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Jay-Z, Kanye West: "Otis

by Drew Millard

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How old is Jay-Z at this point? Like, Wikipedia says he's only 41, but hefeels older, especially when you see him hanging out with Bill Gates and telling Waka Flocka to get off his lawn. Oh wait, that's just from a dream I had last night. Whatever. The point is that Jay-Z's inherent old man-ness makes "Otis," the new leak from Watch The Throne that prominently samples Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness," just work. It's got it all: Jay-Z, pretending he's still young by saying the word "swag," trading lines with Kanye, who's making stupid puns like, "Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive." I guess if I had to pick a winner here, it would be Jay, because he just sounds so damn at home on this beat. Download this one before the Illuminati take it off the internet.