With the Internet going nuts over Kanye Westand Jay-Z's mega-hyped 'Watch the Throne' album, one former Jay-Z producer has revealed that he is not a fan.
Early Monday morning (August 8), North Carolina producer 9th Wonder, who collaborated with Jay on 'Threat,' from his 2003 record 'The Black Album,' candidly tweeted his thoughts about the highly-anticipated album, concluding that it is simply "not for me."
"Lemme tell yall something, I am not a follower, never will be, if something is dope, cool, if not, then cool, but I don't follow," 9thwrote to his more than 100,000 followers. "WTT as a whole is not for me ... I understand expansion/experimentation in music, but its not for me. As a musician/beatmaker/active participant in hip-hop, I want to be SCARED when I hear something, like when I heard Aquemini."
The former Little Brother producer's opinion caught some flak on Twitter, however, when 'Watch the Throne' fans began to criticize 9th for being a "hater."
"We just gotta know the difference between hate, and a discussion of an opinion," 9thresponded. "I said 'the joint wasn't for ME' ... reading is fundamental. State of the World ... and Twitter, I get more mentions about opinions on an album, than I do about teaching the youth."
On Monday morning, longtime Jay-Z collaborators Young Guru and Just Blaze weighed in, defending 9th's right to his opinion. "I'm going to say this once. Let my man@9thWonderMusic have his opinion," Young Guru tweeted. "You can disagree with him but don't come out ya mouth sideways."
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