2011超强震撼弹！二大天王疯狂计划，一生一次的限定组合！ 不意外，打破世界纪录，空降全球23国iTunes专辑下载销售冠军 不夸张，绝对经典专辑，空降告示牌冠军，全美街头人潮抢购的实体专辑！ 限量精装版加收“H•A•M”、“Primetime”、“The Joy”、“Illest ************ Alive”等4首曲目 *娱乐週刊：这是一张经典大碟，绝不夸张！ *公告牌：杰斯是嘻哈技巧大师，坎耶·维斯特是重击情感核心的节奏玩家 *MTV：在与嘻哈说唱界最高殿堂的杰斯一起饶舌的时候，肯伊的独特风采依旧 AllHipHop网站：此张专辑是很长一段时间以来最具吸引力的嘻哈作品 *GQ：首支单曲"Otis"是两人淋漓尽致的灵魂乐创作，令人想要一听再听 两大天王，各佔一方山头，却在2011年无预警的宣佈合体，组成一生一次，时间限定的天团“The Throne”！这个不可能的任务充满划时代的意义，好比目睹乔布斯跟比尔盖兹联手创业，华人圈周杰伦与王力宏携手组团，在这裡，我们见证了教皇Jay-Z与巨擘Kanye West，两人联手启动史上最惊人的音乐合体计划--[The Throne]！第一张也是最后一张的全新专辑【Watch The Throne】，为2011乐坛投下超强震撼弹！ Jay-Z生涯缔造12张冠军专辑，全球超过5000万张专辑销售，荣获13座格莱美奖，10座美国MTV音乐奖，旗下企业市值淨利高达4亿5千万美金；Kanye West，2004年以来发行5张冠军专辑以及1张亚军专辑，全球超过1500万张专辑销售，荣获14座格莱美奖、5座英国黑人音乐奖(MOBO)等，这两位天王的旷世合作，被视为本世纪嘻哈乐坛最受期待的盛事。 其实两位天王交情始于2001年，当时，杰斯邀请肯伊担任年度专辑“The Blueprint”的制作人，专辑在登上排行冠军后，肯伊不只成为杰斯专辑的固定制作班底，杰斯也在肯伊的“Late Registration”、“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”等专辑中友情献唱。杰斯与坎耶·维斯特在2010年酝酿双方合作推出迷你专辑EP的构想，两人在同年11月起，陆续在英国的贝斯市、悉尼、巴黎、阿布扎比、纽约、洛杉矶的饭店或录音室展开歌曲的创作与录制，期间也力邀The RZA(*经典嘻哈团Wu-Tang Clan首脑)、The Neptunes，以及肯伊的合作拍档Mike Dean投入制作行列，【Watch The Throne】专辑终于成形。 【Watch The Throne】专辑力邀时尚品牌Givenchy旗下的意大利设计师Riccardo Tisci担任封面设计，音乐风格上融合坎耶·维斯特经典的嘻哈灵魂合体精神，以及杰斯收放自如、忽而犀利忽而潇洒自若的街头嘻哈风，甫发行就狂扫全球23国iTunes专辑下载销售冠军王座，首支单曲"Otis"在2011年8月初于全美首播，不到一週就掀起全美电台超过2200万人次收听狂潮，劲升全美说唱单曲榜第8名；还有性感天后碧昂丝跨刀献唱的节奏布鲁斯/流行嘻哈派对热歌"Lift Off"，有请新奥尔良节奏布鲁斯实力新宠Frank Ocean献唱，触及思想、宗教、权力、毒品与性爱诱惑等议题的迷醉歌曲"No Church In The Wild"，搞笑取样威尔·法瑞尔主演电影“冰刀双人组”对白的劲爆之作"Ni**as In Paris"，一首接一首的精彩杰作让你目不暇给，这张划时代钜作将点燃嘻哈圣火，开启影响全球音乐“黑”潮！ Watch The Throne is the debut studio album by longtime partners/friends and label-mates, JAY Z & Kanye West, also known and commonly referred to as The Throne. The album initially began as a 5-song EP, but it eventually morphed into a full-length project. The Watch The Throne tour became the most lucrative hip-hop tour in history. Production credits included Swizz Beatz, 88-Keys, RZA, Mike Dean, No I.D. and more. “Otis,” one of the album’s biggest tracks, was produced after No I.D. challenged Kanye to produce a song on the spot. Said No I.D. in an interview with XXL: I get the co-productions, but how you gon do an album and you don’t go to the machine and do one beat by yourself? Yeezy accepted the challenge and chopped up Otis Redding’s “Try A Little Tenderness” on the spot. “Otis” was added at the last minute and went on to win the Grammy for Best Rap Performance. Does this album have any certifications? Yes! On September 15, 2011, Watch the Throne officially went RIAA Platinum, being certified for over 1,000,000 album units. The album also went Platinum in Australia, Canada, and the UK. How did this album chart? This album peaked at #1 on Billboard’s US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Billboard’s US Top Rap Albums, and the Billboard 200. The album also peaked at #1 in Switzerland, Norway, and Canada. How many songs were taken off of this album? No tracks were removed from this album. However, the “Illest Motherfvcker Alive”, “H·A·M”, “Primetime”, & “The Joy” are all bonus tracks from the album.