Watch the Throne Tour Tickets – Jay-Z and Kanye West Hit the Road
Hip-hop fans have been waiting and watching the careers of Jay-Z and Kanye West for a long time. Their success has been intertwined ever since HOV brought ‘Ye on to work as a producer on 2001′s The Blueprint, one of his hit records. It made Kanye a major figure in hip-hop, and eventually allowed him to launch his performing career with 2004′s The College Dropout. Everyone from fans to critics were wondering whether the two of them would ever get together and collaborate on a proper record, however – not just with one of them doing production duties, but sharing writing credits.
That finally happened with the long-anticipated Watch the Throne. The record was released on Aug. 8 and featured a range of major hip-hop figures, including Swizz Beatz, The RZA, 88 Keys and others. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, but earned love equally among fans and critics, who gave it glowing reviews. Unsurprisingly, the two biggest figures in rap have turned out the biggest success of the past year.
Watch the Throne Tour tickets became big sellers in the wake of the album’s release. Who would pass up the chance to see Jay-Z and Kanye on tour together? The Watch the Throne Tour is set to begin Oct. 28, crossing through a number of American and Canadian cities as it winds its way through December.
What should fans expect from the tour? Well, great music, for one thing. In fact, while it might be premature to say so, it’s easy to believe that Watch the Throne will become known as a classic hip-hop record for this period of time. While reviewing the album for The AV Club, critic Nathan Rabin noted that the record doesn’t just show off the talents of these two men – it tells their stories, as well.
“As always, the men are a study in contrasts: the businessman and the bohemian, the faithful husband and the drugged-up playboy, the walking press release and the loose cannon,” Rabin writes. “Jay-Z is tidy. Kanye is nothing but rough edges. On Watch the Throne, exhilarating messiness and go-for-broke spontaneity infect Jay-Z and push him outside his comfort zone and into a realm of intense emotional reflection.”
The tension between these two very different men keeps the music on the album interesting, and is sure to make the tour one of the most anticipated of the fall and winter. Hip-hop fans have been waiting a little while for Jay-Z to jump back into the game, with his last release, The Blueprint 3, having been issued in 2009. Kanye, on the other hand, is an artist who seems unable to stop up his energy. He released a top-charting record, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, in 2010, with a series of collaborative songs being issued on every Friday leading up to the release and beyond, all the way to Christmas.
Needless to say, fans are glad to see the two of them putting out work together. Hopefully, the success of Watch the Throne will ensure we might see more collaborations in the future.
