This song off 2011’s Watch The Throne is one of the more memorable from that album: a propulsive synth-driven beat meets some of the best lines on the album. Allegedly, the beat bit Chiddy Bang’s “I Can’t Stop (Freestyle),” which originally a sample of the song “I Can’t Stop” by Flux Pavillion… but come on… the song was begging to be rapped over. You can’t call it plagiarism, dawg… it’s a sample. That Chiddy got pwned by Pitchfork and WTT ended up on their Best of 2011, well, that shows that execution is everything!

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