Remember when you woke up on Christmas morning and you just KNEW you were going to get those pair of Jordan’s you were gawking at in the mall two months prior? You colorfully displayed to your Mother that those pair of shoes would make your 12th Christmas on earth the best thing ever? And then you woke up December 25th and saw NOTHING of the sort? Well, that’s what January 11th was like for me when I pressed play on “H.A.M.”
As I sit here at 10:52am listening to the Lexus Luger produced offering violently searching for ONE component in this composition to fall in love with, I can’t. For the last 3 months we’ve been eagerly anticipating this joint project with open arms. With Kanye coming off one of his BEST albums, if not the best and Mr. Carter sounding like he hasn’t lost a step there’s no way the first taste from Watch The Throne could disappoint our ears right? But it did.
I’m not sure what I’m more disappointed with: putting this much responsibility in the hands of Lexus Luger or Kanye’s repetitive rhetoric and infatuation with white models with no tushi’s. Yeah Jay got off, but that was expected. And even with that, his verse still sounds a bit repetitive. The chorus sounds lazy and indicating it was done in someones sleep. And the beat, pshhhh. Where’s Timbo, Swizzy, T-Minus, Boi-1da, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League when you need them? Clearly I’m not a fan of the offering, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that Watch The Throne probably will be 2011′s biggest project.
I mean who are we kidding, why wouldn’t this be the biggest project of 2011? When have we been totally disappointed with a Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration? These two have more hits than misses: “Diamonds” (Rmx), “Never Let Me Down”, “So Appalled”, “Monster”, “Run This Town”, “Swagga Like Us,” “Go Hard (Rmx). It’s almost like these two are pitching a perfect game. There was BOUND to be one wild pitch, right?
I’m not apologizing for my opinion because that’s what these two want. They want us to give them our true feelings. And to be honest, if I hear this in a nightspot under the influence I’ll probably put my hat low and give the traditional crotch grab and mean mug to an innocent bystander, but that’s as far as it goes. No couch standing. No ice cube throwing. No Twittering “IM GOING HAM IN THIS BITCH, NIGGA!” Nah, none of that. And just to be clear, at the 02:57 mark, that’s not someone saying “HAM HOCKS?” Right? Ok, maybe I just need to eat breakfast.
I guess I can expect comments, texts, phone calls, aims and emails about how much of hater I am or probably receive the underlining blackball treatment when it’s time to invite tastemakers out to anything Watch The Throne related. It’s happened before and I’m sure it’ll happen again. *H.A.M Shrug*
What are your thoughts on H.A.M.?
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I feel the exact same way..
Lol, I like how you typed this massive tirade against a song that just came out last night, then brush it off with the “call me a hater if you must” attitude. This post is a joke. As is this site. See ya.
Love you too, RJ
Jay-z verse was perfect. PERIDO!
Yeah Hov killed it!
Whaaat, I would like to say, ur buggin. @RJ this site is pretty sick but u right on the quick judge/call me a hater line lol. Ive been outta the loop for a while so I knew i was supposed to b waitin for WTT but i was “expecting” a single so i guess since it wasnt hyped up for me i appreciate it more. But imo HAM is the only thing worth listenin to for the next 24 hours ON REPEAT with an occasional wiz, wale, or rick ross track every hour or so. Ha. “I play chicken with mack trucks, yall mutha’ f***as would been moved” the production is silly. Maybe u didnt listen to it in the right speakers but def giv it anotha shot
Perfect and repetitive
Wasn’t* “expecting”
Hov’s wordplay is undeniable, duh. But as a COMPLETE offering, it falls way short. I’m sorry – IT JUST DOES. You can’t put THIS much responsibility in the hands of a kid who’s produced as many records that’s on our fingers and toes.
I just wish thy both had two verses. I mean opinion is opinion, i think the beat is sick especially when the opera ish drops but its all opinion, hopefully u lik the next track lol. Eitha way, props to u eitha way for bringin me the track Ha!
I personally thought the record was hot and thought Luger came up on the production. But we all favour preferences, I guess.
THANK YOU! My opinion is an opinion lol. I’m almost SURE they have shit better than this in the stash, but this was overhyped and under produced and quite frankly I’m not accepting this lack luster effort. But that’s just me
LowKey you been going of in these review post, the blogging world needs more of this.
I agreethat this track is underwhelming at this point but after reading the reviews Kanye will get back in studio and find a way to make it work.
THIS IS BY FAR LEX LUGERS BEST BEAT. There is nothing wrong with this beat. It doesn’t sound like BMF it doesn’t sound like Mc Hammer. Kanye’s verse was underwhelming and because of that I feel as though Jay-z will have to carry this whole cd lyrically. There isn’t any super producers any more, period. Just old producers who make passable beats.
No Jamel, Lexus’ BEST beat is Ace Hood’s “Hustle Hard.” And THAT should have been the canvas that Jay and Ye were allowed to pain the picture of “H.A.M.” on.
Low
That Hustle Hard beat is stupid.
Does H.A.M. stand for Hot Ass Mess? cuz it should
Completely agreed. Not gonna lie, when I first heard this I was like ‘…wtf’. I couldn’t even fuckin’ fathom that the song was weak, I was like ‘uhh it’s probably a grower’, but nah, Jay and Ye took their first L. Ye coming off MBDTF, Jay coming off those features, the hype and anticipation, Ye saying WTT is easily better than MBDTF – I can honestly say I prefer every song on that album over this song. I understand what they were going for. That ‘we don’t give a fuck’ renaissance/opera/king music, and I do get the feel, but the messy beat and the lyrics are all over the place. The hook is about going HAM, than GO FUCKING HAM YE. Jay brought it lyrically, 100%. Exactly what I expected, those shots at Baby was going ham. I don’t know, overall, it’s alright, but for Ye and Jay and for WTT? GTFO. I hope Ye or his people read this shit, knowing them Ye will go back into the studio and step eeverrythiingg up. I noticed people are scared to admit this is whack. Saying ‘it’s alright just not my type of music’ and what not. Naw, Jay and Ye took an L – ADMIT IT.
Ye’s verse on fucking Welcome To The World is the kind of shit I expected on this, that would have been KILLER
I’m pretty sure they have a bunch of dope stuff lined up but I wouldn’t be surprised to see more production from Luger on there.
I respect u guys opinion & just cuz u don’t like something doesn’t make u a hater. I’m feelin the joint tho. Wouldn’t say its their best, it aint “Monster” but I think it’s hot
I agree with you. This song is disappointing. Kanye saved all the good beats for himself. Compared to the first thing we heard from MBDTF, Power, this is weak. They could’ve saved the ‘Looking for Trouble’ beat and that still would’ve been better than this.
@J-Star Of course they do, I’m not worried in the slightest form. This was very underwhelming. It doesn’t get any easier than that?
@John Ye’s verse on “Welcome To The World” was in fucking credible. Matter fact, remember when Ye did that verse on Funk Flex’s show? That’s what we should’ve heard on HAM
Hov got off. That was his original style. Sounds disingenuous from him now though. He doesn’t believe it anymore so neither do I when I hear it from him. I’m a little more disappointed in Ye for this track. He knows better. Like I said, I had no expectations. At 2am, when I’m drunk on a dance floor, this will knock. But hopefully this is the weakest of WTT.
Good points Jas. *Finger Poke
I agree with what you’re saying. Regardless of what these two have done in the past if its not good, its not good, and I feel the same way, nothing really stands out on the track. Mediocre at best.
I wholeheartedly agree Lowkey… The track is severely underwhelming. Might’ve been impressive in 2006. If this is supposed to be the first track that two of the greatest artists in a generation use to introduce us to their collabo album, you HAVE TO come harder. Maybe this’ll show up on the soundtrack to the next Chronicles of Narnia movie, and we’ll all let out a collective sigh… “Oh, now I get it.”
Hustle Hard is not Luger’s best beat.
“H.A.M” is one of those love it or hate it tracks. I do believe that they both should have had 2 verses though. I’m hoping on there album that some tracks aren’t short in terms of lyrical content. I wouldn’t be suprised if there was an official “H.A.M” remix and they both really went in on it with possibly 1 or 2 included guest spots (Rick Ross, unfortunately). As soon as the track loaded I immediately looked at how long the song was and I thought to myself, “ahh sh*t”, dope beat and 2 dope verses but then got disappointed when I noticed there wasn’t. On the first listen, I wasn’t really feeling it. Put my Dre Beats in and its been on repeat ever since, took it a step further and played it in my car and the Kicker Subs definately made me realize this track lived up to whatever promise there is or was created. Definately different from what Lex typically produces atleast I think so. Its not a #1 single I can tell you that and I don’t think thats what they were aiming to do, its hot and new for the time being. I’m enjoying it…
Lowkey you dont like anything lol i have yet to read a post were you were saying a song lived up to the hype you even shitted on t.i.’s entire album even tho he is in jail i dont even read your opinions anymore cuz i know they just make mad lol i just download the songs and go to another site besides the H.A.M. trakk is pretty dope
This is funny, mostly because Low is widely known as liking fucking everything. Lol you must not follow his twitter.
Lol @ shitting on T.I’s turrible album not being okay just because his dumb ass went back to jail. A bad album is a bad album, just like a series of bad decisions is a potential prison sentence. Same as a lackluster song with two ‘legends’ is still a lackluster song. H.A.M must be meant to be an ironic title, cause this goes anything BUT that.
you know what fukk yall opinions i like the song and im jam it a whole lot
The reason I subscribe to this blog(and not RapRadar) is coz of the honesty in the posts. I’m a Kanye fan and this song would be a throw away track on any album, whether its Lex Lugers production thats just sub-par or Kanye West sounding hangover from the success of MBDTF but honestly speaking, this song wouldn’t go out to lunch with the other tracks these 2 have served up. I still listen to Never Let Me Down, Diamonds From Sierra Leone, Run This Town(even though Rihanna’s wailing puts me off), Monster, So Appalled, Power(Remix), to mention but a few. H.A.M is not a bad song altogether, its just not good enough for Jay and Ye’. Again, my opinion!!!
I come to this blog because of your opinion . sometimes you put up bs but you call it when you see it . The song could have been a lot better and have some type of better bridge or something . Dissappointed .