Jay-Z and Kanye Sample the Apollo 11 Launch
Watch the Throne has been knocking around Twitter, headphones, and radio stations since it dropped last week. The production is great—Yeezy, can you do no wrong? But one beat stands out. Probably because it samples NASA’s moon launch. https://gizmodo.com/how-did-jay-z-and-kanye-keep-the-biggest-album-of-the-y-5829033 The Beyoncé-infused Lift Off, The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal points out, uses some very literal inspiration: About…
