- hip hop, pop rap, conscious
- 46 min
- 12 tracks
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records
Watch the Throne is a collaborative studio album by the American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West. It was released on August 8, 2011, by Roc-A-Fella Records, Roc Nation, and Def Jam Recordings.
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Character
Contemporary, character-led, spare and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 76/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.4/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The Daily Telegraph5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent2/5 ★
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−
- Pitchfork8.5/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin6/10
- USA Today4/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1No Church in the Wild4:33
- 2Lift Off4:26
- 3Niggas in Paris3:39
- 4Otis2:58
- 5Gotta Have It2:21
- 6New Day4:33
- 7That’s My Bitch3:23
- 8Welcome to the Jungle2:54
- 9Who Gon Stop Me4:17
- 10Murder to Excellence5:01
- 11Made in America4:52
- 12Why I Love You3:21
12 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Jay‐Z, Kanye West
- Label
- Roc‐A‐Fella Records
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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