First Listen: Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne

08.08.11 Written by Gotty™

It’s official: Kanye & Jay defeated the pre-release album leak. But it’s Monday morning, the wait’s over and by now the majority of fans and onlookers have Watch The Throne in their possession. Already, everyone’s forming their opinions on what’s set to be one of the biggest releases of 2011, rating it from good to damn near enchanting. For those that haven’t listened but have it in their hearts to do so, check the stream below while you kill time in your cubicle. Then, we shall all gather and throw our two pennies into the comments section.

Remember, the regular and Deluxe versions are now available for purchase. Personally, I’m holding out to purchase a physical copy and saving bread for the tour tickets.

Update: As the worldwide listening session continues, we decided to bring the post back up to the top to hear more of what everyone’s reactions are so far. The fact that it makes our Monday way easier is a great by-product as well. The easy route? Why, yes it is. But let’s face the fact, nobody gives a sh*t about much else happening musically so we may as well stay right here and chat.

Previously: Did Kanye & Jay-Z Defeat The Watch The Throne Album Leak?

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Did Kanye & Jay-Z Defeat The Watch The Throne Album Leak?

08.07.11 Written by Raj

Jay-Z and Kanye West’s announcement that Watch The Throne would be to be distributed digitally first then physical copies sold exclusively by Best Buy was met by an overwhelmingly negative response, and for good reason. Read the rest of this entry »

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Compact Shrinkage: Best Buy To Cut CD Stock

09.20.10 Written by MZ

With album sales being the only thing consistently under performing in the stock market, it’s getting harder and harder for stores to justify stocking them. Once viewed as bait to lure unassuming shoppers in with their $9.99 price tags, big box shops like Best Buy, Target & Walmart have decided to try out a new lure. Read the rest of this entry »

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And You Thought Monopolies Were Illegal…

12.18.09 Written by TC

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About a week ago, I found myself driving around with some time to spare and figured it was as good as time as any to go and grab a few of the albums that dropped this year worthy of the monetary support. Problem is, I was centrally located…from the neighboring Best Buys in my area. Do I drive 15 miles north or hit the freeway for a 20 minute trip southeast? The thought of inadvertently paying a gas tariff just to buy a couple of CDs was rather taxing (pun intended) to say the least. Read the rest of this entry »

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11.4 The Cooler

11.04.09 Written by Gotty™

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Mmm, Mmm, Miema

New Owners Relaunch Vibe With Chris Brown Cover [Ad Age]

Game Snags Cuba Gooding Jr For ‘The R.E.D. Album’ [RGF]

Raf Simons Neoprene Leather Sneakers [Upscale Hype]

7 Signs You’re A Hip Hop Douchebag [Global Grind] Read the rest of this entry »

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8.31 The Cooler

08.31.09 Written by Gotty™

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Drinks on Desiree Michelle. Literally

Air Jordan Spiz’ike – Black/Stealth/Varsity Red Sample [Sneaker News]

Pistons Rookie Wins Twitter Bet Against Porn Star [SbB]

Man Starves Wife Until She Had Sex (It Was Legal) [NWSO]

Chad Ocho-Tweet-O Now Serving as NFL Reporter [Larry Brown Sports]

America’s 25 Douchiest Colleges [GQ]

50 Cent Cancels His Free Concert In His Old Queens Neighborhood [TLF]

Tim James: From College Hoops Star to Iraq [TBL]

11 Ultimate Hip-Hop Trios [Hold The Throne]

Deep HDTV Discounts From Best Buy This Week [Consumerist]

Kid from Kid N Play Now Sells Suits [Broken Cool]

Ask A Girl : Dating my Ex-Girlfriend’s Best Friend [Gunaxin]

Original Fake Fall/Winter 2009 Collection [High Snobiety]

’80s Drug Kingpin Now Pushing Hot Dogs (Chicago Tribune)

For The Free: Killer Mike’s Underground Atlanta Compilation [TSS]

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So, Who Else Didn’t Get Their 52″ HDTV For $9.99 From Best Buy?

08.12.09 Written by Gotty™

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Pics via Technologizer

The early bird gets the worm…almost.

At approximately 5:08 AM this morning, I received an email from my consig saying “GOTTTY!!!!! OPEN QUICK!! AND HAVE YA CREDIT CARD!!!!!!” Read the rest of this entry »

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Gamers Unite: PS3 or Xbox 360?

07.20.09 Written by David D.

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As you all know, I got got. At first, I was in shock over the iPod, camcorder and GPS. Then it hit me that I’d put my Xbox 360 in the trunk to take to UPS to sent back to Microsoft to replace my device that was suffering from the Red Ring of Death. Of course the tambourine tossers took it. Read the rest of this entry »

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4.28 The Cooler

04.28.09 Written by Gotty™

Titillating Tuesdays With Naomi Cruz

EW’s 50 Most Heartbreaking Songs of All Time [EW]

Austin City Limits Lineup Features Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Mos Def [News 8 Austin]

Best Buy Turning The Tables With Vinyl [NY Post]

10 Porn Stars Who Gave Their Bods to God [Coed]

Pontiac, R.I.P.: A Love Affair Gone Sour [Time]

Reclaiming Black Identity: Mainstream and Black Media Still Have Work to Do [Ad Age]

Top 10 Things Yankee Fans Don’t Want to Hear Right Now [On 25th]

Kindle to Take All the Fun Out Of Being Pretentious, Claims the Times [Vulture]

It’s Hard Out There For A Prostitute In The Recession [F-Listed]

Former Nets’ Rebounding Machine Jayson Williams Is Currently In A Padded Room [The Big Lead]

TSS Stickers

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4.18 The Cooler

04.18.09 Written by Gotty™

Freak Something Saturday With Decca

Cool Album Art and Packaging: Records, Cassettes, CDs Then Nothing [Gizmodo]

Three Athletes You Want On Your Side In A Fight [Our Kitchen Sink]

Best Buy Breaking Into Movie Downloads? [NYT]

All Day I Dream About Skateboarding [Dallas Penn]

Flesh-N-Bone Ordered To Stay In Jail [Contact Music]

Help Make Bol’s Weekend [Byron Crawford]

Chavez To Obama: ‘I Want To Be Your Friend’ [CNN]

Is Oprah The Beginning Of The End For Twitter? [MTV]

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3.21 The Cooler

03.21.09 Written by Gotty™

Freak Something Saturday With Katt A.

Four Oakland Police Officers Shot, In Critical Condition [Mercury News]

Omarion’s New Wife Is A Bi-Sexual Ex-Stripper? [The YBF]

The Cool Kids x Hot Topic T-Shirt [FSD]

Gummi Shot Glasses [Instructables]

Drunk Punch FAIL [Coed]

McDonald’s = Corporate Welfare [DP]

CNN Becomes the Huffington Post [Jossip]

YN Vs. Charles Hamilton [Rap Radar]

Nike Air Force 1 Low White Ice Hits NDC [KATC]

Best Buy Customer Gets Free, Hilariously-Titled Porno With Purchase of DVD Player [Gizmodo]

4 Ways For Kanye To Further Up His Street Cred [YFWB]

Soulja Boy The Crocodile Hunter [TRU]

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‘Shacking Up

01.12.09 Written by LC Weber

A recent article in satirical The Onion, titled “Even CEO Can’t Figure Out How RadioShack Still In Business,” described walking in to the store as “makes you feel vaguely depressed and alienated.” Basically. But with the way things are going with it’s competitors, and if the powers that be start making stores such as the above (and a little less like this)… a change might gon’ come for Le Shack. Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s Here….

10.19.08 Written by MZ

Sandisk just unveiled their Sansa slotMusic Player Wednesday morning which will be compatible with their slotMusic media cards. The slotMusic microSD cards are availible now and the players will be hitting the shelves within the next few days.

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Best Buy + Napster…

09.16.08 Written by MZ

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… Is the equivalent of a fourth quarter Hail Mary from the opposite endzone with one second left on the clock.

Best Buy is set to acquire online music distributor Napster, the one-time illegal P2P site, in an effort to compete keep up with the growing digital music industy. Read the rest of this entry »

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