L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Fans who wanted a copy of the Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration "Watch the Throne" could buy a download of it just after midnight on Monday morning. Yet those who have long been buying music online may have felt like they were hit with a bit of stic... more info

VH1 Blog — Finally liberated at midnight on iTunes last night, I didn’t even bother to give the album that’s projected to sell 400-500K copies a listen. Like any “grower” project, Watch The Throne deserves more attention than a few hours on a Sunday nig... more info

ContactMusic — Hip-hop superstars Kanye West and Jay Z have written a touching song to their unborn sons, vowing to help them avoid the same mistakes they made in their lives. The rappers, known collectively as The Throne, released their much-anticipated joint albu... more info

ContactMusic — Jay Z has explained how he and Kanye West prevented their hugely anticipated album 'Watch the Throne' from leaking online before its release date - one of the only high-profile records in recent times to do so. The album has been kept under wraps for... more info

People.com — The president marked the milestone at the White House with Tom Hanks, Jay-Z and Chris Rock more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Jay-Z & Kanye West's collaboration Watch the Throne is the week's marquee release. I am also looking forward to hearing Neil Young's Live On Air/The Lost Tapes, which collects six previously unreleased live tracks. From what I have already... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Those on the West Coast who care about hip-hop are waking up Monday to a new reality, one in which the two most acclaimed rappers of the past two decades -- Jay-Z and Kanye West -- have finally released their much anticipated collaboration. more info

ContactMusic — Jay-Z and Kanye West's joint album 'Watch the Throne' has received rave reviews since its official release today (08. 08. 11). The collaboration record was given a four-out-of-four rating by USA Today's Steve Jones, who described the LP as a "potent ... more info

Stereogum — At 12AM Kanye and Jay-Z pulled off the leakless LP release of the music industry’s dreams, along with inspiring the robust Twitter hashtags #WTTRules (via @RobMarkman: “No. 1: The album has to be out a FULL 5 DAYS before any person, publication o... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — First impressions of the highly anticipated collaboration between Jay-Z and Kanye West, "Watch the Throne." more info