Watch the throne Jay-Z&Kanye

The album Watch the Throne was highly aniticipated by most around the time it was going to debut. The Album was made by two prominent hip-hop Moguls Kanye West and well respected Jay-Z. Of course the only thing we expected was greatness. But I cant help but say that the album was very over-rated. Acording to Tom Breihan's review from website Pitchfork the very reasons he loved the album were some of the main reasons I did not.

 

The album spoke a lot about materialistic things that the average person cannot relate to. There were a lot of references to products or designers, us “lower-class” people weren’t aware of. And even after we figured out what or who they were it was pointless because they are wayyyyy out of our price range.

I took a little bitter to the boastful rants about what country or island these two have vacationed at. Or the extreme amounts of money they have spent on simple things. I wish it was a more down to earth and relatable.

But to their defense I did like the few discussions about other issues that occur other than the materials they accumulated. It was a some talk about black on black crime and other societal issues.

None the less the music was pleasing to the ears with samples from Otis Redding and James Brown. I don’t downplay the creativity of the album either. But I still think that because it was from Kanye West and Jay-Z  that was the only reason everyone raved so much about the album. I think that the album was good but not as game changing and influencing as Tom Breihan and others like him might preach.

Even the production was over done with the numerous amount of producers used to make each track. I know there is a thing as perfection but sometimes less is more. The abstract cover art they used was a little redundant. I feel like they put in too much effort to separate themselves from the rest of the hip hop artists.

The album Watch the Throne was best describing them. Clearly they feel above other hip hop artists and want to be looked up too.

(I’m playing Devil’s Advocate, I personally liked the album too.)