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Jay-Z & Kanye West
Watch The Throne

Album US 2011 on Roc-A-Fella Records label
Hip-Hop/Rap (Pop Rap)

Standard jewel case with sticker on cover, clear tray & 12-page booklet. Track 1: Recorded at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Contains samples from the recording "Sunshine Help Me" as performed by Spooky Tooth. Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd. Written by Gary Wright, published by Blue Mountain Muisc Ltd o/b/o Catherine's Peak Music (BMI). Contains samples from the recording "K Scope" performed by Phil Manzanera, used courtesy of EMI Records Ltd. Written by Phil Manzanera, published by Universal Music-MGB Songs (ASCAP). Contains samples from the recording "Don't Tell A Lie About Me And I Won't Tell The Truth About You" as performed by James Brown. Courtesy of Polydor Records, under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Contains elements of "Don't Tell A Lie About Me And I Won't Tell The Truth About You" (J. Brown/J. Roach), Dynatone Publishing Co. (BMI) & Intersong-USA, Inc. (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI). Track 2: Recorded at Barford Estate, Sydney, AU. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Beyoncé appears courtesy of Parkwood/Columbia Records. Seal appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records. Track 3: Recorded at Le Meurice, Paris, France. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Use of audio from the motion picture entitled 'Blades Of Glory' used courtesy of Paramount Pictures. Contains samples from the Reverend W.A. Donaldson recording "Baptizing Scene". Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp. by arrangement with Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. Written by Reverend W. A. Donaldson, Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI). Track 4: Recorded at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Contains samples from the Otis Redding recording "Try A Little Tenderness". Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp. by arrangement with Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. Written by Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, published by EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP). Contains elements of "Top Billin'" (Kirk Robinson, Roy Hammond), BMG Gold Songs/Hot Buttermilk Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/BMG Platinum Songs/First Priority Music (BMI)/Tufamerica Inc. d/b/a Swing Beat Songs (BMI). Contains samples from the recording "Don't Tell A Lie About Me And I Won't Tell The Truth About You" as performed by James Brown. Courtesy of Polydor Records, under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Contains elements of "Don't Tell A Lie About Me And I Won't Tell The Truth About You" (J. Brown/J. Roach), Dynatone Publishing Co. (BMI) & Intersong-USA, Inc. (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI). Track 5: Recorded at Tribeca Grand Hotel, NYC and (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Kid Cudi appears courtesy of Universal Motown Records. Contains samples from the recording "Don't Tell A Lie About Me And I Won't Tell The Truth About You" as performed by James Brown. Courtesy of Polydor Records, under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Contains elements of "Don't Tell A Lie About Me And I Won't Tell The Truth About You" (J. Brown/J. Roach), Dynatone Publishing Co. (BMI) & Intersong-USA, Inc. (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI). Contains samples from the recording "My Thang" as performed by James Brown. Courtesy of Polydor Records, under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Contains elements of "My Thang" (J. Brown), Dynatone Publishing Co. (BMI) & Intersong-USA, Inc. (ASCAP). All rights on behalf of Dynatone Publishing Company (BMI) administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI). Contains samples from the recording "People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul" as performed by James Brown. Courtesy of Polydor Records, under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Contains elements of "People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul", written by F.J. Brown, F. Wesley and T. Pinckney, published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Music Inc./Donna Dijon Music Publications/Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI). Track 6: Recorded by Noah Goldstein at Le Meurice, Paris, France and Tribeca Grand, NYC and Ken Lewis and Brent Kolatalo at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New YorK. Contains samples from the recording "Feeling Good" as performed by Nina Simone and Hal Mooney. Courtesy of The Verve Music Group, under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, published by The Richmond Organization o/b/o Musical Comedy Productions (BMI). Track 7: Recorded by Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean and Anthony Kilhoffer at Avex Recording Studio, Honolulu, HI and Noah Goldstein at Electric Lady, NYC. Assisted at Avex Recording by Gaylord Holomalia and Christian Mochizuki. Mixed at MSR Studios, NYC. Justin Vernon appears courtesy of Jagjaguwar Records. Contains samples from the recording "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" as performed by James Brown. Courtesy of Universal Records, under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Written by J. Brown, B. Byrd, R. Lenhoff, published by Crited Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights administered by Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI). Contains samples from recording "Apache" as performed by Incredible Bongo Band, used courtesy of Mr. Bongo Worldwide Ltd. Written by Jeremiah Lordan and published by Regent Music Corp. (BMI). Track 8: Recorded by Noah Goldstein at Tribeca Grand Hotel, NYC and (The Mercer) Hotel, New York and Ken Lewis and Brent Kolatalo at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Track 9: Recorded at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Contains samples from "I Can't Stop" performed by Flux Pavilion, used courtesy of Circus Records. Written by Joshua Kierkegaard and published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. (PRS). Track 10: Recorded at Real World Studios, Wiltshire, UK. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Kid Cudi appears courtesy of Universal Motown Recordings. Contains portions of "Celie Shaves Mr./Scarification", written by Quincy Jones, Harvey Mason Jr., Joel Rosenbaum., Caiphus Semenya and Bill Summers, published by Universal Music Corp. o/b/o Warner Olive Music LLC (ASCAP)/Songs of Universal, Inc. o/b/o Warner-Barham Music LLC (BMI). "Celie Shaves Mr./Scarification" used courtesy of Warner Bros. Contains samples from "La La La", written and performed by Mihaela and Gabriela Modorcea aka Indiggo Twins, ambassadors of the great Romanian tradition. Used courtesy of Imagem Sounds (ASCAP). Track 11: Recorded at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Track 12: Recorded at Real World Studios, Wiltshire, UK and Barford Estate, Sydney, AU. Mixed at (The Mercer) Hotel, New York. Contains samples from "I Love You So", performed by Cassius, used courtesy of Because Music. Written by Philippe Cerboneschi, Hubert Blanc-Francard, Tony Camillo and Mary Sawyer, published by EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI)/Kama Sutra Music, Inc. (BMI)/Because Editions o/b/o itself, Headbangers Publishing, Motor Bass and Love Supreme. Tracks produced by 88-Keys for Keys Open Doors, LLC Tracks (co-)produced by Kanye West for Very Good Beats/Hip Hop since 1978 Tracks produced, mixed and recorded by Mike Dean for Dean's List Productions. Tracks programmed by Hit-Boy for Very Good Beats. Tracks produced by Hit-Boy for Hit-Boy Music, Inc./Very Good Beats. Tracks produced by Swizz Beatz for Swizz Beatz Productions. Tracks produced by S1 for Soul Kontrollaz Productions/Very Good Beats. ®© 2011 Roc-A-Fela Records, LLC Shawn Carter. Made in the EU.

     
Musicians
PortraitJay-Z voc, *1969
album by
PortraitKanye West voc, *1977 US
album by, written by
PortraitTerese Joseph ,
administrator, a&r administration
PortraitGee Roberson ,
executive-producer, for hip hop since 1978
PortraitKyambo Joshua , US
executive-producer, for hip hop since 1978
Jennifer Justice
legal, legal counsel for jay z
S. Carter Enterprises
legal, legal counsel for jay z
PortraitDon Passman ,
legal, legal counsel for kanye west
Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc.
legal, legal counsel for kanye west
PortraitEric Weissman ,
legal, sample clearances
PortraitEric Weissman Music Licensing, Inc. ,
legal, sample clearances
PortraitAntoinette Trotman ,
management, business affairs
PortraitIan Allen ,
management, business affairs
PortraitMichael Seltzer ,
management, business affairs
PortraitRandy McMillan ,
management, business affairs
PortraitRoc Nation ,
management, for jay z
PortraitHip Hop Since 1978 ,
management, for kanye west
PortraitJohn Meneilly ,
management, for roc nation
PortraitFrank Ocean key, *1987 US
featuring, written by
PortraitKen Lewis , US
instruments, instruments, additional
PortraitJames Brown voc, 1933-2006 US
performer, don't tell a lie about me and i won't tell the truth about you, written by, written by, don't tell a lie about me and i won't tell the truth about you, performer, my thang, performer, people get up and drive your funky soul, written by, my thang, written by, people get up and drive your funky soul, performer, get up, get into it, get involved, written by, get up, get into it, get involved
PortraitPhil Manzanera g, *1951 GB
written by, k scope, performer, k scope
PortraitSpooky Tooth , *1967 GB
performer, sunshine help me
PortraitThe-Dream voc, *1981 US
vocals, additional, written by
PortraitJ. Maloy Roach , US
written by, don't tell a lie about me and i won't tell the truth about you
PortraitGary Wright voc, *1943 US
written by, sunshine help me
PortraitPawel Sek ,
engineer, orchestral
PortraitBeyoncé voc, *1981 US
featuring
PortraitAnthony Kilhoffer ,
programmed by, additional programming
PortraitHit-Boy ,
programmed by, additional programming
PortraitLMFAO , 2006-2012 US
programmed by, additional programming
PortraitBankulli ,
vocals, additional
PortraitDon Jazzy voc, *1982 NG
vocals, additional
PortraitMr Hudson voc, g, p, *1979 GB
vocals, additional, featuring
PortraitRicardo Lewis ,
vocals, additional
PortraitSeal g, b, *1963 GB
vocals, additional, written by
PortraitReverend W.A. Donaldson ,
written by, baptizing scene, performer, baptizing scene
PortraitOtis Redding voc, 1941-1967 US
featuring, performer, try a little tenderness
PortraitKirk Robinson , US
written by, top billin'
PortraitRoy Hammond ,
written by, top billin'
PortraitHarry Woods ,
written by, try a little tenderness
PortraitJames Campbell dr, GB
written by, try a little tenderness
PortraitReginald Connelly , 1895-1963 GB
written by, try a little tenderness
PortraitKid Cudi g, b, *1984 US
vocals, additional
PortraitFred Wesley tb, *1943 US
written by, people get up and drive your funky soul
PortraitSt-Clair Pinckney ts, sax, 1930-1999 US
written by, people get up and drive your funky soul
PortraitHal Mooney , 1911-1995 US
performer, feeling good
PortraitNina Simone voc, p, 1933-2003 US
performer, feeling good
PortraitAnthony Newley voc, 1931-1999 GB
written by, feeling good
PortraitLeslie Bricusse p, voc, *1931 GB
written by, feeling good
PortraitThe Incredible Bongo Band , *1972 US
performer, apache
PortraitConnie Mitchell voc, *1977 AU
vocals, additional
PortraitElly Jackson voc, perc, *1988 GB
vocals, additional
PortraitJustin Vernon syn, *1981 US
vocals, additional, written by
PortraitJerry Lordan voc, 1934-1995 GB
written by, apache
PortraitBobby Byrd voc, bvoc, 1934-2007 US
written by, get up, get into it, get involved
PortraitRon Lenhoff , US
written by, get up, get into it, get involved
PortraitMike Dean b, g,
keyboards, keys, written by, arranged by, cello
PortraitAcapella Soul ,
vocals, additional
PortraitSwizz Beatz voc, bvoc, *1978 US
vocals, additional, producer, murder
PortraitFlux Pavilion dr, *1989 GB
performer, i can't stop
PortraitJoshua Kierkegaard ,
written by, i can't stop
PortraitCaleb voc, key,
keyboards, additional keys
PortraitSymbolyc One , *1976 US
producer, excellence
PortraitBill Summers perc, *1948 US
written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
PortraitCaiphus Semenya voc, as, *1941 ZA
written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
PortraitHarvey Mason dr, *1947 US
written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
PortraitJoel Rosenbaum ,
written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
PortraitQuincy Jones voc, tr, *1933 US
written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
PortraitGabriela Modorcea ,
performer, la la la, written by, la la la
PortraitIndiggo , US
performer, la la la, written by, la la la
PortraitMihaela Modorcea ,
performer, la la la, written by, la la la
PortraitLaura Escude ,
violin
PortraitChris Chorney ,
cello
PortraitCassius , FR
performer, i love you so
PortraitHubert Blanc-Francard , FR
written by, i love you so
PortraitMary Sawyer ,
written by, i love you so
PortraitPhilippe Cerboneschi b,
written by, i love you so
PortraitTony Camillo , US
written by, i love you so
Producers
Abou "Bu" Thiam a&r
Don Crawley a&r
Lenny Santiago a&r
Virgil Abloh art direction
Riccardo Tisci artwork, creative director
Joe Zeff Design artwork, cover artwork rendering
Carol Corless artwork, package production
Alex Haldi artwork, packaging artwork production
Kristen Yiengst artwork, packaging artwork production
Scott Townsend artwork, packaging artwork production
Todd Russell artwork, packaging artwork production
Kanye West executive-producer, co-producer
Shawn Carter executive-producer
Mike Dean mastered by, mixed by, producer, recorded by, mixed by, producer, additional production
88-Keys producer
Brent Kolatalo recorded by
Ken Lewis recorded by, producer, additional production
Noah Goldstein recorded by, mixed by
Pat Thrall recorded by, additional
Anthony Kilhoffer mixed by, producer, additional production, recorded by, co-producer
LMFAO mixed by
Vincent "DJ Magnum" Biessy other, additional creative input
Jeff Bhasker producer, co-producer
Don Jazzy producer, additional production
Q-Tip producer, additional production, mixed by
Hit-Boy producer
The Neptunes producer
RZA producer
Chris Soper engineer, assistant mixing
Blair Wells mixed by
Andrew Dawson recorded by
Christian Mochizuki recorded by, assisted by
Gaylord Holomalia recorded by, assisted by
Swizz Beatz producer
Shama Joseph producer
Mat Arnold recorded by, assisted by
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1No Church In The WildJay-Z & Kanye WestPhil Manzanera, Charles M. Njapa, Frank Ocean, Gary Wright, J. Maloy Roach, James Brown, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Phil Manzanera, Shawn Carter, The-Dream, J. Maloy Roach, James Brown, Gary Wright4:33
2Lift OffJay-Z & Kanye WestBruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Seal, Shawn Carter4:26
3Ni**as In ParisJay-Z & Kanye WestReverend W.A. Donaldson, Chauncey Hollis, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Reverend W.A. Donaldson, Shawn Carter3:39
4OtisJay-Z & Kanye WestHarry Woods, J. Maloy Roach, James Brown, James Campbell, Kanye West, Kirk Robinson, Reginald Connelly, Roy Hammond, Shawn Carter, J. Maloy Roach, James Brown, Kirk Robinson, Roy Hammond, Harry Woods, James Campbell, Reginald Connelly2:58
5Gotta Have ItJay-Z & Kanye WestFred Wesley, J. Maloy Roach, James Brown, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Shawn Carter, St-Clair Pinckney, J. Maloy Roach, James Brown, James Brown, Fred Wesley, James Brown, St-Clair Pinckney2:21
6New DayJay-Z & Kanye WestAnthony Newley, Kanye West, Leslie Bricusse, Mike Dean, Robert Diggs, Shawn Carter, Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse4:33
7That's My B**chJay-Z & Kanye WestBobby Byrd, James Brown, Jeff Bhasker, Jerry Lordan, Justin Vernon, Kamaal Fareed, Kanye West, Ron Lenhoff, Shawn Carter, Jerry Lordan, Bobby Byrd, James Brown, Ron Lenhoff3:23
8Welcome To The JungleJay-Z & Kanye WestKanye West, Kaseem Dean, Mike Dean, Shawn Carter2:54
9Who Gon Stop MeJay-Z & Kanye WestJoshua Kierkegaard, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Shama Joseph, Shawn Carter, Joshua Kierkegaard4:17
10Murder To ExcellenceJay-Z & Kanye WestBill Summers, Caiphus Semenya, Gabriela Modorcea, Harvey Mason, Joel Rosenbaum, Kanye West, Kaseem Dean, Larry Griffin, Mihaela Modorcea, Quincy Jones, Scott Mescudi, Shawn Carter, Bill Summers, Caiphus Semenya, Harvey Mason, Joel Rosenbaum, Quincy Jones, Gabriela Modorcea, Indiggo, Mihaela Modorcea5:01
11Made In AmericaJay-Z & Kanye WestFrank Ocean, Kanye West, Mike Dean, Shama Joseph, Shawn Carter4:52
12Why I Love YouJay-Z & Kanye WestHubert Blanc-Francard, Kanye West, Mary Sawyer, Mike Dean, Philippe Cerboneschi, Shawn Carter, Tony Camillo, Hubert Blanc-Francard, Mary Sawyer, Philippe Cerboneschi, Tony Camillo3:21
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