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12Gotta Have It
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
James Brown samples and minimalist funk support a rapid exchange of boasts, racial tensions and competing routes to wealth.
Lift Off
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
Beyoncé’s soaring hook and expansive pop production turn the duo’s improbable success into an exuberant, skyward celebration.
Made in America
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
Stories of mothers, mentors and personal ascent turn the American dream into a grateful but complicated account of achievement.
Murder to Excellence
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
A two-part structure moves from mourning violence in Black communities to celebrating achievement and demanding wider access to success.
New Day
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
Both rappers address imagined sons, confronting their own mistakes and absent parents while promising a different kind of upbringing.
Niggas in Paris
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
Luxury partying doubles as a self-conscious account of Black success, while comic film samples puncture the duo’s extravagant swagger.