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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.
No Church in the Wild
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
An ominous guitar loop and Frank Ocean’s questions frame power, wealth and desire as worlds with uncertain moral rules.
Otis
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
Chopped Otis Redding vocals power playful back-and-forth rapping, connecting the duo’s luxury boasts to their shared love of soul-based hip-hop.
That's My Bitch
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
Possessive romantic boasting sits beside questions about racial beauty standards, with Elly Jackson’s hook adding a counterpoint of independence.
Welcome to the Jungle
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
Jay-Z’s reflections on gang culture place the streets’ dangers beside the album’s privileged world, complicating its celebrations of escape.
Who Gon Stop Me
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
An aggressive dubstep drop pushes the duo’s collaboration toward electronic dance music, making this one of the album’s sharpest sonic turns.
Why I Love You
Watch the Throne · Ye & JAY-Z · 2011 (release year; edition unverified)
Jay-Z confronts betrayal by former friends while Kanye reinforces him, ending the album with wounded loyalty rather than uncomplicated triumph.