Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Watch The Throne JAY Z / KANYE WESTR&P INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONALMUSICOver a year in the making and recorded in various locations around the globe including London, Sydney, Paris, and New York City, Watch the Throne is the eagerly anticipated collaboration from music icons and pop culture visionaries JAY-Z and Kanye West. The album features production from The RZA, The Neptunes and Kanyes longtime collaborator Mike Dean and the short list of featured vocals includes Frank Ocean, Beyonc, Curtis Mayfield and Mr. Hudson. Lead track, OTIS samples Otis Reddings Try A Little Tenderness and Entertainment Weekly has already declared the track the most well-executed rap song of the year. Review At this point in their respective careers, Kanye West and Jay-Z don't have anything else to prove. They're already iconic megastars of the highest order, with an endless array of classics that rekindle an interest in Annie and Ray Charles, blurring the lines between rap's underground affinities and pop music's robust stadium sound. They are full-fledged stunt men, focused more on preserving their own monetary interests than advancing the hip hop culture. Therefore, one shouldn't expect the second coming of Run-DMC on Watch the Throne, even if Otis Redding's and Curtis Mayfield's disembodied voices inject dashes of soul into the otherwise glossy project. These rappers have lots of money, lavish tastes and the world at their collective feet. They want you to rejoice and be glad in it. Still, that doesn't hide the fact that Watch the Throne sounds like a conflicted tug-of-war between the two, with Kanye lyrically dominating the album's first half, and Jay struggling to clean up the remains. There's an obvious brotherly connection, and Kanye rhymes with the zeal of a younger sibling looking to topple his older relative once and for all. "I just want him to have an easy life, not like Yeezy life," Kanye raps on New Day, a metaphorical song about imagined fatherhood "Just want him to be someone people like." At times, Watch the Throne is triumphant and celebratory: No Church in the Wild is a moody gospel stomp with primal screams and an insistent guitar riff, while Lift Off finds Kanye trying to match Beyonc's soulful moans with Auto-Tuned verses of prosperity. Elsewhere, the duo tackles serious topics with mixed results. The tribal Murder to Excellence is an impressive glimpse into the urban homicide epidemic, while Made in America fails to resonate because of a contrived chorus that pays homage to West's Sweet Baby Jesus, among others. In the end, Watch the Throne is a very noble attempt at cohesion, but its inconsistency ultimately stalls the project, resulting in an uneven recording that buckles under the weight of its own pressure. The world is still watching, however, so Kanye and Jay can't lose. --Marcus J. Moore This link will take you offin a new window Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help! Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you. Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Copyright © 2017 The Pom Shop. All rights reserved.
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Brand: DEF JAM (PHO)
MPN: 0602527650579
Producer: Kanye West, Gee Roberson, Shawn Carter, Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua
Era: 2010s
Run Time: 2772 Sec
Release Year: 2011
Format: CD
Features: Studio Recording
Genre: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Type: Album
Style: Contemporary Rap, East Coast Rap
Record Label: Roc-A-Fella
Artist: Jay-Z / Kanye West
Release Title: Watch the Throne