"Human beings in a mob, what's a mob to a king? What's a king to a god? What's a god to a non-believer, who don't believe in anything?" This is the first line you hear when you first hear Jay-z and Kanye West's highly anticipated collaboration album Watch The Throne. This is appropriate as the cd is filled with songs about pretty deep concepts.
I got the cd Monday night at about 1:30am and I did not like it at all. Honestly I didn't like this cd until I listened to it about five times or so, there were songs that stuck out at me at first but as a whole I wasn't sold. Now I feel a little different, the album is fun to listen to and pretty addictive and it's not because the material is so amazing it's because I've been listening to Jay-z and Kanye for so long and I love their styles. This sounds like a Kanye West album with a guest appearance on each track and that guest is Jay-Z. it doesn't feel like a true collaboration cd. For example Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 put out Hell:The Sequel their collaboration album as their group alias Bad Meets Evil and it was very good. It was so good because it showed just how good these guys work together, on Watch The Throne the chemistry is good but off in ways. The track they sound best together is the final track called Why I Love You featuring Mr. Hudson who is a singer signed to Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music label. In the song towards the end they go back and forth to the point that the last sentence they go back and forth on every word and it was one of the coolest parts of the entire album and it was literally the last line.
I know a lot of people don't agree with me and I know all over Twitter and Facebook everyone has been praising the album as if it was made of pure gold. Now it's fun to listen to because Jay-Z doesn't put out a lot of material any more and it's always good to hear Jay but this could have been loads better, especially after all the delays and hype behind it. this album is a good listen but it's mediocre for these two guys, I'm giving this a 6/10 because it could have been better.
I got the cd Monday night at about 1:30am and I did not like it at all. Honestly I didn't like this cd until I listened to it about five times or so, there were songs that stuck out at me at first but as a whole I wasn't sold. Now I feel a little different, the album is fun to listen to and pretty addictive and it's not because the material is so amazing it's because I've been listening to Jay-z and Kanye for so long and I love their styles. This sounds like a Kanye West album with a guest appearance on each track and that guest is Jay-Z. it doesn't feel like a true collaboration cd. For example Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 put out Hell:The Sequel their collaboration album as their group alias Bad Meets Evil and it was very good. It was so good because it showed just how good these guys work together, on Watch The Throne the chemistry is good but off in ways. The track they sound best together is the final track called Why I Love You featuring Mr. Hudson who is a singer signed to Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music label. In the song towards the end they go back and forth to the point that the last sentence they go back and forth on every word and it was one of the coolest parts of the entire album and it was literally the last line.
I know a lot of people don't agree with me and I know all over Twitter and Facebook everyone has been praising the album as if it was made of pure gold. Now it's fun to listen to because Jay-Z doesn't put out a lot of material any more and it's always good to hear Jay but this could have been loads better, especially after all the delays and hype behind it. this album is a good listen but it's mediocre for these two guys, I'm giving this a 6/10 because it could have been better.
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