Rap-Up.com || New Music: Jay-Z x Kanye West f/ Otis Redding

Jay-Z and Kanye West give us a taste of their highly-anticipated album Watch the Throne with the soulful “Otis,” one of the Kanye-produced cuts featuring a sample of the legendary Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness.”

The hip-hop kings go back and forth flaunting their royal lifestyle on the hookless track. “I invented swag,” brags Hov, while ‘Ye proclaims, “I made Jesus walk so I’m never going to hell.”

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87 Comments

BLAH
July 20th, 2011 at 4:31 pm
DOPE !!

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Kenya Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
@BLAH, Yess it is i agree :-D

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F**K KIM
July 20th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
lol at rap up getting the track before flex

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Pops Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
@F**K KIM, no they didnt

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uhuh Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
@Pops, yo i think he’s right they got a No DJ version… damn rap-up ya’ll slick

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uhuh Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
@F**K KIM, Dont you hear the signature funk flex sounds all over it??? R.I.P. your ears

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Shade
July 20th, 2011 at 4:35 pm
“I made Jesus Walks. I’m never going to hell” – Kanye West

Fuckin dope….Watch The Throne!!

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m.i.k.e.
July 20th, 2011 at 4:37 pm
the sample is quite annoying after 1 minute…

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uhuh Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
@m.i.k.e., thats why its not meant for you, sir. u need that soulful feelin inside of you u feel me? prob. not

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Randy Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
@uhuh, jeez dude let him have an opinion without talking down to him.

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dreincharacter Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
@uhuh, truth.

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Phoenix_Wright Reply:
July 21st, 2011 at 9:48 am
@uhuh, u sound dumb as hell, go somewhere with that crap

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hmm
July 20th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
this is kool..its nothing that will make you sayyy wowww but its kool

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john
July 20th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
whack i officially don’t give a fuck about the watch the throne album.

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Face Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
@john, get out.

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shane Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
@john, get your white ass out of here!! jay z dont care what you saying hes a legend bitch

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Brandon Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 5:54 pm
@shane, the song is trash

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Face Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
@Brandon, your comment is voided with Wayne in your avi.

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JAS Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
@Face, lmao cosign bahahahahahahhaha fuck weezy. this track is too much. ye the greatest!

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WatchTheThrone Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
@shane, why does his color matter?
defend the legendary artists but don’t get racist about it

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Lisa Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
@shane, from a black girl to a black boy, don’t discriminate.

You and me should know what it feels like.

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Josh Reply:
July 21st, 2011 at 9:17 am
@Lisa, I’m the biggest Kanye West and Jay-Z fan…I mean I loved MBDTF…but I think this record will come nowhere near it from what I’ve heard from it. I mean the lyrics are great they’re flow is on par. But I don’t know…it doesn’t have the EPIC feel that yeezy’s last record had and even jay’s last record. Sorry…

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john
July 20th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
Between this and h.a.m i don’t give a fuck about the watch the throne album.

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BLAH Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
@john, why you on they post then -_-

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Brandon Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 5:54 pm
@john, ham is banger, i like it, other than i agree lol

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Alejandro
July 20th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Fiyaaaa

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bebe/jayfannn
July 20th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
ME LIK DISSS!!!WATCH THE THRONE COMEIN AUG1 YEAAA BABE;-)

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Big C
July 20th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
“sounds so soulful don’t u agree”

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uhuh Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
@Big C, i just put that on my BBM nickname after hearing this… haha aww.. sound so soulful dont you agree? :)

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politicallyincorrect
July 20th, 2011 at 5:16 pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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uhuh Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 5:36 pm
@politicallyincorrect, You’re a ginger. I called you a ginger because you have no soul. you’d need a soul to feel soulful music. It’s not your fault.

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politicallyincorrect Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
@uhuh, excuse you? Ginger? LMAO at you trying to say I dont know soulful music, if you think the beautiful voice of Otis Redding needs to be mixed with these mindless lyrics then you are the one with no soul

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uhuh Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
@politicallyincorrect, you proved my point right there by sayin’ these 2 god mc’s lyrics are meaningless. you sir are close minded.

so many punchlines i lost count. gotdamn

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RDK Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
@uhuh,sigh at him uhuh…politicallyincorrect is just another poser acting like he knows shit…it,s just another plain old soulless poser.

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Lisa Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
@uhuh, you’re closeminded to the point where you can’t understand that what might move you, isn’t going to move the next person.

No doubt Jay-Z, Kanye and Otis are musically and lyrically insane, but that doesn’t mean everyone is going to like it.

Let others have their opinion. You can’t control what you like and what you don’t.

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Sha'Nesha
July 20th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
I love me some JAY Z. *In my Bey voice*

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:) Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 5:43 pm
@Sha’Nesha, haha!

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:)
July 20th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
I’m feelin’ this! Definatly buying WTT August 1st!!!!! The Joy (which is on the deluxe is better though)!

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juAn
July 20th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
very interesting. i understand where kanye’s idea came from, but i think the otis redding vocals should have been a little more in the background. it’s like you have to struggle to hear the raps.

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listen Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 11:45 pm
@juAn, i concur.

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Brandon
July 20th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
sorry but this song is not good, HAM is better than this, stop hyping it just because its ye & hov smh

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Face Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
@Brandon, Isn’t that what Wayne fans do? Like shit b/c it’s Wayne.

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LO Reply:
July 20th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
@Brandon, Look At Your ICON, your a Wayne fan this is lyrics not punch lines like what Wayne do, that’s why you probably don’t understand it. Because that new mix-tape ain’t a bucket of Gold.

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Asa
July 20th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Very dope. Just classic hip-hop at its finest.

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Will
July 20th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
This shit is dope all the people who are saying this album is gonna be wack must not know what good music sounds like. I feel bad for yall. Album is gonna be EPIC!!!!

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Kreshawn
July 20th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
THIS IS SICKKKKKKKKK!!! iTUNES PLEASE!!!

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ari
July 20th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Yeah…no Flex on this…..Lolol..don’t like the screaming at the end but nice.

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politicallyincorrect
July 20th, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Both rappers got overshadowed by a sample

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Danielle
July 20th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
THIS SHIT IS SOOOO FUCKING DOPE!!!!
WATCH THE THRONE!!!!

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lyfechanges
July 20th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
This Shit is insaaaaaaane!…..cotdamn! Watch the Throne is gonna be EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!

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Abdullah
July 20th, 2011 at 6:41 pm
WOW, RAP!!! i missed that!
JAY N YAY FTW

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Lioness
July 20th, 2011 at 6:41 pm
hmmmm ehhhh wack

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ANDYDLO
July 20th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
This song is crack, better than the entire MMg album, and better than that Mixtape Wayne just dropped…Yall either deaf or really good at hatin…sad..

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RDK
July 20th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
this is straight fire right here,if more of this is on that album,and no more of that HAM sh!t,then i will be def getting that throne.

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DJ
July 20th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
Kanye production = Fire!!!

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LO
July 20th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
I GOT CHILLS MY FAV’S KILLED THIS!!

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Malcom
July 20th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
*bangs head against wall over and over again*

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SHOTS FIRED
July 20th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
This is hip hop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont blame the lil punch line listeners who dont understand how insanely dope this is.Pure fire lyrics, straight no chaser; thats what this song is. Cant wait for #WTT

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bknyhustle
July 20th, 2011 at 9:50 pm
after listening to this song 4 times im starting to get angry with my own expectations

am i asking for too much?

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Gin G Reply:
July 21st, 2011 at 5:17 pm
@bknyhustle, NOPE!! I totally agree with you!!

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LA
July 20th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
THIS IS HIP-HOP!!!

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Aquierra
July 20th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
SLAUGHTER

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Andreezy
July 21st, 2011 at 2:51 am
@Brandon

WTT >>>>>>>> Carter 4

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KO
July 21st, 2011 at 3:57 am
I don’t like the song I’m disappointed I’m a huge fan of jay z and kanye im not a fan of young money lil wayne etc but this and ham doesn’t do it for me I will have to wait to preview watch the throne the song is overhyped it starts out good cause Otis himself is singing in the sample but then the sample repeats and it can be annoying after a while I don’t feel like jay or kanye did their best in their verses and the end is annoying and hurts my ears with the screaming it was not needed or could have an engineer lower the effect of it this song definately has to grow on you I’m disappointed in kanye production I don’t blame jay z I’m also disappointed kanye to release a masterpiece as my beautiful…… An not continue to it the monster video wasn even officially released and leaked 2 times just with better quality I’m not sure it’s on vevo a d I was dying for so appaled all those rappers in avideo would be great for hip hop and that’s my song I feel watch the throne was too soon and kanye didn’t get to rest his creative juices either way smh, some ppl will like it some wont but ppl are ready to over hype it cause we are looking for the savior cause of the horrible state of hip hop HONEST OPINION

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Mark London Reply:
July 21st, 2011 at 6:22 am
@KO, Dude you know nothing about REAL hiphop. This has the 90′s sound when hiphop was at its finest. If you dont like it then its because you are young or just used to the junk we hear on the radio. This is REAL HIP HOP!

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Gin G Reply:
July 21st, 2011 at 5:19 pm
@KO, Dude you hit it dead on the head!! AGREED!!

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KO
July 21st, 2011 at 4:00 am
I meant Kanye continue to promo it

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Bo
July 21st, 2011 at 4:42 am
Like with Kanye’s MBDTF, the Good Friday releases got a touch-up in the actual album (like Monster, Lost in the World & So Appalled). So I’m pretty certain what we’re hearing now ain’t the final cut. The final cut is going to be just as epic, if not more!

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jesiah
July 21st, 2011 at 4:46 am
this is legit, somewhat reminds me of blueprint+college dropout, all yall hatin, i’ma let u have ur opinion but u betta recognise who u talkin bout. ye & hov have brought the best of the best rap albums over the past 10 years. yall dont get it. they aint fell of or nuttin. all these new niggas are still chasin the success of ye & hov after all these years, #WTT

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Hugh
July 21st, 2011 at 4:58 am
Dope from the first beat, epic from the first line.

New JAY!

Cant wait! Buyin first day!

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Kayla C.
July 21st, 2011 at 6:07 am
It’s definitely dope!

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Mark London
July 21st, 2011 at 6:19 am
So siiiiiiick! I got it on loop. HIGH-END HIPHOP!!!

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Fan Of A Fan
July 21st, 2011 at 6:33 am
this song is so amazing it makes me wanna cry !!! :’)

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SHELLS
July 21st, 2011 at 7:07 am
THIS SONG IS STRAIGHT FIRE! WATCH THE THRONE!

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619productions
July 21st, 2011 at 8:44 am
song is soso i’ll wait to hear a few more before making a judgement on the album

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Otis Redding
July 21st, 2011 at 10:00 am
They took a classic like “Try A Little Tenderness” and put such a dope mix on it. Makes me want to dig through some of those Otis classics!!!!!!!!!!

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Vitamin J
July 21st, 2011 at 10:10 am
Reminds me of a RUN D.M.C flow! So sick, cant wait for W.T.T!!!!

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bknyhustle
July 21st, 2011 at 11:27 am
“run upon Yeezy the wrong way i might murk ya”

really Jay?! lmao

btw We may as well start deciding who did better.

Kanye won this round, I guess. Either him or Otis.

seem the old man done fall off already

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Real Issh Reply:
July 22nd, 2011 at 7:53 pm
@bknyhustle, But Hov murdered his verse on H.A.M. & My Bitch track . So don’t start saying Yeezy got him .

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KO
July 21st, 2011 at 12:50 pm
I’m a real hip hop head LMAO I know nothing about 90s real hip hop the majority of ppl hard hip hop heads etc hate this song I searched all over twitter and ds my market research
The nerve of some ppl this song isn’t cutting it just cause some ppl like like doesn’t mean the rest will the song is mess an all over the place just like ham

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Jfenty
July 21st, 2011 at 3:44 pm
this song is badass!!

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Gin G
July 21st, 2011 at 5:15 pm
I’m definitely a huge fan of both but the beat/production is not there…Lyrics and punchlines on point as usual..I’ll await the album…Had chills the first 30 seconds then I got tired of the beat…C’mon YE! Chi-town stand up! Show these clowns on the radio whats really good!

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Triniti
July 21st, 2011 at 5:26 pm
I love it!

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From Tokyo
July 22nd, 2011 at 6:48 pm
So is blasphemy the ish now? Been out of America too long, I guess. :o\

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LAD
July 23rd, 2011 at 11:46 am
NOT TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE!

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nana
July 28th, 2011 at 12:37 am
what ever happen to music, Mr. Redding is turning in his grave the two non taletent entertainers not singers, for u silly people(a singer can stand in the middle of a stage and blow WITHOUT any instuments or here distaction of someone with talent) Sorry Mr. Redding.

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