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Watch the Throne, classic or not?

Started by Rodamon, Feb 5, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

Is WTT a classic?

  1. Yes

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    49.1%

  2. No

    27 vote(s)
    50.9%
  1. Rodamon
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    Rodamon

    Feb 5, 2015
    OK, after more than 3 years, what are your thoughts on WTT? I just listened to it yesterday, and if it's not a classic, it's d--- near. The production is incredible (even the amazing bonus tracks) and the chemistry between Kanye and Jay Z is good. Unique album, that's for sure.
     
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  2. CSW
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    CSW Member 3461

    Feb 5, 2015
    @Swizz
     
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  3. Old Account
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    Feb 5, 2015
    For what it is, yes
     
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  4. J Roc
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    J Roc Straight up

    Feb 5, 2015
    voted yes, wasn't a fan when it came out but it grew on me. amazing album
     
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  5. Narsh
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    Feb 5, 2015
    yes, yes it is. also the f--- is up with these polls @Slyk the colors are confusing the s--- outta me :'(
     
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  6. Joshua Smoses
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    Joshua Smoses Pink fur, looking like Cam

    Feb 5, 2015
    I've probably listened to this album close to 100 times (according to iTunes I've listened to Otis alone 291 times). It's an amazing collection of songs with only 2 misfires and some strange sequencing. Easily a borderline classic.
     
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  7. Oldboy
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    Feb 5, 2015
    polls look completely normal to me...unless your on dark skin?

    also lmao at calling wtt classic...you dickriding MFers

    it is 8/10
     
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  8. Myril
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    Feb 5, 2015
    Of course not. There's indeed a couple of very good songs on the album though.
     
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  9. Dew
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    Dew سيف الله

    Feb 5, 2015
    It's a classic for what it stands for. Are there better albums than it? Obviously, but this is what a collaboration album is supposed to be. The hype was too enormous to top, but it came really d--- close.
     
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  10. Criza Malone Hamilton
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    Feb 5, 2015
    Some of the songs are a---. Which means not a classic album. Doesn't mean it sucks just means it's not a classic. Classics can't have a few a--- songs
     
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  11. PRHYME
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    Feb 5, 2015
    I bumped this album for weeks when it dropped
     
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  12. Rick C
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    Feb 5, 2015
    Classic
     
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  13. Michael Myers
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    Feb 5, 2015
    Yes definetely. Lift off could have been better, and I don't really like made in america. Love the rest
     
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  14. Notalius
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    Feb 5, 2015
    Some classic tracks but overall not classic
     
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  15. what
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    Feb 5, 2015
    Yeah I did too but I don't think its a classic by any means. It's not a top album for Jay or Kanye, and I felt is was over produced in parts. Otis and n----s in Paris are classics though
     
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  16. Rodamon
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    I dont know how this album can be considered less than great
     
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  17. Notalius
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    Feb 5, 2015
    Completely agree
     
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  18. PRHYME
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    No Church In The Wild!
     
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  19. Goku187
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    Feb 5, 2015
    I have two problems with WTT: Jay and Kanye were incredibly lazy on Lift Off, which could have been a great song. And Made In America, while I don't hate it, is just a bit too cheesy.

    Everything else is fantastic. Those two songs aside, this was everything I hoped for in a Jay-Kanye collab album, and both of them came through lyrically. Some of the best moments were when they were going back and forth (who doesn't love Otis and Gotta Have It?), but their full solo verses were consistently strong as well. The album seems to have a reputation for being about "nothing", or just focusing on being rich, but it's a totally undeserved and inaccurate perception. Listen to New Day, Why I Love You, Murder To Excellence.

    So whether or not it's a classic just depends on your definition. The tracklist isn't perfect, as I explained above, but the album as a whole has (and will continue to) age well over time, and contains numerous classic songs.

    Eerily similar to mine, WTT total play count is 87, with Otis being my top played song in all of iTunes (275 plays)

    how are you gonna call people dickriders when they only rate it a point or two higher than you? lol
     
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  20. Narsh
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    Feb 5, 2015
    8/10 albums can be classics :kanye3:

    and yeah im using the dark skin. the white/gray is throwing me off :lawd:
     
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