Ni**as in Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West (Watch the throne, 2011)
Don’t get in the zone! Not the zone! Somebody throw a fillet at them!
The funniest, braggiest, catchiest, illest song on Watch the throne is also the best that Ye and Jay have to offer on their latest collaboration. They took turn counting the ways honey lined their path to rap’s throne, with Kanye occasionally one-upped Jay for good measure (Ye’s response to Jay’s braggin’ about having a hot chick at home? “You know how many hot bitches I OWN?” - maybe he’s talking about female dogs? Or are we back to owning people now?) They threw in dubstep 2/3 of the way through, just because.
While Ye and Jay are front and center, this album is far from a two-men affair. A few other collabs - Beyonce, La Roux’s Eleanor Jackson, Frank Ocean, Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beatz, and Q-tip - made more than the line notes. Admittedly, Ye’s last brilliant album makes this less than spectacular for me though. They can’t be all twisted fantasies eh?
P.S. I don’t get Frank Ocean’s hype.
P.P.S. Please drop Mr. Hudson from your roster, Jay. Chipmunk singing is NOT balling.
P.P.S. H.A.M. sux.
(Source: heavensrejection)
