The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West) Watch The Throne (poll)

[QUOTE="Ultrabeatdown55"][QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]

Just finished.

Didn't like it, I'll give it a 4

imaps3fanboy

not based? not good.

Ive gotten through the first 4 songs, and while they are good, I don't know if they are better than either Kanye's or Jay-z's last albums, which were both amazing.

It is a great album I got it the day it came out and I have been hooked on it since.This is one of the best albums I have ever heard just musical genius

Don't really like it... But I don't like Jay -Z or Kanye West either, so that was expected.

Wow, so far no baseless "RAP IS NOT ART" arguments. I'm impressed OT.

Got the album today, haven't listened to it yet.

Ive gotten through the first 4 songs, and while they are good, I don't know if they are better than either Kanye's or Jay-z's last albums, which were both amazing.

taylor888

[QUOTE="taylor888"]

Ive gotten through the first 4 songs, and while they are good, I don't know if they are better than either Kanye's or Jay-z's last albums, which were both amazing.

Ultrabeatdown55

About a 6-7 sounds right. Maybe I have to give it more time to grow on me. The production seems like something I'd love but for some reason it's just not doing that much for me right now. JML897

The album definitely improves on a second listen (well, it did for me), but I still think it falls well short of Kanye and Jay-Z's best work. The production is great and sounds unique (compared to most other mainstream rap) and there are alot of great hooks, but the rapping leaves a hell of alot to be desired and I think there are more throwaway tracks than what is usual for a Kanye album or Jay Z's best albums.

I would say its a 7 maybe a 7.5, i liked most of the tracks but i did feel that maybe 3 of them were more filler and didnt really have the same feeling as the rest.

Top 3 of the record are as follows.

N******s in Paris // New Day // Gotta Have It.

I think Kayne really showed some true genius with this record.

[QUOTE="JML897"]About a 6-7 sounds right. Maybe I have to give it more time to grow on me. The production seems like something I'd love but for some reason it's just not doing that much for me right now. GreySeal9

The album definitely improves on a second listen (well, it did for me), but I still think it falls well short of Kanye and Jay-Z's best work. The production is great and sounds unique (compared to most other mainstream rap) and there are alot of great hooks, but the rapping leaves a hell of alot to be desired and I think there are more throwaway tracks than what is usual for a Kanye album or Jay Z's best albums.

Pretty disappointing compared to what I was expecting.

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="JML897"]About a 6-7 sounds right. Maybe I have to give it more time to grow on me. The production seems like something I'd love but for some reason it's just not doing that much for me right now. Swanogt19

The album definitely improves on a second listen (well, it did for me), but I still think it falls well short of Kanye and Jay-Z's best work. The production is great and sounds unique (compared to most other mainstream rap) and there are alot of great hooks, but the rapping leaves a hell of alot to be desired and I think there are more throwaway tracks than what is usual for a Kanye album or Jay Z's best albums.

Disagree about Made in America. I thought that chorus was gorgeous personally.

listening to it now, the ablum is the definition of hit and miss, either the song is great or it sucks.

I like the album more each time I listen to it. Kanye specifically upped his game on this one, in terms of rapping. The production is fantastic, as always.

Love the first track

[QUOTE="Swanogt19"][QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

The album definitely improves on a second listen (well, it did for me), but I still think it falls well short of Kanye and Jay-Z's best work. The production is great and sounds unique (compared to most other mainstream rap) and there are alot of great hooks, but the rapping leaves a hell of alot to be desired and I think there are more throwaway tracks than what is usual for a Kanye album or Jay Z's best albums.

GreySeal9

Disagree about Made in America. I thought that chorus was gorgeous personally.

[QUOTE="GreySeal9"]

[QUOTE="Swanogt19"] Personally the rapping is fine for me but the hooks are terrible. An example "Made In America"Toriko42

Disagree about Made in America. I thought that chorus was gorgeous personally.

Yeah, that does a good job of explaining some of the beauty of that hook. Honestly, I thought that was the deepest song on the album and your post reinforces that.