Instead of kaleidoscopic wizardry and flashy, Aziz Ansari-approved sports cars, the bleakly shot, Romain Gavras-directed video focuses on a violent yet somehow vaguely boring uprising in the streets of Prague. Dissatisfied youth, aggressive police, burning cars — you get the idea. While watching it, I was secretly wishing that one of the rioters would take off his bandana and reveal himself to be Jay or ‘Ye, ready to spice things up a bit. Alas, prayers fell on deaf ears, and five minutes later, the video ends with… more rioting. I’m not saying we have to see famous people in every music video, but when a project is basically built on megastar wattage like the Throne is, it wouldn’t hurt. Check the method.
A video trailer that is titled after Kanye West and Jay-Z’s “Watch the Throne” track “Made in America” hits the web. The teaser features black-and-white footage showing a large number of people throwing their hands in the air at a live concert.
Amex has recently unveiled previously unseen footage of Jay Z performing his Black Album cut “Public Service Announcement (Interlude)” during his gig at Carnegie Hall back in February. This further serves to whet apetites for his upcoming interactive concert at next weeks SXSW and, of course, for the UK based readers his ever approaching Watch The Throne tour. It has also recently been announced that the superstar will be headlining BBC Radio 1′s Hackney weekend. Excited is an understatement.
The Watch The Throne album has been on a media rampage since it’s release, and with the nationwide tour now underway, things for Kanye and Jay-Z are looking amazing. However, there are a few more things that look even more amazing. The other night, I saw a collection of illustrations that were based off the ‘Watch The Throne’ playlist (unfortunately I couldn’t get any information on the actual illustrator, but if you know who he/she is, please let me know). Each song has its own unique illustration that depicts the title of the song. I’ll start you with a hint… the first picture is for ‘Otis’. Lets see how well the ‘WTT’ fans can pick out the rest of the pictures.
The production company Voyr teamed up with Kanye West to give the world an interesting view of things behind the curtain of the Watch The Throne Tour. I personally can’t get enough of Kanye West and his strong minded confidence (that most would consider being pure arrogance). But the man believes in himself so much that he has the ability to make his dreams a reality faster than even those around him though possible. Check out what he has to say in the behind the scenes look below.
Recently, Jay-Z and Kanye West rocked the world’s most famous arena during a pair of New York performances for their much-anticipated Watch the Throne Tour. With that, we now get a detailed look at the designer T-shirt they have been donning on stage. Riccardo Tisci was in charge of the intricate art detailing of the actual album, so in appropriate fashion, both emcees have been sporting coinciding Givenchy Watch the Throne shirts. The tees not only feature unique designs from Tisci, which highlight the project, but also welcome each artist’s initials on the sleeve.
The ‘Watch The Throne’ tour officially kicked off recently in no place other that Atlanta Georgia. I managed to grab some amateur footage of the incredible show from a couple friends. Check the method below, and if there was any doubt in your mind about going to this show, I hope these video’s may change your mind.
Hov and Kanye West have been working quite hard on their newest release ‘Watch The Throne’, but after the project was complete, Jay decided to have a little fun, and break the record for most bottles popped in a night in Miami. Check the footage from his epic party below.
