Jay-Z and Kanye West have been collaborating on several projects together, with Kanye producing several songs on Jay-Z Blue Print Album,which gave him the opportunity to sign with Roc A Fell Records. Jay-Z teamed up with him on his album “My Beautiful Dark Secret Fantasy, at that time they decided to work on there own album together, which produced their most recent project “Watch The Throne”, the name of the duo “The Throne”.
"Watch The Throne" the world anticipated album with the collaboration of two geniuses, Jay-Z and Kanye West. The album has already been deemed by most as an instant classic. As JP DelaCuesta of ALL HIP HOP states “The dynamic duo do not disappoint”. The first single to be released was Otis, a soulful sound, which featured Otis Redding 1966 classic “Try a Little Tenderness”, which is “the hottest rap song of the summer”, as Trent Fitzgerald of PopCrush website says. Jay-Z got his swagger back! And then comes in the tickling piano, a flourishing bass line and a thunderous beat produced by Kanye West. As the world await, with anticipation the album dropped on August 5 in stores everywhere. According to the Billboard top 200 charts “Watch the Throne” came in at #6 this week, last week came in at #4 it was at #4 for 5 weeks. Other songs on the album start off with “No Church in the Wild”, Lift off, featuring Beyonce, In Paris, Gotta Have it, Who Gon Stop Me, and Welcome to the Jungle, just to name a few. The CD has collaborations, with other artist as well such as Frank Ocean, Curtis Mayfield, and Mr. Hudson.
The Throne cannot make money from CD sells alone, so they are on tour with a schedule of 28 dates so far. The Throne Tour will be in Philadelphia on November 2, 2011 at the Wells Fargo Center, with only limited seating left. Coming to a city near you, be on the look out. I give Watch The Throne two thumbs up!
