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What were you expecting from Watch The Throne? Did it deliver?
A major gripe a lot of critics (and fans) have with this album is that there's too much bragging about money and possessions. While I can see their point, I really don't know why this has come as such a shock. Every sign pointed to this album being about living life as a rich black man. The artwork, song titles, "H.A.M.", statements about it being "castle music", etc. all told us that this album would be full of boasting and very different to MBDTF.
As I mentioned in another thread, I think it's difficult for these two artists to come together and make incredibly personal music throughout an entire album. Jay and Kanye might work well together and be great friends, but their lives are incredibly different:
- The mainstream loves Jay. Kanye not so much.
- Jay was a drug dealer. Kanye went to college (sort of).
- Jay is in a long-term, committed relationship. Kanye isn't.
There are many more differences that make their ability to create a My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy-like album impossible. They have both had very different journeys, which restricts the subjects they can both rap about on the same song. While Kanye is all about juxtaposition, rapping about fucking models while Jay spits lines about marriage wouldn't make for a cohesive album.
Watch The Throne was always going to be what it is. Everything pointed to an album about living life as a rich black man. The sooner people realise this, the more they will enjoy it.
A major gripe a lot of critics (and fans) have with this album is that there's too much bragging about money and possessions. While I can see their point, I really don't know why this has come as such a shock. Every sign pointed to this album being about living life as a rich black man. The artwork, song titles, "H.A.M.", statements about it being "castle music", etc. all told us that this album would be full of boasting and very different to MBDTF.
As I mentioned in another thread, I think it's difficult for these two artists to come together and make incredibly personal music throughout an entire album. Jay and Kanye might work well together and be great friends, but their lives are incredibly different:
- The mainstream loves Jay. Kanye not so much.
- Jay was a drug dealer. Kanye went to college (sort of).
- Jay is in a long-term, committed relationship. Kanye isn't.
There are many more differences that make their ability to create a My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy-like album impossible. They have both had very different journeys, which restricts the subjects they can both rap about on the same song. While Kanye is all about juxtaposition, rapping about fucking models while Jay spits lines about marriage wouldn't make for a cohesive album.
Watch The Throne was always going to be what it is. Everything pointed to an album about living life as a rich black man. The sooner people realise this, the more they will enjoy it.