Kanye West tweets Jay-Z joint album release date
Rapper and producer Kanye West tweeted on Sunday that fans can expect his joint album with Jay-Z drop to be released in the summer.
Watch the Throne is West’s follow up album to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy released in November.
He tweeted:"I'll be back this SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!! WATCH THE THRONE COMING IN 2 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!
The upcoming album is said to depend more on classical touches and was referred to by West as high-end rap music.
"This is another level of that recording," Jay-Z told Mtv News in November. "Because Kanye, I've seen him — really he's like a brother to me — I've seen him from the beginning to where he is now. And to see him as a producer and to see how he's growing as a producer and as an artist, for me, on another level, it's enjoyable. I'm watching the guy that I pretty much mentored become his own guy, with his own opinion. It's fantastic."
Swizz Beatz expressed the same sentiment based on collaborations with West on the new album. People don't understand that hip-hop got started from being rebellious to any rules," Swizz said. "Hip-hop has no rules, and the only reason hip-hop started getting rules [was] because of radio airplay, sales, different spins and trying to reach out to another audience. But Jay and Kanye got the audience already so they can do what they want to do, and I think that's what they doing, which is a great move."