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  Jay-Z & Kanye Drop Hot Otis Redding-Sampling Track

  July 21, 2011 – When Jay-Z and Kanye West unveiled the tracklisting for their collaborative album Watch the Throne, the most intriguing cut on the LP was a tune titled "Otis," featuring vocals from the late soul great Otis Redding. …
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  Kanye & Jay's LP Out August 1, Prince's Fest + More

  July 20, 2011 – Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaborative album, Watch the Throne, now has an official release date. The set will drop digitally on August 1 and hit stores on August 5. Pre-orders are available at watchthethrone.com. Purported album credits have also hit the web, which reveal LMFAO and Seal as guest vocalists. After wrapping his Welcome 2 America Tour, Prince is heading to Europe. …
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  Beyonce, Mr. Hudson on Jay-Z & Kanye Album

  July 13, 2011 – The tracklist for Kanye West and Jay-Z's collabo album Watch the Throne hit Hova's Life + Times website Wednesday and it's packed: Beyonce and Mr. Hudson each guest on one track, while Frank Ocean appears on two. The tracklist also boasts a song "featuring" the late soul king Otis Redding; and a deluxe edition of the album, which will arrive with four additional tunes, features a sample of Curtis Mayfield. …
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  Jay-Z Plots Next LP, Mastodon's Cover Art + More

  July 8, 2011 – Jay-Z has revealed he's already begun work on his next studio record and has laid down two tracks so far, including a collaboration with Odd Future's Frank Ocean. "I know exactly the tone and the whole feel of the [next] album," he said. "It's different. It's not weird." Jay's collaborative set with Kanye West, titled Watch the Throne, is due out this summer. …
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  Kanye & Jay-Z's LP, Hince & Moss Wed + More

  July 5, 2011 – The cover art for Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaborative album, Watch the Throne, has arrived via Hova's Life and Times website. While no other details on the metallic gold design have surfaced, the LP's release date is tentatively August 2, which appeared as the ship date on a customer's pre-order receipt. [MTV] Jamie Hince of the Kills and supermodel Kate Moss were married Friday in England's Cotswolds region. …
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  Kanye & Jay's LP, Timberlake's MySpace Stake

  June 30, 2011 – Kanye West and Jay-Z's collaborative album Watch the Throne is "ready to go," says rapper CyHi the Prynce, who is signed to 'Ye's G.O.O.D. Music label. "All the music and everything is done." Unconfirmed reports say the album may drop as a digital download as soon as July 4. …
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  Santigold Rediscovers Her Confidence on New LP

  June 22, 2011 – After blowing up in 2008 on the strength of her self-titled debut and its single "L.E.S. Artistes," Santigold will return this fall with her yet-to-be-titled second effort. …
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  The Death and Resurrection Of Conscious Rap, Pt. 2

  June 3, 2011 – "[1998] was a beautiful time all the way around in hip-hop. The album I released that year, Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life, was the biggest record of my life. The opening week was unreal for me -- we did more than 300,000 units, by far the biggest opening number of my career at that point. The album moved Lauryn Hill down to No. 4, but OutKast's Aquemini was right behind me, and [A Tribe Called Quest's] The Love Movement was number three. …
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  QOTSA Talk New Album, Pete Doherty Jailed + More

  May 20, 2011 – Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme says the band will head back into the studio to work on a new record after their June performance at Glastonbury, and the group is aiming to finish it up before the end of the year. "We have enough songs," says Homme. …
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  Jay-Z Joins Kanye West at Exclusive NYC Gig

  May 12, 2011 – It was the hottest ticket in the Big Apple on Tuesday night: Kanye West performing in the Museum of Modern Art's intimate sculpture garden for 1,000 sharply-dressed fans, including celebs like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner and comedian Aziz Ansari. …
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