The Throne is a state of mind. And on
Wednesday night at an eagerly anticipated
showcase at the Austin Music Hall to help
kick off the music portion of SXSW, Jay Z
and Kanye West got back in the zone after
taking some time away from their hit
collabo project. In a hit-packed two-hour,
35-song set that had Tyler, the Creator
spazzing out and crowdsurfing his way to
the front row, the hip-hop superstars
played a clutch of songs from their Watch
The Throne album and solo sets that took
attendees through their solo catalogs as
well. According to reports, the duo started
out standing on two large metal boxes on
opposite sides of the intimate venue.
Videos were projected onto the boxes, with
snarling Rottweilers beamed out for the
set-opening "H*A*M" and sharks
swimming under them for "Who Gon' Stop
Me." They ducked down into the boxes and
reappeared on the main stage to run
through a hyped "Otis" in front of a giant
American flag projection. The pacing and
staging were similar to the pair's vaunted
2011-2012 Throne tour, down to the live
band and set list, which was shaken up to
include a few of each man's recent solo
tracks. ) Jay hit "Beach is Better," "Tom
Ford" and his guest verse on Bey's "Drunk
in Love," before 'Ye took his place to run
through "Black Skinhead," "New Slaves,"
"Jesus Walks" and "Diamonds From Sierra
Leone." There were, of course, stops at
other indelible hits like "Empire State of
Mind," "Izzo (HOVA)," "Runaway,"
"Heartless" and "All of the Lights" before
they closed things out with "No Church in
the Wild" and only three runs through
"N----s In Paris."
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