Watch The Throne definitely has people talking (and arguing) about rap music more than any record in recent memory. When Questlove gave his official unofficial review of other people’s WTT reviews, he described the two basic camps that a major milestone album (and love it or hate it, it does appear to be that) almost instantly creates: “the FIRST CAT” (I definitely fall into this category, btw) and “the FOH cat.”
About the same time we were tweeting out the Questo non-review, OKP favorite (y’all know we are Wu-Stan Clan round here) “Ghostface Killa” sounded a blast on his bloghorn and claimed the crown for ultimate FOH cat. It was a mixed review, let’s be clear, but you could fairly easily glaze-eye right past the line or two where he gives Kanye, Jay-Z and even his former “clan-mate” the RZA grudging props, considering the sheer volume (and originality) of FOHs–including backhanded FOHs wherein innocent bystanders are used as ill metaphors for how soft his least favorite tracks are, ie “This shit is like Shia LeBeouf in song form, yo…” (“Lift Off”) or “Sade jus holla’d on twitter to say this shit is soft as fuck namsayin…Drake said he gon soak in his lotion pool to this shit rite here for like a week son. I think Wiz Khagina is scissorin wit Amber Rose to this shit rite now as we speak yo.”
Anybody who read my review/preview can pretty easily determine that I disagree with “Big Ghost” on almost every point but there is no denying that his review is in itself a true work of art on par with any album.We won’t reproduce the entire thing but here are a few of our favorite critical gems (after the jump). In a related story:
Update: Fake Ghostface Killah Blog Shut Down by Wu-Tang
2. Lift Off (ft. Beyonce) – I almost ain’t wanna even comment on this shit son…. I dont even kno what to say bout it yo. This shit sounds like the anthem the fairies in Ferngully would use to go to war against evil humans to or some shit b. This shit is like Shia LeBeouf in song form yo. Lissenin to this shit is like havin ya ears penetrated by a million microscopic dicks namsayin. Shit sounds like niggas doin aerobics on a magical cloud of daisies. How many meadows did Kanye cartwheel across before he decided to make this beat? Seriously yo…. Jus how many lily pads did the nigga skip across the pond on before he got inspired to make some shit like this? Definitely one a the worst songs Jay ever been involved in…thats includin those lame joints off Vol 3 wit Amil n Mariah or the worst songs off Kingdom Come….EVEN the Timbo joints off Blueprint 3. Like this joint is SOFT son. Guess thats why Jay only spit like 5 n a half bars on it. Its like the song Yung Berg would play before he goes n commits his latest string of L’s. Shit is jus terrible son…especially since it took like 6 niggas to produce this muthafucka.
4. Otis (ft. Otis Redding) – First off they need to not be actin like Otis Redding is a “featured” artist on this shit. Since when do niggas sample a dude n then call that shit a feature. Son aint even been alive for like 40 years b. Otis Redding is my dude tho…so dont get that shit twisted son. That bein said…this shit still goes nahmean. Folks been divided on this joint for a minute…but that aint stop the dozen hasbeen ass niggas who hopped on this shit from strugglin the fuck out on it (Im lookin at you DMX).
11. Made In America (ft. Frank Ocean) – First of all son….Lionel Richie called from 1986 n said he wants his song back yo. Word. Sade jus holla’d on twitter to say this shit is soft as fuck namsayin. I think Elton John wants to conceive babies to this joint b. Drake said he gon soak in his lotion pool to this shit rite here for like a week son. I think Wiz Khagina is scissorin wit Amber Rose to this shit rite now as we speak yo. I heard this shit gon be used for the next Gwyneth Paltrow movie too. I dont kno how the same nigga that did Who Gon Stop Me had anything to do wit this shit but apparently he did nahmean. This shit sounds like two niggas hang glidin over the ocean together at sunset holdin hands son. I think this is bout to be on Yung Berg’s yoga playlist. I cant fuck wit this shit at all b. This shit is like audio lesbian comin out my speakers son.XX
why don’t you post his whole review like you did for ?uesto? who’s hating now? some objective journalism yo.
um “Ghostface” (not really Ghostface) wrote that review on his blog, which we linked to. Questlove wrote his piece exclusively for Okayplayer, which he founded. see the difference? Also music journalism is not supposed to be “objective journalism” the same way Fox News is supposed to be (but isn’t). Actually it’s supposed to be subjective journalism…
funny shit right there. “this shit is like havin ya ears penetrated by a million microscopic dicks namsayin”
Just a heads up…this is probably a FAKE blog. That guy “big ghostface” was a dude that would write extremely funny comments on 2dopeboyz posing as Ghostface…I think this is his blog, so this probably isn’t the real ghostface
Although it’s fake/funny it’s true… WTT is lukewarm at best it just doesn’t deliver… Still my current favorite new album is Pl3dge 3 by Killer Mike….
i’m confused soo this isn’t the real ghostface? wtf is this dude doin’ then? this is hilarious if it was the real tony starks but the fact that it’s a fake makes it wack as shit
im not gonna lie i thought it was Ghost when i read it. When Shamz told me, it was like i found out Santa Claus wasn’t real…
The blog was never shut down, only his old twitter account. Both are still active ~ http://bigghostnahmean.blogspot.com/
I highly recommend you read some of the older blog entries. I spent about 3 hours on there when I found the site lol.
he said ‘build-a-bear workshop’
Oh, he really doesn’t take his foot off that boy’s neck.
WTT is really not that impressive to me. I agree with Big Ghost on a lot of his points. “Lift Off” is just garbage!! I skipped right over that joint after the first 5 secs of hearing it. But i Guess they HAD to get Beoyonce on it..sad.
Some of the joints is cool though, no doubt, but they didn;t go as hard as I thought they would. the video to Otis is crazy, shout to Spike, but to put Otis as a feature is fucking stupid. Kanye what were you thinking, how’s that even work?
It was really Otis Redding feat. Jay & kanye
Hey mane, WTT is an instant classic, what are y’all bammers not hearing. It’s got range, futuristic production that doesn’t sound tinny or cartoonish (I’m looking at y’all Missy and Timbo). Songs with bridges, songs that break the RADIO 3:30 RULE. Song extensions, changes to second tracks. It has introspection, bragadoccio, skillfull wordplay. Otis goes King Kong Shit! No guest Emcees! Who does that these days? And guess what, It doesn’t sound like anything else out there. Who has the balls to do that. I mean I can’t tell the diffenrence between Ocean’s Novacaine and any Drake song. Drake sings, Weezy sings, WTF? Ya’ll are too brainwashed to understand something epic and profound when you hear it! They just brought skillls and substance back. maybe its too deep. bammers gotta step their game up after this. Y’all foolswill still be boppin your heads to the carter X and Sounds from Drakes Calgon take me away croonin. Grow some Nads and forulate an individual opinion. bammers are too scared to do or say anything FIrst. Even you Questo!
You have no idea what you’re talking about. Pushing the envelope is about doing something naturally. He’s breaking all the rules intentionally. So who gives a fuck that he’s doing it. Otis never goes anywhere, the lyricism is terrible so you just get bored. And you use examples like Drake! Who’s even comparing Drake to this, oh yeah you. Nobody ever said Drake was doing anything to push the envelope. He’s pop radio bullshit. You want to listen to something that is really pushing this rap game. Check this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFmZ6WDkuj0&feature=player_embedded. You probably won’t get it though
Have to love Ghost!!!