Jay-Z, Kanye announce album release date

There is finally a release date for what is likely one of the most highly-anticipated albums of the year: Watch the Throne, the joint effort of rap supernovas Jay-Z and Kanye West.
The album went on presale July 4 and will arrive next month. The digital version hits Aug. 1, while the physical CD won't hit stores until Aug. 5.
As expected, the duo recruited a cast of all-stars to help with the album, including Jay-Z's wife Beyoncé and pop star Bruno Mars for the first single, Lift Off, which is now in radio rotation.
Plus, fashion fanatic West brought in Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci to design the album's intricate gold cover and artwork.
The cover incorporates "symmetry, lightness, strength, darkness, sharpness and 3D," Givenchy explains in a statement.