Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne

Thoughts????

I've only listened to some of the tracks so far so I don't have a definite opinion on the album yet but I have to say that I'm not that impressed. There are some good tracks but nothing really stood out that much so far. I'll have to listen to it a couple more times to see if my initial sentiments change...

This sort of feels like that R. Kelly Jay Z album to me... from the little I've heard... a lot of hype, but not a lot of dopeness in the actual music. Not even sure if I am buying this when it drops.

Anyone got an MP3 link?(I'd prefer anything but Rapidshare).

T. Myers wrote:

Anyone got an MP3 link?(I'd prefer anything but Rapidshare).

Yeah I want one too! I can't find a torrent worth a damn.

Me three guys!

Shoot me your email address in a PM and I got you fellas.....

I listened to this twice today and while it's starting to grow on me, this is clearly what I didn't expect. Pedro hit the nail on the head, this is sounding more like a Jay Z/R Kelly album than an album I would expect from 2 of my current favorite MCs.

Theres a 320kbps deluxe version torrent on torrentz.com if you guys are interested...i'm just spinning it now for the first time.

Is Frank Ocean part of the Odd Future crew? Anyone know? I know he makes an appearance on Tyler's album...

Frank Ocean is a part of the Golf Wang

And as for Watch The Throne I just listened to it and I did not like it. Kanye is one of my favorite producers and Jay-Z is decent but not great to these ears but this album doesn't cut the mustard. It's like having too many cooks in the kitchen. The idea wouldn't end well. I never had high expectations anyway. I'm not going to purchase it.

Listening now...

Just listened to it, and I don't think it's bad. It takes a while to really get going, but once you get to New Day it really picks up. There are some boring tracks like both tracks with Frank Ocean, and a couple of weak tracks like Welcome to the Jungle (why is he still collaborating with Swizz Beatz??), but the good tracks are pretty good. The production sounds great throughout, and if you have some decent headphones you should definitely listen to the album with them. Although it's a collaboration between Kanye and Jay-Z this is basically a Kanye project. Everything is over the top and most of the tracks sound more pop than hip hop. The best tracks to me are the most hip hop sounding (New Day, Who Gon Stop Me, Murder to Excellence), but I also like some of the pop tracks (Lift Off, Why I Love You). I probably won't like this as much when I get back to college in a month or so and I hear tracks from this at every party I go to, but for now, I feel good about this. I'd put it around 3.75-4 stars.

Highsmith wrote:

Shoot me your email address in a PM and I got you fellas.....

I listened to this twice today and while it's starting to grow on me, this is clearly what I didn't expect. Pedro hit the nail on the head, this is sounding more like a Jay Z/R Kelly album than an album I would expect from 2 of my current favorite MCs.

If you're expecting an album full of Diamonds, Never Let Me Down, Monster, etc I can understand being disappointed. I actually liked the album quite a bit though. I don't think the samples or even the singles do the entire album justice. Although, i do like H.A.M. and Otis.

Just listened to it again...still not feeling it. Predictable and boring as shite.

Justin Linker wrote:

Just listened to it again...still not feeling it. Predictable and boring as shite.

I thought that was a pre-requisite for ICP fans.

Just finished. It wasn't terrible but wasn't great either. 3 stars for now. I can't even say I'm disappointed because I thought it would be something like Best of Both Worlds...looks good on paper but doesn't quite come out like they planned. I would much rather listen to a Jay album that was totally produced by Ye...that should be the next project.

That won't happen. Kanye needs to be in the spotlight whenever he drops something. No way would he stay off of the majority of the tracks.

Shaun wrote:

That won't happen. Kanye needs to be in the spotlight whenever he drops something. No way would he stay off of the majority of the tracks.

Yeah, maybe the Ye of 2000 would be down for that, but 2011 Kanye probably wouldn't like playing the background so much.

REALLY interesting conversations about Jay and Kanye in here... looking forward to the review on Friday. A lot of you guys should watch this, some controversial shit gets said in here...