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The Throne - Why I Love You
Featuring: Jay-Z , Kanye West
Producer: Kanye West, Mike Dean & Anthony Kilhoffer
Album: Watch the Throne
Label: Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
Pumped-up, exhilarating and—of course—provocative, N*ggas in Paris won tremendous reader acclaim when it hit the Booth on the 13th. Let’s not forget, however, that the same day as that juggernaut of a single dropped, The Throne also released Why I Love You—a moodier jam which just happens to be one of my favorite tracks off the album. Kanye West stays behind the boards for the most part, hooking up with Mike Dean and Anthony Kilhoffer to flip a sample from French house duo Cassius’ I Love You So (itself sampled from Sandra Richardson’s I Feel a Song (In My Heart)) into a fittingly caustic synth backdrop for Jigga‘s chronicle of calumny and betrayal. In verses packed with impressionistic imagery, Hov’ shakes his head at former homies who took advantage of his benevolence: “I tried to teach n*ggas how to be kings, and all they wanted to be was soldiers.” UK pop heavyweight Mr. Hudson rounds out the lineup, overlaying his vocals in place of Richardson’s original hook. Will this joint become a smash when it hits mainstream radio Oct. 4? Debate away—and, if you’re one of the two or three individuals who have yet to cop, Watch the Throne, head to your local record store to learn what all the fuss is about.
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killer track, i enjoyed how kanye stepped back on this one and took it more from a producer stand point
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| Posted on Sep 20, 2011 |
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this was initially my favorite tracks def one of my favorites
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| Posted on Sep 20, 2011 |
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Great track that has Jay detailing his past with Rocafella. Ye did a great job with production complements the track well. Solid track that is a favorite of mine from the album.
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| Posted on Sep 20, 2011 |
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Unbelievably sick.
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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This is such an excellent finale for an amazing album. The way kanye and jay shortened their lines going back and forth in the final verse until they say the final word together was powerful and the perfect handling of who gets last say on the album
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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Mr.Hudson needs a hit single. Enough said. Been a fan of him since I heard 'Supernova'.
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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From the mini documentary that dropped pre-release, I was buggin out when I watched Jay spit. I was intrigued and wanted to know immediately what song it was. So when the verse from the video dropped, I had on my "rapper stank face". Because you can't help but visualize this guy buggin out. Kanye and Mike Dean killed production. Hov airs out some emotion about the Roc-a-Fella situation (so many of us assume, at least). Cop the album if you don't have it already!
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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Wasn't really feelin WTT, but this was one of the tracks I liked.
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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I don't know. Everybody's saying that this was one of their favorite songs off the album. But to me, this was one of my least favorite tracks. I really wasn't feeling the chorus or the production.
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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DJ Rohan whats up with u the chorus sets up the theme of the song just listen to the lyrics.
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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Great song. Nice production, cool hook, and Jay was great. Love the 3rd verse when Jay and Ye are trading lines back and forth. Should be a huge hit.
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| Posted on Sep 21, 2011 |
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1st time hearin it i dnt feel it, but dam its catchy after u start hearin it!! 4.5/5 ....round up to 5
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| Posted on Sep 24, 2011 |
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Persumably the best song on the album.
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| Posted on Sep 25, 2011 |
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WTT is quite an album and this is one of the songs that make it shine
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| Posted on Sep 25, 2011 |
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i think this is an average- to above average cut of WTT
no church should have been the lead single.. that song is fire kanye and frank ocean should do a collabo |
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