Watch The Throne

Toronto went H.A.M. on Wednesday night as hip-hop royalty Jay-Z and Kanye West rolled into the city on their Watch the Throne tour. The sold out Air Canada Centre went absolutely crazy as the “H.A.M.” beat boomed throughout the stadium. The lights rose, as the two legends stood on opposite stages in the middle of the ACC. As they began to spit, their stages began to rise into towers creating unbelievable visuals. Their giant platforms turned into holographic images of a Doberman about to attack, and sharks swimming below them, making their stage look like a giant shark tank. Their next track was “Otis”, and the two joined together on the main stage, with a giant American flag as their backdrop and an extreme amount of fire. That’s exactly what their performance was; straight fire.

Not only did the two perform Watch the Throne tracks, but they played many of their individual discography. Jay-Z had the crowd spitting along to every word of his classics: “Public Service Announcement”, “Big Pimpin”’, “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” and “99 Problems”. Kanye had every person there on their feet as he proved himself to be one of the best performers in the music industry, performing “All of the Lights”, “Gold Digger”, “Runaway” and “All Falls Down”. The two joined together to perform “Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)”, getting everyone inside the ACC to throw their diamonds up.

When the “Niggas in Paris” beat started, the concertgoers lost their minds. The audience’s screams were so loud that, the beat restarted and they performed the track again. The song ended, and the stadium went dark. People got up thinking the show was over, but out of nowhere, Jay’s voice came over the speakers. “Where y’all think you’re going? We ain’t done.” And the “Niggas in Paris” beat started one more time.

After three doses of the high-energy track, Hova and Yeezy closed off the show with “Encore”, as Kanye put a Toronto Blue Jays fitted on his head. There is only one way to sum up the Watch the Throne concert: that ’ish CRAY