WATCH THE THRONE ALBUM REVIEW

The time has finally come and Watch the Throne can now officially be heard. Upon hearing about this album I labled it an instant classic becasue whats better than having 2 of your favorite rappers make an album together. I've been rockin wit Kanye since the release of College Dropout and i've been down ever since (while slightly over-looking 808's and Heartbreaks, he was goin thru something i respect it but dont fully accept it). Any who I was more than excited about this album and i must say that I was fairly pleased with the outcome.The digital version of the album dropped on 8/8/11, hard copy is due to drop 8/12/11 (only real n-words wit money can get they cd dropped on a day besides Tuesday), and the deluxe version slated for 8/23/11,this is what i'll be reviewing. Now im gonna review this album in the simplest fashion that I can to show you how I viewed it, while my view may be a tad bit biased, I feel like if you are a fan of music then you have no choice but to respect this album, I feel like its what every fan of Jay and Ye have wanted. So let me stop rambling and get into, im gonna present this in bullet form and I pulled some lines from the songs that I personally think were dope, that people will be quoting in real life, tweets and wherever there is an outlet of expression, ive also rated each song on a 5 star scale that will sum up my conclusion.....HERE WE GO


1.No Church in the Wild ft. Frank Ocean _ 3.5
- Dope intro
- Attention grabbing title
- Production is CRAZY!!
- Did Hov let Ye use auto tune on the track tho?
- "God is the carpenter, Ye lay beats"-Jay Z
- Both gave mediocre flow on this
- Def caught The Dream on the track and a good look for Frank Ocean

2.Lift Off ft. Beyonce _ 3
- B kills it
- More crazy production
- Not lyrically heavy, feel good track

3.N-words in Paris _ 3.5
- Tough flow from Jay "Ball so hard muh'fuckas wanna fine me....that shit crazy"
- Yeezy went in
- "whats Gucci my nigga,whats Louis my killa, whats drugs my dealer, whats that
jacket Margiela"

4.Otis ft. Otis Redding _ 5
- set the radio on fire
- "I invented swag"
- "These niggas talkin real reckless stunt men"
- Both had stupid flow-who won??
- Big boss talk that we are used to hearing
- This track was my vision of what i wanted to hear collaboratively from the 2

5.Gotta have it _ 5
- Personal favorite
- Dope back and forth flow
- Makes a comparison to Lebron and Wade
- "Racks on racks on racks, Maybachs on bachs on bachs on bachs on bachs"- Ye
- "I wish i could give u this feelin, im plankin on a million"- Jay Z

6.New Day _ 5
- Letter to unborn sons
- Ye basically explains his life,faults, and wrong doings, and does not want
his son to go down the same road.Wants him to be loved by all.
- "Dear unborn son i already ruined ya, you aint born yet and paparazzi already
persuin ya"- Jay Z
- Jay also swears to never leave his children like his father did him.

7.Thats my bitch _ 4
- 90's style beat over sample
- Hov flowed hard about B,I guess he would if you listened to B's 4 album
- "How could somethin so gangsta, look pretty in pictures"
- "Back to my Beyonce's you deserve 3 stacks for the Andres"
- "You belong with niggas that used to be known for dope dealin, you too dope
for any of those civilians"
- Did anybody else catch his reference to Thelma from Good Times??

8.Welcome to the jungle _ 3.5
- Swizzy on the beat
- Jay is on his dope boy flow
- "Rest in peace to the leader of the Jackson 5, I died in my sleep, im still
big pimpin"

9.Who gone stop me _ 3
- Least favorite track
- "so many watches only one arm"- Jay Z
- "Heard yeezy was racist, well i guess its so unbasis, I only like green faces"
- "could been a chemist cuz i cook smart"- Jay Z

10.Murder to Excellence _ 5
- Ye spit Chicago murder facts- not the 1st time he's done this (Everything I am)
- "314 soldiers died in Iraq, 509 died in Chicago"
- Dope Track and Crazy beat
- Many references to Black
- "aint nothing on the news but the blues"

11.Made in America_ 3
- Frank Ocean kills the vocals on this one
- "this aint no fashion show, motherfucker we live it"
- "We made it in America"
- Seems like a Homage track to me

12.Why I love you ft. Mr Hudson _ 3.5
- "Fuck you squares, the circle got smaller
- "when the grief is over, the beef is over, i'll be fly when easters over"-Jay
- Jay speakin to haters but mostly to the members of the Roc-a-fella Dynasty
- still says he has love for them through all the beef, words, and conflict

13.Illest Motherfucker Alive _ 4.5
- N-words is gone be screamin this hook
- Yeezy murdered this
- "Damn baby,pussy cant be ya only hustle"- Ye
- "Got staples on my dick, Why? Fuckin centerfolds"-Ye
- "Michael Jordan swag, ya'll think Michael Jordan bad, nigga i got 5 more rings
than Michael Jordan had"- Jay
- Could have given it a 5 but I feel like something is missing, maybe a feature.

14.H.A.M _ 4
- 1st radio single
- "Just forget it, you talk it i live it"- Ye
- Jay Z whole verse is quotable

15. Primetime_ 2
- "Primetime beat by Dion"- Jay
- "15 minutes got stretched beyond"- Jay
- I wasnt too impressed with this joint, hence the 2 rating.

16.The Joy ft. Curtis Mayfield _ 5
- Another sample-dope beat by Pete Rock
- "I never understood planned parenthood, cuz i never met nobody planned to be
a parent in the hood"- Ye
- "This beat deserves Hennessy,a bad bitch, and a bag of weed the holy trinity"-Ye
- Ye and Jay both kill this equally

Whew we made it through the whole Deluxe version of the album!!! So with all the song ratings and different points that I took from the songs i give Watch The Throne an overall rating of 4 out of 5, nothing short of my minimal expectations from these two heavy hitters.This is the type of music i've waited for from these 2 and i got it and hopefully this is only Volume 1. Now as I am a fan of both artist, I think its safe to say that Jay Z can boast in the top spot for the flow on this album over Ye, while Ye held his own, most of his verses sound like they came completely off the top of his head, not knocking him because almost everything he gets on he kills it. Maybe this was a chance for him to be like his Big Brother wit no pen and paper, either way the outcome is good music that I will be listening to for a while. Watch The Throne.....go cop it.