Kanye & Jay-Z – Watch the Throne [Full Album Stream]
If you haven’t heard as of yet, there has been tremendous buzz surrounding the release of the super duo album, Kanye West and Jay-Z, “Watch the Throne” and all hip hop fans have been watching the throne closely. Personally I’m always skeptical about any type of super duo/awesome team coming together to do anything. Of course it always sounds good on paper, but that doesn’t equate to chemistry. I really only go out of my way to listen to something of this nature if four of my friends tell me I need to hear it (has to be exactly four, not three).
Well, at midnight (last night) the album was released and word on the street is that the record went platinum already. But Fresh, we don’t care about sales…is the album the best thing since the invention of donut holes? In short, no. But it is a very solid album. They managed to pick great beats (you hear that Nas?) and the lyrical content was honest, socially relevant, and strong. That doesn’t happen often in hip hop these days which is ironic since it is supposed to act as the voice of a culture. The only weak point of the album is that I felt their chemistry was “off” on certain songs but I sum that up to them probably not recording all of the album together in the same room.
This will get a repeat listen from me but don’t take my word for it (even though you should). You be the judge…
Fresh lives by the words of Dizzy Gillespie, “Musicians should play for themselves first, their fellow musicians second and their audience third.” He admires artists who paint with a different brush. It is this respect and admiration of contemporary art that sets him apart from the rest. Be sure to catch his passionate blog, freshnerd.com
