Watch The Throne (studio album)
by Jay-Z & Kanye West

Watch The Throne by Jay-Z & Kanye West
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-08-08
Overall rank: 1,211th   
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 438 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (23rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (181st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,211th)

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Overall rank: 1,211th | 2010s rank: 181st | 2011 rank: 23rd

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 438 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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70/100
From 12/27/2019 11:55 | #245972
One thing I noticed listening this again is how much energy it has. You can feel they were really pumped up making this; that they really enjoyed working together, and basically just ego tripping. I love it.
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80/100
From 05/23/2018 01:45 | #215453
Didn't reach the expectations, but overall an extremely good hip hop album.
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85/100
From 05/13/2018 07:52 | #214716
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From 03/29/2018 12:45 | #211908
I overlooked this when it first came out, but this is actually pretty song.
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95/100
From 01/26/2017 01:16 | #184304
A pretty good collaboration album by Jay-Z and Kanye West. I believe that Kanye brings out the best of Jay-Z in this album.

Favorite Track: Niggas in Paris
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From 11/07/2016 16:30 | #178067
Huge and refreshingly unpretentious compared to Kanye's "Yeezus", for example (not that I don't like that album). A crowd-pleaser with interesting production, resulting in some full-on bangers, and a mixture of diverse lyricism. It's not a brilliant album, but I couldn't name a single bad track - which says something about the high quality of the finished product.
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5/100
From 02/15/2016 22:05 | #159837
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75/100
From 10/04/2015 07:37 | #150924
Not that great overall, finishes strong though.
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From 03/18/2015 17:12 | #137226
Although certainly not the crowning achievement of either's career, Throne turned out to be a solid album with some great tracks
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60/100
From 01/14/2015 04:21 | #131510
It's a decent album, but it's carried entirely by the two personalities behind the microphone. The production is a little scattershot and pales in comparison to anything West did on MBDTF. When they're rapping about world issues there are some good lines, but when they're rapping about fame and needing eight arms to hold all their watches or whatever I just get bored. Even the guest spots are better than the actual musical content. So yeah, fun collaboration but a little disappointing when placed next to the other stuff they've done.
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