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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

	Jay-Z voc, *1969 album by
	Kanye West voc, *1977 US album by, written by
	Terese Joseph , administrator, a&r administration
	Gee Roberson , executive-producer, for hip hop since 1978
	Kyambo 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
	Don Passman , legal, legal counsel for kanye west
	Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. legal, legal counsel for kanye west
	Eric Weissman , legal, sample clearances
	Eric Weissman Music Licensing, Inc. , legal, sample clearances
	Antoinette Trotman , management, business affairs
	Ian Allen , management, business affairs
	Michael Seltzer , management, business affairs
	Randy McMillan , management, business affairs
	Roc Nation , management, for jay z
	Hip Hop Since 1978 , management, for kanye west
	John Meneilly , management, for roc nation
	Frank Ocean key, *1987 US featuring, written by
	Ken Lewis , US instruments, instruments, additional
	James 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
	Phil Manzanera g, *1951 GB written by, k scope, performer, k scope
	Spooky Tooth , *1967 GB performer, sunshine help me
	The-Dream voc, *1981 US vocals, additional, written by
	J. Maloy Roach , US written by, don't tell a lie about me and i won't tell the truth about you
	Gary Wright voc, *1943 US written by, sunshine help me
	Pawel Sek , engineer, orchestral
	Beyoncé voc, *1981 US featuring
	Anthony Kilhoffer , programmed by, additional programming
	Hit-Boy , programmed by, additional programming
	LMFAO , 2006-2012 US programmed by, additional programming
	Bankulli , vocals, additional
	Don Jazzy voc, *1982 NG vocals, additional
	Mr Hudson voc, g, p, *1979 GB vocals, additional, featuring
	Ricardo Lewis , vocals, additional
	Seal g, b, *1963 GB vocals, additional, written by
	Reverend W.A. Donaldson , written by, baptizing scene, performer, baptizing scene
	Otis Redding voc, 1941-1967 US featuring, performer, try a little tenderness
	Kirk Robinson , US written by, top billin'
	Roy Hammond , written by, top billin'
	Harry Woods , written by, try a little tenderness
	James Campbell dr, GB written by, try a little tenderness
	Reginald Connelly , 1895-1963 GB written by, try a little tenderness
	Kid Cudi g, b, *1984 US vocals, additional
	Fred Wesley tb, *1943 US written by, people get up and drive your funky soul
	St-Clair Pinckney ts, sax, 1930-1999 US written by, people get up and drive your funky soul
	Hal Mooney , 1911-1995 US performer, feeling good
	Nina Simone voc, p, 1933-2003 US performer, feeling good
	Anthony Newley voc, 1931-1999 GB written by, feeling good
	Leslie Bricusse p, voc, *1931 GB written by, feeling good
	The Incredible Bongo Band , *1972 US performer, apache
	Connie Mitchell voc, *1977 AU vocals, additional
	Elly Jackson voc, perc, *1988 GB vocals, additional
	Justin Vernon syn, *1981 US vocals, additional, written by
	Jerry Lordan voc, 1934-1995 GB written by, apache
	Bobby Byrd voc, bvoc, 1934-2007 US written by, get up, get into it, get involved
	Ron Lenhoff , US written by, get up, get into it, get involved
	Mike Dean b, g, keyboards, keys, written by, arranged by, cello
	Acapella Soul , vocals, additional
	Swizz Beatz voc, bvoc, *1978 US vocals, additional, producer, murder
	Flux Pavilion dr, *1989 GB performer, i can't stop
	Joshua Kierkegaard , written by, i can't stop
	Caleb voc, key, keyboards, additional keys
	Symbolyc One , *1976 US producer, excellence
	Bill Summers perc, *1948 US written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
	Caiphus Semenya voc, as, *1941 ZA written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
	Harvey Mason dr, *1947 US written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
	Joel Rosenbaum , written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
	Quincy Jones voc, tr, *1933 US written by, celie shaves mr./scarification
	Gabriela Modorcea , performer, la la la, written by, la la la
	Indiggo , US performer, la la la, written by, la la la
	Mihaela Modorcea , performer, la la la, written by, la la la
	Laura Escude , violin
	Chris Chorney , cello
	Cassius , FR performer, i love you so
	Hubert Blanc-Francard , FR written by, i love you so
	Mary Sawyer , written by, i love you so
	Philippe Cerboneschi b, written by, i love you so
	Tony Camillo , US written by, i love you so

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