Now, if you know me, you know I love hip-hop. I'm a Kanye fan, a worshipper of both Nujabes and J. Dilla and "Simon Says" is my theme song.
Just kidding. I love that song, though.
If you know me, you'll also know that I NERD THE FUCK OUT when it comes to Game of Thrones. Admittedly, I've only watched the first season of HBO's series but I have read every single book that has been released and am impatiently waiting on George R. R. Martin to finish the series. Hurry up, man.
I've never attempted to keep these worlds separate but I also never thought they would come colliding on a course aptly named Catch the Throne.
The chuckle that title might elicit from you (*slaps knee* it's a Kanye/Jay-Z joke) is the kind that will come often if you listen through the whole record. Honestly, I never thought I'd ever hear an MC write, "I spit fire like Khaleesi." If anything, the writers for Parks and Recreation would be the ones to write that for Ben Wyatt (if he ever found himself rapping).
So what is this... this... thing? Did HBO commission this as a pure publicity stunt? Or is it supposed to be a legitimate attempt at another mode of art for that which is Game of Thrones?
In short, it's not. A lot of it comes off as tongue-in-cheek. Hell, it starts with the title of the entire mixtape itself.
But it does what it sets out to do. In the end, this is a way for HBO to market its show. They want people to keep talking about their show.
And they are.
And whether or not people are taking this mixtape seriously or are guffawing at its GoT references, it does not matter. It's gotten the people talking. They released it for free on SoundCloud so it's also easily accessible to everybody.
So, all you hip-hop heads who also love Game of Thrones...
GET THE FUCK UP!
And if you want to hear it, again, it's FREE!
https://soundcloud.com/catchthethrone
