Club ranked the it number nine on its year-end list, commenting that "Watch The Throne thrives on the bristling tension between Kanye's live-wire energy and rule-breaking abandon, and Jay-Z's innate cautiousness. [113] In 2019, Billboard named Watch the Throne the biggest collaborative album of all time, asserting, "From the iconic album artwork to the brash, decadent lyrical themes, esteemed guest list, and recording around the globe, the Throne would set the standard for what a pristine rap album should embody at the highest of levels. "[53] "Niggas in Paris" incorporates staccato orchestration and fizzing industrial noise, topping it all off with a menacing beat and icy synthesizer notes. Before the album, Jay-Z and Kanye had collaborated on various singles, and with the latter as a producer on the former's work. [15] In an interview with Complex, No I.D. "[101] In the Chicago Tribune, Greg Kot found the record plagued by Jay-Z and West's "self-regard", writing that "they urge listeners to 'watch the throne,' and gaze in awe on their good fortune. [82] Third single "Lift Off" was sent to US urban radio on August 23 of the same year. The two were certainly not working on the album this weekend: Jay was in Europe, while Kanye flew from the PornHub Awards in Los Angeles to New York, where he was in the studio with controversial SoundCloud rapper 6ix9ine. [80] "Otis" reached number 12 on the Hot 100. 1 on Billboard 200", "Jay-Z and Kanye's 'Watch the Throne' Keeps Its Billboard 200 Crown", "Game's 'R.E.D.' © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. 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"[21][24] Ocean admitted that Jay-Z has intentionally intimidated him during recording sessions but declared his enjoyment of working with the two. Everything You Need to Know About the 2020 Cannabis Ballot Initiatives. It's people that's in the forefront of the music. [36] Both rappers discuss their futures as fathers on the track, flowing smoothly over mellow, lightly psychedelic synthesizer tones. [56][57][58] At 5 minutes in length, the complete "Murder to Excellence" is the longest track on the album. [68] On August 28, Jay-Z and West performed "Otis" at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. [141][142][143][144] By September 2011, the album had shipped 35,000 copies in Australia. [34][36] Sputnikmusic's Tyler Fisher describes Watch the Throne as "an album centered around larger-than-life egos. ", "Music Charts, Most Popular Music, Music by Genre & Top Music Charts", "Urban/UAC Future Releases | R&B, Hip Hop, Release Schedule and Street Dates", "Top 40/M Future Releases | Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates ...", "Week Ending Feb. 5, 2012. [77] It was sent to rhythmic contemporary and urban contemporary radio on August 9. "[10], Recording sessions for the album took place at Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii; Barford Estate in Sydney, Australia; Electric Lady Studios; the Mercer Hotel; MSR Studios; and Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York, New York; Le Meurice in Paris, France; and Real World Studios in Wiltshire, England. "[20] In his article "Brag Like That" for Barnes & Noble, Robert Christgau comments that "Jay-Z is a grown man and Kanye is not" on the album and elaborates on their lyrics, stating: Both co-kings flaunt their arrogance even by the standards of a genre where braggadocio is the main event, and neither is shy about pretending that the line of succession from Otis Redding and Martin Luther King is paved with their gold. West and Jay-Z argued for four days about having them included on the Watch the Throne, however West eventually relented and the duo recorded "No Church in the Wild" and "Made in America". [50] On "Welcome to the Jungle", Jay-Z laments personal losses and overcoming struggles. Kevin Mazur/WireImage. [90] The song was promoted with a music video directed by West himself, featuring concert footage. [116], The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 436,000 copies in the United States. However, it’s unclear if Jay and Kanye are even in contact. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 42 reviews. Watch the Throne debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 436,000 copies in the first week, and broke the iTunes first week sales record. [135][136] It was the fourth top selling album on iTunes in 2011. 36. Bows at No. [35] The sample is used in a way that is reminiscent to past Kanye productions, like the tracks found on his album The College Dropout. Its braggadocio lyrics exhibit themes of opulence, fame, materialism, power, and the burdens of success, as well as political and socioeconomic context. Not long ago, Kanye proclaimed there wouldn’t be a follow-up to the seminal album with his longtime mentor. Club wrote that "exhilarating messiness and go-for-broke spontaneity infect Jay-Z and push him outside his comfort zone and into a realm of intense emotional reflection. [32] Music journalist Jody Rosen characterizes the music as "vast, dark and booming," commenting that West "continues in the sonic vein he introduced in My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, lacing the songs with rock dynamics, layering his beats with eerie vocal chorales, piling on proggy flourishes. [45] It references the line "me and the RZA connect" from Raekwon's 1995 song "Incarcerated Scarfaces", which was also produced by RZA.

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