Watch The Throne

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Tracklist

1No Church in the Wild (Ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream)
2Lift Off (Ft. Beyoncé)
3Niggas in Paris
4Otis (Ft. Otis Redding)
5Gotta Have It
6New Day
7That’s My Bitch
8Welcome to the Jungle
9Who Gon Stop Me
10Murder to Excellence
11Made in America (Ft. Frank Ocean)
12Why I Love You (Ft. Mr. Hudson)
13Illest Motherfucker Alive
14H·A·M
15Primetime
16The 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.