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Jay-Z and Kanye West are nearing the release date for their 'Watch the Throne' collaboration and the rap duo threw a grand album listening affair -- held inside the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City -- for attendees that included celebrities, journalists and critics alike Monday night (August 1)...

On the heels of the release of 'Otis,' a new track set to appear on the forthcoming joint album, 'Watch the Throne,' from Jay-Z and Kanye West, comes a documentary detailing some of the work put into the effort. In the clip, the duo are shown in Sydney, Australia, where they headed to bang out some of the production and rhymes for the LP, set to release on April 1 digitally and elsewhere August 5.

Here comes another one. Rap fans have waited impatiently for the follow-up to 'H.A.M.,' the buzz effort Kanye West and Jay-Z released earlier this year to build talk around their joint album, 'Watch the Throne.' Wednesday night (July 20), the pair debuted a new track, 'Otis,' on Hov's LifeandTimes...

Last week, word spread that Kanye West's much talked about SXSW 2011 performance would be making its debut and the final video has now arrived. During the SXSW music festival in March, Jay-Z joined the famed producer-turned-rhymer on stage for a performance featured as part of the Kanye West SWSW Power Station...

Kanye West and Jay-Z are in full promo mode for their highly anticipated joint album, 'Watch the Throne.' Last night (June 7) in New York City, the latter previewed the effort for the BoomBox while West was in Paris. Now the rap team can look forward to giving the masses a solid look at a performance of the LP's buzz single, 'H...

The lobby of the Mercer Hotel was crowded with industry types on Thursday night (July 7): various members of the press, music journalists, bloggers, magazine reps and then two teen boys, who sat with their parents conspicuously. The miniature mob, at the behest of a publicist, crowded into an elevator -- thick with the smell of marijuana smoke -- in two tightly packed shifts...

Rumors usually end up being just what they are ... rumors. But if there is one rumor in the world the BoomBox is hoping is true this week, it's word that the Jay-Z and Kanye West joint album 'Watch the Throne' will drop -- without much warning -- this Monday (July 4)...

After announcing last week that he and Jay-Z would be releasing their single 'H.A.M' within a week's time, Kanye West has made good on his word. Last night at midnight, the first single off the pair's upcoming album 'Watch the Throne' was released on their Facebook page, giving listeners a preview of what's to come on the LP...