Jay-Z & Kanye West: Watch the Throne

[ShadowSoldier]

Necromunda said:

SaviorX said:

Necromunda said:

ShadowSoldier said:
It quite simply ....is the best album of the year so far.....illest Mother Fucker alive.....Jay-Z murders the beat and any and all associates of it.

I noticed Jay has just about 3 times as many verses as Kanye on this Album. Then again on the otherside, maybe thats how they wanted it, Jay Z spitting his verses, while Kanye lays back and leads the Production and Vision of the Album.

From what I can tell, Jay-Z usually tries just a bit harder when he's on a track with Kanye. Mr. West brings out the best in him; probably because Jay-Z never wants to get killed on his own track.

In this case,it makes more sense the rapper does the rapping, and the producerdoes the producin. Kanye, like stated earlier, most likely led the vision for the album.

Pretty much this. In allot of ways as well, Kanye West was never a "Great" rapper. He'll never be one of the greats in a pure rapping respect. However as an artist, producer, rapper, and visionary as a whole... Kanye is nothing short of superb.

You're right Kanye will never be considered a great rapper just from his lyrical ability alone...but when you factor in the whole package he's certainly the most artistic Rapper I've ever heard. And I like the ratio they have with Jay rapping a bit more then Kanye, since they both want to be at their best and in their element.

 

Also I love the chemistry these two have. Neither wants to back down so they make it really hard on the listener to decide who had the better verse. This is a classic...It's been a very long time since Hip Hop had two of it's top dogs record an album together...the last time I can even think of something like this happening (outside of any super-groups and whatnot) was when Talib and Mos Def joined up for those BlackStar albums