? I mean come on… where did he pick up that awful habbit?  

Thanks HB now I can save my money!  Does Kanye have to make that annoying “Ha!” sound on every track? I mean come on… where did he pick up that awful habbit?  

it’s easier to love something that is old and proven (reasonable doubt, College Drop Out)..   It’s harder to accept something new..   The production on this album is killer, and you know it..  So stop bitching or start rapping.. 

it’s easier to love something that is old and proven (reasonable doubt, College Drop Out)..   It’s harder to accept something new..   The production on this album is killer, and you know it..  So stop bitching or start rapping.. 

it’s easier to love something that is old and proven (reasonable doubt, College Drop Out)..   It’s harder to accept something new..   The production on this album is killer, and you know it..  So stop bitching or start rapping.. 

I agree. Some say give it time, which is partially correct, but first impressions isnt OMG with this album. Now this is not hating or anything because I am a huge Kanye West fan and consider Jay-Z to be the greatest rapper (I know that will cause another debate). I think you have a good point when you see a silver in shit and think its gold. So much BS is out there that we assume anything with potential to be amazing. Now, hip-hop has always had bad/good rappers and a mixture of one hitter and classic. It wouldnt be hip-hop without that. I think in this situation the people are riding the wave of the promotion. Now again, this album is good but I hear people saying classic, best ever and other quotes that reference greatness. That is what scares me.

Production is so brilliant it overshadows the lyrics.  After 3 listens I often find myself zoning out to the melodies.  Car music no doubt.

Said “Buy CD” not ” buy album”. There is a difference. CD is the physical media I can keep and collect. Sorta like how people buy DVD/Blu-ray(those are two different things too) they want to keep but will Netflix or redbox a movie they want to just see.

Said “Buy CD” not ” buy album”. There is a difference. CD is the physical media I can keep and collect. Sorta like how people buy DVD/Blu-ray(those are two different things too) they want to keep but will Netflix or redbox a movie they want to just see.

Its why I begin rapping bro, cause the game need change and my team is here for that. 

Its why I begin rapping bro, cause the game need change and my team is here for that. 

They should make a special edition vinyl, so you could actually put it on a wall or something

i guess they focus on the cover art more than music…cant wait for LIL WAYNE AND DRAKE TO JOIN FORCES ON A ALBUM SO THEY CAN JAY AND KANYE A RUN FOR THERE MONEY!!!!!!!!

Taylor who.. haha

you only like two artists? your life sounds terrible

wack….whats with all this r&b shit?

Lol, that’s not dubstep

Seems like one huge recycled mess. This dude is still trying to Auto-tune?? I’ve always been fans of both, but lyrically this shit is mad week. Dumbed down for a project thats titled “Watch the Throne.” Yeah dudes, keep window shopping this record ain’t making anyone “GOAT” status.

I got the pre sale download this morning but will still buy the CD. I never buy CD’s unless it’s Jay Z or Kanye

Yep, they went in.

Yep, they went in.

Yep, they went in.

I just don’t hear what all of the hype is about. Yes it is better than everything else that is out, but look at whats popular right now,gucci Man ,bullshit White girl Mob, waka Flocka , nothing else can compete when shit is surrounded by garbage i know most won’t like my comment,but until we get more diversity in this hip-hop game,brothers average flows will be considered Woah!!!!! Now no one on here can tell me that Kanye from college dropout isn’t iller than this new Electro-pop version of himself. Same thing with reasonable doubt Jay. do the history if i’m wrong prove your point.

Buy it

Buy it

Buy it

Dubstep track “Who Gon Stop Me” is the sickest ever…The Game Changer

Kanye and the other producers kill the production. I love the music that bring you into the next track.

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tbh wasnt expecting anything, but dauuum this is good shiet!
Great production indeed!!

compared to Bad Meets Evil’s Hell: The Sequel. I prefer BME’s collab much more. However the production creativity here tops Hell: The Sequel.

Don’t see the link to the album!

Amazing!!!

This is art amazing all the way through… bravo Ye and Jay!

Yea, the production is sick but I think that was clear with Jay and Kanye’s team. Lyrics weren’t too bad but heard harder stuff. I still think it’s hotter than anything that has been out in some time. 

Album of the year

Just bought this on iTunes, can’t wait to listen to this, over and over.

I’m in love with the intro. That one stayed with me for sure. I don’t know why Primetime didn’t make the standard album, Hov spazzed the fuck out on that.

its good,  to the guy earlier who gave an A for lyrics and C+ for lyrics,  I would agree except the problem isn’t with the lyrics but with the delivery. a lot of times the delivery just sounds a little forced, mostly from Jay. overall a good look, experimentation and progression is good!

opinion

Been looking forward to this.

Giving it a listen now about 45 seconds in we shall see but I like this intro so far.

Giving it a listen now about 45 seconds in we shall see but I like this intro so far.