AllRespect.com // Jay-Z And Kanye West's 'Otis' Video To Premiere Thursday!

Posted on 2011-08-11 03:00:20
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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1668760/jay-z-kanye-west-otis-music-video-premiere.jhtml

Watch the Throne clip will hit MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV.com and BET at 8:56 p.m. ET/PT.By Rob Markman

Jay-Z and Kanye West in their "Otis" videoPhoto: Roc-A-Fella

Jay-Z and Kanye West will continue to keep fans watching. Three days after the monumental release of their collaborative album Watch the Throne, Hov and Yeezy will premiere the LP's first video, for "Otis," on MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV.com and BET on Thursday at 8:56 p.m. ET/PT.

Immediately following the premiere, the Spike Jonze-directed music video will air on MTV Jams and MTV Hits, with an encore airing on MTV2 at 11 p.m. ET/PT.

Read all about how Jay and Kanye are breaking the mold with Watch the Throne.

"Otis" captivated music fans when it premiered last month on DJ Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show in New York. The song, which samples Otis Redding's 1966 rendition of "Try a Little Tenderness," finds Jay and 'Ye rapping eight bars apiece before passing the mic back and forth several times during the track's two-minute-and-58-second run. There is no catchy chorus or melodic refrain, just the dusty record loop and hard-hitting rhymes, which made the song an instant fan favorite.

Days after the song's release, two pictures from the video's set were leaked online. One photo showed a large American flag draped over a blue wall, correlating with Givenchy designer Ricardo Tisci's cover art for the single. The second pic was of Jonze and West on set, but it ultimately revealed nothing about the clip's theme or overall feel.

What are the critics saying about Watch the Throne?

So far, the "Otis" video has been shrouded in mystery, much like the Watch the Throne album itself. Because the LP didn't leak early like most albums these days do, fans didn't get their first listen to the album until it was officially released Monday. Now they get to see WTT's first visual when the "Otis" video premieres Thursday.

In addition to the premiere, fans can check out MTV News' "RapFix Live" on Wednesday (August 10) at 4 p.m. ET on MTV.com and watch as industry experts weigh in on Watch the Throne and what to expect from the joint album's first video.

What are you expecting from the "Otis" video? Join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #MTVOtis.

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