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

Perez Hilton — Definitely a step up from The Joy! Check out the new Kanye West/Jay-Z track Lift Off (above) featuring Beyonce! What do U think about this one? Have U been impressed with the tracks from Watch The Throne??? more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Affion Crockett plays Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Cory Gunz and Freeway in this promo spoof for his TV show “In The Flow” more info

ContactMusic — 'Watch The Throne', the hugely anticipated collaborative album by Kanye West and Jay Z, was officially released on Monday (8th August 2011), becoming one of the first high-profile albums in recent times to avoid "the leak". The duo, collectively know... more info

USA Today Music — Album is a potent set of tracks that finds them stepping up their games and stepping out of their comfort zones. more info