By the Numbers: Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne

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In By the Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits and primary colors. This week, we look at Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne, released on iTunes yesterday by Roc-a-Fella.

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POSTED August 9, 2011 11:02AM IN BY THE NUMBERS, MUSIC NEWS Comments (23) TAGS: , , ,

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  1. Michael Widell says:
    August 9, 2011 at 11:36 am

    Frank ocean was on Goblin three times. (She, Fish, Window)

  2. Mikey says:
    August 9, 2011 at 11:40 am

    Hey, guys!

    there is actually two ref’s to Oprah!

    “Murder to Excellence”
    “Now please, domino, domino, / Only spot a few blacks the higher I go / What’s up to Will / Shoutout to O / That ain’t enough / We gon need a million more…”

  3. mikey says:
    August 9, 2011 at 11:47 am

    There are 2 Oprah References….

    ‘Murder of Excellence’
    “Now please, domino, domino, / Only spot a few blacks the higher I go / What’s up to Will / Shoutout to O / That ain’t enough / We gon need a million more”

  4. Dhaval says:
    August 9, 2011 at 11:59 am

    1 number of times I gifted WTT’s deluxe edition to my boss-friend because someone else did the same thing for their boss.

    1 the number of times it takes me to say WTT instead of Game of Thrones first.

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  7. michelle says:
    August 9, 2011 at 6:52 pm

    you forgot the number of times ye speaks pig latin

  8. Ace says:
    August 9, 2011 at 7:01 pm

    where do they reference russell brand???

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  12. matt says:
    August 10, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    “Frank ocean was on Goblin three times. (She, Fish, Window)”

    this. come on guys

  13. Rob says:
    August 10, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    There’s 2 references to Basquiat too.

  14. Court says:
    August 10, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    The first Russell reference is a reference to russell Simmons

  15. ghut says:
    August 10, 2011 at 5:53 pm

    There are 3 Frank Ocean features on ‘Goblin’
    -She
    -Fish
    -Window

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  19. Mike Rod says:
    August 12, 2011 at 4:21 pm

    How is there not a “times Maybach was mentioned” or “times Rolex was mentioned”?

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  22. AYO says:
    August 15, 2011 at 6:58 pm

    i don’t think the murals are of panthers but rather rottweliers like the ones portrayed in Givenchy tshirts

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