Ever since Watch The Throne dropped back in August, Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s magnum opus has only grown in stature. And after the success of the music video for “Otis”, the world has been waiting for another to drop. Today is that day. Filmed at the final tour stop at L.A.’s Staples Center last December, check out the explicit music video for “Ni**as In Paris.”
“Ni**as In Paris” by the numbers from Rolling Stone:
34: Concert dates
2.5 hours: Estimated running time of each WTT concert
85 hours: Total running time for 34 dates
168: Total number of times “Ni**as In Paris” played in concert
11: In Vancouver (12/17)
10: Los Angeles (12/14)
9: Chicago (12/1); Los Angeles (12/13)
2: Atlanta (10/28)
0: Paris
4.94: Average number of times “Paris” played, per night
18: Minutes, on average, per date
40:25: Running time, in minutes, of “Paris” in Vancouver, after being played 11 times
613.2: Total live running time, in minutes
194: Running time, in minutes, of the movie Titanic
705: Running time, in minutes, of Band of Brothers miniseries
26.7: Full House episodes one could watch, in that time
2: Seconds of “married Kate and Ashley” per “Paris”
5:36: Minutes total, as performed on tour
93: Running time of Blades of Glory, in minutes
10: Seconds of dialogue from Blades of Glory, on the CD version of the song
28: Total number of minutes of Blades of Glory dialogue, when played 168 times