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Jay-Z explains what 'Watch The Throne' collaboration is about

Jay-Z spoke out to explain what his collaborative album with Kanye West, 'Watch The Throne' means.

According to the hip hop mogul, the title refers to protecting “the music and the culture of hip hop” and making sure it doesn’t get overshadowed by "dance" and "indie" influences.

Jay-Z said in an interview with Hip Hop DX:

"'Watch The Throne', you protect it. You just watch how popular music shift[s], and just how hip hop basically replaced rock and roll as the youth music. The same thing can happen to hip hop. It can be replaced by other forms of music.

"So we [are] making sure that we put the effort into making the best product so we can contend with all this other music, with all the dance music that’s dominating the charts right now and indie music that’s dominating the festivals."

He explained that the new album isn't about succumbing to current music trends. He said: "There's no super over-the-top, big singing chorus or anything” calling it the “return of the boom-bap”, referring to KRS-One’s 1993 album.

Listen to Jay-Z talk about 'Watch The Throne' in a radio interview here: