Music: The Best Throne?

[Vatanui AKA Pride]

With Jay and Ye's duo album, Watch the Throne, out, opinions have spiraled for quite a while. However, another question is which revision of the album was the best?

Before, when H.A.M. was released, and even following it, listeners to the exclusive, immensely hyped album, rated it a hip hop classic, ranking it with albums such as Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, Ready to Die, et cetera.

However recently, Jay revealed that he and Kanye had three different revisions of the album, including and excluding certain songs from the album. All that fuss was likely due to mixed reviews from Lex Luger's H.A.M.

The released album is the third, hence the finalized, revision of Watch the Throne. In it, we hear echoes of the latter two revisions. So here's the question: Which revision would have been sitting at the throne's throne?

Spoiler:

A) Hard As a MF Approach

Hence what was likely the first approach towards the album. Boasting a monstrous beat and edgy lyrics, this Watch the Throne offered the highest contour rap contour rap could get, albeit powerful and dark. Examples presented in the official album included Who Gon Stop Me, Illest MF Alive, Ni**as in Paris, and obviously the Luger-induced H.A.M.

Spoiler:

B) Me and the RZA Connect Approach

Following the mixed pile of criticism and applaud that was H.A.M., Kanye and Jay turned to a different style of music. While maintaining its' high-level of contour rap, it offered a wholly different sound from it's predecessor. The producing here to tracks were lighter, the spitting lyrics more humble. Examples include New Day, The Joy, Made in America, and Why I Love You

Notes:

Spoiler:

There are some songs I found to be (more or less) trekked at the middle or side of the road. They are Primetime and possibly Otis