Album Review: The Throne's "Watch the Throne"

Watch the Throne was released this morning at 12am(11pm where I live). So the question is "how is it?" My answer: Sick AF. The album is as epic as it was advertised. Some things became clear to me as I listened to this album: 1. Jay-Z is the greatest of all time hands down 2. Kanye is officially the best producer/rapper ever. 3. Frank Ocean is about to rule the world. He has 3 amazing co-signs in 1 year. Watch the Throne pushes rap's borders so far ahead it shouldnt be understated. This album has the best of every Kanye & Jay-Z album in it. It has the honesty of College Dropout and Reasonable Doubt. It has the sound of Late Registration and MBDTF. It has Jay-Z spitting hard as he did on the Black Album. And it has the innovation of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The chemistry between Jay-Z and Kanye is dynamic. On some song Jay-Z takes the lead and on others Ye takes it. The production of this album is amazing. Swizz Beats, RZA, S1, and of course Kanye make the album sound untouchable but approachable. The subject matter of the album of course consisted of the bragging of two really rich men, but it also was personal. Race, class, family, philosophy, and religion were important topics in both Kanye and Jay-Z's rhymes. I really like this whole album but my favorite tracks are: No Church in the Wild, Niggas in Paris, Otis, New Day, Who Gon Stop Me, Murder to Excellence(amazing), and Why I Love You. Although the album is not perfect it is still very amazing. Ye & Hov could have disappointed but they rose to the occasion and they might have officially killed CDs forever. All together I give it a 4.5/5