Kanye West/Jay-Z "Watch the Throne" discussions

dannyhatch · 08-08-2011, 01:20 AM

So what do you guys think? It seems like already it's financially a huge success. By restricting advance copies to actual listening parties and releasing it on iTunes first they avoided the inevitable album leak and I read somewhere that this thing has already sold a million units in preorders alone, but musically I'm a little puzzled by it. I'm not so big into rap, with my familiarity with the genre restricted to Kanye and M.I.A., so I'm not really familiar with Jay-Z. That said, it's very catchy and smart stuff but from "the two biggest stars in hip-hop" it seems kind of low-key. So I just wondered what you folks thought.

Rufio · 08-08-2011, 12:58 PM

I'm waiting for it to come out on CD but I've heard two singles, HAM which was the first single and not surprisingly didn't make it into the main cd (it was horrible) and Otis, which I thought was an awesome track.

fluxquanta · 08-08-2011, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Rufio

HAM which was the first single and not surprisingly didn't make it into the main cd (it was horrible)

Sounds like you're just mad that you're not hard as a motherfucker.

(Yeah, that song was pretty generic)

Edit: I'm also listening to the album now...and while I like it so far (only on the third track), hearing Jay-Z processed so much kind of bothers me. His natural "flow" is what draws me to his music, and I'm not feeling it here.

Leentron3030 · 08-09-2011, 01:14 AM

I haven't heard this album yet. I'm happy I got tickets to see them live though.

Junkenstein · 08-09-2011, 04:08 AM

so far a few tracks are really GREAT, extra catchy and in some cases with multiple beats.

It's less boo0mbastic than i'd expected and a more restrained record that ncould possibly work well on repeated listen.

For now my favourite tracks are: Thats My Bitch, Otis, Who Gonna Stop Me, Murder To Excellence

FletchLives · 08-09-2011, 09:49 AM

All I know is that there are some very in depth Illuminati conspiracies surrounding this album. A lot of very blatant ties, so blatant that it could just be a ploy, or distraction.

Rufio · 08-09-2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Leentron3030

I haven't heard this album yet. I'm happy I got tickets to see them live though.

I bought tickets the second the presale opened, I hadn't even heard the album yet, I just knew seeing those two perform would be fucking awesome

Leentron3030 · 08-10-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rufio

I bought tickets the second the presale opened, I hadn't even heard the album yet, I just knew seeing those two perform would be fucking awesome

so did I!!! I finally heard the album though, it's pretty good. I'm still going just because I want to see Jay and Ye perform some classics.

PenBoy · 08-10-2011, 09:36 PM

I have listened to the entire album a few times. It gets better after every listen. The first time I heard it though, it took some getting used to. It's definitely a different breed of rap. I still think "Lift Off" is the worst song on there though.

dr.chode · 08-11-2011, 01:40 AM

I was skeptical when I heard HAM because it was pretty bad, but I downloaded the whole album today and liked pretty much every track. No Church in the Wild and Who Gon Stop Me were my faves

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dannyhatch Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,591	Kanye West/Jay-Z "Watch the Throne" discussions So what do you guys think? It seems like already it's financially a huge success. By restricting advance copies to actual listening parties and releasing it on iTunes first they avoided the inevitable album leak and I read somewhere that this thing has already sold a million units in preorders alone, but musically I'm a little puzzled by it. I'm not so big into rap, with my familiarity with the genre restricted to Kanye and M.I.A., so I'm not really familiar with Jay-Z. That said, it's very catchy and smart stuff but from "the two biggest stars in hip-hop" it seems kind of low-key. So I just wondered what you folks thought.
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Rufio Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 991	I'm waiting for it to come out on CD but I've heard two singles, HAM which was the first single and not surprisingly didn't make it into the main cd (it was horrible) and Otis, which I thought was an awesome track.
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Leentron3030 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 187	I haven't heard this album yet. I'm happy I got tickets to see them live though.
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Junkenstein Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Northern Italy (No Guidos Here) Posts: 6,784	so far a few tracks are really GREAT, extra catchy and in some cases with multiple beats. It's less boo0mbastic than i'd expected and a more restrained record that ncould possibly work well on repeated listen. For now my favourite tracks are: Thats My Bitch, Otis, Who Gonna Stop Me, Murder To Excellence
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FletchLives Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 901	All I know is that there are some very in depth Illuminati conspiracies surrounding this album. A lot of very blatant ties, so blatant that it could just be a ploy, or distraction.
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PenBoy Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York Posts: 45	I have listened to the entire album a few times. It gets better after every listen. The first time I heard it though, it took some getting used to. It's definitely a different breed of rap. I still think "Lift Off" is the worst song on there though.
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dr.chode Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 186	I was skeptical when I heard HAM because it was pretty bad, but I downloaded the whole album today and liked pretty much every track. No Church in the Wild and Who Gon Stop Me were my faves
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