
- Released: August 8, 2011
- Label: Roc-A-Fella, Roc Nation, Def Jam
- Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Tracklist
1 | No Church in the Wild (Ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream) |
2 | Lift Off (Ft. Beyoncé) |
3 | Niggas in Paris |
4 | Otis (Ft. Otis Redding) |
5 | Gotta Have It |
6 | New Day |
7 | That’s My Bitch |
8 | Welcome to the Jungle |
9 | Who Gon Stop Me |
10 | Murder to Excellence |
11 | Made in America (Ft. Frank Ocean) |
12 | Why I Love You (Ft. Mr. Hudson) |
13 | Illest Motherfucker Alive |
14 | H·A·M |
15 | Primetime |
16 | The Joy (Ft. Curtis Mayfield) |
Watch The Throne is the debut studio album by longtime partners/friends and label-mates, JAY Z & Kanye West, also known and commonly referred to as The Throne.
The album initially began as a 5-song EP, but it eventually morphed into a full-length project. The Watch The Throne tour became the most lucrative hip-hop tour in history.
Production credits included Swizz Beatz, 88-Keys, RZA, Mike Dean, No I.D. and more. “Otis,” one of the album’s biggest tracks, was produced after No I.D. challenged Kanye to produce a song on the spot. Said No I.D. in an interview with XXL: “I get the co-productions, but how you gon do an album and you don’t go to the machine and do one beat by yourself?”
Yeezy accepted the challenge and chopped up Otis Redding’s “Try A Little Tenderness” on the spot. “Otis” was added at the last minute and went on to win the Grammy for Best Rap Performance.