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Watch The Throne is a collaborative studio album by rappers JAY-Z & Kanye West. It produced seven singles: H*A*M, Otis, Why I Love You, No Church in the Wild, Lift Off, Gotta Have It, and the album's top single N**gas in Paris. The album was released on August 8, 2011, spawned a tour which became the highest grossing hip hop concert tour in history, and has since reached Platinum status by the RIAA. The album also got JAY-Z and West nominated for seven Grammy nominations including "Best Rap Album" which was won by West's fifth studio album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" but won in some categories like "Best Rap Performance" for "Otis".

Track Listing[]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1 No Church in the Wild (feat. Frank Ocean & The-Dream) 88-Keys, Charles Njapa, Christopher Breaux, Gray Wright, Shawn Carter, James Brown, Joseph Maloy Roach, Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, Phil Manzanera, Terius Nash Om'Mas Keith, MIKE DEAN, 88-Keys, Kanye West 4:33
2 Lift Off (feat. Beyoncé) Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, Pharrell Williams, Seal, Shawn Carter Pharrell Williams, Don Jazzy, Q-Tip, MIKE DEAN, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West 4:26
3 Ni***s in Paris Chauncey Hollis, Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, Reverend W.A. Donaldson, Shawn Carter Anthony Kilhoffer, Hit-Boy, MIKE DEAN, Kanye West 3:39
4 Otis (feat. Otis Redding) Harry M. Woods, James Brown, Jimmy Campbell, Joseph Roach, Kanye West, Kirk Robinson, Reg Connelly, Roy C. Hammond, Shawn Carter Kanye West 2:58
5 Gotta Have It Fred Wesley, Shawn Carter, James Brown, Joseph Roach, Kanye West, Pharrell WIlliams, Tony Pinckney The Neptunes, Kanye West 2:21
6 New Day Anthony Newley, Kanye West, Leslie Bricusse, MIKE DEAN, Robert Diggs, Shawn Carter Kanye West, RZA, MIKE DEAN 4:33
7 That's My Bitch Bobby Byrd, J, Lordan, Shawn Carter, James Brown, Jeff Bhasker, Justin Vernon, Kamaal Fareed, Kanye West, Ronald Lenhoff Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, Q-Tip 3:23
8 Welcome to the Jungle Shawn Carter, Kanye West, Kasseem Dean, MIKE DEAN Swizz Beatz 2:54
9 Who Gon Stop Me Joshua Kierkegaard, Kanye West, Maurice Simmonds, MIKE DEAN, Shama Joseph, Shawn Carter Kanye West, SAK PASE 4:17
10 Murder to Excellence Bill Summers, Caiphus Semenya, Harvey Mason, Jr., Shawn Carter, JOEL ROSENBAUM, Kanye West, Kasseem Dean, Larry Griffin Jr., Mihaela Modorcea, Quincy Jones, Scott Mescudi S1, Swizz Beatz 5:01
11 Made in America (feat. Frank Ocean) Christopher Breaux, Shawn Carter, Kanye West, MIKE DEAN, Shama Joseph SAK PASE 4:52
12 Why I Love You (feat. Mr Hudson) Hubert Blanc-Francard, Shawn Carter, Kanye West, Mary Sawyer, MIKE DEAN, Philippe Cerboneschi, Tony Camilo MIKE DEAN, Kanye West 3:19

Deluxe Edition bonus tracks[]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
13 Illest Motherfucker Alive Shawn Carter, MIKE DEAN, Joshua Howard Lullen, Scott Mescudi, Kanye West Southside, MIKE DEAN, Kanye West 5:23
14 H·A·M Shawn Carter, Michael G, Dean, Lexus Arnel Lewis, Kanye West Kanye West, Lex Luger 4:36
15 Primetime Ernest Wilson, Shawn Carter, Kanye West, Lawrence Smith, Maureen Reid, Russell Simmons NO I.D. 3:19
16 The Joy (feat. Curtis Mayfield) Curtis Mayfield, Shawn Carter, John Cameron, John Zachary, Kanye West, Peter Phillips, Scott Mescudi Kanye West, Pete Rock 5:16

Notes[]

  • "That's My Bitch" features uncredited vocals from Elly Jackson & Justin Vernon
  • "Welcome to the Jungle" has uncredited vocals from Swizz Beatz
  • "Illest Motherfucker Alive" has uncredited vocals from Kid Cudi
  • "The Joy" has uncredited vocals from Pete Rock, Charlie Wilson & Kid Cudi (all three artists were credited in the GOOD Fridays release of the song)
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