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The Throne - Gotta Have It
Artist: The Throne
Featuring: Jay-Z , Kanye West
Producer: The Neptunes, Kanye West
Album: Watch The Throne
Label: Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
“What you need, what-what you need, I got what you need.”—assuming that “what you need” is a new record from The Throne. Today, Jay-Z and Kanye West return to our pages with yet another soon-to-be-hit single off their Grammy-nominated collaborative debut—the sixth in total. Gotta Have It finds Pharrell Williams playing samples from three of soul godfather James Brown’s classics (Don’t Tell a Lie About Me and I Won’t Tell the Truth About You, People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul and My Thang) against a snippet from the soundtrack to ‘98 action movie The Replacement Killers as the rap heavyweights show off their effortlessly fly chemistry. Among many memorable moments, the record sees Hov drop his poker face to deliver some of the most hilarious (yet intimidating) wordplay on the album: “What’s up motherf*cker where my money at? / You gon’ make me come down to your house where your mummy at / Mummy-wrap the kids, have ‘em cryin’ for they mummy back.” Gotta Have It is scheduled to impact radio tomorrow, January 31, and (for the two or three of y’all who still haven’t copped the set) Watch the Throne is available now wherever fine music is sold.
This song first appeared on the
Top Hip Hop / R&B Chart
on February 13, 2012
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11684 |
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 I liked this record upon first listen when the album dropped, but I really got hooked on it after seeing Jay and Ye perform it live on the WTT Tour this past fall. Great single choice, if you ask me.
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| Posted on Jan 31, 2012 |
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My personal favorite from the album, it has "what I need, what, what I need" to make it into the top 5 of my iPod most-played list.
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| Posted on Jan 31, 2012 |
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Going hard in the booth today. Happy Monday.
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| Posted on Jan 31, 2012 |
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one of my favs of all time. all time. but seriously so simple yet so soothing. love kanye
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One of my favorite joints off The Throne. This is a song I had to play over and over and over again when I first heard it and it still bumps in every way. Classic Material...5-stars!
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| Posted on Jan 31, 2012 |
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One of my favorite tracks on the album, this is solid.
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Best song on the album. Beat is great, Jay and Yeezy kick dope rhymes...nothing really else to say. classic
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| Posted on Jan 31, 2012 |
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I liked this song more than "N****s in Paris". That says it all. This and "No Church in the Wild" are my favorites. Just an amazing album.
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| Posted on Jan 31, 2012 |
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That's beautiful. Feelin' it.!!!!!!!!
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what an album!
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Solid Track. Not feeling the background vocals and heat references
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Easily the best track offthe whole album...
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simple... this is straight fire no more then that need be said
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another hit featurin' pharrell, kanye en Jay -z reminds me of no church in the wild, all great tracks!!!
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Beat was too sick, as well as kanye and jays verses
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My favorite song on the album!
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2012 |
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This was one of my favorite cuts off the album. Song's hella cray. Too bad the radio is gonna overplay the shyt outta it.
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2012 |
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Wait...is DJ Booth just another PR outlet for the major labels and artists that rely on the radio "hit cycle" to push their singles to mass audiences?
Most rap heads, and I would guess a majority of The Booth's audience, had this song on repeat...5 months ago. Old news, but I understand. Gotta play the game (legal issues, DMCA, etc.). Classic song off of what was probably the most classic album of the past year, nonetheless. |
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This is the best song on the album.
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| Posted on Feb 08, 2012 |
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So good
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Not as great as everyone is saying but an OK song
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| Posted on Feb 12, 2012 |
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I've heard better from these 2!
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| Posted on Feb 13, 2012 |
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wens no church in the wild gunna b a single?
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This has got to be the most irritating joint ever! Hate it! It does not have a single redeeming feature...next!
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