The Joy (song)

"The Joy"
Song by Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Curtis Mayfield
from the album Watch the Throne
Released	October 29, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Alternative hip hop soul
Length	5:17
Label	Roc-A-Fella Roc Nation Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	Kanye West Shawn Carter Curtis Mayfield Peter Phillips Scott Mescudi John Cameron John Zachary
Producer(s)	Pete Rock West Lex Luger Mike Dean (add.) Jeff Bhasker (add.)

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"The Joy" is a song by American rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z, which features Curtis Mayfield. Reks rapped over the track's beat in his 2012 song "Parenthood".

Background

Song producer Pete Rock revealed that he'd had the beat since 1997 and thanked the rappers for making usage of it.

Composition

Mayfield's feature on "The Joy" is composed of a sample from his 1971 track "The Makings of You (Live)". This doesn't mark the only time that a song from the featuring album has a sampled artist credited with a feature, since Otis Redding has a featuring credit on "Otis".

The track also samples the sound effect "Uh!" from 1967 song "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson throughout the entirety of it.

Lawsuit

In August 2011, Jay and Kanye were sued by Johnson for sampling his song, since he claimed they did it without his permission. A settlement was reached between them and Johnson in March 2012, allowing the sample to be kept.

Release

"The Joy" was originally released on October 29, 2010 as part of West's GOOD Fridays series of songs, with Pete Rock, Jay-Z, Charlie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield and Kid Cudi all being listed as featured artists.

When the Jay and Kanye collaborative album Watch the Throne was released on August 8, 2011, the track was only made available on it as a bonus track on the deluxe edition and Mayfield was the only featured artist listed. Rock, Wilson and Cudi may not have been listed as featured artists, but they were included in the album's credits as having additional vocals on the song.

Critical reception

Consequence of Sound praised the production and Jay's rapping, writing that: 'Pete Rock drops a beat that, as Kanye says, "deserves Hennessy," Jay-Z uses a Reasonable Doubt flow'. "The Joy" received praise from Pitchfork, since the site wrote of it that: 'there's no one else that can do soul-sampling hip-hop like Jay and Kanye' and voiced the belief that it's 'a unique throwback'.

When listing West's 25 best verses of all time, Complex positioned his appearance on the track at number 23.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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